Michael Sheen

  • Name: Michael Sheen
  • Date of Birth: February 05, 1969
  • Place of Birth: Newport, Gwent, Wales, UK
Mini-bio: Sheen was born at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales and brought up in Port Talbot. He joined the National Youth Theatre of Wales at sixteen and then eventually trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art...( read more).
He soon established himself as one of the most promising talents on the theatrical scene, notably being cast as Mozart in Peter Shaffers play "Amadeus" which was staged at the Old Vic theatre and directed by Sir Peter Hall. 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 remains 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.



After living for a time in the USA with partner Kate Beckinsale, he returned to the UK after their relationship ended. Beckinsale and Sheen have a daughter, Lily Mo Sheen (born 31 January 1999). In 2003, he appeared with Beckinsale in Underworld and repeated this in the film's sequel Underworld: Evolution in 2006. Sheen has also appeared with Beckinsale for the third time and first outside from the Underworld series, on the season 7 premiere of Punk'd. He has also played Tony Blair in the Channel 4 drama The Deal and the film The Queen as well as Kenneth Williams in Fantabulosa on BBC4 and H G Wells in H G Wells: War with the World on BBC2.
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.



He will soon team up with Miranda Richardson to take the coveted role of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas in a biopic of his marriage to Caitlin.



He has also played the role of Emperor Nero in the BBC's Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of An Empire.
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flixster.actor.pane.326395770 - flixsterMichael Sheen mini-bio: 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".

The only son of Meyrick and Irene 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 two children 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) (TV), 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.
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Brother of Joanne Sheen.

He has a daughter, Lily Mo Sheen, born January, 1999 with his former long time girlfriend Kate Beckinsale. Lily lives with her mother.

He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2000 (1999 season) for Best Actor for his performance in "Look Back in Anger" at the Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton stage.

He was nominated for a 1999 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Supporting Performance of 1998 for his role in "Amadeus".

He was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor of 2003 for his performance in "Caligula" at the Donmar Warehouse.

He was awarded the 2003 London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in Caligula at the Donmar Warehouse.

Became an Associate Member of RADA.

Graduated from RADA.

Primary residence is in London, England. He also has an apartment in Los Angeles so he can spend time with his daughter.

Has the distinction of having twice portrayed British Prime Minister Tony Blair in The Deal (2003) (TV) and The Queen (2006). Stephen Frears directed both projects.

In 1997, as both actor and director, he ran "Thin Language", a Welsh theatre company co-jointly with Simon Harris, and mounted a production (directed by Sheen) of Harris's play "Badfinger" at the Donmar. He also joined forces with Helen McCrory and Robert Delamere to set up a new writing production company called "Foundry" that same year.

Brought up in Port Talbot, the Welsh town that famously produced Richard Burton and Anthony Hopkins.

One of 115 people invited to join AMPAS in 2007.

He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2009 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Drama

VITAL STATS

Michael Sheen Information:
Eye color:green
Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Nickname(s):
Notable feature(s):
Education: Glan Afan Comprehensive School
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Family:Parent Meyrick & Irene
sister Joanne
daughter Lily Mo
Resides in:London,Port Talbot,Los Angeles
Religious affiliations:church of england
Political affiliation:labour
Personal interests/hobbies:in his teens he was nearly a professional football player
Charities/Causes:
Other:during filming The Golden Bowl, Sheen hit actor Jeremy Northam after he had insulted Kate Beckinsale.

On the 15th July 2008, Sheen was awarded the freedom of the borough of Neath Port Talbot, making him one of the youngest people to receive the honour and putting him amongst a very elite group of people including Sir Anthony Hopkins



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  • xsweetbutnotinnocentx
    xsweetbutnotinnocentx
    I like him as Tony Blair in the Queen and I can't wait to see him as Aro in New Moon but I LOVE HIM as Lucian!
    posted 155 days ago
  • minoubinette
    minoubinette
    isn't he going to be one of the Volturi Vampires in New Moon?
    posted 164 days ago
  • gogogwam
    gogogwam
    Lucian..my love...
    posted 214 days ago
  • ekaniki
    ekaniki
    Lucian mmm...
    i do like this character very much...

    posted 259 days ago
  • bmacscace
    bmacscace
    This type of thing is not really... well, "my thing." But I suffered through all the "sign up" BS on this site because I had to send mega "Big Ups' and job well done to Mr. Sheen for his performance as Nero. As way more of a history buff and scholar, I was simply amazed by Sheen's portrayal of the deranged Nero. Incredible job, my friend! Keep up the great work.
    posted 444 days ago
  • wolfchildflame
    wolfchildflame
    i think michael sheen is awesome! i love him in underworld and timeline, he's gorgeous!
    posted 505 days ago
  • PandaHarassment
    PandaHarassment
    i think ur eyes are soooo nice
    posted 543 days ago
  • JohannaMHHansen
    JohannaMHHansen
    I love this actor :D
    posted 623 days ago
  • makuneallen
    makuneallen
    i love Micheal's movies am a great fun.
    posted 840 days ago
  • CUinTheWinchester
    CUinTheWinchester
    Excellent performance as 'Nero' (BBC). Literally brought me to tears.

    Len Wiseman...pah! Beckinsale doesn't know what she's doing! haha.
    posted 902 days ago
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