Michael Sheen
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
157
Gender
Male
Birthday
1969-02-05 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Michael Sheen
Biography
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
Known For
The Simpsons
Doctor Who
The Graham Norton Show
30 Rock
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Top Gear
The Sandman
The One Show
TRON: Legacy
Have I Got News for You
The Good Fight
Frost/Nixon
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Alice in Wonderland
Kingdom of Heaven
The Last Leg
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Masters of Sex
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Punk'd
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Prodigal Son
Dolittle
Good Omens
Chelsea
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Unthinkable
The Jonathan Ross Show
Underworld
Blood Diamond
Alice Through the Looking Glass
A League of Their Own
Midnight in Paris
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Passengers
Home Again
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
Underworld: Evolution
Wilde
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
The Queen
Maigret
The Deal
Nocturnal Animals
Admission
Kill the Messenger
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Public Service Broadcasting - BBC Proms - This New Noise - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
Othello
Timeline
Staged
Mary Reilly
Beautiful Boy
Far from the Madding Crowd
Apostle
How to Build a Girl
The Four Feathers
The Price of Admission
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
A Very Royal Scandal
Last Train to Christmas
7 Days in Hell
The Way
Barbados
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
The Spoils Before Dying
The Damned United
Music Within
Heroes and Demons
Bright Young Things
Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special
Brad's Status
Heartlands
Laws of Attraction
Quiz
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
Slaughterhouse Rulez
The Banker
The Spoils of Babylon
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
Cynefin
Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast
Good Omens: Lockdown
The Gospel of Us
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde
Under Milk Wood
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
The Open Doors
My Last Five Girlfriends
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
7 Up & Me
Dead Long Enough
National Theatre Live: Nye
Fantasy Football League
A Child's Christmases in Wales
HG Wells: War with the World
Gogglebox
Best Interests
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Pouring Water on Troubled Oil
The Special Relationship
A Life on Screen
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
Faith Healer
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Art That Made Us
The Making of 'The Queen'
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Dirty Filthy Love
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama
The 12 Days of Christmas
The Path to Redemption
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
Resistance
Heart of Darkness
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
Animated World Faiths
Live a Little
Gallowglass
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
Jesus Henry Christ
There's Something About Movies
Live from Studio Five
Installing the Cast
Lost In France
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Sean's Show
To Provide All People
Few Options
Animated Epics: Beowulf
The Battle for Rome
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
Michael Sheen: Lifting the Lid on the Care System
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
Fortitude
Wales: Land of the Wild
You Can Never Really Know Someone
Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of Steel
Michael Sheen Presents - You're The Boss
The Assembly
Written in the Stars
Christmas with Katherine Jenkins
Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway
Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town
