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  • Nolan & Sheen to be honoured at BAFTA/LA Awards - 5 August 2010
    -Director Christopher Nolan and actor Michael Sheen will be honoured with special British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles (BAFTA/LA) awards at an upcoming ceremony.- -British moviemaker Nolan, whose current hit Inception, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is


  • Sheen forced to give up childhood soccer dream - 20 September 2009
    -Underworld star Michael Sheen had to give up his dream of becoming a professional soccer star - because his family refused to leave his native Wales.- -The actor was offered an apprenticeship at London club Arsenal when he was 12, but his father ruled out the big brea


  • Sheen turns Chitty Chitty Villain into vampire king - 19 September 2009
    -Michael Sheen partly based his Twilight sequel vampire king character on the dastardly child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.- -The Brit, who has mastered the voices of Tony Blair, David Frost and football icon Brian Clough for movies, admits he read Stephenie Me

Michael Sheen - what members say


  • The Queen
  • The Queen review by PaulaWestwood from Mossley, Lancs.
    Rated - 4.0 stars One would definately recommend this to watch 24 January 2007
    ...tic. It is a credit to the superb performances that Helen Mirren IS the Queen, Michael Sheen IS Tony Blair, James Cromwell IS Prince Phillip and Helen McCrory IS without a ...   Read customer review
  • Underworld - Blu-ray
  • Underworld - Blu-ray review by Treadstone from London
    Rated - 3.0 stars Under...pants? 12 February 2008
    ...ormances by Bill Nighy who was superb as Viktor, the king of all vamps and also Michael Sheen as the lovably nasty werewolf, Lucian. However I would have to say that the win...   Read customer review
  • Frost/Nixon
  • Frost/Nixon review by gepete80 from London
    Rated - 5.0 stars Frost/Nixon 23 February 2009
    ...e Best Actor nod then I would have said in a heartbeat that it should have been Michael Sheen. Sheen has come from left field in recent years. I remember first clapping ...   Read customer review

