• Name: Michael Sheen
• P.O.B.: Newport, Wales, UK
• D.O.B.: 5 February 1969

Filmografy

• 2010 - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
• 2010 - Alice in Wonderland
• 2010 - Tron Legacy
• 2010 - The Special Relationship
• 2009 - Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
• 2009 - The Damned United
• 2009 - The Twilight Saga: New Moon
• 2009 - Unthinkable
• 2008 - Frost/Nixon
• 2007 - Music Within
• 2007 - Airlock Or How To Say Goodbye In Space
• 2006 - Underworld: Evolution
• 2006 - Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
• 2006 - The Queen
• 2006 - Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
• 2006 - HG Wells: War with the World
• 2006 - Blood Diamond
• 2005 - Dead Long Enough
• 2005 - Kingdom of Heaven
• 2005 - The Open Doors
• 2005 - The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
• 2004 - Laws of Attraction
• 2004 - Dirty Filthy Love
• 2004 - The Banker
• 2003 - Bright Young Things
• 2003 - Underworld
• 2003 - The Deal
• 2003 - Timeline
• 2002 - Heartlands
• 2002 - The Four Feathers
• 1998 - Lost in France
• 1997 - Wilde
• 1996 - Mary Reilly
• 1995 - Othello
• 1993 - Gallowglass
• 1990 - Filme

Prizes

Biography

• During his second year at RADA he scored his first starring role, opposite Vanessa Redgrave in When She Danced. Sheen soon established himself as one of the most promising talents on the theatrical scene, notably being cast as Mozart in Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus, which was staged at the Old Vic theatre and directed by Sir Peter Hall. He later reprised this role on Broadway.
• His screen appearances include the BBC drama serial, Gallowglass (based on the novel by Ruth Rendell), and the films Wilde (1997) (in which he played Robert Ross) and Mary Reilly. However, he remained primarily a stage actor, having starred in high-profile productions of Henry V, Peer Gynt, The Dresser, Caligula and Look Back in Anger, among others.
• In 2003, he appeared with Kate Beckinsale in the gothic action film Underworld as the werewolf Lucian. Salon critic Andrew O'Hehir commented that while the "... entire movie is full of campy overacting... Brolly and Sheen seem to have been selected for their talents in this regard." Sheen has also appeared with Beckinsale in the season seven premiere of Punk'd.
• He has become well-known for playing real-life characters. He played Tony Blair in the Channel 4 drama The Deal and later, in the film The Queen. He has also played Kenneth Williams in Fantabulosa! on BBC Four, H G Wells in H G Wells: War with the World on BBC Two, and in 2006, he played Nero in the BBC's Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire.
• At the 2005 British Academy Television Awards, Sheen was nominated for Best Actor for his performance in the TV drama, Dirty Filthy Love, in which he played a man with obsessive-compulsive disorder. In 2007, he received two BAFTA nominations, this time for Best Supporting Actor in a Film, for his performance in The Queen, and for Best Television Actor, for his role in Fantabulosa; once again, he was unsuccessful in both cases.
• Later that year, he played David Frost in the critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon, which later transferred to the Gielgud Theatre before heading to Broadway in 2007. He has reprised the role in the 2008 Ron Howard-directed film adaptation.
• In 2007, he read Paul Torday's novel Salmon Fishing in the Yemen on BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime. The same year, Sheen was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
• On 2 October 2007, it was announced that Peter Morgan was working on a sequel to The Queen, and that Sheen will be reprising his role as Tony Blair.
• In January 2009, he returned to the role of Lucian in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, the third release in the Underworld film series and prequel to the original 2003 film.
• In March 2009 Sheen played Brian Clough to critical acclaim in Peter Morgan's adaptation of David Peace's novel The Damned Utd, based on Clough's 44-day spell in charge of Leeds United.
• Other future projects include the upcoming Tim Burton film Alice in Wonderland alongside Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway; in a television series My Last Five Girlfriends; in an American thriller, Unthinkable , alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Carrie-Anne Moss, due out in December 2009; and as the vampire Aro in the second installment of the Twilight film series, New Moon, due out on November 20, 2009 (US), and November 27 2009 (UK). He will reprise his role as Tony Blair in The Special Relationship, starring alongside Dennis Quaid as former US President Bill Clinton and Hope Davis as Hillary Clinton. Sheen has also been the subject of rumors concerning the next James Bond film, in which it has been indicated he may play villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld.