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Michael Sheen

Actor

Michael Sheen

  • Born: 5 February 1979, Newport, Wales, UK
  • Estimated net worth: $16 million

Michael Sheen is a Welsh actor known for his versatility in both film and television. He gained recognition for his roles in films like 'Frost/Nixon' and 'The Queen,' showcasing his ability to portray real-life figures. With a distinctive voice and a talent…

About Michael Sheen

Michael Sheen is a Welsh actor known for his versatility in both film and television. He gained recognition for his roles in films like 'Frost/Nixon' and 'The Queen,' showcasing his ability to portray real-life figures. With a distinctive voice and a talent for drama, Sheen has built a reputation as a skilled performer in various genres, including biographical and fantasy films.

Born
5 February 1979, Newport, Wales, UK
Known for
Acting
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Spouses
Anna Lundberg (2019-present)
Children
2 (Lily and Charlie)
Parents
Meic Sheen and Jill Sheen
Estimated net worth
$16 million

Fun facts about Michael Sheen

  • Michael Sheen was born in Wales and initially pursued a career in theatre before transitioning to film and television.
  • He is known for his transformative performances and has played roles ranging from Tony Blair to a vampire in the 'Twilight' series.

Famous Michael Sheen quotes

“You can't just sit back and wait for things to happen.”
The Queen, 2006
“We all have our own battles to fight.”
Frost/Nixon, 2008
“You have to be brave and take risks.”
The Twilight Saga: New Moon, 2009

Michael Sheen filmography

Cast (172)

