Michael Sheen
Acting
Born: Feb 05, 1969
From: Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Written in the Stars | Narrator (voice) | 2023 | — |
| Cynefin | Self/Narrator | 2023 | — |
| Last Train to Christmas | Tony Towers | 2021 | 5.4 |
| National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood | Owain Jenkins | 2021 | — |
| Barbados | David | 2015 | 7.3 |
| Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty | Self | 2013 | 9.0 |
| The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | Aro | 2012 | 6.457 |
| TRON: Legacy | Castor / Zuse | 2010 | 6.54 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit … | 2010 | 6.639 |
| My Last Five Girlfriends | No. 5 - Detective Burnam | 2010 | 5.33 |
| Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue | Dr. Griffiths (voice) | 2010 | 6.757 |
| Unthinkable | Steven Arthur Younger | 2010 | 6.803 |
| The Special Relationship | Tony Blair | 2010 | 6.452 |
| The Damned United | Brian Clough | 2009 | 7.234 |
| Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Lucian | 2009 | 6.539 |
| The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Aro | 2009 | 5.99 |
| Frost/Nixon | David Frost | 2008 | 7.28 |
| Music Within | Art Honeyman | 2007 | 6.444 |
| The Queen | Tony Blair | 2006 | 6.954 |
| Blood Diamond | Simmons | 2006 | 7.556 |
| Underworld: Evolution | Lucian | 2006 | 6.602 |
| Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! | Kenneth Williams | 2006 | 6.317 |
| HG Wells: War with the World | H.G. Wells | 2006 | 6.5 |
| Kingdom of Heaven | Priest | 2005 | 7.0 |
| Laws of Attraction | Thorne Jamison | 2004 | 5.816 |
| Underworld | Lucian | 2003 | 6.847 |
| Timeline | Lord Oliver | 2003 | 5.733 |
| Bright Young Things | Miles Maitland | 2003 | 6.266 |
| The Deal | Tony Blair | 2003 | 6.778 |
| Animated Epics: Beowulf | Wiglaf ( voice ) | 1998 | 5.5 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1969 |
| From | Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, … |