Michael Sheen
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
158
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 Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Graham Norton Show
30 Rock
The One Show
Top Gear
The Good Fight
The Sandman
Have I Got News for You
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Masters of Sex
Prodigal Son
Alice in Wonderland
Unthinkable
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Kingdom of Heaven
Chelsea
Punk'd
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
The Jonathan Ross Show
The Last Leg
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Comedy Bang! Bang!
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Wilde
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Beautiful Boy
TRON: Legacy
Good Omens
Blood Diamond
Heartlands
Dolittle
Underworld
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Brad's Status
Passengers
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Midnight in Paris
Nocturnal Animals
A League of Their Own
The Spoils Before Dying
Staged
Kill the Messenger
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Apostle
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
The Banker
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Dirty Filthy Love
Underworld: Evolution
Barbados
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Live a Little
Jesus Henry Christ
The Queen
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
The Spoils of Babylon
The Way
A Very Royal Scandal
Maigret
Timeline
Installing the Cast
Quiz
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Music Within
7 Up & Me
Home Again
Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion
Frost/Nixon
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama
Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast
Cynefin
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
There's Something About Movies
To Provide All People
Heart of Darkness
Mary Reilly
Far from the Madding Crowd
Admission
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Under Milk Wood
Art That Made Us
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
The Four Feathers
Bright Young Things
Slaughterhouse Rulez
Wales: Land of the Wild
Best Interests
Fantasy Football League
Laws of Attraction
Animated World Faiths
7 Days in Hell
A Life on Screen
The Damned United
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Gogglebox
The Special Relationship
How to Build a Girl
Live from Studio Five
National Theatre Live: Nye
Heroes and Demons
Othello
Lost In France
The Battle for Rome
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special
Gallowglass
The Assembly
The Deal
Last Train to Christmas
Fortitude
Resistance
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
The Path to Redemption
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
Good Omens: Lockdown
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
My Last Five Girlfriends
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
Few Options
A Child's Christmases in Wales
Written in the Stars
Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway
Sean's Show
Animated Epics: Beowulf
The 12 Days of Christmas
The Gospel of Us
Top Gear: From A-Z
The Making of 'The Queen'
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
HG Wells: War with the World
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
The Open Doors
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Faith Healer
The Price of Admission
Public Service Broadcasting - BBC Proms - This New Noise - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
You Can Never Really Know Someone
Christmas with Katherine Jenkins
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Dead Long Enough
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town
Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime
Michael Sheen Presents - You're The Boss
Pouring Water on Troubled Oil
Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of Steel
Michael Sheen: Lifting the Lid on the Care System