Michael Sheen - filmography


  • Midnight in Paris (2011)
    Starring: Rachel McAdams,  Marion Cotillard,  Michael Sheen
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    A romantic comedy about a family travelling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 354 members
    Due for release on 6th March 2012
  • Resistance - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Michael Sheen,  Kimberley Nixon,  Tom Wlaschiha
    Director: Amit Gupta
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Director Amit Gupta teams with Welsh author Owen Sheers to adapt Sheers' gripping novel set in an alternate history where Nazi German has conquered Russia, and Allied forces were defeated during the Battle of Normandy. The year is 1944. The Nazis have occupied areas of Britain, and a small Welsh ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 12 members
    Due for release on 19th March 2012
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  • Resistance (2011)
    Starring: Michael Sheen,  Kimberley Nixon,  Tom Wlaschiha
    Director: Amit Gupta
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Director Amit Gupta teams with Welsh author Owen Sheers to adapt Sheers' gripping novel set in an alternate history where Nazi German has conquered Russia, and Allied forces were defeated during the Battle of Normandy. The year is 1944. The Nazis have occupied areas of Britain, and a small Welsh ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 13 members
    Due for release on 19th March 2012
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  • Tron - Legacy - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Jeff Bridges,  Garrett Hedlund,  Olivia Wilde
    Director: Joseph Kosinski
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant, father and son embark on a life-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 14,315 members
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  • Tron - Legacy - 3D Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Jeff Bridges,  Garrett Hedlund,  Olivia Wilde
    Director: Joseph Kosinski
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant, father and son embark on a life-..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 85% from 4 members
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  • Beautiful Boy (2010)
    Starring: Michael Sheen,  Maria Bello,  Alan Tudyk
    Director: Shawn Ku
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    'Beautiful Boy' is an unconventional love story that explores the journey of a married couple on the verge of separation, who must live with unimaginable heartbreak, and find healing through the darkest days of their lives. Bill (Michael Sheen) and Kate (Maria Bello) hopelessly try to find some ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 14 members
    Due for release on 27th February 2012
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  • Tron - Legacy on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Jeff Bridges,  Garrett Hedlund,  Olivia Wilde
    Director: Joseph Kosinski
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant, father and son embark on a life-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 25,330 members
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  • Unthinkable on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Samuel L. Jackson,  Michael Sheen,  Brandon Routh
    Director: Gregor Jordan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In the story, penned by Peter Woodward with revisions by Orin Moverman, a major threat is posed to the U.S. when the locations of three nuclear devices are shrouded in secrecy by a single terrorist. With only two days before they are deployed, a black-ops interrogator (Jackson) and a female FBI ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 8,521 members
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  • The Special Relationship on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Michael Sheen,  Dennis Quaid,  Helen McCrory
    Director: Richard Loncraine
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From the Oscar®-nominated writer and producers of Frost/Nixon and The Queen comes a powerful new look at the human side of iconic world leaders. In 1993, Tony Blair was a rising young star in British politics. Three years later he ran for Prime Minister – and began a “special relationship” with U.S...read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 526 members
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  • Unthinkable - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Samuel L. Jackson,  Michael Sheen,  Brandon Routh
    Director: Gregor Jordan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In the story, penned by Peter Woodward with revisions by Orin Moverman, a major threat is posed to the U.S. when the locations of three nuclear devices are shrouded in secrecy by a single terrorist. With only two days before they are deployed, a black-ops interrogator (Jackson) and a female FBI ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 5,551 members
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  • Capture Anthologies 3 - The Dimensions O... (2010)
    Starring: Michael Sheen,  Derek Jacobi,  Steven Waddington
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dimensions Of Self brings together the best UK Sci-Fi short films that look at the theme of identity through the lens of cloning, time travel and space flight. Are we who we think we are, were and will be when our DNA, past and very existence are all up for grabs?
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 8 members
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  • My Last Five Girlfriends on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Brendan Patricks,  Naomie Harris,  Kelly Adams
    Director: Julian Kemp
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Meet Duncan, a man not so much saved by love as thoroughly destroyed by it. My Last Five Girlfriends opens with Duncan (Brendan Patricks) swigging vodka and scribbling a suicide note, in which he squarely pins the blame for his demise on the eponymous ladies, and what they have collectively done to ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 1,123 member
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  • The Damned United on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Michael Sheen,  Timothy Spall,  Colm Meaney
    Director: Tom Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The chameleon-like Michael Sheen - an actor that has already portrayed Tony Blair in THE QUEEN and Sir David Frost in FROST/NIXON - stars as Brian Clough: the short-lived manager of Leeds United in the 1970s.
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 27,012 members
