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Michael Sheen

Acting 57 years old Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK ★ 2.5
Born: February 5, 1969

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.

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Filmography

Acting Credits (162)

Good Omens 3
Good Omens 3 Aziraphale 2026
You Told Us To Talk About The Weather
You Told Us To Talk About The Weather Narrator (voice) 2026
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Richard Burton: Wild Genius Self 2025
Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway
Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway Self 2025
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell Self 2025
Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special
Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special Self - Audience Member 2024
A Very Royal Scandal
A Very Royal Scandal Prince Andrew 2024
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location Narrator (voice) 2024
National Theatre Live: Nye
National Theatre Live: Nye Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan 2024
The Assembly
The Assembly Self - Interviewed Guest 2024
Live a Little
Live a Little Arthur (character's voice) 2024
The Way
The Way Denny Driscoll 2024
Christmas with Katherine Jenkins
Christmas with Katherine Jenkins Self 2023
Best Interests
Best Interests Andrew 2023
Cynefin
Cynefin Self/Narrator 2023
Pouring Water on Troubled Oil
Pouring Water on Troubled Oil Dylan Thomas (voice) 2023
Written in the Stars
Written in the Stars Narrator (voice) 2023
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama David Sherborne 2022
Fantasy Football League
Fantasy Football League Self - Guest 2022
Public Service Broadcasting - BBC Proms - This New Noise - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
Public Service Broadcasting - BBC Proms - This New Noise - Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2022
The Sandman
The Sandman Paul (voice) 2022
Michael Sheen: Lifting the Lid on the Care System
Michael Sheen: Lifting the Lid on the Care System 2022
Art That Made Us
Art That Made Us Self - Actor 2022
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas Self 2021
Last Train to Christmas
Last Train to Christmas Tony Towers 2021
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood Owain Jenkins 2021
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel Self - Expert 2020
How to Build a Girl
How to Build a Girl Sigmund Freud 2020
Faith Healer
Faith Healer Francis Hardy 2020
Staged
Staged Michael 2020
Good Omens: Lockdown
Good Omens: Lockdown Aziraphale (voice) 2020
Quiz
Quiz Chris Tarrant 2020
Dolittle
Dolittle Dr. Blair Müdfly 2020
Prodigal Son
Prodigal Son Dr. Martin Whitly 2019
7 Up & Me
7 Up & Me Self 2019
Good Omens
Good Omens Aziraphale 2019
There's Something About Movies
There's Something About Movies Self - Team Captain 2019
Wales: Land of the Wild
Wales: Land of the Wild Narrator 2019
Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of Steel
Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of Steel Narrator 2018
Slaughterhouse Rulez
Slaughterhouse Rulez The Bat 2018
Apostle
Apostle Malcolm Howe 2018
To Provide All People
To Provide All People Porter 2018
Brad's Status
Brad's Status Craig Fisher 2017
Home Again
Home Again Austen Bloom 2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Carpool Karaoke: The Series Self 2017
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Il était une fois... « The Queen » Self 2017
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks Self 2017
The Good Fight
The Good Fight Roland Blum 2017
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special Carl Flossy 2017
Passengers
Passengers Arthur 2016
Nocturnal Animals
Nocturnal Animals Carlos 2016
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
Aberfan: The Green Hollow 2016
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously Self 2016
Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town
Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town Presenter - Narrator 2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice Through the Looking Glass Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice) 2016
Chelsea
Chelsea Self 2016
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Michael McIntyre's Big Show Self - Interviewed Guest 2016
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer Philip Cohen 2016
You Can Never Really Know Someone
You Can Never Really Know Someone Henry 2016
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson 2016
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry Self 2015
Top Gear: From A-Z
Top Gear: From A-Z Self 2015
Barbados
Barbados David 2015
7 Days in Hell
7 Days in Hell Caspian Wint 2015
The Spoils Before Dying
The Spoils Before Dying Chet 2015
Far from the Madding Crowd
Far from the Madding Crowd William Boldwood 2015
Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion
Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion Self 2015
A Life on Screen
A Life on Screen Self 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme
War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme Narrator (voice) 2014
Kill the Messenger
Kill the Messenger Fred Weil 2014
Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime
Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime Himself - Narrator 2014
Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood First Voice 2014
Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast
Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast Himself 2014
The Spoils of Babylon
The Spoils of Babylon Chet Halner 2014
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box Charity 2013
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty Self 2013
Masters of Sex
Masters of Sex William Masters 2013
Admission
Admission Mark 2013
Gogglebox
Gogglebox Self 2013
The Last Leg
The Last Leg Self 2013
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off Self - Contestant 2013
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 Aro 2012
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Comedy Bang! Bang! Self 2012
Jesus Henry Christ
Jesus Henry Christ Dr. Slavkin O'Hara 2012
The Gospel of Us
The Gospel of Us The Teacher 2012
Resistance
Resistance Tommy Atkins 2011
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 Aro 2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
The Jonathan Ross Show Self 2011
Few Options
Few Options Florist 2011
Beautiful Boy
Beautiful Boy Bill Carroll 2011
Midnight in Paris
Midnight in Paris Paul 2011
Heroes and Demons
Heroes and Demons 2011
Installing the Cast
Installing the Cast Self 2011
TRON: Legacy
TRON: Legacy Castor / Zuse 2010
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue Dr. Griffiths (voice) 2010
The Special Relationship
The Special Relationship Tony Blair 2010
Unthinkable
Unthinkable Steven Arthur Younger 2010
My Last Five Girlfriends
My Last Five Girlfriends No. 5 - Detective Burnam 2010
A League of Their Own
A League of Their Own 2010
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice) 2010
Creating Clough
Creating Clough Self 2010
Harold Pinter:  A Celebration
Harold Pinter: A Celebration Self 2010
A Child's Christmases in Wales
A Child's Christmases in Wales Narrator (voice) 2009
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Twilight Saga: New Moon Aro 2009
Michael Sheen Presents - You're The Boss
Michael Sheen Presents - You're The Boss 2009
Live from Studio Five
Live from Studio Five Self 2009
The Damned United
The Damned United Brian Clough 2009
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Lucian 2009
Frost/Nixon
Frost/Nixon David Frost 2008
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space Adam Banton 2007
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out Self 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
The Making of 'The Queen'
The Making of 'The Queen' Self 2007
Music Within
Music Within Art Honeyman 2007
Blood Diamond
Blood Diamond Simmons 2006
Dead Long Enough
Dead Long Enough Harry Jones 2006
30 Rock
30 Rock Wesley Snipes 2006
HG Wells: War with the World
HG Wells: War with the World H.G. Wells 2006
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire Emperor "Nero" Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus 2006
The Queen
The Queen Tony Blair 2006
The One Show
The One Show Self 2006
The Path to Redemption
The Path to Redemption Self 2006
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! Kenneth Williams 2006
Underworld: Evolution
Underworld: Evolution Lucian 2006
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse Jeremy 2005
Dirty Filthy Love
Dirty Filthy Love Mark Furness 2005
Kingdom of Heaven
Kingdom of Heaven Priest 2005
Doctor Who
Doctor Who House (voice) 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Self 2005
The Banker
The Banker The Banker 2004
Laws of Attraction
Laws of Attraction Thorne Jamison 2004
The Open Doors
The Open Doors Framton Nuttel 2004
Timeline
Timeline Lord Oliver 2003
Bright Young Things
Bright Young Things Miles Maitland 2003
The Deal
The Deal Tony Blair 2003
Underworld
Underworld Lucian 2003
Heartlands
Heartlands Colin 2003
Punk'd
Punk'd Self 2003
Top Gear
Top Gear Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car 2002
The Four Feathers
The Four Feathers William Trench 2002
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
Doomwatch: Winter Angel Angel 1999
Lost In France
Lost In France Owen 1998
Animated World Faiths
Animated World Faiths John (voice) 1998
Animated Epics: Beowulf
Animated Epics: Beowulf Wiglaf ( voice ) 1998
Wilde
Wilde Robbie Ross 1997
The Grand
The Grand Thomas Jordan 1997
Mary Reilly
Mary Reilly Bradshaw 1996
Othello
Othello Lodovico 1995
Gallowglass
Gallowglass Joe 1993
Sean's Show
Sean's Show James 1992
Maigret
Maigret 1992
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You Self - Host 1990
The Simpsons
The Simpsons William Masters (voice) 1989
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde
The Price of Admission
The Price of Admission Harold Sugar
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness (voice)
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary Self
The 12 Days of Christmas
The 12 Days of Christmas Henry Sullivan
Fortitude
Fortitude
The Battle for Rome
The Battle for Rome Nero
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Have I Got a Bit More News for You Self - Presenter

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