Michael Sheen Biography (1969-)

Born February 5, 1969, in Newport, Wales; son of Meyrick Sheen; children: Lily (with Kate Beckinsale).

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Jimmy Porter, Look Back in Anger, Royal Exchange Theatre, then Royal National Theatre, both London, 1999
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Amadeus, Old Vic Theatre, London, then Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, later Music Box Theatre, New York City, all 1999
Smithereens, The Play Group, Second Stage Theatre, New York City,2000
Also appeared as Alexandros, When She Danced, Globe Theatre, London; Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Exchange Theatre; Perdican, Don't Fool with Love; Fred, Moonlight, Almeida and Comedy Theatres,both London; title role, Ion, Royal National Theatre, London; title role, Peer Gynt, Barbican Theatre, London; Livre de Spencer, Theatre National de l'Odeon Paris; Lord Fancourt Babberly, Charley'sAunt, Royal Exchange Theater; Norman, The Dresser, Drum Theatre Plymouth; Daniel, Ends of the Earth, Royal National Theatre; Lenny, The Homecoming, Royal National Theatre; and the title role in Henry V, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
Major Tours
Konstantin, The Seagull, 1995
Also toured as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet; and as the title role inPeer Gynt.
Stage Work
Directed The Dresser, Drum Theatre Plymouth.
Film Appearances
Lodovico, Othello, Columbia, 1995
Bradshaw, Mary Reilly, TriStar, 1996
Robbie Ross, Wilde, Sony Pictures Classics, 1997

Four Feathers, Miramax, 2001
Television Appearances
Movies
Voice of Wiglaf, Animated Epics: Beowulf, 1998
Voice of Angel, Doomwatch: Winter Angel, 1999
Episodic
James, Sean's Show, 1993
Phillippe, "Maigret and the Nightclub Dancer," Maigret, 1994
Other Television Appearances
Joe, Gallowglass (special), PBS, 1993
Owen, Lost in France (miniseries), 1998
Radio Appearances
Series
The Classic Serial: West Pier, Parts 1 ("The Handbag") and 2 ("TheCar"), 1998
Has also made appearances on many BBC Radio 4 and World Service shows, including: Composer of the Week--Berlioz; In Touch; The BlindMen; Much Ado About Nothing; Johnny in The Left Over Heart;Sailing with Homer; Jack in The Importance of Being Earnest; Alaska; Strangers on a Train; The Life of Christ; White Merc with Fins.
RECORDINGS
Taped Readings
Poets of the Great War, Naxos Audiobooks, 1998
Oedipus, Naxos Audiobooks, 1999
A Lover's Gift: From Him to Her, Naxos Audiobooks, 2000
Also appeared on recordings of The Old Testament and Romeo andJuliet; and the Naxos recordings Dangerous Liasons, Great Poetsof the Romantic Age, The Idiot, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Crime and Punishment, and Lady Windemere's Fan.

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