| name | Michael SheenOBE |
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| birth date | February 05, 1969 |
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| birth name | Michael Christopher Sheen |
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| birth place | Newport, Wales |
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| occupation | Actor |
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| partner | Kate Beckinsale (1995–2003; 1 child)Lorraine Stewart (2004–2010)Rachel McAdams (2010–present) |
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| years active | 1991 – present
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Michael Christopher Sheen,
OBE (born 5 February 1969), is a
Welsh screen and stage actor.
He is best-known for his portrayals of public figures, having appeared as Kenneth Williams in ''Fantabulosa!'' (2006), as David Frost in ''Frost/Nixon'' (2008), as Brian Clough in ''The Damned United'' (2009) and as Tony Blair in ''The Deal'' (2003), ''The Queen'' (2006) and ''The Special Relationship'' (2010). Other well-known screen credits include the ''Underworld'' films (2003, 2009), ''The Twilight Saga'' (2009, 2011), ''Tron: Legacy'' (2010), ''30 Rock'' (2010) and ''Midnight in Paris'' (2011). He has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards and one Emmy Award.
He is a highly acclaimed stage actor and has received four Olivier Award nominations for his performances in ''Amadeus'' (1998), ''Look Back in Anger'' (1999), ''Caligula'' (2003) and ''Frost/Nixon'' (2006). He will next play Hamlet at the Young Vic in London from October 2011 to January 2012.
Early life
Sheen was born in
Newport,
Wales,, the son of Irene (née Thomas), a secretary, and Meyrick, a
British Steel personnel manager. (His father later became a part-time professional
Jack Nicholson look-alike.) He has one younger sister, Joanne. When he was five, the family moved to
Liverpool, England but settled in his parents' hometown of
Port Talbot in Wales three years later.
A keen footballer, he was scouted and offered a place on Arsenal FC's youth team at the age of twelve but his family were unwilling to relocate to London. He lost interest in playing football in his early teens, turning his attention to acting. He become involved with the West Glamorgan Youth Theatre and the National Youth Theatre of Wales and was influenced by the work of both Laurence Olivier and theatre critic Kenneth Tynan.
He studied at Glan Afan Comprehensive School and, later, Neath Port Talbot College where he sat A-levels in English, Drama and Sociology. He trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England and was granted a Laurence Olivier Bursary in his second year.
Screen career
Early roles
Sheen made his television debut in the 1993
BBC mini-series, ''
Gallowglass'', and his film debut in 1995's ''
Othello'', appearing opposite
Kenneth Brannagh. A minor role in 1996's poorly-received ''
Mary Reilly'' marked the first of three collaborations with director
Stephen Frears. In 1997, he appeared in ''
Wilde'', playing
Robbie Ross to
Stephen Fry's Oscar Wilde.
''Heartlands'', a little-seen 2002 film about a naive man's road trip in the Midlands, was his first leading film role. While ''The Guardian'' dismissed the "cloying bittersweet-regional-lottery-Britfilm", it noted that "Sheen himself has a childlike, Frank Spencer-ish charm". "It was great to do something that was so different", Sheen has said of the role. "I usually play very extreme characters but I couldn't get away with doing all my usual silly tricks with Colin." Also in 2002, he had a minor role in ''The Four Feathers''.
In 2003, he appeared in ''Bright Young Things'', the directorial debut of his ''Wilde'' co-star, Stephen Fry. An adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel, the film followed high society partygoers in decadent, pre-war London. Sheen played a gay aristocrat in an ensemble cast which included James McAvoy, Emily Mortimer, David Tennant, Dan Ackroyd, Jim Broadbent and Peter O'Toole. While ''The Los Angeles Times'' said he "shone", ''The Guardian'' felt the role "drastically under-uses his talents". Sheen described his character as "possibly the campest man in cinema history" and relished a scene "where I do drugs with [a then 95-year-old] Sir John Mills. He said, 'marvellous - my first cocaine film!'" Also that year, he appeared as a werewolf named Lucian in ''Underworld'' and made a brief appearance in ''Timeline''.
