Michael Sheen

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

Known For

The Simpsons

Doctor Who

The Graham Norton Show

Top Gear

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

30 Rock

The Good Fight

All Movies (112)

• Buried2026 · as Self
• Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye2026 · as self
• You Told Us To Talk About The Weather2026 · as Narrator (voice)
• Richard Burton: Wild Genius2025 · as Self
• Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway2025 · as Self
• Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell2025 · as Self
• Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special2024 · as Self - Audience Member
• Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location2024 · as Narrator (voice)
• National Theatre Live: Nye2024 · as Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan
• The Assembly2024 · as Self - Interviewed Guest
• Christmas with Katherine Jenkins2023 · as Self
• Cynefin2023 · as Self/Narrator
• Pouring Water on Troubled Oil2023 · as Dylan Thomas (voice)
• Written in the Stars2023 · as Narrator (voice)
• Public Service Broadcasting - BBC Proms - This New Noise - Live At The Royal Albert Hall2022
• Michael Sheen: Lifting the Lid on the Care System2022
• Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas2021 · as Self
• Last Train to Christmas2021 · as Tony Towers
• National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood2021 · as Owain Jenkins
• How to Build a Girl2020 · as Sigmund Freud
• Faith Healer2020 · as Francis Hardy
• Good Omens: Lockdown2020 · as Aziraphale (voice)
• Dolittle2020 · as Dr. Blair Müdfly
• 7 Up & Me2019 · as Self
• Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of Steel2018 · as Narrator
• Slaughterhouse Rulez2018 · as The Bat
• Apostle2018 · as Malcolm Howe
• To Provide All People2018 · as Porter
• Saturday Knight Takeaway2018 · as Self
• Brad's Status2017 · as Craig Fisher
• Home Again2017 · as Austen Bloom
• Il était une fois... « The Queen »2017 · as Self
• Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special2017 · as Carl Flossy
• Passengers2016 · as Arthur
• Nocturnal Animals2016 · as Carlos
• Aberfan: The Green Hollow2016
• Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously2016 · as Self
• Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town2016 · as Presenter - Narrator
• Alice Through the Looking Glass2016 · as Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
• Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer2016 · as Philip Cohen
• You Can Never Really Know Someone2016 · as Henry
• A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry2015 · as Self
• Top Gear: From A-Z2015 · as Self
• Barbados2015 · as David
• 7 Days in Hell2015 · as Caspian Wint
• Far from the Madding Crowd2015 · as William Boldwood
• Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion2015 · as Self
• War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme2014 · as Narrator (voice)
• Kill the Messenger2014 · as Fred Weil
• Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime2014 · as Himself - Narrator
• Under Milk Wood2014 · as First Voice
• The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box2013 · as Charity
• Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty2013 · as Self
• Admission2013 · as Mark
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 22012 · as Aro
• Heroes and Demons2012 · as The Banker (segment "The Banker")
• Jesus Henry Christ2012 · as Dr. Slavkin O'Hara
• The Gospel of Us2012 · as The Teacher
• Resistance2011 · as Tommy Atkins
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 12011 · as Aro
• Few Options2011 · as Florist
• Beautiful Boy2011 · as Bill Carroll
• Midnight in Paris2011 · as Paul
• Installing the Cast2011 · as Self
• TRON: Legacy2010 · as Castor / Zuse
• Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue2010 · as Dr. Griffiths (voice)
• The Special Relationship2010 · as Tony Blair
• Unthinkable2010 · as Steven Arthur Younger
• My Last Five Girlfriends2010 · as No. 5 - Detective Burnam
• Alice in Wonderland2010 · as Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
• Creating Clough2010 · as Self
• Harold Pinter: A Celebration2010 · as Self
• A Child's Christmases in Wales2009 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Twilight Saga: New Moon2009 · as Aro
• Michael Sheen Presents - You're The Boss2009
• The Damned United2009 · as Brian Clough
• Underworld: Rise of the Lycans2009 · as Lucian
• Frost/Nixon2008 · as David Frost
• Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space2007 · as Adam Banton
• Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out2007 · as Self
• The Making of 'The Queen'2007 · as Self
• Music Within2007 · as Art Honeyman
• Blood Diamond2006 · as Simmons
• Dead Long Enough2006 · as Harry Jones
• HG Wells: War with the World2006 · as H.G. Wells
• The Queen2006 · as Tony Blair
• The Path to Redemption2006 · as Self
• Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!2006 · as Kenneth Williams
• Underworld: Evolution2006 · as Lucian
• The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse2005 · as Jeremy
• Dirty Filthy Love2005 · as Mark Furness
• Kingdom of Heaven2005 · as Priest
• The Banker2004 · as The Banker
• Laws of Attraction2004 · as Thorne Jamison
• The Open Doors2004 · as Framton Nuttel
• Timeline2003 · as Lord Oliver
• Bright Young Things2003 · as Miles Maitland
• The Deal2003 · as Tony Blair
• Underworld2003 · as Lucian
• Heartlands2003 · as Colin
• The Four Feathers2002 · as William Trench
• Doomwatch: Winter Angel1999 · as Angel
• Animated Epics: Beowulf1998 · as Wiglaf ( voice )
• Wilde1997 · as Robbie Ross
• Mary Reilly1996 · as Bradshaw
• Othello1995 · as Lodovico
• The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde—
• The Price of Admission— · as Harold Sugar
• Heart of Darkness— · as (voice)
• Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary— · as Self
• The 12 Days of Christmas— · as Henry Sullivan
• Fortitude—

