Date of Birth
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05-February-1969
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Place of Birth
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Newport
(United Kingdom, Wales, United Kingdom, with Dependencies and Territories)
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Nationality
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United Kingdom
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Also know as
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Michael Christopher Sheen, Michael Christopher Sheen, Martin Sheen, Michael Christopher Sheen, Michael Christopher Sheen, Michael Christopher Sheen, OBE, Michael Sheen OBE, Sheen, माइकल कà¥à¤°à¤¿à¤¸à¥à¤Ÿà¥‹à¤«à¤° शीन, शीन, मारà¥à¤Ÿà¤¿à¤¨ शीन, माइकल कà¥à¤°à¤¿à¤¸à¥à¤Ÿà¥‹à¤«à¤° शीन, ओ बी इ, माइकल शीन ओ बी इ, Michael Christopher Sheen, Michael Christopher Sheen, Michael, Sheen
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Profession
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Actor, Voice Actor, Television Producer
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Michael Christopher Sheen, OBE, is a Welsh stage and screen actor. After training at London's 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 2003, he was nominated for a third Olivier Award for his performance in Caligula at the Donmar Warehouse.
Sheen has become better known as a screen actor since the 2000s, in particular through his roles in various biopics. With writer Peter Morgan he has starred in a trilogy of films as British politician Tony Blair: the first was the television film The Deal in 2003, followed by The Queen and The Special Relationship. For playing Blair he was nominated for both a BAFTA Award and an Emmy. Sheen was also nominated for a BAFTA as the troubled comic actor Kenneth Williams in BBC Four's 2006 Fantabulosa!, and was nominated for a fourth Olivier Award nomination in 2006 for portraying the broadcaster David Frost in Frost/Nixon, a role he revisited in the 2008 film adaptation of the play. He also starred as the outspoken football manager Brian Clough in The Damned United.
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