Michael 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
Credits
- 2022 · The Sandman as Paul (voice)
- 2020 · Michael McIntyre's The Wheel as Self - Expert
- 2019 · Prodigal Son as Dr. Martin Whitly
- 2019 · Good Omens as Aziraphale
- 2017 · Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- 2017 · The Good Fight as Roland Blum
- 2016 · Passengers as Arthur
- 2016 · Nocturnal Animals as Carlos Holt
- 2016 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
- 2016 · Chelsea as Self
- 2016 · Michael McIntyre's Big Show as Self - Interviewed Guest
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast as Himself
- 2013 · Masters of Sex as William Masters
- 2013 · Gogglebox as Self
- 2013 · The Last Leg as Self
- 2012 · The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 as Aro Volturi
- 2012 · Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
- 2011 · The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 as Aro
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · Midnight in Paris as Paul
- 2010 · TRON: Legacy as Castor / Zuse
- 2010 · A League of Their Own as
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · Doctor Who as House (voice)
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Future · Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Self - Presenter
- 2024 · Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special as Self - Audience Member
- 2024 · A Very Royal Scandal as Prince Andrew
- 2024 · The Way as Denny Driscoll
- 2022 · Fantasy Football League as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Art That Made Us as Self - Actor
- 2020 · Staged as Michael
- 2020 · Quiz as Chris Tarrant
- 2020 · Dolittle as Dr. Blair Müdfly
- 2018 · Slaughterhouse Rulez as The Bat
- 2018 · Apostle as Malcolm Howe
- 2017 · Tate Britain's Great Art Walks as Self
- 2016 · Join or Die with Craig Ferguson as
- 2015 · The Spoils Before Dying as Chet
- 2015 · Far from the Madding Crowd as William Boldwood
- 2014 · A Life on Screen as Himself
- 2014 · Kill the Messenger as Fred Weil
- 2014 · The Spoils of Babylon as Chet Halner
- 2013 · The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box as Charity
- 2013 · The Great Comic Relief Bake Off as Himself - Contestant
- 2011 · Beautiful Boy as Bill Carroll
- 2010 · Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue as Dr. Griffiths (voice)
- 2010 · Unthinkable as Steven Arthur Younger
- 2010 · Alice in Wonderland as Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
- 2009 · The Twilight Saga: New Moon as Aro
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2009 · Underworld: Rise of the Lycans as Lucian
- 2008 · Frost/Nixon as David Frost
- 2006 · Blood Diamond as Simmons
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Wesley Snipes
- 2006 · Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire as Emperor "Nero" Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
- 2006 · The Queen as Tony Blair
- 2006 · Underworld: Evolution as Lucian
- 2005 · Kingdom of Heaven as Priest
- 2004 · Laws of Attraction as Thorne Jamison
- 2003 · Timeline as Lord Oliver
- 2003 · Underworld as Lucian
- 2003 · Punk'd as Self
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
- 2002 · The Four Feathers as William Trench
- 1998 · Lost In France as Owen
- 1998 · Animated World Faiths as John (voice)
- 1993 · Gallowglass as Joe
- 1992 · Sean's Show as James
- 1992 · Maigret as
- 1989 · The Simpsons as William Masters (voice)
- Future · The Battle for Rome as Nero
- 2025 · Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway as Self
- 2025 · Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell as Self
- 2024 · Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location as Narrator
- 2024 · National Theatre Live: Nye as Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan
- 2024 · The Assembly as Self - Interviewed Guest
- 2023 · Christmas with Katherine Jenkins as Self
- 2023 · Best Interests as Andrew
- 2023 · Cynefin as Self/Narrator
- 2023 · Pouring Water on Troubled Oil as Dylan Thomas (voice)
- 2023 · Written in the Stars as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama as David Sherborne
- 2022 · Public Service Broadcasting - BBC Proms - This New Noise - Live At The Royal Albert Hall as
- 2021 · Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Self
- 2021 · Last Train to Christmas as Tony Towers
- 2021 · National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood as Owain Jenkins
- 2020 · How to Build a Girl as Sigmund Freud
- 2020 · Faith Healer as Francis Hardy
- 2020 · Good Omens: Lockdown as Aziraphale (voice)
- 2019 · 7 Up & Me as Self
- 2019 · Wales: Land of the Wild as Narrator
- 2018 · Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of Steel as Narrator
- 2018 · To Provide All People as Porter
- 2017 · Brad's Status as Craig Fisher
- 2017 · Home Again as Austen Bloom
- 2017 · Il était une fois... « The Queen » as Self
- 2017 · Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special as Carl Flossy
- 2016 · Aberfan: The Green Hollow as
- 2016 · Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously as Self
- 2016 · Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town as Presenter - Narrator
- 2016 · Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer as Philip Cohen
- 2016 · You Can Never Really Know Someone as Henry
- 2015 · A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry as Himself
- 2015 · Barbados as David
- 2015 · 7 Days in Hell as Caspian Wint
- 2015 · Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion as Self
- 2014 · War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime as Himself - Narrator
- 2014 · Under Milk Wood as First Voice
- 2013 · Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as Self
- 2013 · Admission as Mark
- 2012 · Jesus Henry Christ as Dr. Slavkin O'Hara
- 2012 · The Gospel of Us as The Teacher
- 2011 · Resistance as Tommy Atkins
- 2011 · Heroes and Demons as
- 2011 · Installing the Cast as Self
- 2010 · The Special Relationship as Tony Blair
- 2010 · My Last Five Girlfriends as No. 5 - Detective Burnam
- 2010 · Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 2009 · A Child's Christmases in Wales as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · The Damned United as Brian Clough
- 2007 · Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space as Adam Banton
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out as Self
- 2007 · Music Within as Art
- 2006 · Dead Long Enough as Harry Jones
- 2006 · HG Wells: War with the World as H.G. Wells
- 2006 · The Path to Redemption as Self
- 2006 · Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! as Kenneth Williams
- 2005 · The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse as Jeremy
- 2005 · Dirty Filthy Love as Mark Furness
- 2004 · The Open Doors as Framton Nuttel
- 1999 · Doomwatch: Winter Angel as Angel
- Future · The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde as
- Future · Heart of Darkness as (voice)
- Future · The Price of Admission as Harold Sugar
- Future · Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary as Self
- 2004 · The Banker as The Banker
- 2003 · Bright Young Things as Miles Maitland
- 2003 · The Deal as Tony Blair
- 2003 · Heartlands as Colin
- 1998 · Animated Epics: Beowulf as Wiglaf ( voice )
- 1997 · Wilde as Robbie Ross
- 1996 · Mary Reilly as Bradshaw
- 1995 · Othello as Lodovico