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  • Michael Sheen Presents - You're The Boss on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Michael Sheen
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A hilarious look at the most entertaining football bosses of all time! Fresh from his critically acclaimed portrayal of the legendary Brian Clough in The Damned United, BAFTA nominated actor Michael Sheen presents this highly entertaining guide to that most thankless of jobs - the football manager! ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 57 members
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  • Frost/Nixon - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Michael Sheen,  Rebecca Hall,  Toby Jones
    Director: Ron Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oscar-winning director Ron Howard (Da Vinci Code, A Beautiful Mind) brings to the screen writer Peter Morgan's (The Queen, The Last King of Scotland) electrifying battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 7,780 members
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  • Frost/Nixon on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Michael Sheen,  Rebecca Hall,  Toby Jones
    Director: Ron Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oscar-winning director Ron Howard (Da Vinci Code, A Beautiful Mind) brings to the screen writer Peter Morgan's (The Queen, The Last King of Scotland) electrifying battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 54,293 members
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  • The Queen on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Helen Mirren,  Michael Sheen,  James Cromwell
    Director: Stephen Frears
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A taut, intimate and revealing portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family in turmoil during the days immediately following the death of Princess Diana. When news of the death of Princess Diana, undoubtedly the most famous woman in the world, breaks upon a shocked and disbelieving British ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 68,419 members
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  • Blood Diamond - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio,  Jennifer Connelly,  Djimon Hounsou
    Director: Edward Zwick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Set in Sierra Leone, BLOOD DIAMOND explores the role of diamond trading in the African civil war of the late 1990s. Narrowly escaping death when his village is invaded by Revolutionary United Front (RUF) militia, fisherman Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) is enslaved at a diamond mine and has his ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 10,292 members
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  • Blood Diamond - HD (2006)
    Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio,  Jennifer Connelly,  Djimon Hounsou
    Director: Edward Zwick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Set in Sierra Leone, BLOOD DIAMOND explores the role of diamond trading in the African civil war of the late 1990s. Narrowly escaping death when his village is invaded by Revolutionary United Front (RUF) militia, fisherman Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) is enslaved at a diamond mine and has his ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 1,569 member
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  • Blood Diamond on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio,  Jennifer Connelly,  Djimon Hounsou
    Director: Edward Zwick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    An ex-mercenary turned smuggler (Leonardo DiCaprio). A Mende fisherman (Djimon Hounsoue). Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son conscripted as a child ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 106,573 members
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  • Underworld: Evolution on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Kate Beckinsale,  Scott Speedman,  Tony Curran
    Director: Len Wiseman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The Underworld saga continues as hunted Vampire Selene (Kate Beckinsale) seeks out Marcus (Tony Curran), king of the Vampires, in the hope of bargaining for her life. Hybrid Michael (Scott Speedman) wants to join Selene in her quest but is unable to trust the werewolf raging uncontrolled inside him,..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 54,207 members
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  • Dead Long Enough on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Michael Sheen,  Jason Hughes,  Angeline Ball
    Director: Tom Collins
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Michael Sheen stars in the role that began his glittering film career as one of two brothers on a stag night in Donegal where they last spent a holiday 16 years ago. Here old passions and love are reignited amidst the unlikely mix of an ex- local gun runner, a suspicious Garda and the British Army. ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 44 members
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  • Kingdom Of Heaven on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Orlando Bloom,  Jeremy Irons,  Liam Neeson
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Ridley Scott confronts hundreds of years of religious conflict in KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. An epic film set in Europe and the Middle East, the story follows one man's struggle to better himself and the world around him. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a French blacksmith who is mourning the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 64,383 members
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  • Kingdom Of Heaven - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Orlando Bloom,  Jeremy Irons,  Liam Neeson
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Ridley Scott confronts hundreds of years of religious conflict in KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. An epic film set in Europe and the Middle East, the story follows one man's struggle to better himself and the world around him. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a French blacksmith who is mourning the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 3,459 members
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  • Laws Of Attraction on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Pierce Brosnan,  Julianne Moore,  Michael Sheen
    Director: Peter Howitt
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Daniel Rafferty (Pierce Brosnan) and Audrey Miller (Julianne Moore) are the two top divorce lawyers in New York, so it's only natural they should meet, fall in love, and face reservations about the sanctity of marriage while tussling in court. Peter Howitt's film is a contemporary urban fairy tale ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 13,126 members
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  • Dirty Filthy Love on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Shirley Henderson,  Michael Sheen,  Anastasia Griffith
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Mark Furness (Michael Sheen) is a thirtysomething architect whose marriage and career are threatened by his increasing obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette's syndrome, which include repetitive and completely involuntary activities such as stair-counting, hand-washing, and swearing. When his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 3,872 members
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  • The Deal on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Paul Rhys,  David Morrissey,  Michael Sheen
    Director: Stephen Frears
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    From the writer/director team behind 2006's Oscar favourite THE QUEEN, this made-for-TV political drama almost serves as its prequel. Based partly on James Naughtie's book THE RIVALS: THE INTIMATE STORY OF A POLITICAL MARRIAGE, THE DEAL chronicles the early career of Tony Blair, when, as a Member ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 688 members
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  • Underworld on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Kate Beckinsale,  Scott Speedman,  Shane Brolly
    Director: Len Wiseman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In UNDERWORLD, a dark and Gothic monster action movie, vampires and lycans--an ancient form of werewolf--are at war. While the vampires inhabit a gigantic castle that houses their ancestors' tombs, the lycans live underground in a dilapidated sewer cave. Both teams are equipped with big guns, and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 42,519 members
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  • Timeline on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Paul Walker,  Frances O'Connor,  Gerard Butler
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The archaeological excavation at La Roque Castle in Castelgard, France, appears to be like any other dig. At least it does until archaeology student Kate (Frances O'Connor) and assistant professor Andre Marek (Gerard Butler) discover a note from their boss Professor Edward Johnston (Billy Connolly) ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 13,543 members
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  • Heartlands (2003)
    Starring: Michael Sheen,  Celia Imrie,  Mark Addy
    Director: Damien O'Donnell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Nice guy Colin (played by Michael Sheen) is everybody's pal. By day, he runs a corner store. At night, he heads to the pub to play darts and that's pretty much his life. His wife, Sandra (played by Jane Robbins), has never been very faithful, but when she runs off with local policeman and fellow ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,641 member
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  • Bright Young Things on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Stephen Campbell Moore,  Peter O'Toole,  Jim Broadbent
    Director: Stephen,  Fry
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Adapted from Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies" - BRIGHT YOUNG THING is the directorial debut for Stephen Fry and follows the lives of a novelist, Adam (Stephen Campbell Moore) and his would-be lover, Nina (Emily Mortimer) as they mix with the 'bright young things' who inhabit the upper echelons of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 7,010 members
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  • Underworld - Blu-ray (2003)
    Starring: Kate Beckinsale,  Scott Speedman,  Shane Brolly
    Director: Len Wiseman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In UNDERWORLD, a dark and Gothic monster action movie, vampires and lycans--an ancient form of werewolf--are at war. While the vampires inhabit a gigantic castle that houses their ancestor's tombs, the lycans live underground in a dilapidated sewer cave. Both teams are equipped with big guns, and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 2,372 members
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  • Beowulf on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Derek Jacobi,  Joseph Fiennes,  Timothy West
    Director: Yuri Kulakov
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An animated adventure for children and adults alike, Beowulf is an epic tale full of action, heroism, bravery and sacrifice. Beowulf tells the tale of a young Danish warrior called Beowulf who goes to the aid of King Hroagar and his people, who are attacked by a half-man half-monster named Grendel. ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 194 members
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  • Barbara Vine - Gallowglass on DVD
    Starring: Paul Rhys,  Michael Sheen,  Arkie Whitely
    Director: Tim Fywell
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When Sandor saves Joe from committing suicide, he becomes "Gallowglass", indebted to him or his servant. But is Joe's devotion to his charistmatic rescuer enough to lead him into the complex plot to kidnap the wealthy and beautiful young Nina... A classic Barbara Vine drama
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 158 members
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Michael Sheen facts

5 most recent films

Midnight in Paris - 3.5 stars
Resistance - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Resistance - 3.0 stars
Tron - Legacy - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Tron - Legacy - 3D Blu-ray - 4.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Blood Diamond - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Blood Diamond - HD - 4.0 stars
Blood Diamond - 4.0 stars
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue - 4.0 stars
The Damned United - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Dead Long Enough - 2.0 stars
Resistance - 3.0 stars
Beautiful Boy - 3.5 stars
Capture Anthologies 3 - The Dimensions Of Self - 3.5 stars
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Bill Nighy - 8 times - show films
Scott Speedman - 6 times - show films
Sophia Myles - 6 times - show films
Kate Beckinsale - 6 times - show films
Garrett Hedlund - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Len Wiseman - 6 times - show films
Joseph Kosinski - 4 times - show films
Edward Zwick - 4 times - show films
Woody Allen - 3 times - show films
Nick Murphy - 3 times - show films