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
- 2024 · A Very Royal Scandal as Prince Andrew
- 2024 · The Way as Denny Driscoll
- 2023 · Best Interests as Andrew
- 2022 · Fantasy Football League as Self - Guest
- 2022 · The Sandman as Paul (voice)
- 2020 · Michael McIntyre's The Wheel as Self - Expert
- 2020 · Staged as Michael
- 2019 · Prodigal Son as Dr. Martin Whitly
- 2019 · Good Omens as Aziraphale
- 2017 · Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- 2017 · Tate Britain's Great Art Walks as Self
- 2017 · The Good Fight as Roland Blum
- 2016 · Chelsea as Self
- 2016 · Michael McIntyre's Big Show as Self - Interviewed Guest
- 2016 · Join or Die with Craig Ferguson as
- 2015 · The Spoils Before Dying as Chet
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · The Spoils of Babylon as Chet Halner
- 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
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Aro (archive footage)
- 2011 · The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 as Aro
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2010 · A League of Their Own as
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 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 One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2005 · Doctor Who as House (voice)
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 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
- 2022 · Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama as David Sherborne
- 2022 · Art That Made Us as Self - Actor
- 2020 · Quiz as Chris Tarrant
- 2020 · Dolittle as Dr. Blair Müdfly
- 2019 · There's Something About Movies as Self - Team Captain
- 2019 · Wales: Land of the Wild as Narrator
- 2018 · Slaughterhouse Rulez as The Bat
- 2018 · Apostle as Malcolm Howe
- 2016 · Passengers as Arthur
- 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 · Far from the Madding Crowd as William Boldwood
- 2014 · A Life on Screen as Himself
- 2014 · Kill the Messenger as Fred Weil
- 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 · Midnight in Paris as Paul
- 2010 · TRON: Legacy as Castor / Zuse
- 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 · The Damned United as Brian Clough
- 2009 · Underworld: Rise of the Lycans as Lucian
- 2006 · Blood Diamond as Simmons
- 2006 · The Queen as Tony Blair
- 2006 · Underworld: Evolution as Lucian
- 2005 · Kingdom of Heaven as Priest
- 2003 · Timeline as Lord Oliver
- 2003 · Underworld as Lucian
- 2002 · The Four Feathers as William Trench
- 1998 · Lost In France as Owen
- 1998 · Animated World Faiths as John (voice)
- 1997 · Wilde as Robbie Ross
- 1993 · Gallowglass as Joe
- 1992 · Sean's Show as James
- Future · The Battle for Rome as Nero
- 2025 · Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell as Self
- 2024 · Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special as Self - Audience Member
- 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
- 2019 · 7 Up & Me as Self
- 2018 · To Provide All People as Porter
- 2017 · Brad's Status as Craig Fisher
- 2017 · Home Again as Austen Bloom
- 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
- 2015 · A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry as Self
- 2015 · 7 Days in Hell as Caspian Wint
- 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
- 2011 · Resistance as Tommy Atkins
- 2011 · Beautiful Boy as Bill Carroll
- 2011 · Heroes and Demons as
- 2010 · The Special Relationship as Tony Blair
- 2010 · My Last Five Girlfriends as No. 5 - Detective Burnam
- 2010 · Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 2008 · Frost/Nixon as David Frost
- 2007 · Music Within as Art Honeyman
- 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 · Laws of Attraction as Thorne Jamison
- 2003 · Bright Young Things as Miles Maitland
- 2003 · The Deal as Tony Blair
- 2003 · Heartlands as Colin
- 1999 · Doomwatch: Winter Angel as Angel
- 1996 · Mary Reilly as Bradshaw
- 1995 · Othello as Lodovico
- Future · Heart of Darkness as (voice)
- Future · The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde as
- 2025 · Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway as Self
- 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 · 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
- 2022 · Michael Sheen: Lifting the Lid on the Care System as
- 2021 · National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood as Owain Jenkins
- 2020 · Faith Healer as Francis Hardy
- 2020 · Good Omens: Lockdown as Aziraphale (voice)
- 2018 · Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of Steel as Narrator
- 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
- 2015 · Barbados as David
- 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
- 2012 · The Gospel of Us as The Teacher
- 2011 · Installing the Cast as Self
- 2009 · A Child's Christmases in Wales as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space as Adam Banton
- 2007 · Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out as Self
- 2006 · HG Wells: War with the World as H.G. Wells
- 2004 · The Open Doors as Framton Nuttel
- 1998 · Animated Epics: Beowulf as Wiglaf ( voice )
- Future · The Price of Admission as Harold Sugar
- Future · Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary as Self
- 2006 · Dead Long Enough as Harry Jones
- 2004 · The Banker as The Banker
- Future · The 12 Days of Christmas as Henry Sullivan