Michael Sheen

Acting

Born Feb 05, 1969

From Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK

Michael Christopher Sheen (born 5 February 1969) is a Welsh actor and political activist. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s and made notable stage appearances in Romeo and Juliet (1992), Don't Fool With Love (1993), Peer Gynt (1994), The Seagull (1995), The Homecoming (1997), and Henry V (1997). His performances in Amadeus at the Old Vic and Look Back in Anger at the National Theatre were nominated for Olivier Awards in 1998 and 1999, respectively. In 2003, he was nominated for a third Olivier Award for his performance in Caligula at the Donmar Warehouse. He has become better known as a screen actor since the 2000s through his roles in various biographical films. He has starred in a trilogy of films as British politician Tony Blair: the television film The Deal (2003), followed by The Queen (2006) and The Special Relationship (2010). For the role, he was nominated for both a BAFTA Award and an Emmy. He was also nominated for a BAFTA as the troubled comic actor Kenneth Williams in BBC Four's 2006 Fantabulosa!, and was nominated for a fourth Olivier Award in 2006 for portraying the broadcaster David Frost in Frost/Nixon. He starred as the controversial football manager Brian Clough in The Damned United (2009). In 2009, he appeared in two fantasy films, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans and The Twilight Saga: New Moon. He also appeared in the science-fiction film Tron: Legacy (2010), and Midnight in Paris (2011). He directed and starred in National Theatre Wales's The Passion (2011). He also played a lead role in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 in 2012. In 2013, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his role in Showtime's television drama Masters of Sex (2013–2016). He played an incarcerated serial killer surgeon in Fox's 2019 drama, Prodigal Son, an angel in the 2019 BBC/Amazon Studios miniseries Good Omens, and appeared as Chris Tarrant in Quiz in 2020. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Michael Sheen

Known For

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

Kingdom of Heaven

Alice in Wonderland

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

TRON: Legacy

Blood Diamond

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Passengers

Dolittle

Filmography — Acting

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

Kingdom of Heaven

Alice in Wonderland

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

TRON: Legacy

Blood Diamond

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Passengers

Dolittle

Midnight in Paris

Nocturnal Animals

Unthinkable

Underworld

Underworld: Evolution

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

The Queen

Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue

The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box

Apostle

Wilde

Far from the Madding Crowd

Brad's Status

Frost/Nixon

Timeline

Kill the Messenger

The Four Feathers

Home Again

Slaughterhouse Rulez

Beautiful Boy

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

Mary Reilly

Admission

Laws of Attraction

7 Days in Hell

The Damned United

Heroes and Demons

Bright Young Things

Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell

Music Within

How to Build a Girl

The Deal

Othello

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

Resistance

Last Train to Christmas

The Special Relationship

Richard Burton: Wild Genius

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

Fortitude

My Last Five Girlfriends

Heartlands

The Path to Redemption

Under Milk Wood

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

The Open Doors

Dirty Filthy Love

Doomwatch: Winter Angel

Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

Animated Epics: Beowulf

To Provide All People

Aberfan: The Green Hollow

Live a Little

The Price of Admission

Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special