Acting
Michael Sheen
EN, FR cinema · 115 credits
Born
5 February 1969 (age 57)
Birthplace
Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Also known as Michael Christopher Sheen
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
Filmography
The Price of Admission
as Harold Sugar
Heart of Darkness
as (voice)
The 12 Days of Christmas
The 12 Days of Christmas
as Henry Sullivan
Fortitude
as Winston Churchill
You Told Us To Talk About The Weather
as Narrator (voice)
Buried
as Self
Out There
as Shifty Gruff
Our Town
as Stage Manager
Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway
as Self, Producer
National Theatre Live: Nye
as Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
as Narrator (voice)
Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special
as Self - Audience Member
Written in the Stars
as Narrator (voice)
Cynefin
as Self/Narrator
Pouring Water on Troubled Oil
as Dylan Thomas (voice)
Last Train to Christmas
as Tony Towers
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
as Owain Jenkins
Dolittle
as Dr. Blair Müdfly
How to Build a Girl
as Sigmund Freud
Good Omens: Lockdown
as Aziraphale (voice)
Faith Healer
as Francis Hardy
7 Up & Me
as Self
Apostle
as Malcolm Howe
Slaughterhouse Rulez
as The Bat
Brad's Status
as Craig Fisher
Home Again
as Austen Bloom
Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town
as Presenter - Narrator
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
Passengers
as Arthur
Nocturnal Animals
as Carlos
Barbados
as David
Far from the Madding Crowd
as William Boldwood
7 Days in Hell
as Caspian Wint
Kill the Messenger
as Fred Weil
Under Milk Wood
as First Voice
War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme
2014
War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme
as Narrator (voice)
Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime
as Himself - Narrator
Admission
as Mark
Jesus Henry Christ
as Dr. Slavkin O'Hara
The Gospel of Us
as The Teacher
Heroes & Demons
as The Banker (segment "The Banker"), Executive Producer
Beautiful Boy
as Bill Carroll
Resistance
as Tommy Atkins
Few Options
as Florist
TRON: Legacy
as Castor / Zuse
Alice in Wonderland
as Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
My Last Five Girlfriends
as No. 5 - Detective Burnam
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
as Dr. Griffiths (voice)
Unthinkable
as Steven Arthur Younger
The Special Relationship
as Tony Blair
The Damned United
as Brian Clough
A Child's Christmases in Wales
as Narrator (voice)
Frost/Nixon
as David Frost
Music Within
as Art Honeyman
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
as Adam Banton
The Queen
as Tony Blair
Blood Diamond
as Simmons
Underworld: Evolution
as Lucian
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
as Kenneth Williams
HG Wells: War with the World
as H.G. Wells
Dead Long Enough
as Harry Jones
Kingdom of Heaven
as Priest
Dirty Filthy Love
as Mark Furness
Laws of Attraction
as Thorne Jamison
The Banker
as The Banker, Executive Producer
The Open Doors
as Framton Nuttel
Underworld
as Lucian
Timeline
as Lord Oliver
Bright Young Things
as Miles Maitland
The Deal
as Tony Blair
Heartlands
as Colin
The Four Feathers
as William Trench
Animated Epics: Beowulf
as Wiglaf ( voice )
Wilde
as Robbie Ross
Mary Reilly
as Bradshaw
Othello
as Lodovico