List of Michael Sheen performances
Michael Sheen, OBE (born 5 February 1969), is a Welsh stage and screen actor. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Sheen made his professional debut in 1991, starring opposite Vanessa Redgrave in When She Danced at the Globe Theatre. 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 the 2000s, while continuing to make sporadic stage appearances, Sheen became known primarily as a screen actor. In 2003, he was nominated for a third Olivier Award for his performance in Caligula at the Donmar Warehouse and had a breakthrough performance as the British politician Tony Blair in the television film The Deal. He received a BAFTA Award nomination in 2004 for his work in the ITV drama Dirty Filthy Love. In 2006, Sheen starred as the troubled comic actor Kenneth Williams in BBC Four's Fantabulosa! and came to the attention of an international audience when he reprised his role as Blair in The Queen. Both performances were BAFTA Award-nominated. Sheen received a fourth Olivier Award nomination in 2006 for portraying the broadcaster David Frost in Frost/Nixon at the Donmar Warehouse and he later revisited the role of Frost in the 2008 film adaptation of the play. In 2009, Sheen appeared in two fantasy films, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans and The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and starred as the outspoken football manager Brian Clough in The Damned United.
In the 2010s, Sheen has divided his time between film, television and theatre work. In 2010, he made a four-episode guest appearance in the NBC comedy 30 Rock and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his portrayal of Blair in the HBO film The Special Relationship. He appeared in the science-fiction film Tron: Legacy (2010) and Woody Allen's romantic comedy Midnight in Paris (2011). At Easter 2011, Sheen directed and starred in National Theatre Wales's The Passion, a 72-hour secular passion play staged in his hometown of Port Talbot. From October 2011 until January 2012, Sheen played the title role in Hamlet at the Young Vic.
Sheen has also appeared in many radio productions, particularly in the early years of his career. Notable radio play appearances include Strangers on a Train (1994) opposite Bill Nighy, The Importance of Being Earnest (1995) opposite Judi Dench, Romeo and Juliet (1997) opposite Kate Beckinsale, Troy (1998) opposite Paul Scofield and The Pretenders (2004) opposite, again, Paul Scofield. He has also narrated five novels and presented a series of documentaries for BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4.
Theatre
Film
Television
Radio and audiobooks
| Year | Title | Voice role | Radio Station / Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing | Claudio | BBC |
| 1994 | Crime and Punishment | Narrator | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1994 | Strangers on a Train | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 1994 | Great Poets of the Romantic Age | Narrator | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1995 | The Idiot | Narrator | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1995 | Alaska | Frank | BBC Radio 4 |
| 1995 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Narrator | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1995 | Dangerous Liaisons | Vicomte de Valmont | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1995 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Jack | BBC Radio 4 |
| 1996 | The Old Testament | Narrator | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1996 | The Great Poets – John Keats | Narrator | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1997 | Poets of the Great War | Narrator | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1997 | Lady Windermere's Fan | Lord Darlington | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1997 | Romeo and Juliet | Romeo, Director | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1997 | The Great Poets – Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Narrator | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1997 | The West Pier | Gorse | BBC Radio 4 |
| 1997 | A White Merc With Fins | Narrator | BBC Radio 4 |
| 1998 | Walton: Henry V | Narrator | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1998 | Troy | Paris | BBC Radio 3 |
| 1999 | A Lover’s Gift: From Him to Her - poetry anthology | Narrator | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1999 | Oedipus | Oedipus | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1999 | The Essential Dylan Thomas: Poetry and Stories | Narrator | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1999 | Walton: Hamlet/As You Like It | Narrator | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1999 | Hamlet | Hamlet | BBC Radio 3 |
| 2004 | The Pretenders | Håkon Håkonsson | BBC Radio 3 |
| 2005 | Stories from Shakespeare | Narrator | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 2007 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Narrator | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2010 | Hello, Good Evening and Welcome: The David Frost Story | Presenter | BBC Radio 2 |
| 2010 | Kenneth Tynan's Theatre Writings | Presenter | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2010 | The Richard Burton Legacy | Presenter | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2010 | Playing the Dane | Presenter | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2011 | A Month of Sundays | Presenter | BBC 6 Music |
| 2013 | The Ocean at the End of the Lane | Narrator | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2017 | La Belle Sauvage | Reader | Audible |
| 2018 | Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds - The Musical Drama | George, The Journalist | Audible |
| 2019 | The Secret Commonwealth | Reader | Audible |
Sheen has appeared in many other productions for BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service including The Blind Men, The Left Over Heart (Johnny), Sailing with Homer, The Life of Christ and Wiglaf. However, the broadcast dates of these productions are unknown.
References
- "Michael Sheen Movie Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- "Michael Sheen at Hollywood.com". Hollywood.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2011.