Michael Sheen

Michael Sheen

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Birthday: 
5 February 1969, Newport, Gwent, Wales, UK
Birth Name: 
Michael Christopher Sheen
Height: 
178 cm
Even though he had burned up the London stage for nearly a decade--and appeared in several films--Michael Sheen was not really "discovered" by American audiences until his critically-acclaimed turn as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1999 Broadway revival of "Amadeus".Sheen was born in Newport, Wales, the only son of Irene (Thomas... Show more »
Even though he had burned up the London stage for nearly a decade--and appeared in several films--Michael Sheen was not really "discovered" by American audiences until his critically-acclaimed turn as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1999 Broadway revival of "Amadeus".Sheen was born in Newport, Wales, the only son of Irene (Thomas) and Meyrick Sheen. The charming, curly-haired actor grew up a middle-class boy in the working-class town of Port Talbot, Wales. Although his parents worked in personnel, they shared with their son a deep appreciation for acting, with Meyrick Sheen enjoying some success later in life as a Jack Nicholson impersonator.As a young man, Michael Sheen turned down the opportunity to pursue a possible professional football career, opting to follow in the footsteps of Daniel Day-Lewis and Patrick Stewart by attending the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School instead of university. In his second year, he won the coveted Laurence Olivier Bursary for consistently outstanding performances. While Sheen was still studying, he landed a pivotal role opposite stage legend Vanessa Redgrave in Martin Sherman's "When She Danced" (1991). He left school early to make his West End debut and has been dazzling audiences and critics with his intense and passionate performances ever since. Among his most memorable roles were "Romeo" in "Romeo and Juliet", the title role in Yukio Ninagawa's 1994 Royal Shakespeare Company's staging of "Peer Gynt" and "Jimmy Porter" both in a 1994 regional staging in a 1999 London revival of "Look Back in Anger". A critic from the London Times panned the multimedia production of "Peer Gynt", but praised Sheen for his ability to express "astonishing vitality despite lifeless direction". Referring to Sheen's performance in "Look Back in Anger", Susannah Clapp of The Observer hailed him for his "luminous quality" and ability to be goaded and fiery and defensive all at the same time. Sheen also managed to set critics' tongues wagging with a deft performance in the role of "Henry V", not a part traditionally given to a slight, boyish-looking actor. One writer raved: "Sheen, volatile and responsive in an excellent performance, showed us the exhilaration of power and conquest".In 1993, Sheen joined the troupe "Cheek By Jowl" and was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award for his performance in "Don't Fool with Love". That same year, he excelled as a mentally unstable man who becomes enmeshed in a kidnapping plot in Gallowglass (1993), a three-part BBC serial that aired in the USA on PBS' "Mystery!" in 1995. The actor nabbed his first feature film role in 1994, playing Dr. Jekyll's footman in Mary Reilly (1996) opposite John Malkovich and Julia Roberts, but that film did not make it into theaters until 1996, a year after Sheen's second movie, Othello (1995), was filmed and released. Perhaps his most memorable big screen role at that point, however, was "Robert Ross", Oscar Wilde's erstwhile lover, in the 1997 biopic Wilde (1997). He would also be seen in the Brit road film Heartlands (2002) opposite Mark Addy.Hot off the success of "Amadeus", Sheen began racking up even more notable big screen credits, starring opposite Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley and Kate Hudson in The Four Feathers (2002) and landing a major role opposite Kate Beckinsale in the action-horror blockbuster Underworld (2003), along with supporting turns in Bright Young Things (2003), Timeline (2003) and as British Prime Minister Tony Blair in director Stephen Frears' film The Queen (2006). Next, Sheen grabbed good notices played a divorce-embattled rock star, stealing scenes from Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore in the romantic comedy Laws of Attraction (2004).Back on the stage, the actor earned raves for his performance as "Caligula" in London, for which he won the Evening Standard Award and Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, along with a nomination for the prestigious Laurence Olivier Award. Show less «

Michael Sheen's FILMOGRAPHY

Gogglebox - Season 23

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The Last Leg - Season 30

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The Last Leg - Season 32

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Ant and Decs Saturday Night Takeaway - Season 20

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The Jonathan Ross Show - Season 21

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Football Focus - Season 23

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The Way - Season 1

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Peston on Sunday - Season 10

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The Talk - Season 14

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Lorraine - Season 14

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Loose Women - Season 28

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The Simpsons - Season 35

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The Graham Norton Show - Season 31

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Good Omens - Season 2

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Have I Got News for You - Season 66

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Have I Got News for You - Season 65

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Best Interests - Season 1

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Gogglebox - Season 22

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Gogglebox - Season 21

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The Last Leg - Season 29

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The Tonight Show Fallon - Season 11

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The Last Leg - Season 28

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The Last Leg - Season 27

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Michael Sheen'S roles

Zuse
Zuse
Priest
Priest
Mark
Mark
Rupert Simmons
Rupert Simmons
Brian Clough
Brian Clough
William Trench
William Trench
Aro (Twilight character)
Aro (Twilight character)
Dr. Slavkin O'Hara
Dr. Slavkin O'Hara
The White Rabbit
The White Rabbit
Lord Oliver
Lord Oliver
Dr. Griffiths
Dr. Griffiths
Paul
Paul
Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Steven Arthur Younger
Steven Arthur Younger
David Frost
David Frost
Lucian
Lucian
William Boldwood
William Boldwood
Dr. William Masters
Dr. William Masters
Wesley
Wesley
House
House
Chet Halner
Chet Halner
Carlos
Carlos
Arthur
Arthur
Prophet Malcolm
Prophet Malcolm