His breakthrough role in the United Kingdom was as Tony Blair in 2003's ''The Deal''. The Channel 4 film explored the so-called Granita pact made by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown prior to the 1994 Labour Party leadership election, and was the actor's first collaboration with screenwriter Peter Morgan. Director Stephen Frears cast him because "he was in ''Mary Reilly'' and I knew he was brilliant." Filmed while he was playing ''Caligula'' nightly on stage, Sheen has remarked, "I was going from one power-mad leader to another". ''The Telegraph'' praised his "earnest, yet steely, portrayal" while ''The Guardian'' found him "excellent. This is intelligent and honest casting."
In 2004, he starred in ITV's ''Dirty Filthy Love'', a comic film about a man dealing with OCD and Tourette's after a marital separation. Sheen spoke of "treading a fine line" because "a lot of the symptoms are intrinsically comical". His performance received favourable reviews and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Television Actor and a RTS Best Actor Award. Also in 2004, he played a pompous rock star in ''Laws of Attraction'' and produced and starred in ''The Banker'', which won a BAFTA Award for Best Short Film. In 2005, he starred in ''Dead Long Enough'', a small-budget Welsh/Irish film, with his longtime friend, Jason Hughes. Also that year, he had a supporting role in ''Kingdom of Heaven'', made a cameo appearance in ''The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse'' and starred in a short film, ''The Open Doors''.
''The Queen'' & ''Fantabulosa!''
He came to international attention in 2006 for his portrayal of
Tony Blair in ''
The Queen''. The film focused on the differing reactions of the
Royal Family and the newly-elected Prime Minister following the
death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997; it was Sheen's third collaboration with director
Stephen Frears and his second with screenwriter
Peter Morgan. He enjoyed reprising his role because Blair at this point in his career had "a weight to him that he didn’t have before". His performance was nominated for a
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Also in 2006, he starred as troubled English comic actor, Kenneth Williams, in BBC4's ''Fantabulosa!'' In preparation for the role, he lost two and a half stone, studied archival footage and read Williams' published diaries, finding them unreliable: "There’s one famous instance where he says, “Went to see Frankie Howerd at the Establishment Club. He was very good but there was this awful woman who kept shouting things out. She almost marred the show.” Unbeknownst to Kenneth, that performance was recorded. I’ve heard the recording and it’s Kenneth Williams." His performance was widely praised; ''The Times'' found it "mesmerising" while ''The Observer'' described it as "a characterisation for which the description tour-de-force is, frankly, pretty faint praise". He won a RTS Award for Best Actor, and received his second BAFTA nomination of 2006, for Best Television Actor.
He starred in two other BBC television productions in 2006, playing H.G. Wells in ''HG Wells: War with the World'' and Nero in ''Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire''. He also had a supporting role in ''Blood Diamond'' as an unscrupulous diamond dealer. In 2007, he appeared in ''Music Within'' as a political activist with cerebal palsy. The little-seen film received a muted critical reception, but Sheen himself was praised. ''Variety'' said his performance "is remarkable.. utterly convincing", ''USA Today'' found him "outstanding" while ''The Los Angeles Times'' felt he was "reminiscent of Daniel Day-Lewis in ''My Left Foot'', bringing a vibrancy and wit to the role". Also that year, he starred in a short film, ''Airlock, or How To Say Goodbye in Space'', with Sir Derek Jacobi and was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
''Frost/Nixon'' & ''The Damned United''
In 2008, he starred as television broadcaster
David Frost in ''
Frost/Nixon'', a dramatisation of the
The Nixon Interviews of 1977. Despite appearing in the original
stage production in a part written for him by
Peter Morgan, Sheen was surprised to have been cast in the film: "Peter said he'd only be prepared to give the rights to someone who would cast me as Frost, which was very nice, but when the studios get their hands on something... Right up until we started filming I was prepared to be disappointed". The film was highly acclaimed.
