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