List of Michael Sheen performances

Sheen at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2010

Michael Sheen 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 starred in the film Underworld as Lucian, the leader of the Lycans, a role he had once again in 2006's Underworld: Evolution via archive footage. Also 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

Year	Title	Role	Director	Theatre	Notes
1991	When She Danced	Alexandros Eliopolos	Robert Allan Ackerman	Globe Theatre, London
	Neon Gravy		James Macdonald	Royal National Theatre, London	Workshop
1992	Romeo and Juliet	Romeo	Greg Hersov	Royal Exchange, Manchester and Tour	Nominated – M.E.N. Theatre Award for Best Actor
	A View from the Bridge	Longshoreman
1993	The Blind Men	Lamprido	Declan Donnellan	Donmar Warehouse, London and Tour
	Don't Fool With Love	Perdican			Nominated – Ian Charleson Award
	Moonlight	Fred	David Leveaux	Almeida Theatre, London
	Ion	Ion	Nicholas Wright	Royal National Theatre, London	Workshop
	Forever Yours, Marie-Lou			Tour in Swansea, Cardiff & London
1994	Peer Gynt	Peer Gynt	Yukio Ninagawa	Barbican Theatre, London and Tour in Oslo and Tokyo
	Le Livre de Spencer	Spencer Gaveston	Lluís Pasqual	Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris
	Charley’s Aunt	Lord Fancourt Babberley	Emil Wolk	Royal Exchange, Manchester
1995	Look Back in Anger	Jimmy Porter	Greg Hersov
	The Seagull	Konstantin	Robert Sturua	Theatre Royal, Bath and Tour
	The Dresser	Norman	directed by Sheen	Drum Theatre, Plymouth
1996	The Ends of the Earth	Daniel	Andrei Şerban	Royal National Theatre, London
1997	The Homecoming	Lenny	Roger Michell
	Badfinger		directed by Sheen	Donmar Warehouse, London
	Gas Station Angel			Duke of York's Theatre, London	Rehearsed reading
	Henry V	Henry V	Ron Daniels	Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon	Nominated – Ian Charleson Award
1998–1999	Amadeus	Mozart	Peter Hall	Old Vic, London; Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles; Music Box Theatre, Broadway	Nominated – Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance Nominated – Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor
1999	Look Back in Anger	Jimmy Porter	Greg Hersov	Royal National Theatre, London	Nominated – Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor Nominated – Evening Standard Award for Best Actor
2000	Smithereens			Second Stage Theatre, New York	Workshop
2003	Caligula	Caligula	Michael Grandage	Donmar Warehouse, London	Evening Standard Award for Best Actor Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor Nominated – Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor
2005	The UN Inspector	Martin Gammon	David Farr	Royal National Theatre, London
	24 Hour Play			Old Vic, London
2006–2007	Frost/Nixon	David Frost	Michael Grandage	Donmar Warehouse, London & Gielgud Theatre, London; Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway	Nominated – Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance Nominated – Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor
2009	Betrayal	Robert	Ian Rickson	Royal National Theatre, London	Only two scenes performed as part of a Harold Pinter tribute evening
2011	The Passion	The Teacher	directed by Sheen	National Theatre Wales, Port Talbot	Theatre Award UK for Best Director
2011–2012	Hamlet	Hamlet	Ian Rickson	Young Vic, London
2020	Faith Healer	Francis Hardy	Matthew Warchus	Old Vic, London	Livestreamed socially distanced performance
2021	Under Milk Wood	Owain Jenkins	Lyndsey Turner	Royal National Theatre, London
2022	Amadeus	Salieri	Craig Ilott	Sydney Opera House, Sydney	BroadwayWorld Australia - Sydney Awards for Best Performer in a Play
2024	Nye	Aneurin Bevan	Rufus Norris	Royal National Theatre, London; Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
	White Rabbit Red Rabbit		Nassim Soleimanpour	Soho Place, London
2025	Nye	Aneurin Bevan	Rufus Norris	Royal National Theatre, London; Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff	Revival of 2024 production