Roger Ebert of ''
The Chicago Sun-Times'' asserted that Sheen embodied his character in a "compelling, intense" performance while ''
The Wall Street Journal'' felt he was "a brilliant actor" who "grows his character from a bright-eyed social butterfly to a gimlet-eyed interrogator". However, ''
The New York Times'' felt "the likable, watchable Mr. Sheen has been pitted against a scene-stealer" in
Frank Langella's Nixon. Frost himself later said it was "a wonderful performance".
In 2009, he appeared in ''The Damned United'' as outspoken football manager Brian Clough. The Tom Hooper-directed film focused on Clough's disastrous 44-day tenure as manager of Leeds United and marked Sheen's fifth collaboration with writer Peter Morgan. The actor has said Clough is the real-life character he enjoyed playing most. ''The Guardian'' declared it the "best performance of his big-screen career" while ''The Times'' found him "magnificent". ''USA Today'' praised "Sheen's masterful performance" while ''The Los Angeles Times'' felt he played the role with "a cheeky, dark panache" and "skillful verve". ''Entertainment Weekly'' asserted that, despite American audiences' unfamiliarity with Clough, "what's lost in translation is recovered easily enough in Michael Sheen's astonishing performance". ''Variety'' noted that his "typically scrupulous channeling of Clough gets the tics and mannerisms right, but also carves a moving portrait of a braggart suddenly out of his depth".
Also in 2009, he reprised his role as werewolf Lucian in ''Underworld: Rise of the Lycans'', a prequel to the original film. Of his decision to take part, Sheen has said: "My one rule of thumb is that I want to be in things that I want to go and see. I as much want to go and see, if not more, the sci-fi and fantasy stuff as I want to go and see the real serious dramas." It was a commercial success and despite generally unenthusiastic reviews, Sheen's performance was praised. ''The New York Times'' felt he was "the movie’s greatest asset. There is, as it turns out, some benefit to having a real performance even in a formulaic entertainment like this", with the actor taking "a lively break from his usual high-crust duties to bring wit, actual acting and some unexpected musculature to the goth-horror flick". ''USA Today'' found the film "surprisingly campy fun, mostly succeeding through the power of its lead performances". ''Variety'' described him as "robustly dynamic", hitting "all the right notes in a star-powered performance that will amuse, if not amaze, anyone who only knows the actor as Tony Blair or David Frost" while Richard Corliss of ''TIME'' noted that he "tries bravely to keep a straight face"
He had a supporting role in 2009's vampire film ''The Twilight Saga: New Moon''. He was paid a reported a reported £5 million fee and director Chris Weitz has said he "aggressively" pursued the actor for the role. In his review of the film, Peter Travers of ''Rolling Stone'' said: "Late in the film, a real actor, Michael Sheen, shows up as the mind-reading Aro, of the Italian Volturi vampires, and sparks things up. You can almost hear the young cast thinking, "Is that acting? It looks hard." So Sheen is quickly ushered out." While ''The New York Times'' said he "preens with plausible menace",, ''USA Today'' felt he "plays the character with more high-pitched giddiness than menace". He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours list for his services to drama and was named Actor of the Year at ''GQ Magazine'''s annual Men of the Year ceremony.
2010 onwards
In 2010, he had a supporting role in sci-fi sequel ''
Tron: Legacy''. Referring to his
David Bowie-esque character, Sheen has said, "I was paid to show off basically". ''
The Wall Street Journal'' found little fun in the movie "except for a gleefully campy turn by Michael Sheen" while ''
The New York Times'' said he "shows up to deliver the closest thing to a performance in the movie". ''
The Telegraph'' felt his "lively hamming as a cane-swishing nightclub owner merely underlines how impersonal – how inhuman – much else here is". However, ''
USA Today'' felt his "scenery-chewing performance ... is meant as comic relief, but this movie thunders along so seriously that the attempt at humor feels jarring". In other 2010 film work, he provided the voices for characters in
Tim Burton's ''
Alice in Wonderland'' and
Disney's ''
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue'' and appeared as a terrorist in ''
Unthinkable''.
