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Michael Sheen

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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.

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Films Featuring Michael Sheen

Underworld

20036.9

The Queen

20066.9

Blood Diamond

20067.6

Kingdom of Heaven

20057.1

Underworld: Evolution

20066.6

Laws of Attraction

20045.8

Animated Epics: Beowulf

19985.5

TRON: Legacy

20106.5

The Damned United

20097.2

Last Train to Christmas

20215.5

Frost/Nixon

20087.3

Alice in Wonderland

20106.6

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

20139.0

National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood

2021

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

20096.5

Timeline

20035.7

My Last Five Girlfriends

20105.3

Written in the Stars

2023

Music Within

20076.5

Bright Young Things

20036.3

The Deal

20036.8

Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue

20106.8

Unthinkable

20106.8

The Special Relationship

20106.5

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

20066.3

Cynefin

2023

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

20096.0

HG Wells: War with the World

20066.1

Barbados

20157.3

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

20126.5

A Child's Christmases in Wales

20097.2

Heartlands

20036.0

Midnight in Paris

20117.5

Beautiful Boy

20116.0

Resistance

20114.8

Jesus Henry Christ

20126.2

The Gospel of Us

20129.0

Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion

2015

Admission

20135.6

Heroes and Demons

20126.5

Installing the Cast

20115.5

Pouring Water on Troubled Oil

2023

Far from the Madding Crowd

20157.0

Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space

2007

The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box

20135.7

Dead Long Enough

20066.3

Kill the Messenger

20146.6

Under Milk Wood

20146.0

7 Days in Hell

20156.5

Christmas with Katherine Jenkins

2023

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

2022

Mary Reilly

19965.8

Othello

19956.4

The Four Feathers

20026.6

Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town

2016

National Theatre Live: Nye

20246.0

Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out

20078.0

Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of Steel

Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of Steel

2018

Alice Through the Looking Glass

20166.6

Passengers

20167.0

Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

20214.7

The Banker

20046.3

The Assembly

20248.0

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

20165.5

Dirty Filthy Love

20056.6

Wilde

19976.6

A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry

2015

You Can Never Really Know Someone

You Can Never Really Know Someone

20164.5

War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme

War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme

20149.5

Il était une fois... « The Queen »

Il était une fois... « The Queen »

2017

Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously

20167.0

Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime

20147.8

Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location

20248.0

Nocturnal Animals

20167.4

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

20116.2

The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde

The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde

Aberfan: The Green Hollow

Aberfan: The Green Hollow

20166.3

Brad's Status

20176.3

Home Again

20176.1

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

20176.1

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

20108.0

Apostle

20186.1

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

20056.2

Slaughterhouse Rulez

20185.6

The Open Doors

20046.0

Dolittle

20206.6

The Price of Admission

To Provide All People

To Provide All People

20188.0

7 Up & Me

20197.5

How to Build a Girl

20205.8

Good Omens: Lockdown

20207.7

Heart of Darkness

Faith Healer

2020

The Path to Redemption

20068.0

Doomwatch: Winter Angel

19997.3

Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary

Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary

Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special

20248.0

Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell

20257.5

Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway

20257.0

Michael Sheen: Lifting the Lid on the Care System

2022

The 12 Days of Christmas

The 12 Days of Christmas

Michael Sheen Presents - You're The Boss

200910.0

The Making of 'The Queen'

The Making of 'The Queen'

20074.0

Few Options

20115.6

Fortitude

Fortitude

Richard Burton: Wild Genius

20257.5

Top Gear: From A-Z

2015

Creating Clough

2010

You Told Us To Talk About The Weather

2026

Buried

Buried

2026

Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye

20265.0

Saturday Knight Takeaway

Saturday Knight Takeaway

20187.0

Out There

2026

Our Town

2026