YearTitleCharacterRating
2026Buried with Michael Sheen TVSelf - Presenter6.0
2026Out There MovieShifty Gruff
2026Our Town MovieStage Manager
2026Buried MovieSelf
2026Good Omens - Season 3: An Ineffable Goodbye Movieself7.0
2026Train‑ing It with Joe Wilkinson TVSelf - Guest
2026You Told Us To Talk About The Weather MovieNarrator (voice)
2025Richard Burton: Wild Genius MovieSelf7.5
2025The Celebrity Traitors TVSelf - Contestant8.3
2025Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway MovieSelf7.0
Show 162 more credits
YearTitleCharacterRating
2025Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell MovieSelf7.5
2024Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special MovieSelf - Audience Member8.0
2024A Very Royal Scandal TVPrince Andrew6.6
2024Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location MovieNarrator (voice)8.0
2024National Theatre Live: Nye MovieAneurin 'Nye' Bevan7.0
2024The Way TVDenny Driscoll6.0
2023Christmas with Katherine Jenkins MovieSelf
2023Best Interests TVAndrew6.6
2023Cynefin MovieSelf/Narrator
2023Pouring Water on Troubled Oil MovieDylan Thomas (voice)
2023Written in the Stars MovieNarrator (voice)
2022Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama TVDavid Sherborne5.8
2022Fantasy Football League TVSelf - Guest7.3
2022Public Service Broadcasting - BBC Proms - This New Noise - Live At The Royal Albert Hall MovieUnknown character
2022The Sandman TVPaul (voice)7.8
2022Michael Sheen: Lifting the Lid on the Care System MovieUnknown character
2022Art That Made Us TVSelf - Actor5.5
2021Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas MovieSelf4.7
2021Last Train to Christmas MovieTony Towers5.6
2021National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood MovieOwain Jenkins
2020Michael McIntyre's The Wheel TVSelf - Expert5.6
2020How to Build a Girl MovieSigmund Freud5.8
2020Faith Healer MovieFrancis Hardy
2020Staged TVMichael7.9
2020Good Omens: Lockdown MovieAziraphale (voice)7.6
2020Quiz TVChris Tarrant6.9
2020Dolittle MovieDr. Blair Müdfly6.6
2019Prodigal Son TVDr. Martin Whitly8.0
20197 Up & Me MovieSelf7.5
2019Good Omens TVAziraphale8.0
2019There's Something About Movies TVSelf - Team Captain6.9
2019Wales: Land of the Wild TVNarrator8.5
2018Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of Steel MovieNarrator
2018Slaughterhouse Rulez MovieThe Bat5.6
2018Apostle MovieMalcolm Howe6.2
2018To Provide All People MoviePorter8.0
2018Saturday Knight Takeaway MovieSelf7.0
2017Brad's Status MovieCraig Fisher6.3
2017Home Again MovieAusten Bloom6.1
2017Richard Osman's House of Games TVSelf - Host6.1
2017Carpool Karaoke: The Series TVSelf6.1
2017Il était une fois... « The Queen » MovieSelf
2017Tate Britain's Great Art Walks TVSelf
2017The Good Fight TVRoland Blum7.5
2017Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special MovieCarl Flossy6.0
2016Passengers MovieArthur7.0
2016Nocturnal Animals MovieCarlos7.4
2016Aberfan: The Green Hollow MovieUnknown character6.3
2016Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously MovieSelf7.0
2016Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town MoviePresenter - Narrator
2016Alice Through the Looking Glass MovieNivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)6.6
2016Chelsea TVSelf5.1
2016Michael McIntyre's Big Show TVSelf - Interviewed Guest7.1
2016Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer MoviePhilip Cohen5.5
2016You Can Never Really Know Someone MovieHenry4.5
2016Join or Die with Craig Ferguson TVUnknown character6.9
2015A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry MovieSelf
2015Top Gear: From A-Z MovieSelf
2015Barbados MovieDavid7.3
20157 Days in Hell MovieCaspian Wint6.5
2015The Spoils Before Dying TVChet6.1
2015Far from the Madding Crowd MovieWilliam Boldwood7.0
2015Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion MovieSelf
2014A Life on Screen TVSelf8.0
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors TVSelf4.2
2014War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme MovieNarrator (voice)9.5
2014Kill the Messenger MovieFred Weil6.6
2014Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime MovieHimself - Narrator7.8
2014Under Milk Wood MovieFirst Voice6.2
2014Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast TVHimself7.0
2014The Spoils of Babylon TVChet Halner6.1
2013The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box MovieCharity5.7
2013Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty MovieSelf9.0
2013Masters of Sex TVWilliam Masters7.1
2013Admission MovieMark5.6
2013Gogglebox TVSelf7.2
2013The Last Leg TVSelf5.7
2013The Great Comic Relief Bake Off TVSelf - Contestant
2012The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 MovieAro6.5
2012Heroes and Demons MovieThe Banker (segment "The Banker")6.5
2012Comedy Bang! Bang! TVSelf6.4
2012Jesus Henry Christ MovieDr. Slavkin O'Hara6.2
2012The Gospel of Us MovieThe Teacher9.0
2011Resistance MovieTommy Atkins4.8
2011The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 MovieAro6.2
2011The Jonathan Ross Show TVSelf5.2
2011Few Options MovieFlorist5.6
2011Beautiful Boy MovieBill Carroll6.0
2011Midnight in Paris MoviePaul7.5
2011Installing the Cast MovieSelf5.5
2010TRON: Legacy MovieCastor / Zuse6.6
2010Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue MovieDr. Griffiths (voice)6.8
2010The Special Relationship MovieTony Blair6.4
2010Unthinkable MovieSteven Arthur Younger6.8
2010My Last Five Girlfriends MovieNo. 5 - Detective Burnam5.3
2010A League of Their Own TVSelf - Panellist7.1
2010Alice in Wonderland MovieNivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)6.6
2010Creating Clough MovieSelf
2010Harold Pinter: A Celebration MovieSelf8.0
2009A Child's Christmases in Wales MovieNarrator (voice)7.2
2009The Twilight Saga: New Moon MovieAro6.0
2009Michael Sheen Presents - You're The Boss MovieUnknown character10.0
2009Live from Studio Five TVSelf3.8
2009The Damned United MovieBrian Clough7.2
2009Underworld: Rise of the Lycans MovieLucian6.5
2008Frost/Nixon MovieDavid Frost7.3
2007Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space MovieAdam Banton
2007Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out MovieSelf8.0
2007The Graham Norton Show TVSelf7.2
2007The Making of 'The Queen' MovieSelf4.0
2007Music Within MovieArt Honeyman6.5
2006Blood Diamond MovieSimmons7.6
2006Dead Long Enough MovieHarry Jones6.3
200630 Rock TVWesley Snipes7.5
2006HG Wells: War with the World MovieH.G. Wells6.5
2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire TVEmperor Nero7.6
2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire TVEmperor "Nero" Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus7.6
2006The Queen MovieTony Blair6.9
2006The One Show TVSelf4.3
2006The Path to Redemption MovieSelf8.0
2006Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! MovieKenneth Williams6.3
2006Underworld: Evolution MovieLucian6.6
2005The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse MovieJeremy6.1
2005Dirty Filthy Love MovieMark Furness6.6
2005Kingdom of Heaven MoviePriest7.1
2005Doctor Who TVHouse (voice)7.6
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson TVSelf6.9
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson TVSelf - Guest6.9
2004The Banker MovieThe Banker6.3
2004Laws of Attraction MovieThorne Jamison5.8
2004The Open Doors MovieFramton Nuttel6.0
2003Timeline MovieLord Oliver5.7
2003Bright Young Things MovieMiles Maitland6.3
2003The Deal MovieTony Blair6.8
2003Underworld MovieLucian6.9
2003Heartlands MovieColin6.0
2003Punk'd TVSelf5.1
2002Top Gear TVSelf - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car7.6
2002The Four Feathers MovieWilliam Trench6.7
1999Doomwatch: Winter Angel MovieAngel7.3
1998Lost In France TVOwen
1998Animated World Faiths TVJohn (voice)10.0
1998Animated Epics: Beowulf MovieWiglaf ( voice )6.2
1997Wilde MovieRobbie Ross6.6
1997The Grand TVThomas Jordan5.1
1996Mary Reilly MovieBradshaw5.8
1995Othello MovieLodovico6.4
1993Gallowglass TVJoe6.6
1992Sean's Show TVJames6.0
1992Maigret TVUnknown character7.6
1990Have I Got News for You TVSelf - Host7.1
1989The Simpsons TVWilliam Masters (voice)8.0
1978The South Bank Show TVUnknown character5.6
TBAHave I Got a Bit More News for You TVSelf - Presenter7.1
TBAC.L.A.Y. MovieUnknown character
TBAThe Battle for Rome TVNero
TBAThe Price of Admission MovieHarold Sugar
TBAThe Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde MovieUnknown character
TBAFortitude MovieWinston Churchill
TBAHeart of Darkness Movie(voice)
TBAThe 12 Days of Christmas MovieHenry Sullivan
TBAUntitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary MovieSelf