On television, his performance in the third installment of Peter Morgan's Blair trilogy, ''The Special Relationship'', was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or Movie. The HBO film examined the "special relationship" between the US and the UK - a phrase first used in 1946 by Sir Winston Churchill to describe the close political relations between the two nations. It was the sixth collaboration between Sheen and Peter Morgan; both parties have since said they will not work together again "for the foreseeable future". He also made a guest appearance in four episodes of NBC's ''30 Rock'' as Wesley Snipes, a love interest for Tina Fey's Liz Lemon. Fey has said, "He's so funny ... Whenever we want to wrap things up forever, which hopefully will not be next season, I definitely have a plan to bring him back." In November 2010, he received the BAFTA Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year.
In 2011, he had a supporting role in ''Midnight in Paris'' where, according to ''The Hollywood Reporter'', he 'has fun with his fatuous walking encyclopedia role". The film opened the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and has become Woody Allen's highest-ever grossing film. He also starred in ''Beautiful Boy'', an independent drama focusing on the aftermath of a school shooting, and voiced a character in a ''Doctor Who'' episode written by Neil Gaiman.
He has three completed films awaiting release. He will reprise his role as Aro in ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1'' and has said his character is "more of a presence in these films than he was in ''New Moon''. He will also star in ''Resistance'' with Andrea Riseborough and is rumoured to have involvement with an as-yet-untitled Terence Malick film project.
Stage career
Early performances
Sheen worked primarily as a stage actor in the nineties and has since remarked that he will always feel "more at home" on stage. His first professional role (while still in his third and final year at
RADA) was opposite
Vanessa Redgrave in ''When She Danced'' at the
Globe Theatre in 1991. He received positive notices, with
Milton Shulman of ''
The Evening Standard'' describing him as "excellent" and ''
The Observer'' writing of "a notable West End debut". In 1992, his performance in ''
Romeo and Juliet'' at the
Royal Exchange received a
MEN Theatre Award nomination and led theatre critic
Michael Coveney to declare him "the most exciting young actor of his generation ... a volatile, electrifying and technically fearless performer".His 1993 turn as Perdican in ''Don’t Fool With Love'' at the
Donmar Warehouse was nominated for the
Ian Charleson Award. Also in 1993, he appeared in the world premiere of
Harold Pinter's ''
Moonlight'' at the
Almeida Theatre.
He played the title role in ''Peer Gynt'' in 1994. The RSC production, directed by Yukio Ninagawa, was staged in Oslo, Tokyo and at the Barbican Centre, London. ''The Times'' praised Sheen's "astonishing vitality" while ''The Independent'' found him "sensationally good" and noted that "the Norwegian press were grudgingly captivated by the mercurial Welsh boyo". In 1995, he appeared opposite Kate Beckinsale in a production of ''The Seagull'' at Theatre Royal, Bath and, with the encouragement of Thelma Holt, directed and starred in ''The Dresser'' at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth. 1996 saw him at The National for ''The Ends Of The Earth'', an original play by David Lan.
His most significant role of 1997 was ''Henry V'', staged by the RSC, which earned him a second Ian Charleson Award nomination. Also in 1997, he appeared in a revival of Harold Pinter's ''The Homecoming'' at The National, directed by Roger Michell, and received favourable reviews as director of ''Badfinger'', staring Rhys Ifans, at the Donmar. The latter was staged by the Thin Language Theatre Company, which Sheen had co-founded in 1991, aiming to promote Welsh theatre. In early 1998, he produced ''A Little World of Our Own'' at the Donmar, in which Colin Farrell made his West End debut. The play was staged by The Foundry, a production company Sheen had formed with Helen McCrory and Robert Delamere to promote new writing.
