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 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
- 2016 · Chelsea as Self
- 2015 · Far from the Madding Crowd as William Boldwood
- 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 · The Special Relationship as Tony Blair
- 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 · Bright Young Things as Miles Maitland
- 2003 · Underworld as Lucian
- 2003 · Punk'd as Self
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self - Host
- 1989 · The Simpsons as William Masters (voice)
- Future · Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Self - Presenter
- 2024 · National Theatre Live: Nye as Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan
- 2020 · Michael McIntyre's The Wheel as Self - Expert
- 2020 · Staged as Michael
- 2018 · Slaughterhouse Rulez as The Bat
- 2018 · Apostle as Malcolm Howe
- 2017 · Brad's Status as Craig Fisher
- 2017 · Home Again as Austen Bloom
- 2016 · Nocturnal Animals as Carlos Holt
- 2016 · Aberfan: The Green Hollow as
- 2016 · Michael McIntyre's Big Show as Self - Interviewed Guest
- 2016 · Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer as Philip Cohen
- 2016 · Join or Die with Craig Ferguson as
- 2015 · 7 Days in Hell as Caspian Wint
- 2014 · Kill the Messenger as Fred Weil
- 2013 · The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box as Charity
- 2013 · Admission as Mark
- 2011 · Resistance as Tommy Atkins
- 2011 · Few Options as Florist
- 2011 · Heroes and Demons as
- 2010 · Unthinkable as Steven Arthur Younger
- 2010 · A League of Their Own as
- 2009 · A Child's Christmases in Wales as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · The Damned United as Brian Clough
- 2009 · Underworld: Rise of the Lycans as Lucian
- 2008 · Frost/Nixon as David Frost
- 2007 · The Making of 'The Queen' as Self
- 2007 · Music Within as Art Honeyman
- 2006 · The Queen as Tony Blair
- 2006 · The Path to Redemption as Self
- 2004 · Laws of Attraction as Thorne Jamison
- 2003 · Timeline as Lord Oliver
- 2003 · The Deal as Tony Blair
- 2003 · Heartlands as Colin
- 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 · The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde as
- 2024 · Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special as Self - Audience Member
- 2024 · A Very Royal Scandal as Prince Andrew
- 2024 · Live a Little as Arthur (character's voice)
- 2024 · The Way as Denny Driscoll
- 2023 · Best Interests as Andrew
- 2022 · Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama as David Sherborne
- 2022 · Fantasy Football League as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Art That Made Us as Self - Actor
- 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 · Good Omens: Lockdown as Aziraphale (voice)
- 2020 · Quiz as Chris Tarrant
- 2019 · 7 Up & Me as Self
- 2018 · To Provide All People as Porter
- 2017 · Il était une fois... « The Queen » 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 · Barbados as David
- 2015 · The Spoils Before Dying as Chet
- 2014 · A Life on Screen as Himself
- 2014 · The Spoils of Babylon as Chet Halner
- 2013 · Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as Self
- 2013 · Gogglebox as Self
- 2013 · The Great Comic Relief Bake Off as Self - Contestant
- 2012 · Jesus Henry Christ as Dr. Slavkin O'Hara
- 2011 · Beautiful Boy as Bill Carroll
- 2011 · Installing the Cast as Self
- 2010 · My Last Five Girlfriends as No. 5 - Detective Burnam
- 2010 · Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self
- 2006 · Dead Long Enough as Harry Jones
- 2006 · Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire as Emperor "Nero" Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
- 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 · Heart of Darkness as (voice)
- 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 (voice)
- 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)
- 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 · Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Self
- 2020 · Faith Healer as Francis Hardy
- 2019 · There's Something About Movies as Self - Team Captain
- 2019 · Wales: Land of the Wild as Narrator
- 2018 · Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of Steel as Narrator
- 2016 · Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town as Presenter - Narrator
- 2016 · You Can Never Really Know Someone as Henry
- 2015 · A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry as Self
- 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
- 2014 · Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast as Himself
- 2012 · The Gospel of Us as The Teacher
- 2009 · Michael Sheen Presents - You're The Boss as
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 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 Banker as The Banker
- 1998 · Lost In France as Owen
- 1998 · Animated World Faiths as John (voice)
- 1993 · Gallowglass as Joe
- 1992 · Sean's Show as James
- Future · Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary as Self
- Future · The Battle for Rome as Nero
- Future · The 12 Days of Christmas as Henry Sullivan
- 1998 · Animated Epics: Beowulf as Wiglaf ( voice )
- Future · The Price of Admission as Harold Sugar