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 · Dolittle as Dr. Blair Müdfly
- 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
- 2013 · Masters of Sex as William Masters
- 2013 · The Last Leg as Self
- 2012 · The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 as Aro
- 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 Nivens McTwisp / 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 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
- 1992 · Maigret as
- 1989 · The Simpsons as William Masters (voice)
- Future · Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Self - Presenter
- 2024 · The Way as Denny Driscoll
- 2023 · Best Interests as Andrew
- 2023 · Pouring Water on Troubled Oil as Dylan Thomas (voice)
- 2022 · Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama as David Sherborne
- 2022 · Fantasy Football League as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Public Service Broadcasting - BBC Proms - This New Noise - Live At The Royal Albert Hall as
- 2022 · Art That Made Us as Self - Actor
- 2020 · How to Build a Girl as Sigmund Freud
- 2020 · Quiz as Chris Tarrant
- 2019 · There's Something About Movies as Self - Team Captain
- 2019 · Wales: Land of the Wild as Narrator
- 2018 · To Provide All People as Porter
- 2017 · Brad's Status as Craig Fisher
- 2017 · Tate Britain's Great Art Walks 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 · Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer as Philip Cohen
- 2015 · 7 Days in Hell as Caspian Wint
- 2014 · Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast as Himself
- 2013 · Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as Self
- 2013 · Gogglebox as Self
- 2012 · The Gospel of Us as The Teacher
- 2011 · Beautiful Boy as Bill Carroll
- 2011 · Heroes and Demons as
- 2007 · The Making of 'The Queen' as Self
- 2006 · Dead Long Enough as Harry Jones
- 2005 · The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse as Jeremy
- 2004 · The Banker as The Banker
- 2003 · The Deal as Tony Blair
- 1998 · Animated World Faiths as John (voice)
- 1997 · Wilde as Robbie Ross
- Future · Heart of Darkness as (voice)
- Future · The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde as
- 1999 · Doomwatch: Winter Angel as Angel
- 1998 · Lost In France as Owen
- 1993 · Gallowglass as Joe
- 1992 · Sean's Show as James
- 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 · Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special as Self - Audience Member
- 2024 · A Very Royal Scandal as Prince Andrew
- 2024 · Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · National Theatre Live: Nye as Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan
- 2024 · The Assembly as Self - Interviewed Guest
- 2024 · Live a Little as Arthur (character's voice)
- 2023 · Christmas with Katherine Jenkins as Self
- 2023 · Cynefin as Self/Narrator
- 2023 · Written in the Stars as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Michael Sheen: Lifting the Lid on the Care System 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 · Michael McIntyre's The Wheel as Self - Expert
- 2020 · Faith Healer as Francis Hardy
- 2020 · Staged as Michael
- 2020 · Good Omens: Lockdown as Aziraphale (voice)
- 2019 · 7 Up & Me as Self
- 2018 · Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of Steel as Narrator
- 2018 · Slaughterhouse Rulez as The Bat
- 2018 · Apostle as Malcolm Howe
- 2017 · Home Again as Austen Bloom
- 2017 · Il était une fois... « The Queen » as Self
- 2016 · Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town as Presenter - Narrator
- 2016 · You Can Never Really Know Someone as Henry
- 2016 · Join or Die with Craig Ferguson as
- 2015 · A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry as Self
- 2015 · Barbados as David
- 2015 · The Spoils Before Dying as Chet
- 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
- 2012 · Jesus Henry Christ as Dr. Slavkin O'Hara
- 2010 · My Last Five Girlfriends as No. 5 - Detective Burnam
- 2009 · Michael Sheen Presents - You're The Boss as
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- Future · The Price of Admission as Harold Sugar
- 2014 · Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime as Himself - Narrator
- 2014 · Under Milk Wood as First Voice
- 2014 · The Spoils of Babylon as Chet Halner
- 2013 · The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box as Charity
- 2013 · Admission as Mark
- 2013 · The Great Comic Relief Bake Off as Self - Contestant
- 2011 · Resistance as Tommy Atkins
- 2011 · Few Options as Florist
- 2011 · Installing the Cast as Self
- 2010 · Unthinkable as Steven Arthur Younger
- 2010 · The Special Relationship as Tony Blair
- 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 · Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out as Self
- 2006 · HG Wells: War with the World as H.G. Wells
- 2006 · Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! as Kenneth Williams
- Future · The 12 Days of Christmas as Henry Sullivan
- 2007 · Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space as Adam Banton
- 2007 · Music Within as Art Honeyman
- 2006 · Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire as Emperor "Nero" Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
- 2006 · The Queen as Tony Blair
- 2006 · The Path to Redemption as Self
- 2005 · Dirty Filthy Love as Mark Furness
- 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
- 2003 · Heartlands as Colin
- 2002 · The Four Feathers as William Trench
- 1998 · Animated Epics: Beowulf as Wiglaf ( voice )
- 1996 · Mary Reilly as Bradshaw
- 1995 · Othello as Lodovico
- Future · Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary as Self