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1995	Othello	Lodovico
1996	Mary Reilly	Bradshaw
1997	Wilde	Robbie Ross
2002	Heartlands	Colin
	The Four Feathers	William Trench
2003	Bright Young Things	Miles
	Underworld	Lucian
	Timeline	Lord Oliver de Vannes
	The Deal	Tony Blair
2004	Laws of Attraction	Thorne Jamison
	The Banker	The Banker	Short film Also executive producer BAFTA Award for Best Short Film
2005	Kingdom of Heaven	Priest
	The Open Doors	Framton Nuttel	Short film Also executive producer
	The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse	Jeremy Dyson
2006	Dead Long Enough	Harry Jones
	Underworld: Evolution	Lucian	Archive footage
	The Queen	Tony Blair	Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor International Cinephile Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Blood Diamond	Rupert Simmons
2007	Music Within	Art Honeyman	Nominated – St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Airlock Or How To Say Goodbye In Space	Adam Banton	Short film
2008	Frost/Nixon	David Frost	Film nominated for five Academy Awards Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor Nominated – London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the Year Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2009	Underworld: Rise of the Lycans	Lucian
	The Damned United	Brian Clough	Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
	You're the Boss	Presenter	Documentary
	My Last Five Girlfriends	Burnham
	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Aro
2010	Unthinkable	Yusuf / Steven Arthur
	Alice in Wonderland	Nivens McTwisp the White Rabbit (voice)
	Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue	Dr. Griffiths (voice)
	Tron: Legacy	Castor / Zuse
	The Special Relationship	Tony Blair	Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie
2011	Midnight in Paris	Paul	Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated – Gold Derby Film Award for Ensemble Cast (shared with the entire cast)
	Beautiful Boy	Bill Carroll
	Few Options	Florist
	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1	Aro	Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Ensemble (shared with the entire cast)
	Resistance	Tommy Atkins
2012	The Gospel of Us	The Teacher	Welsh BAFTA Award for Best Actor
	Jesus Henry Christ	Slavkin O'Hara
	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	Aro	Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Ensemble (shared with the entire cast)
2013	Admission	Mark
2014	The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box	Captain Will Charity
	Kill the Messenger	Fred Weil
2015	Far from the Madding Crowd	William Boldwood
2016	Alice Through the Looking Glass	Nivens McTwisp the White Rabbit (voice)
	Nocturnal Animals	Carlos
	Norman	Philip Cohen
	Passengers	Arthur
	You Can Never Really Know Someone	Henry	Short film
2017	Home Again	Austen
	Brad's Status	Craig Fisher
2018	Apostle	Malcolm Howe	Nominated – Welsh BAFTA Award for Best Actor Nominated – Fright Meter Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Slaughterhouse Rulez	"The Bat"
2019	How to Build a Girl	Sigmund Freud
2020	Dolittle	Blair Müdfly
	Faith Healer	Francis Hardy
2021	Last Train to Christmas	Tony Towers
TBA	The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1993	Gallowglass	Joe	BBC2
	Maigret	Philippe	ITV	Episode: "Maigret and the Night Club Dancer"
	In Suspicious Circumstances	William Wright		Episode: "Candle in the Window"
	Sean's Show	James	Channel 4	Season 2, episode 6
1997	The Grand	Thomas Jordon	ITV	Season 1, episode 4
1998	Lost in France	Owen	BBC2
	Animated Epics: Beowulf	Wiglaf (voice)	HBO, BBC, S4C
1999	Doomwatch: Winter Angel	Angel (voice)	Channel 5
2003	The Deal	Tony Blair	Channel 4
2004	Dirty Filthy Love	Mark Furness	ITV	Nominated – British Academy Television Award for Best Actor Nominated – Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor
2006	Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire	Nero	BBC One	Season 1 episode 1
	H. G. Wells: War with the World	H. G. Wells	BBC Two
	Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!	Kenneth Williams	BBC Four	Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor Nominated – British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
	Bremner, Bird & Fortune	David Frost		Season 9, episode 1
2009	A Child’s Christmases in Wales	Narrator (voice)
2010	30 Rock	Wesley Snipes	NBC	4 episodes – Season 4, episodes 14, 15, 21 and 22 Nominated – Online Film & Television Association Awards for Best Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
	The Special Relationship	Tony Blair	HBO	Nominated – Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated – Online Film & Television Association Awards for Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries
2011	Doctor Who	House (voice)	BBC One	Episode: "The Doctor's Wife"
	Passion in Port Talbot		BBC One Wales	Director
2013–16	Masters of Sex	William H. Masters	Showtime	Also producer Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama Nominated – Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series
2014	The Spoils of Babylon	Chet Halner	IFC	2 episodes
2015	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Himself		Season 4, episode 17
	The Spoils Before Dying	Kenton Price		4 episodes
	7 Days in Hell	Caspian Wint	HBO	Television film
	The Great Comic Relief Bake Off	Himself	BBC One	Third episode of the four-part charity version of The Great British Bake Off Won the title of Star Baker
2017	Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special	Carl Flossy	Netflix	Variety special
	The Simpsons	William H. Masters (voice)	FOX	Episode: "Kamp Krustier"
2018	Animals.	Trotts / Motts (voice)	HBO	2 episodes
2019	The Good Fight	Roland Blum	CBS All Access	7 episodes
	Pobol y Cwm	Dr. Hughes	S4C	Guest role
2019–2021	There's Something About Movies	Team Captain	Sky One	4 series
	Prodigal Son	Dr. Martin Whitly	FOX	Main role
2019–present	Good Omens	Aziraphale	Amazon Video, BBC Two	Miniseries Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in Streaming Presentation Nominated – Tell-Tale TV Award for Favorite Actor in a Limited Series or TV MovieTell-Tale TV Award for Favorite Performer in a Sci-fi / Fantasy / Horror Series
2020	Quiz	Chris Tarrant	ITV	Three-episode miniseries Nominated – OFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Limited Series Nominated – Welsh BAFTA Award for Best Actor Nominated – British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor
2020–2022	Staged	Michael	BBC One	20 episode comedy, 3 series Also executive producer
2022	The Sandman	Paul	Netflix	Episode: "Dream of a Thousand Cats"
	Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama	David Sherborne	Channel 4	Main role in two-part drama series
2023	Best Interests	Andrew	BBC One	Main role Also executive producer Series Mania for Best Actor in International Competition
2024	The Way	Denny Driscoll	BBC One	creator, director and executive producer
	A Very Royal Scandal	Prince Andrew	Amazon Prime Video