Crew (10)

YearTitleRoleRating
2025Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway MovieProducer · Production7.0
2025Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Give Away TVCreator · Creator
2024The Way TVExecutive Producer · Production6.0
2024The Way TVDirector · Directing6.0
2024The Way TVCreator · Crew6.0
Show 5 more credits
YearTitleRoleRating
2024The Way TVCreator · Creator6.0
2020Staged TVExecutive Producer · Production7.9
2012Heroes and Demons MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.5
2004The Banker MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.3
1993Gallowglass TVCasting · Production6.6

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Questions about Michael Sheen

What are some of Michael Sheen's most famous roles?

Michael Sheen is well known for his portrayals of Tony Blair in 'The Queen' and 'Frost/Nixon,' as well as his role as Aro in the 'Twilight' series.

Has Michael Sheen won any awards?

Yes, Michael Sheen has received several awards, including BAFTA nominations and an Olivier Award for his performances in theatre.

What was Michael Sheen's first film?

Michael Sheen's first film was 'The Deal' in 2003, where he portrayed Tony Blair in a portrayal of the political figure.

What are some of Michael Sheen's successful films?

Some of Michael Sheen's successful films include 'The Queen,' 'Frost/Nixon,' and 'Midnight in Paris,' showcasing his diverse acting range.

What is known about Michael Sheen's personal life?

Michael Sheen has two children and is currently married to Anna Lundberg. He has been open about his commitment to activism and social issues.

What is Michael Sheen's estimated net worth?

Michael Sheen's estimated net worth is around $16 million, stemming from his extensive career in film, television, and theatre.

What are some milestones in Michael Sheen's filmography?

Milestones in Michael Sheen's filmography include his acclaimed performances in 'The Queen,' 'Frost/Nixon,' and his role in the 'Underworld' series.

How did Michael Sheen start his acting career?

Michael Sheen began his acting career in theatre, performing in various productions before transitioning to film and television, where he gained widespread recognition.