Michael Sheen
Known for Acting · 168 credits
- Born
- 1969-02-05 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Newport, Monmouthshire, Galler, Birleşik Krallık
- Also known as
- Michael Christopher Sheen
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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Known For
TV Shows (54)
The Simpsons
1989
as William Masters (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self / Self - Guest
Doctor Who
2005
as House (voice)
The One Show
2006
as Self
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Top Gear
2002
as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
The Sandman
2022
as Paul (voice)
30 Rock
2006
as Wesley Snipes
The Good Fight
2017
as Roland Blum
Chelsea
2016
as Self
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Presenter
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Punk'd
2003
as Self
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
as Self
Masters of Sex
2013
as William Masters
A League of Their Own
2010
Good Omens
2019
as Aziraphale
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
as Self
Prodigal Son
2019
as Dr. Martin Whitly
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
as Self - Host
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
as Self
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
as Self - Expert
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
2016
as Self - Interviewed Guest
Staged
2020
as Michael
Gogglebox
2013
as Self
The Grand
1997
as Thomas Jordan
Maigret
1992
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
2016
The Spoils Before Dying
2015
as Chet
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
as Emperor "Nero" Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus / Emperor Nero
The Celebrity Traitors
2025
as Self - Contestant
Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast
2014
as Himself
A Very Royal Scandal
2024
as Prince Andrew
The Spoils of Babylon
2014
as Chet Halner
There's Something About Movies
2019
as Self - Team Captain
Fantasy Football League
2022
as Self - Guest
A Life on Screen
2014
as Self
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013
as Self - Contestant
Quiz
2020
as Chris Tarrant
Best Interests
2023
as Andrew
Art That Made Us
2022
as Self - Actor
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2017
as Self
The Way
2024
as Denny Driscoll
Train‑ing It with Joe Wilkinson
2026
as Self - Guest
Live from Studio Five
2009
as Self
Sean's Show
1992
as James
Gallowglass
1993
as Joe
Animated World Faiths
1998
as John (voice)
Lost In France
1998
as Owen
Wales: Land of the Wild
2019
as Narrator
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama
2022
as David Sherborne
The Battle for Rome
as Nero
Movies (114)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
2011
as Aro
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
as Priest
Alice in Wonderland
2010
as Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
as Aro
TRON: Legacy
2010
as Castor / Zuse
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009
as Aro
Blood Diamond
2006
as Simmons
Dolittle
2020
as Dr. Blair Müdfly
Passengers
2016
as Arthur
Underworld
2003
as Lucian
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2009
as Lucian
Underworld: Evolution
2006
as Lucian
Midnight in Paris
2011
as Paul
Apostle
2018
as Malcolm Howe
Nocturnal Animals
2016
as Carlos
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
2010
as Dr. Griffiths (voice)
Timeline
2003
as Lord Oliver
Far from the Madding Crowd
2015
as William Boldwood
Unthinkable
2010
as Steven Arthur Younger
Slaughterhouse Rulez
2018
as The Bat
Kill the Messenger
2014
as Fred Weil
Beautiful Boy
2011
as Bill Carroll
Wilde
1997
as Robbie Ross
Home Again
2017
as Austen Bloom
Brad's Status
2017
as Craig Fisher
Laws of Attraction
2004
as Thorne Jamison
The Queen
2006
as Tony Blair
7 Days in Hell
2015
as Caspian Wint
Frost/Nixon
2008
as David Frost
Written in the Stars
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Jesus Henry Christ
2012
as Dr. Slavkin O'Hara
The Four Feathers
2002
as William Trench
Mary Reilly
1996
as Bradshaw
Heroes and Demons
2012
as The Banker (segment "The Banker")
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
2013
as Charity
Out There
2026
as Shifty Gruff
How to Build a Girl
2020
as Sigmund Freud
Bright Young Things
2003
as Miles Maitland
The Damned United
2009
as Brian Clough
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025
as Self
To Provide All People
2018
as Porter
Last Train to Christmas
2021
as Tony Towers
Dirty Filthy Love
2005
as Mark Furness
Installing the Cast
2011
as Self
Admission
2013
as Mark
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
2025
as Self
The Banker
2004
as The Banker
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
2017
as Carl Flossy
The Path to Redemption
2006
as Self
Heartlands
2003
as Colin
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016
as Philip Cohen
The Special Relationship
2010
as Tony Blair
Resistance
2011
as Tommy Atkins
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
1999
as Angel
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
as Jeremy
Heart of Darkness
as (voice)
Music Within
2007
as Art Honeyman
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
as Self
7 Up & Me
2019
as Self
Othello
1995
as Lodovico
Fortitude
Good Omens: Lockdown
2020
as Aziraphale (voice)
Animated Epics: Beowulf
1998
as Wiglaf ( voice )
The Assembly
2024
as Self - Interviewed Guest
The Price of Admission
as Harold Sugar
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde
Under Milk Wood
2014
as First Voice
My Last Five Girlfriends
2010
as No. 5 - Detective Burnam
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
2016
The Deal
2003
as Tony Blair
The 12 Days of Christmas
as Henry Sullivan
Few Options
2011
as Florist
The Open Doors
2004
as Framton Nuttel
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2021
as Self
The Gospel of Us
2012
as The Teacher
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007
as Self
Barbados
2015
as David
Top Gear: From A-Z
2015
as Self
Dead Long Enough
2006
as Harry Jones
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
as Self
Buried
2026
as Self
Creating Clough
2010
as Self
You Can Never Really Know Someone
2016
as Henry
National Theatre Live: Nye
2024
as Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan
Saturday Knight Takeaway
2018
as Self
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017
as Self
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
as Self
Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway
2025
as Self
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
2016
as Self
You Told Us To Talk About The Weather
2026
as Narrator (voice)
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
2006
as Kenneth Williams
A Child's Christmases in Wales
2009
as Narrator (voice)
Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime
2014
as Himself - Narrator
Christmas with Katherine Jenkins
2023
as Self
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
2021
as Owain Jenkins
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
as Self
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion
2015
as Self
Michael Sheen: Lifting the Lid on the Care System
2022
Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of Steel
2018
as Narrator
Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special
2024
as Self - Audience Member
Cynefin
2023
as Self/Narrator
Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye
2026
as self
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
2007
as Adam Banton
HG Wells: War with the World
2006
as H.G. Wells
Faith Healer
2020
as Francis Hardy
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
2015
as Self
Michael Sheen Presents - You're The Boss
2009
War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town
2016
as Presenter - Narrator
Public Service Broadcasting - BBC Proms - This New Noise - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
2022
Pouring Water on Troubled Oil
2023
as Dylan Thomas (voice)
Our Town
2026
as Stage Manager
About 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… With 168 credits spanning from 1989 to 2026, Michael Sheen has appeared in 114 films and 54 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michael Sheen Movies
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) — as Aro
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005) — as Priest
- Alice in Wonderland (2010) — as Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012) — as Aro
- TRON: Legacy (2010) — as Castor / Zuse
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