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
	Strangers on a Train		BBC Radio 4
	Great Poets of the Romantic Age	Narrator	Naxos AudioBooks
1995	The Idiot
	The Picture of Dorian Gray	Narrator
	Dangerous Liaisons	Vicomte de Valmont
	Alaska	Frank	BBC Radio 4
	The Importance of Being Earnest	Jack
1996	The Old Testament	Narrator	Naxos AudioBooks
	The Great Poets – John Keats
1997	Poets of the Great War
	Lady Windermere's Fan	Lord Darlington
	Romeo and Juliet	Romeo, Director
	The Great Poets – Samuel Taylor Coleridge	Narrator
	The West Pier	Gorse	BBC Radio 4
	A White Merc With Fins	Narrator
1998	Walton: Henry V		Naxos AudioBooks
	Troy	Paris	BBC Radio 3
1999	A Lover’s Gift: From Him to Her - poetry anthology	Narrator	Naxos AudioBooks
	Oedipus	Oedipus
	The Essential Dylan Thomas: Poetry and Stories	Narrator
	Walton: Hamlet/As You Like It
	Hamlet	Hamlet	BBC Radio 3
2004	The Pretenders	Håkon Håkonsson
2005	Stories from Shakespeare	Narrator	Naxos AudioBooks
2007	Salmon Fishing in the Yemen		BBC Radio 4
2010	Hello, Good Evening and Welcome: The David Frost Story	Presenter	BBC Radio 2
	Kenneth Tynan's Theatre Writings		BBC Radio 4
	The Richard Burton Legacy
	Playing the Dane
2011	A Month of Sundays		BBC 6 Music
2013	The Ocean at the End of the Lane	Narrator	BBC Radio 4
2017	La Belle Sauvage	Reader	Audible
	Port Talbot Paradiso	Narrator	BBC Radio Wales
2018	Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds - The Musical Drama	George, The Journalist	Audible
2019	The Secret Commonwealth	Reader
2020	The Sandman	Lucifer
2021	Christmas Day with Michael Sheen	Presenter	BBC Radio Wales
2022	Michael Sheen: Margins to Mainstream	Presenter	BBC Radio Wales
2024	Michael Sheen Gets Into Character	Presenter	BBC Radio 4
	Buried	Hearsay witness	BBC Radio 4

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.

External links

• Michael Sheen at IMDb
• List of Michael Sheen performances at the Internet Broadway Database