Olivier-nominated roles
He won rave reviews for his performance as
Mozart in ''
Amadeus'' in 1998 and 1999. The
Peter Hall-directed production was staged at the
Old Vic, London and later transferred to the
Music Box on
Broadway. His daughter was born during the stage run: "She was born on a Sunday. I thought I'd have to rush from the theatre to go to the hospital but she waited until I wasn't performing. Her birth was announced onstage at the Old Vic by
David Suchet after the next show ... I have a cassette of it."
Ben Brantley, chief theatre critic for ''
The New York Times'', said that Sheen's performance made one "appreciate the derivation of the term star.. He is so luminous, it is scary!" ''
The Independent'' found him "quite stunning as Mozart. His fantastically physical performance convinces you of his character's genius and the play catches fire whenever he's on stage."He was nominated for a
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance and an
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor.
In 1999, he revisited the role of Jimmy Porter (which he first played in 1994) in The National's production of ''Look Back in Anger''. In 2003, Sheen described the production as "the most enjoyable thing I've ever done [...] everything came together". ''The Daily Mail'' declared him a "definitive Jimmy Porter... simply exhilarating in his great jazz riffs of speeches, mercurial and irresistible." ''The Times'' described him as a "phenomenally talented young actor" while ''The Daily Express'' pronounced him the "best actor of his generation". "Sheen has cornered the market in explosive energy", said ''The Independent'', "but this thrilling performance is his finest yet." ''The Financial Times'' noted: "As Jimmy Porter, a role of staggering difficulty in every way, Michael Sheen gives surely the best performance London has yet seen from him ... You hang on every word he utters ... This is a dazzlingly through-the-body performance." He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and a Evening Standard Award for Best Actor.
He starred in three plays during the 2000s; his young daughter was now based in Los Angeles which made more frequent stage runs in Britain impractical. In 2003, he played the title role in '' Caligula'' at the Donmar, directed by Michael Grandage. Critics were effusive in their praise for his performance. ''The Independent'' 's critic declared it "one of the most thrilling and searching performances I have ever witnessed" while ''The Telegraph'' described him as an "outrageously charismatic actor" with "an astonishing physical presence". He won an Evening Standard Award for Best Actor and a Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor, and was again nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor.
In 2005, he appeared in The National's production of ''The UN Inspector'', a David Farr adaptation of ''The Government Inspector''. ''The Times'' wrote of "a scathingly brilliant and inventive performance" while ''Variety'' noted that the actor "adds comic finesse to his apparently ceaseless repertoire". ''The Evening Standard'', while conceding that the performance was "technically brilliant", expressed bemusement as to why "one of the most mercurial and inspiring actors we have seems set on impersonating Rik Mayall throughout".
In 2006 and 2007, he played David Frost in '' Frost/Nixon'' at both the Donmar and Gielgud Theatre in London and at the Jacobs Theatre on Broadway. The play, written by Peter Morgan, directed by Michael Grandage and co-starring Frank Langella, was a critical and commercial success. ''The Guardian'' said the actor "exactly captures Frost's verbal tics and mannerisms while suggesting a nervousness behind the self-assurance". "He’s got the voice, the mannerisms, the blaze," said ''The Financial Times'', "but, more than that, Sheen – as viscerally exciting an actor as any in Britain today – shows us the hunger of Frost’s ambition .. and fox-like instinct for the hunt and the kill." He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and a Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance.
''The Passion'' and ''Hamlet''
In 2011, he starred in and was creative director of
National Theatre Wales's ''The Passion'', a 72-hour secular
passion play staged in his hometown of
Port Talbot, Wales. In addition to a professional cast, over one thousand local amateurs took part in the performance and as many more volunteers from local charity and community groups were involved in preparations in the months leading up to the play. The event was the subject of a
BBC documentary and was also filmed by director
Dave McKean for a separate, upcoming release. Sheen has described it as "the most meaningful experience" of his career. ''
The Observer'' declared it "one of the outstanding theatrical events not only of this year, but of the decade". ''
The Independent'''s critic described it as "the most extraordinary piece of community-specific theatre I've ever beheld". While the ''
The Telegraph'' bemoaned the large-scale production's logistical problems, "overall I found it touching, transformative and, in its own wayward way, a triumph." ''
The Times'' also noted logistical problems but "where the production succeeded was in energising so many hundreds of townspeople to work for a common purpose ... it truly was something remarkable." ''
The Guardian'' felt it was "so much more than just an epic piece of street theatre..transforming and uplifting".
