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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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Notable films
Where to start
Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
The Queen
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Damned United
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Kingdom of Heaven
As Priest
Alice in Wonderland
As Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
As Aro
Blood Diamond
As Simmons
TRON: Legacy
As Castor / Zuse
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
As Aro
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
The Beautiful Game on Screen
From the favelas of Rio to the pitches of Glasgow, a journey through football's cinematic universe, where the sport becomes a mirror for society, identity, and...
8 films
The Weight of Command: Eight Faces of Authority
From courtroom to battlefield, from boardroom to the Oval Office, these eight performances explore the many masks of power and the human cost of wearing them.
8 films
Related people
Collaborators & neighbours
Acted
Quiz
2020 · Chris Tarrant
Dolittle
2020 · Dr. Blair Müdfly
Home Again
2017 · Austen Bloom
Passengers
2016 · Arthur
Nocturnal Animals
2016 · Carlos
You Can Never Really Know Someone
2016 · Henry
The Spoils Before Dying
2015 · Chet
Kill the Messenger
2014 · Fred Weil
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
2013 · Charity
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012 · Aro
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
2011 · Aro
Midnight in Paris
2011 · Paul
TRON: Legacy
2010 · Castor / Zuse
Unthinkable
2010 · Steven Arthur Younger
Alice in Wonderland
2010 · Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009 · Aro
The Damned United
2009 · Brian Clough
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2009 · Lucian
Blood Diamond
2006 · Simmons
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006 · Emperor Nero
The Queen
2006 · Tony Blair
Underworld: Evolution
2006 · Lucian
Dirty Filthy Love
2005 · Mark Furness
Kingdom of Heaven
2005 · Priest
Laws of Attraction
2004 · Thorne Jamison
Bright Young Things
2003 · Miles Maitland
Underworld
2003 · Lucian