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Michael Sheen

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Michael Sheen

Born February 5, 1969 in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK83 films

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.

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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.

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Essential films

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Blood Diamond poster7.6Blood Diamond2006Midnight in Paris poster7.5Midnight in Paris2011Nocturnal Animals poster7.4Nocturnal Animals2016Alice in Wonderland poster6.6Alice in Wonderland2010Kingdom of Heaven poster7.1Kingdom of Heaven2005Underworld poster6.9Underworld2003The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 poster6.5The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 22012TRON: Legacy poster6.5TRON: Legacy2010

Filmography

83 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde
  2. TBAThe Price of AdmissionHarold Sugar
  3. TBAHeart of Darkness(voice)
  4. TBAThe 12 Days of ChristmasHenry Sullivan
  5. TBAFortitudeWinston Churchill
  6. 2026Out ThereShifty Gruff
  7. 2026Our TownStage Manager
  8. 2026You Told Us To Talk About The WeatherNarrator (voice)
  9. 2024National Theatre Live: NyeAneurin 'Nye' Bevan
  10. 2022Public Service Broadcasting - BBC Proms - This New Noise - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
  11. 2021Last Train to ChristmasTony Towers
  12. 2021National Theatre Live: Under Milk WoodOwain Jenkins
  13. 2020How to Build a GirlSigmund Freud
  14. 2020Faith HealerFrancis Hardy
  15. 2020Good Omens: LockdownAziraphale (voice)
  16. 2020DolittleDr. Blair Müdfly
  17. 2018Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of SteelNarrator
  18. 2018Slaughterhouse RulezThe Bat
  19. 2018ApostleMalcolm Howe
  20. 2018To Provide All PeoplePorter
  21. 2017Brad's StatusCraig Fisher
  22. 2017Home AgainAusten Bloom
  23. 2017Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day SpecialCarl Flossy
  24. 2016PassengersArthur
  25. 2016Nocturnal AnimalsCarlos
  26. 2016Aberfan: The Green Hollow
  27. 2016Alice Through the Looking GlassNivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
  28. 2016Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York FixerPhilip Cohen
  29. 2016You Can Never Really Know SomeoneHenry
  30. 2015BarbadosDavid
  31. 20157 Days in HellCaspian Wint
  32. 2015Far from the Madding CrowdWilliam Boldwood
  33. 2014Kill the MessengerFred Weil
  34. 2014Under Milk WoodFirst Voice
  35. 2013The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas BoxCharity
  36. 2013AdmissionMark
  37. 2012The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2Aro
  38. 2012Heroes and DemonsThe Banker (segment "The Banker")
  39. 2012Jesus Henry ChristDr. Slavkin O'Hara
  40. 2012The Gospel of UsThe Teacher
  41. 2011ResistanceTommy Atkins
  42. 2011The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1Aro
  43. 2011Few OptionsFlorist
  44. 2011Beautiful BoyBill Carroll
  45. 2011Midnight in ParisPaul
  46. 2010TRON: LegacyCastor / Zuse
  47. 2010Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy RescueDr. Griffiths (voice)
  48. 2010The Special RelationshipTony Blair
  49. 2010UnthinkableSteven Arthur Younger
  50. 2010My Last Five GirlfriendsNo. 5 - Detective Burnam
  51. 2010Alice in WonderlandNivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
  52. 2009A Child's Christmases in WalesNarrator (voice)
  53. 2009The Twilight Saga: New MoonAro
  54. 2009Michael Sheen Presents - You're The Boss
  55. 2009The Damned UnitedBrian Clough
  56. 2009Underworld: Rise of the LycansLucian
  57. 2008Frost/NixonDavid Frost
  58. 2007Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in SpaceAdam Banton
  59. 2007Music WithinArt Honeyman
  60. 2006Blood DiamondSimmons
  61. 2006Dead Long EnoughHarry Jones
  62. 2006HG Wells: War with the WorldH.G. Wells
  63. 2006The QueenTony Blair
  64. 2006Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!Kenneth Williams
  65. 2006Underworld: EvolutionLucian
  66. 2005Kingdom Of Heaven (Director's Cut)Priest
  67. 2005The League of Gentlemen's ApocalypseJeremy
  68. 2005Dirty Filthy LoveMark Furness
  69. 2005Kingdom of HeavenPriest
  70. 2004The BankerThe Banker
  71. 2004Laws of AttractionThorne Jamison
  72. 2004The Open DoorsFramton Nuttel
  73. 2003TimelineLord Oliver
  74. 2003Bright Young ThingsMiles Maitland
  75. 2003The DealTony Blair
  76. 2003UnderworldLucian
  77. 2003HeartlandsColin
  78. 2002The Four FeathersWilliam Trench
  79. 1999Doomwatch: Winter AngelAngel
  80. 1998Animated Epics: BeowulfWiglaf ( voice )
  81. 1997WildeRobbie Ross
  82. 1996Mary ReillyBradshaw
  83. 1995OthelloLodovico