Michael Sheen

Acting · 3.5 popularity

Age

Movies

114

Born: February 5, 1969
From: Newport, Monmouthshire, Galler, Birleşik Krallık

Biography

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

Works

114 films

Kingdom of Heaven

20057.1

TRON: Legacy

20106.5

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

20096.0

Alice in Wonderland

20106.6

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

20126.5

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

20116.2

Blood Diamond

20067.6

Alice Through the Looking Glass

20166.6

Underworld

20036.9

Dolittle

20206.6

Passengers

20167.0

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

20096.5

Underworld: Evolution

20066.6

Midnight in Paris

20117.5

Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue

20106.8

Nocturnal Animals

20167.4

Unthinkable

20106.8

Home Again

20176.1

Timeline

20035.7

The Queen

20066.9

Apostle

20186.1

Brad's Status

20176.3

Frost/Nixon

20087.3

Far from the Madding Crowd

20157.0

Slaughterhouse Rulez

20185.6

Wilde

19976.6

Admission

20135.6

The Four Feathers

20026.6

Kill the Messenger

20146.6

Mary Reilly

19965.8

Beautiful Boy

20116.0

The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box

20135.7

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

20176.1

Laws of Attraction

20045.8

Our Town

2026

The Damned United

20097.2

7 Days in Hell

20156.5

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

20165.5

The Special Relationship

20106.5

Jesus Henry Christ

20126.2

Richard Burton: Wild Genius

20257.5

Bright Young Things

20036.3

Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary

2026

Dirty Filthy Love

20056.6

How to Build a Girl

20205.8

Heroes and Demons

20126.5

To Provide All People

20188.0

Othello

19956.4

Few Options

20115.6

Buried

2026

The Deal

20036.8

Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell

20257.5

The Banker

20046.3

Out There

2026

Heartlands

20036.0

Fortitude

2026

Christmas with Katherine Jenkins

2023

Music Within

20076.5

Last Train to Christmas

20215.5

7 Up & Me

20197.5

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

20056.2

You Can Never Really Know Someone

20164.5

You Told Us To Talk About The Weather

2026

My Last Five Girlfriends

20105.3

Written in the Stars

2023

A Child's Christmases in Wales

20097.2

Saturday Knight Takeaway

20187.0

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

20066.3

Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway

20257.0

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

20139.0

Heart of Darkness

2026

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

20108.0

Resistance

20114.8

Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously

20167.0

A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry

2015

The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde

2026

Installing the Cast

20115.5

Top Gear: From A-Z

2015

HG Wells: War with the World

20066.1

Barbados

20157.3

Doomwatch: Winter Angel

19997.3

Aberfan: The Green Hollow

20166.3

The Making of 'The Queen'

20074.0

Under Milk Wood

20146.0

The Price of Admission

2026

Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

20214.7

The Path to Redemption

20068.0

Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out

20078.0

Animated Epics: Beowulf

19985.5

Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion

2015

The 12 Days of Christmas

2026

National Theatre Live: Nye

20246.0

Pouring Water on Troubled Oil

2023

Il était une fois... « The Queen »

2017

The Gospel of Us

20129.0

Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location

20248.0

Faith Healer

2020

Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime

20147.8

War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme

20149.5

Michael Sheen Presents - You're The Boss

200910.0

Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special

20248.0

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space

2007

Cynefin

2023

Creating Clough

2010

The Assembly

20248.0

Good Omens: Lockdown

20207.7

National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood

2021

Dead Long Enough

20066.3

The Open Doors

20046.0

Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye

20265.0

Public Service Broadcasting - BBC Proms - This New Noise - Live At The Royal Albert Hall

2022

Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of Steel

2018

Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town

2016

Michael Sheen: Lifting the Lid on the Care System

2022