All TV Shows (55)

• Train‑ing It with Joe Wilkinson2026 · as Self - Guest
• The Celebrity Traitors2025 · as Self - Contestant
• A Very Royal Scandal2024 · as Prince Andrew
• The Way2024 · as Denny Driscoll
• Best Interests2023 · as Andrew
• Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama2022 · as David Sherborne
• Fantasy Football League2022 · as Self - Guest
• The Sandman2022 · as Paul (voice)
• Art That Made Us2022 · as Self - Actor
• Michael McIntyre's The Wheel2020 · as Self - Expert
• Staged2020 · as Michael
• Quiz2020 · as Chris Tarrant
• Prodigal Son2019 · as Dr. Martin Whitly
• Good Omens2019 · as Aziraphale
• There's Something About Movies2019 · as Self - Team Captain
• Wales: Land of the Wild2019 · as Narrator
• Richard Osman's House of Games2017 · as Self - Host
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series2017 · as Self
• Tate Britain's Great Art Walks2017 · as Self
• The Good Fight2017 · as Roland Blum
• Chelsea2016 · as Self
• Michael McIntyre's Big Show2016 · as Self - Interviewed Guest
• Join or Die with Craig Ferguson2016
• The Spoils Before Dying2015 · as Chet
• A Life on Screen2014 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast2014 · as Himself
• The Spoils of Babylon2014 · as Chet Halner
• Masters of Sex2013 · as William Masters
• Gogglebox2013 · as Self
• The Last Leg2013 · as Self
• The Great Comic Relief Bake Off2013 · as Self - Contestant
• Comedy Bang! Bang!2012 · as Self
• The Jonathan Ross Show2011 · as Self
• A League of Their Own2010
• Live from Studio Five2009 · as Self
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• 30 Rock2006 · as Wesley Snipes
• Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire2006 · as Emperor "Nero" Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• Doctor Who2005 · as House (voice)
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self - Guest
• Punk'd2003 · as Self
• Top Gear2002 · as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
• Lost In France1998 · as Owen
• Animated World Faiths1998 · as John (voice)
• The Grand1997 · as Thomas Jordan
• Gallowglass1993 · as Joe
• Sean's Show1992 · as James
• Maigret1992
• Have I Got News for You1990 · as Self - Host
• The Simpsons1989 · as William Masters (voice)
• The Battle for Rome— · as Nero
• Have I Got a Bit More News for You— · as Self - Presenter