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 White Rabbit (voice)
- 2016 · Chelsea as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2013 · Masters of Sex as William Masters
- 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 · Alice in Wonderland as The White Rabbit (voice)
- 2009 · The Twilight Saga: New Moon as Aro
- 2009 · Underworld: Rise of the Lycans as Lucian
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Blood Diamond as Simmons
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Wesley Snipes
- 2006 · The Queen as Tony Blair
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 2022 · Art That Made Us as Self - Actor
- 2021 · Last Train to Christmas as Tony Towers
- 2020 · How to Build a Girl as Sigmund Freud
- 2019 · 7 Up & Me as Self
- 2017 · Tate Britain's Great Art Walks as Self
- 2017 · Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special as Carl Flossy
- 2016 · Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously as Self
- 2015 · A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry as Himself
- 2014 · Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime as Himself - Narrator
- 2014 · Under Milk Wood as First Voice
- 2014 · Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast as Himself
- 2013 · Gogglebox as Self
- 2013 · The Great Comic Relief Bake Off as Himself - Contestant
- 2011 · Resistance as Tommy Atkins
- 2011 · Heroes and Demons as
- 2010 · The Special Relationship as Tony Blair
- 2010 · My Last Five Girlfriends as No. 5 - Detective Burnam
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out as Self
- 2007 · Music Within as Art
- 2006 · Dead Long Enough as Harry Jones
- 2006 · The Path to Redemption as Self
- 2005 · The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse as Jeremy
- 2005 · Dirty Filthy Love as Mark Furness
- 2003 · The Deal as Tony Blair
- 2003 · Heartlands as Colin
- 1998 · Lost In France as Owen
- 1998 · Animated World Faiths as John (voice)
- 1998 · Animated Epics: Beowulf as Wiglaf ( voice )
- Future · The Price of Admission as Harold Sugar
- 2024 · Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location as Narrator
- 2024 · The Assembly as Self - Interviewed Guest
- 2023 · Christmas with Katherine Jenkins as Self
- 2023 · Cynefin as Self/Narrator
- 2023 · Pouring Water on Troubled Oil as Dylan Thomas (voice)
- 2022 · Fantasy Football League as Self - Guest
- 2021 · Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Self
- 2021 · National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood as Owain Jenkins
- 2020 · Faith Healer as Francis Hardy
- 2020 · Staged as Michael
- 2020 · Good Omens: Lockdown as Aziraphale (voice)
- 2020 · Quiz as Chris Tarrant
- 2020 · Dolittle as Dr. Blair Müdfly
- 2019 · Wales: Land of the Wild as Narrator
- 2018 · Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of Steel as Narrator
- 2018 · Slaughterhouse Rulez as The Bat
- 2018 · Apostle as Malcolm Howe
- 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
- 2016 · Aberfan: The Green Hollow as
- 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
- 2016 · Join or Die with Craig Ferguson as
- 2015 · Barbados as David
- 2015 · The Spoils Before Dying as Chet
- 2015 · 7 Days in Hell as Caspian Wint
- 2015 · Far from the Madding Crowd as William Boldwood
- 2015 · Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion as Self
- 2014 · A Life on Screen as Himself
- 2014 · War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · 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 · Beautiful Boy as Bill Carroll
- 2011 · Installing the Cast as Self
- 2010 · Unthinkable as Steven Arthur Younger
- 2010 · A League of Their Own as
- 2010 · Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 2009 · A Child's Christmases in Wales as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · The Damned United as Brian Clough
- 2008 · Frost/Nixon as David Frost
- 2007 · Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space as Adam Banton
- 2006 · HG Wells: War with the World as H.G. Wells
- 2006 · Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire as Emperor "Nero" Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
- 2006 · Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! as Kenneth Williams
- 1999 · Doomwatch: Winter Angel as Angel
- 1993 · Gallowglass as Joe
- Future · The Battle for Rome as Nero
- Future · The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde as
- Future · Heart of Darkness as (voice)
- 2004 · The Banker as The Banker
- 2004 · Laws of Attraction as Thorne Jamison
- 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
- 1997 · Wilde as Robbie Ross
- 1996 · Mary Reilly as Bradshaw
- 1995 · Othello as Lodovico
- 1992 · Maigret as
- Future · Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary as Self