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Michael Sheen

Michael Sheen

Acting · Creator

Born February 5, 1969, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK

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

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (53)
  • 2026Buried — Self
  • Buried with Michael Sheen — Self - Presenter
  • 2026Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye — self
  • Train‑ing It with Joe Wilkinson — Self - Guest
  • 2025Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell — Self
  • 2025Richard Burton: Wild Genius — Self
  • The Celebrity Traitors — Self - Contestant
  • 2024Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special — Self - Audience Member
  • 2024The Assembly — Self - Interviewed Guest
  • 2023Christmas with Katherine Jenkins — Self
  • Art That Made Us — Self - Actor
  • Fantasy Football League — Self - Guest
  • 2021Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas — Self
  • Michael McIntyre's The Wheel — Self - Expert
  • 20197 Up & Me — Self
  • There's Something About Movies — Self - Team Captain
  • 2018Saturday Knight Takeaway — Self
  • Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self
  • 2017Il était une fois... « The Queen » — Self
  • Richard Osman's House of Games — Self - Host
  • Tate Britain's Great Art Walks — Self
  • Chelsea — Self
  • Michael McIntyre's Big Show — Self - Interviewed Guest
  • 2016Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously — Self
  • 2015A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry — Self
  • 2015Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion — Self
  • 2015Top Gear: From A-Z — Self
  • A Life on Screen — Self
  • 2014Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime — Himself - Narrator
  • Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast — Himself
  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
  • 2013Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty — Self
  • Gogglebox — Self
  • The Great Comic Relief Bake Off — Self - Contestant
  • The Last Leg — Self
  • Comedy Bang! Bang! — Self
  • 2011Installing the Cast — Self
  • The Jonathan Ross Show — Self
  • A League of Their Own — Self - Panellist
  • 2010Creating Clough — Self
  • 2010Harold Pinter: A Celebration — Self
  • Live from Studio Five — Self
  • 2007Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out — Self
  • The Graham Norton Show — Self
  • 2007The Making of 'The Queen' — Self
  • The One Show — Self
  • 2006The Path to Redemption — Self
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self, Self - Guest
  • Punk'd — Self
  • Top Gear — Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
  • Have I Got News for You — Self - Host
  • Have I Got a Bit More News for You — Self - Presenter
  • Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary — Self
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