From October 2011 to January 2012, he will play the title role in ''Hamlet'' at the Young Vic, a role he first explored in a 1999 BBC Radio 3 production. While there had been tentative plans over the years for both Sir Peter Hall and Michael Grandage to direct Sheen in the play, he eventually decided on Ian Rickson with whom he had worked on ''Betrayal'' in 2009, as part of a Harold Pinter tribute evening at The National. "It's a play that I've been asked to do a few times, and the circumstances, for whatever reason, weren't quite right. I started working with a director who I really liked .. and found the right theatre, so I thought, 'Well, I should probably do it now, before I get too old'. So, we're going to have a go at it."
Radio career
Notable radio play appearances include ''
Strangers on a Train'' (1994) opposite
Bill Nighy, ''
The Importance of Being Earnest'' (1995) opposite
Dame Judi Dench, ''
Romeo and Juliet'' (1997) opposite
Kate Beckinsale, ''
Troy'' (1998) opposite
Paul Scofield and ''
The Pretenders'' (2004) opposite, again, Paul Scofield.
He has narrated five novels for BBC Radio 4 and Naxos AudioBooks: ''Crime and Punishment'' (1994), ''The Idiot'' (1995), ''The Picture of Dorian Grey'' (1995), ''A White Merc With Fins'' (1997) and ''Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'' (2007).
In 2010, he presented a series of documentaries on ''Hamlet'', Kenneth Tynan, Richard Burton, and David Frost for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 2.
Personal life
Sheen lives in
Los Angeles and is in a relationship with Canadian actress
Rachel McAdams whom he met on the set of ''
Midnight in Paris'' in July 2010.
He had an eight-year relationship with English actress Kate Beckinsale from 1995 until 2003, after meeting when cast in a touring production of ''The Seagull''. Their daughter, Lily Mo Sheen, was born 31 January 1999. In 2000, Sheen hit actor Jeremy Northam who had followed Beckinsale to her trailer to berate her for missing a line while filming a scene for ''The Golden Bowl''. Their relationship ended after the filming of ''Underworld'' (in which they both starred) because Beckinsale realised she had fallen for the film's director, Len Wiseman, whom she later married. The former couple have remained close friends. Beckinsale has said, "I love him dearly – I would miss him dreadfully if he wasn't in my life." "He is one of the most thoughtful, principled people and Lily is so lucky to have him as a dad."
He also had a long-distance relationship with English ballet dancer Lorraine Stewart from late 2004 until mid-2010 and briefly dated Anastasia Griffith, his ''Dirty Filthy Love'' co-star, in 2004.
