Actor Michael Sheen

Michael Sheen
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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
Place of birth
Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Date of birth
5th February 1969
Movies that starred Michael Sheen (22 in total)
Dolittle poster

Dolittle [2020]

Dr. Blair Müdfly
Alice Through the Looking Glass poster

Alice Through the Looking Glass [2016]

White Rabbit (voice)
Passengers poster

Passengers [2016]

Arthur
Kill the Messenger poster

Kill the Messenger [2014]

Fred Weil
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box poster

The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box [2013]

Charity
Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland [2010]

The White Rabbit (voice)
TRON: Legacy poster

TRON: Legacy [2010]

Castor / Zuse
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue poster

Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue [2010]

Dr. Griffiths (voice)
Unthinkable poster

Unthinkable [2010]

Steven Arthur Younger
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans poster

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans [2009]

Lucian
The Damned United poster

The Damned United [2009]

Brian Clough
Frost/Nixon poster

Frost/Nixon [2008]

David Frost
Music Within poster

Music Within [2007]

Art
The Queen poster

The Queen [2006]

Tony Blair
Kingdom of Heaven poster

Kingdom of Heaven [2005]

Priest
Laws of Attraction poster

Laws of Attraction [2004]

Thorne Jamison
Underworld poster

Underworld [2003]

Lucian
Timeline poster

Timeline [2003]

Lord Oliver
The Deal poster

The Deal [2003]

Tony Blair
The Four Feathers poster

The Four Feathers [2002]

William Trench
Wilde poster

Wilde [1997]

Robbie Ross
Mary Reilly poster

Mary Reilly [1996]

Bradshaw
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