
Michael Sheen
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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

The Graham Norton Show

The Simpsons

The Good Fight

The One Show

Honest Trailers

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

The Sandman

Michael McIntyre's Big Show

Top Gear

The Jonathan Ross Show

30 Rock

Doctor Who

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

Chelsea

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

A League of Their Own

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

Gogglebox

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

Admission

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

Blood Diamond

Nocturnal Animals

Underworld: Evolution

Kingdom of Heaven

Timeline

Alice in Wonderland

Alice Through the Looking Glass

The Spoils of Babylon

Midnight in Paris

TRON: Legacy

Wilde

The Four Feathers

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

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

The Way

Bright Young Things

A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

Brad's Status

Dolittle

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Passengers

Far from the Madding Crowd

Underworld

Home Again

Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue

Unthinkable

Apostle

A Very Royal Scandal

Staged

Best Interests

The Queen

The Damned United

Masters of Sex

Under Milk Wood

Gallowglass

Aberfan: The Green Hollow

The Assembly

War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme

Good Omens

Good Omens: Lockdown

The Battle for Rome
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