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.
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Known for
The Simpsons
William Masters (voice)
Doctor Who
House (voice)
A League of Their Own
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
30 Rock
Wesley Snipes
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Self - Interviewed Guest
The Good Fight
Roland Blum
The Sandman
Paul (voice)
Good Omens
Aziraphale
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Himself - Contestant
Masters of Sex
William Masters
Gogglebox
Self
Staged
Michael
Prodigal Son
Dr. Martin Whitly
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Self - Expert
Honest Trailers
Aro (archive footage)
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Emperor "Nero" Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Punk'd
Self
Art That Made Us
Self - Actor
The Spoils Before Dying
Chet
Maigret
The Way
Denny Driscoll
Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast
Himself
A Very Royal Scandal
Prince Andrew
The Spoils of Babylon
Chet Halner
Best Interests
Andrew
Kingdom of Heaven
Priest
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Aro
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Aro
Alice in Wonderland
Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
Animated World Faiths
John (voice)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Aro
There's Something About Movies
Self - Team Captain
TRON: Legacy
Castor / Zuse
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama
David Sherborne
Passengers
Arthur
The Battle for Rome
Nero
Blood Diamond
Simmons
Underworld
Lucian
Quiz
Chris Tarrant
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
A Life on Screen
Himself
Underworld: Evolution
Lucian
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Self
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Lucian
Fantasy Football League
Self - Guest
Dolittle
Dr. Blair Müdfly
Unthinkable
Steven Arthur Younger
Wales: Land of the Wild
Narrator
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
Dr. Griffiths (voice)
Midnight in Paris
Paul
Nocturnal Animals
Carlos Holt
Sean's Show
James
Timeline
Lord Oliver
The Queen
Tony Blair
Far from the Madding Crowd
William Boldwood
Apostle
Malcolm Howe
The Four Feathers
William Trench
Kill the Messenger
Fred Weil
Wilde
Robbie Ross
Home Again
Austen Bloom
Frost/Nixon
David Frost
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
Charity
Mary Reilly
Bradshaw
Slaughterhouse Rulez
The Bat
Laws of Attraction
Thorne Jamison
Beautiful Boy
Bill Carroll
Admission
Mark
The Damned United
Brian Clough
Brad's Status
Craig Fisher
7 Days in Hell
Caspian Wint
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Self
Gallowglass
Joe
How to Build a Girl
Sigmund Freud
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Philip Cohen
The Special Relationship
Tony Blair
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
Carl Flossy
Bright Young Things
Miles Maitland
Resistance
Tommy Atkins
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Jeremy
Othello
Lodovico
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Jesus Henry Christ
Dr. Slavkin O'Hara
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self
Heartlands
Colin
The Deal
Tony Blair
Music Within
Art
Lost In France
Owen
Heroes and Demons
The Banker
The Banker
Under Milk Wood
First Voice
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
Self
Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special
Self - Audience Member
Last Train to Christmas
Tony Towers
The Path to Redemption
Self
National Theatre Live: Nye
Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan
7 Up & Me
Self
Barbados
David
You Can Never Really Know Someone
Henry
Dirty Filthy Love
Mark Furness
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
Self
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
Owain Jenkins
To Provide All People
Porter
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde
Heart of Darkness
(voice)
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Self
My Last Five Girlfriends
No. 5 - Detective Burnam
A Child's Christmases in Wales
Narrator (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Good Omens: Lockdown
Aziraphale (voice)
Installing the Cast
Self
The Price of Admission
Harold Sugar
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
Self
Dead Long Enough
Harry Jones
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
Adam Banton
Animated Epics: Beowulf
Wiglaf ( voice )
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Self
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Kenneth Williams
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
Angel
HG Wells: War with the World
H.G. Wells
Written in the Stars
Narrator (voice)
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
Narrator (voice)
Christmas with Katherine Jenkins
Self
The Assembly
Self - Interviewed Guest
The Gospel of Us
The Teacher
The Open Doors
Framton Nuttel
Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town
Presenter - Narrator
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Self
Faith Healer
Francis Hardy
Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime
Himself - Narrator
War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme
Narrator (voice)
Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway
Self
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Presenter
The 12 Days of Christmas
Henry Sullivan
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
Self
Chelsea
Self
The Last Leg
Self
Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion
Self
Top Gear
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Cynefin
Self/Narrator
Public Service Broadcasting - BBC Proms - This New Noise - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
Pouring Water on Troubled Oil
Dylan Thomas (voice)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Michael Sheen: Lifting the Lid on the Care System
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of Steel
Narrator
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
The One Show
Self - Guest
The One Show
Self
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Self
Live from Studio Five
Self