List of Michael Sheen performances
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, Don't Fool With Love, Peer Gynt, The Seagull, The Homecoming and Henry V. 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 and Woody Allen's romantic comedy Midnight in Paris. 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 opposite Bill Nighy, The Importance of Being Earnest opposite Judi Dench, Romeo and Juliet opposite Kate Beckinsale, Troy opposite Paul Scofield and The Pretenders 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
Radio, podcasts and audiobooks
| Year | Title | Voice role | Radio Station / Production Company |
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing | Claudio | BBC |
| 1994 | Sailing with Homer | Jonathan | BBC |
| 1994 | Crime and Punishment | Narrator | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1994 | Strangers on a Train | Guy Haines | BBC Radio 4 |
| 1994 | Great Poets of the Romantic Age | Narrator | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1995 | The Idiot | Narrator | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1995 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Narrator | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1995 | Dangerous Liaisons | Vicomte de Valmont | Naxos AudioBooks |
| 1995 | Alaska | Frank | BBC Radio 4 |
| 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 |
| 2014 | Michael Sheen's Eighties | Presenter | BBC Radio 2 |
| 2014 | ID10T with Chris Hardwick | Guest | Nerdist Industries Season 2 episode 512 |
| 2015 | Doug Loves Movies | Guest | Misfit Toys Season 8 episode 881: DC Pierson, Michael Sheen, and Wayne Federman Guest Season 8 episode 856: Michael Sheen, Jonah Ray, and Brett Morgen Guest Season 8 episode 898: Michael Sheen, Sarah Silverman, Scott Aukerman, and More Guest |
| 2016 | Doug Loves Movies | Guest | Misfit Toys Season 9 episode 908: Julian McCullough, Michael Sheen, and Greg Proops Guest Season 9 episode 919: Michael Sheen, Natalie "Moriarty" Morales, and Theo Von Guest |
| 2016 | My Dad Wrote a Porno | Guest | Acast Footnotes: Michael Sheen |
| 2017 | La Belle Sauvage | Reader | Audible |
| 2017 | Port Talbot Paradiso | Narrator | BBC Radio Wales |
| 2017 | The Unquenchable Thirst Of Dracula | Narrator | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2018 | Nye Bevan: The Man Who Made the NHS | Presenter | BBC World Service |
| 2018 | Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds - The Musical Drama | George, The Journalist | Audible |
| 2019 | The Secret Commonwealth | Reader | Audible |
| 2019 | RHLSTP | Guest | Go Faster Stripe Episode 229 |
| 2020 | The Sandman | Lucifer | Audible |
| 2021 | Brydon & | Guest | Wondery Episode: Brydon & Michael Sheen |
| 2021 | Christmas Day with Michael Sheen | Presenter | BBC Radio Wales |
| 2022 | Michael Sheen: Margins to Mainstream | Presenter | BBC Radio Wales |
| 2023 | People, Just People | Guest | Audible |
| 2023 | Second Captains Saturday | Guest | RTÉ Radio 1 |
| 2024 | When There's A Will, There's A Wake | Guest | Sony Music Entertainment Episode "Here Lies Michael Sheen" |
| 2024 | Michael Sheen Gets Into Character | Presenter | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2024 | Buried: The Last Witness | Hearsay witness | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2024 | Poetry Please | Guest | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2024 | RHLSTP | Guest | Go Faster Stripe Episode 540 |
| 2025 | Facing The Music | Presenter | BBC Radio 3 Episode "Dmitri Shostakovich: Staring Down the Terror" |
| 2025 | Scarred For Life | Guest | Absolute Radio Season 3, episode 1 |
| 2025 | Bluey Book Reads | Reader | Book: "Road Trip" |
| 2025 | The Romesh Ranganathan Show | Guest | Ranga Bee Productions Episode 1 |
| 2025 | Desert Island Discs | Guest | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2025 | The Rose Field | 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, The Life of Christ and Wiglaf. However, the broadcast dates of these productions are unknown.
Videos
[Public information film]
Why is the COVID-19 vaccine so safe? for NHS WalesWritings
Articles written by Michael Sheen
- CHARTIST MURAL: An open letter to the people of Newport by Michael Sheen – South Wales Argus
- Michael Sheen on the magic of Dylan Thomas – The Telegragh
- Michael Sheen: The tyranny of mere wealth is destroying our democracy – New Statesman
- Five Years of War and Heartbreak: Why We All Must Do More to Keep Syria's Children Safe – HuffPost
- How One Goal Inspired Michael Sheen To Bring The Homeless World Cup To Wales – The Big Issue
- Why the creative industries need to do more to offer others a writing chance – New Statesman
- Michael Sheen: We are a nation in search of a story – New Statesman
- “I tried to give Britain a different narrative”: Tony Blair and Michael Sheen in conversation – New Statesman
- Michael Sheen: I broke down hearing kids’ care stories – BBC News
- Michael Sheen: Why Kemi Badenoch is wrong about Port Talbot – New Statesman
- Michael Sheen and the Daily Mirror give working class authors 'A Writing Chance' – Daily Mirror
Books
[Foreword]
- for Assassinated Beauty: Photographs of ''Manic Street Preachers by photographer Kevin Cummins. London: Faber & Faber, 2014..
- for Render the Chartists Defenceless: John Frost's Voyage with Dr McKechnie to Van Diemen's Land in 1840 by Les James.
- for Pulling Together: A snapshot of the first 70 years of the NHS in Swansea Bay and Bridgend by ABMU Health Board.
- for Invisible Britain: Portraits of Hope and Resilience. Published by: Bristol University Press, Policy Press.
- for The Devil At Home by Rachel Williams. Published by Ebury Press.
- for Sweet Tooth Book One by Jeff Lemire
- for Welsh Way: Essays on Neoliberalism and Devolution
- for The Mab – a retelling of 11 stories from the Mabinogion by Matt Brown and Eloise Williams. Published by Unbound.,
- for Do It Yourself: Making Political Theatre'' by Common/Wealth. Published by Manchester University Press.
Authored work(s)
A Home for Spark the Dragon, picture book co-written with Jess Webb and illustrated by Sarah Massini in association with Shelter. Published by Puffin Books..Speeches
- NHS Speech at the "People's March for the NHS" in Tredegar
- Aneurin Bevan Lecture at Hay Festival
- Annual Raymond Williams Memorial Lecture
- Gender equality speech at the March4Women by CARE International UK
- Michael Sheen speaks out against domestic abuse at SUTDA
- Michael Sheen: The magic of a creative career/Levelling the Cultural Playing Field – TEDxSoho
- Impromptu motivational speech for the Wales national football team ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup