Michael Christopher Sheen born 5 February 1969 is a Welsh actor and political activist After training at Londons Royal Academy of Dramatic Art RADA he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s and made notable stage appearances in Romeo and Juliet 1992 Dont 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 Fours 2006 Fantabulosa and was nominated for a fourth Olivier Award in 2006 for portraying the broadcaster David Frost in FrostNixon 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 sciencefiction film Tron Legacy 2010 and Midnight in Paris 2011 He directed and starred in National Theatre Waless 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 Showtimes television drama Masters of Sex 20132016 He played an incarcerated serial killer surgeon in Foxs 2019 drama Prodigal Son an angel in the 2019 BBCAmazon Studios miniseries Good Omens and appeared as Chris Tarrant in Quiz in 2020 From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
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