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