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Michael Sheen
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 thea…
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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
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2026
Buried with Michael Sheen
TV show Self - Presenter
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2026
Out There
Movie Shifty Gruff
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2026
Our Town
Movie Stage Manager
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2026
Buried
Movie Self
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2026
Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye
Movie self
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2026
Train‑ing It with Joe Wilkinson
TV show Self - Guest
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2026
You Told Us To Talk About The Weather
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2025
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Movie Self
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2025
The Celebrity Traitors
TV show Self - Contestant
- 2025
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2025
Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Give Away
TV show Creator
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2025
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
Movie Self
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2024
Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special
Movie Self - Audience Member
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2024
A Very Royal Scandal
TV show Prince Andrew
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2024
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2024
National Theatre Live: Nye
Movie Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan
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2024
The Assembly
Movie Self - Interviewed Guest
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2024
The Way
TV show Denny Driscoll
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2023
Christmas with Katherine Jenkins
Movie Self
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2023
Best Interests
TV show Andrew
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2023
Cynefin
Movie Self/Narrator
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2023
Pouring Water on Troubled Oil
Movie Dylan Thomas (voice)
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2023
Written in the Stars
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2022
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama
TV show David Sherborne
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2022
Fantasy Football League
TV show Self - Guest
- 2022
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2022
The Sandman
TV show Paul (voice)
- 2022
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2022
Art That Made Us
TV show Self - Actor
- 2021
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2021
Last Train to Christmas
Movie Tony Towers
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2021
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
Movie Owain Jenkins
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2020
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
TV show Self - Expert
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2020
How to Build a Girl
Movie Sigmund Freud
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2020
Faith Healer
Movie Francis Hardy
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2020
Staged
TV show Michael
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2020
Good Omens: Lockdown
Movie Aziraphale (voice)
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2020
Quiz
TV show Chris Tarrant
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2020
Dolittle
Movie Dr. Blair Müdfly
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2019
Prodigal Son
TV show Dr. Martin Whitly
