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Michael Sheen

Michael Sheen profile
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1969-02-05
Place of Birth: Newport, Monmouthshire, Galler, Birleşik Krallık
Popularity: 2.3

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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2019
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2013
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2013
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Have I Got a Bit More News for You

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2011
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2003
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2011
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2019
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2006
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2010
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2017
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2012
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2009
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2020
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2003
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2010
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

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2011
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2016
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2003
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2020
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2015
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The Queen

2006
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2014
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2013
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2018
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2013
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2002
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2014
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2022
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2022
Home Again poster

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2017
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2017
Frost/Nixon poster

Frost/Nixon

2008
A Life on Screen poster

A Life on Screen

2014
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Mary Reilly

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Laws of Attraction

2004
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Wilde

1997
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2017
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The Damned United

2009
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Best Interests

2023
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Beautiful Boy

2011
7 Days in Hell poster

7 Days in Hell

2015
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Slaughterhouse Rulez

2018
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The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box

2013
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Admission

2013
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Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

2016
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Bright Young Things

2003
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Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast

2014
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Gallowglass

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2019
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Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell

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The Deal

2003
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2017
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2009
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1995
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The Special Relationship

2010
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2020
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2019
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2012
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2007
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2014
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2011
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2011
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2003
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2006
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2006
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2006
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2014
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The 12 Days of Christmas

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Aberfan: The Green Hollow

2016
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War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme

2014
Installing the Cast poster

Installing the Cast

2011
The Banker poster

The Banker

2004
Public Service Broadcasting - BBC Proms - This New Noise - Live At The Royal Albert Hall poster

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2022
Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway poster

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2025
Top Gear: From A-Z poster

Top Gear: From A-Z

2015
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2016
Creating Clough poster

Creating Clough

2010
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Saturday Knight Takeaway

2018
Barbados poster

Barbados

2015
Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion poster

Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion

2015
The Open Doors poster

The Open Doors

2004
The Gospel of Us poster

The Gospel of Us

2012
Good Omens: Lockdown poster

Good Omens: Lockdown

2020
Christmas with Katherine Jenkins poster

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2023
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The Making of 'The Queen'

2007
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The Assembly

2024
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Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location

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You Told Us To Talk About The Weather

2026
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Buried

2026
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Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye

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Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town poster

Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town

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Michael Sheen: Lifting the Lid on the Care System poster

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2022
Cynefin poster

Cynefin

2023
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Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of Steel

2018
Michael Sheen Presents - You're The Boss poster

Michael Sheen Presents - You're The Boss

2009