Michael Sheen life and biography

Accomplished British actor Michael Sheen was born in Wales and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. As a performer at the Royal National Theatre as well as on Broadway, some of his theatrical credits include Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger, Henry V in Henry V, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Amadeus. In 1993 he made his television debut as a mentally challenged abandoned kid in the BBC miniseries Gallowglass. His made his feature-film debut two years later as Loco Oliver Parker's Othello, followed by a small part in Stephen Frears' Mary Reilly. Perhaps his best-known role to U.S. audiences was his portrayal of Robbie Ross, the close personal friend of literary icon Oscar Wilde (played by Stephen Fry) in Wilde (1997). As a voice actor, Sheen has read several of Wilde's works and other works of classic literature for Naxos Audio Books. He's also contributed to many programs for BBC Radio 4 and World Service. After he and actress Kate Beckinsale had their first child, he starred in the independent drama Heartlands and made a small appearance in the Victorian-era adventure The Four Feathers. In 2003 he was cast as werewolf leader Lucien in Len Wiseman's action fantasy Underworld, with Beckinsale starring as the vampire warrior on the opposing side of an immortal battle. The same year he completed work on sci-fi adventure Timeline, the stylish period film Bright Young Things, and the romantic comedy Laws of Attraction.

Filmography:

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (filming)
Aro Volturi
2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (filming)
Aro Volturi
2011 Midnight in Paris (post-production)
2011 Few Options, All Bad (post-production)
2011 Jesus Henry Christ (post-production)
2011 Resistance (post-production)
2011 Capture Anthologies: The Dimensions of Self
2010 TRON: Legacy
2010 Beautiful Boy
2010 Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (video)
2010 The Special Relationship (TV movie)
2010 30 Rock (TV series)
2010 Alice in Wonderland
2010 Unthinkable
2009 A Child's Christmases in Wales (TV movie)
2009 New Moon
2009 My Last Five Girlfriends
2009 The Damned United
2009 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2008 Frost/Nixon
2007 Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space (short)
2007 Music Within
2006 Blood Diamond
2006 The Battle for Rome (TV mini-series)
2006 HG Wells: War with the World (TV movie)
2006 Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (TV series)
2006 The Queen
2006 Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (TV movie)
2006 Underworld: Evolution
2005 The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005 Kingdom of Heaven
2005 Dead Long Enough
2004 The Banker (short)
2004 Dirty Filthy Love (TV movie)
2004 Laws of Attraction
2004 The Open Doors (short)
2003 Timeline
2003 The Deal (TV movie)
2003 Underworld
2003 Bright Young Things
2002 The Four Feathers
2002 Heartlands
2000 Gladiatorul
1999 Doomwatch: Winter Angel (TV movie)
1998 Lost in France (TV short)
1998 Animated Epics: Beowulf (TV short)
1997 Wilde
1997 The Grand (TV series)
1996 Mary Reilly
1995 Othello
1993 Maigret (TV series)
1993 Gallowglass (TV series)

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