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Michael Sheen

Actor, Producer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn February 5, 1969 (57 years)
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

  • Passengers
  • Good Omens
  • Underworld
  • The Queen
  • The Twilight Saga: New Moon
  • Midnight in Paris
  • Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
  • Frost/Nixon
  • Tron: Legacy
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • The Damned United
  • Masters of Sex
  • Kingdom of Heaven
  • Unthinkable
  • Apostle
  • Dolittle
  • Far from the Madding Crowd
  • Kill the Messenger
  • Prodigal Son
  • Laws of Attraction
  • Timeline
  • Jesus Henry Christ
  • The Special Relationship
  • Staged

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    Filmography

    2026
    Good Omens 3 · as Aziraphale
    2026
    My Brother the Minotaur (TV Series) · as Cast
    2024
    A Very Royal Scandal (TV Series) · as Prince Andrew
    2024
    National Theatre Live: Nye · as Aneurin 'nye' Bevan
    2024
    Live a Little · as Arthur (character's Voice)
    2024
    The Way (2024) (TV Series) · as Denny Driscoll
    2023
    Best Interests (TV Series) · as Andrew
    2023
    2022
    Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama (TV Series) · as David Sherborne
    2022
    The Sandman (TV Series) · as Paul (voice)
    2021
    Last Train to Christmas · as Tony Towers
    2020
    Staged (TV Series) · as Michael
    2020
    Good Omens: Lockdown · as Aziraphale (voice)
    2020
    Quiz (TV Series) · as Chris Tarrant
    2020
    Dolittle · as Dr. Blair Müdfly
    2019
    How to Build a Girl · as Sigmund Freud
    2019
    Prodigal Son (TV Series) · as Dr. Martin Whitly
    2019
    Good Omens (TV Series) · as Aziraphale
    2019
    Wales: Land of the Wild (TV Series) · as Narrator
    2018
    2018
    Slaughterhouse Rulez · as The Bat
    2018
    Apostle · as Malcolm Howe
    2018
    2017
    Brad's Status · as Craig Fisher
    2017
    Home Again · as Austen Bloom
    2017
    The Good Fight (TV Series) · as Roland Blum
    2017
    2016
    Passengers · as Arthur
    2016
    Nocturnal Animals · as Carlos
    2016
    Alice Through the Looking Glass · as Nivens Mctwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
    2016
    Norman · as Philip Cohen
    2016
    2016
    Animals. (TV Series) · as Trotts
    2015
    Barbados · as David
    2015
    7 Days in Hell · as Caspian Wint
    2015
    The Spoils Before Dying (TV Series) · as Chet
    2015
    Far from the Madding Crowd · as William Boldwood
    2014
    Kill the Messenger · as Fred Weil
    2014
    Under Milk Wood · as First Voice
    2014
    The Spoils of Babylon (TV Series) · as Chet Halner
    2013
    2013
    Masters of Sex (TV Series) · as William Masters
    2013
    Admission · as Mark
    2012
    2012
    2012
    2012
    The Gospel of Us · as The Teacher
    2011
    Jesus Henry Christ · as Dr. Slavkin O'hara
    2011
    Resistance · as Tommy Atkins
    2011
    2011
    Few Options · as Florist
    2011
    2011
    Capture Anthologies: The Dimensions of Self · as Adam Banton (segment "airlock Or How To Say Goodbye In Space")
    2010
    Tron: Legacy · as Castor / Zuse
    2010
    Beautiful Boy · as Bill Carroll
    2010
    Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue · as Dr. Griffiths (voice)
    2010
    The Special Relationship · as Tony Blair
    2010
    Unthinkable · as Steven Arthur Younger
    2010
    2010
    Alice in Wonderland · as Nivens Mctwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
    2009
    A Child's Christmases in Wales · as Narrator (voice)
    2009
    2009
    My Last Five Girlfriends · as No. 5 - Detective Burnam
    2009
    The Damned United · as Brian Clough
    2009
    2008
    Frost/Nixon · as David Frost
    2007
    2007
    2007
    Music Within · as Art Honeyman
    2006
    Blood Diamond · as Simmons
    2006
    Dead Long Enough · as Harry Jones
    2006
    2006
    Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (TV Series) · as Emperor "nero" Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
    2006
    The Queen · as Tony Blair
    2006
    30 Rock (TV Series) · as Wesley Snipes
    2006
    Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! · as Kenneth Williams
    2006
    2005
    2005
    2005
    Kingdom of Heaven · as Priest
    2005
    Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as House (voice)
    2004
    Dirty Filthy Love · as Mark Furness
    2004
    Laws of Attraction · as Thorne Jamison
    2003
    Timeline · as Lord Oliver
    2003
    Bright Young Things · as Miles Maitland
    2003
    The Deal · as Tony Blair
    2003
    Underworld · as Lucian
    2002
    The Four Feathers · as William Trench
    2002
    Heartlands · as Colin
    1999
    1998
    Animated Epics: Beowulf · as Wiglaf ( Voice )
    1998
    Lost in France (TV Series) · as Owen
    1997
    Wilde · as Robbie Ross
    1997
    Bremner, Bird and Fortune (TV Series) · as Cast
    1997
    The Grand (TV Series) · as Thomas Jordan
    1996
    Mary Reilly · as Bradshaw
    1995
    Othello · as Lodovico
    1993
    Gallowglass (TV Series) · as Joe
    1992
    Sean's Show (TV Series) · as James
    1992
    Maigret (1992) (TV Series)
    1989
    The Simpsons (TV Series) · as William Masters (voice)
    1975
    Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Various Characters

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