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Michael Sheen
Known for: ActingMichael 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
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Good Omens
as Aziraphale 
Kingdom of Heaven
as Priest 
Masters of Sex
as William Masters 
Alice in Wonderland
as Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice) 
Passengers
as Arthur 
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
as Aro 
House of Games
as Self - Host 
Prodigal Son
as Dr. Martin Whitly 
Underworld: Evolution
as Lucian 
TRON: Legacy
as Castor / Zuse 
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice) 
Blood Diamond
as Simmons 
How to Build a Girl
as Sigmund Freud 
Dolittle
as Dr. Blair Müdfly 
Underworld
as Lucian 
Nocturnal Animals
as Carlos 
Midnight in Paris
as Paul 
Brad's Status
as Craig Fisher 
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
as Lucian 
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
as Dr. Griffiths (voice) 
Wilde
as Robbie Ross 
Staged
as Michael 
Home Again
as Austen Bloom 
Apostle
as Malcolm Howe 
Unthinkable
as Steven Arthur Younger 
Frost/Nixon
as David Frost 
The Way
as Denny Driscoll 
Kill the Messenger
as Fred Weil 
The Four Feathers
as William Trench 
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
as Emperor Nero 
Timeline
as Lord Oliver 
The Spoils Before Dying
as Chet 
A Very Royal Scandal
as Prince Andrew 
Best Interests
as Andrew 
Far from the Madding Crowd
as William Boldwood 
Slaughterhouse Rulez
as The Bat 
The Queen
as Tony Blair 
Laws of Attraction
as Thorne Jamison 
The Spoils of Babylon
as Chet Halner 
7 Days in Hell
as Caspian Wint 
Quiz
as Chris Tarrant 
Othello
as Lodovico 
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
as Charity 
Mary Reilly
as Bradshaw 
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
as Philip Cohen 
The Damned United
as Brian Clough 
Beautiful Boy
as Bill Carroll 
Admission
as Mark 
Heroes and Demons
as The Banker (segment "The Banker") 
Bright Young Things
as Miles Maitland 
Last Train to Christmas
as Tony Towers 
Jesus Henry Christ
as Dr. Slavkin O'Hara 
Dirty Filthy Love
as Mark Furness 
Resistance
as Tommy Atkins 
The Special Relationship
as Tony Blair 
Music Within
as Art Honeyman 
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
as Self 
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
as Kenneth Williams 
Few Options
as Florist 
Heartlands
as Colin