Michael Sheen is an English actor, producer and former artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre. He has won three BAFTA Awards and has been nominated for an Oscar, Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Award. He has also received three Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. The youngest of four siblings, he was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England in 1963 to Sheila (née Cawthorne) and Norman Charles Sheen.
Sheen attended Oulton Grammar School in Bradford before attending the University of Bristol drama school, where he met future actors Greg Wise and Nigel Lindsay
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Sheen left university in 1986 after he joined the National Youth Theatre. He was then cast in his first major role in "The Power", directed by Stephen Frears.
After "The Power", he appeared in two more films: "Dreamchild" (1988), directed by Julian Jarrold, followed by "The Remains of the Day" (1993), directed by James Ivory. During this time, he also made appearances on television, including"Lovejoy", "Trial & Error", "The Bill", "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries" and "My Family".
His breakthrough came with his role in the 1992 BBC miniseries "Brideshead Revisited". He then appeared in the 1997 film version.
Sheen's other notable films include: "Munich" (2005), "State of Play" (2009), "Coriolanus" (2011), "" (2013), "" (2014), "" (2015) and "" (2016).
His television credits include roles in "Iris", "Midsomer Murders", "Murder City", The IT Crowd, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Spooks, Spooks: Code 9, Trauma, Trust Me With Your Life 3D, The Last Panthers and Poldark. He was also awarded an Emmy for his performance as Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation during the sixth season episode entitled 'Family'.
He also starred as Rowan Gillespie on Broadway in The Seagull alongside Annette Bening; Brian Friel; Mark Rylance; Christine Baranski; Saoirse Ronan; Kate Wernham; Vanessa Kirby; David Mills; Jonathan Cake; Steve Pemberton; Sam McPherson; Jonathan Harker; Sophie Okonedo; John Lithgow; Bill N