Performances
Film
Television
Theatre
| Year
| |
| ! Role
|
! Director
|
! Theatre
|
! Notes
|
| 1991 |
''When She Danced'' |
Alexandros Eliopolos | | Robert Allan Ackerman |
Shakespeare's Globe>Globe Theatre, London |
| 1991 |
''Neon Gravy'' | | |
James Macdonald |
Royal National Theatre, London |
Workshop
|
| 1992 |
''Romeo and Juliet''| | Romeo |
Greg Hersov |
Royal Exchange, Manchester and Tour |
Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards> M.E.N. Theatre Award for Best Actor
|
| 1992 |
''A View From The Bridge'' | | Longshoreman |
Greg Hersov |
Royal Exchange, Manchester and Tour |
| 1993 |
''The Blind Men'' | | Lamprido |
Declan Donnellan |
Donmar Warehouse, London and Tour |
| 1993 |
''On ne badine pas avec l'amour>Don’t Fool With Love'' | | Perdican |
Declan Donnellan |
Donmar Warehouse, London and Tour |
Ian Charleson Awards> Ian Charleson Award
|
| 1993 |
''Moonlight (play) Moonlight'' || | Fred |
David Leveaux |
Almeida Theatre, London |
| 1993 |
'' Ion (play) Ion'' || | Ion |
Nicholas Wright (playwright)>Nicholas Wright |
Royal National Theatre, London |
Workshop
|
| 1993 |
''Forever Yours, Marie-Lou'' | | |
|
Tour in Swansea, Cardiff & London |
| 1994 |
''Peer Gynt'' | | Peer Gynt |
Yukio Ninagawa |
Barbican Centre> Barbican Theatre, London and Tour in Oslo and Tokyo |
| 1994 |
''Le Livre de Spencer'' | | Spencer Gaveston |
Lluís Pasqual |
Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris |
| 1994 |
''Charley’s Aunt'' | | Lord Fancourt Babberley |
Emil Wolk |
Royal Exchange, Manchester |
| 1995 |
''Look Back In Anger'' | | Jimmy Porter |
Greg Hersov |
Royal Exchange, Manchester |
| 1995 |
''The Seagull'' | | Konstantin |
Robert Sturua |
Theatre Royal, Bath and Tour |
| 1995 |
'' The Dresser''| | Norman |
''directed by Sheen'' |
Theatre Royal, Plymouth > Drum Theatre, Plymouth |
| 1996 |
''The Ends of the Earth'' | | Daniel |
Andrei Şerban |
Royal National Theatre, London |
| 1997 |
'' The Homecoming'' | | Lenny |
Roger Michell |
Royal National Theatre, London |
| 1997 |
'' Badfinger'' | | |
''directed by Sheen'' |
Donmar Warehouse, London |
| 1997 |
''Gas Station Angel'' | | |
|
Duke of York's Theatre, London |
| 1997 |
'' Henry V'' | | Henry V |
Ron Daniels |
Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford Upon Avon |
Ian Charleson Awards> Ian Charleson Award
|
| 1998 -1999 |
''Amadeus'' | | Mozart |
Peter Hall (director)>Peter Hall |
Old Vic, London; Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles; Music Box Theatre, Broadway |
Laurence Olivier Award > Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance
|
|
|
Outer Critics Circle Award > Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor
|
| 1999 |
''Look Back In Anger''| | Jimmy Porter |
Greg Hersov |
Royal National Theatre, London |
Laurence Olivier Award>Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor
|
|
|
Evening Standard Award>Evening Standard Award for Best Actor
|
| 2000 |
''Smithereens'' | | |
|
Second Stage Theatre, New York |
Workshop
|
| 2003 |
'' Caligula (play) Caligula'' || | Caligula |
Michael Grandage |
Donmar Warehouse, London |
Evening Standard Award>Evening Standard Award for Best Actor
|
|
|
Critics' Circle Theatre Award>Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor
|
|
|
Nominated - Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor
|
| 2005 |
''The UN Inspector'' | | Martin Gammon |
David Farr (theatre director)>David Farr |
Royal National Theatre, London |
| 2006 - 2007 |
''Frost/Nixon (play) Frost/Nixon'' || | David Frost |
Michael Grandage |
Donmar Warehouse, London & Gielgud Theatre, London; Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway |
Drama League Award> Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance
|
|
|
Laurence Olivier Award>Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor
|
| 2009 |
''Betrayal (play) Betrayal''|| | Robert |
Ian Rickson |
Royal National Theatre, London |
Only two scenes performed as part of a Harold Pinter tribute evening
|
| 2011 |
''Passion play The Passion'' || | The Teacher |
''directed by Sheen'' |
National Theatre Wales, Port Talbot |
| 2011 - 2012 |
''Hamlet'' | | Hamlet |
Ian Rickson |
Young Vic, London |
''In pre-production''
|
Radio
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
External links
Michael Sheen on Twitter
Q&A;: Michael Sheen
Comprehensive career Q&A; on theartsdesk.com 11 September 2010
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