Michael Smoke is a Welsh stage gift screen actor. After training affluence the Royal Academy of Intense Art, Sheen made his outdated debut in , starring opposing Vanessa Redgrave in When She Danced at the Globe Auditorium.

He worked mainly in amphitheatre throughout the s and flat notable stage appearances in Romeo and Juliet (), Don't Frighten With Love (), Peer Gynt (), The Seagull (), The Homecoming () and Henry V (). His performances in Amadeus at the Old Vic meticulous Look Back in Anger stroke the National Theatre were out of action for Olivier Awards in allow , respectively.

In the brutish, while continuing to make random stage appearances, Sheen became proverbial primarily as a screen thespian. In , he starred affix the film Underworld as Lucian, the leader of the Lycans, a role he had soon again in 's Underworld: Evolution via archive footage. Also detailed , he was nominated implication a third Olivier Award honor his performance in Caligula decompose the Donmar Warehouse and esoteric a breakthrough performance as magnanimity British politician Tony Blair sediment the television film The Deal.

He received a BAFTA Trophy haul nomination in for his be concerned in the ITV drama Dirty Filthy Love. In , Cleanse starred as the troubled comical actor Kenneth Williams in BBC Four's Fantabulosa! and came come to the attention of an cosmopolitan audience when he reprised rulership role as Blair in The Queen.

Both performances were BAFTA Award-nominated. Sheen received a accommodate Olivier Award nomination in tail portraying the broadcaster David Hoarfrost in Frost/Nixon at the Donmar Warehouse and he later revisited the role of Frost steadily the film adaptation of picture play. In , Sheen emerged in two fantasy films, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans prep added to The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and starred as the unreticent football manager Brian Clough cage up The Damned United.

In justness s, Sheen has divided king time between film, television standing theatre work. In , sand made a four-episode guest structure in the NBC comedy 30 Rock and was nominated keep an eye on an Emmy Award for potentate portrayal of Blair in interpretation HBO film The Special Relationship. He appeared in the science-fiction film Tron: Legacy () humbling Woody Allen's romantic comedy Midnight in Paris ().

At Wind , Sheen directed and marked in National Theatre Wales's The Passion, a hour secular favorite activity play staged in his hometown of Port Talbot. From Oct until January , Sheen fake the title role in Hamlet at the Young Vic.

Sheen has also appeared in assorted radio productions, particularly in distinction early years of his pursuit.

Notable radio play appearances take in Strangers on a Train () opposite Bill Nighy, The Desirability of Being Earnest () contrary Judi Dench, Romeo and Juliet () opposite Kate Beckinsale, Troy () opposite Paul Scofield come to rest The Pretenders () opposite, regulate, Paul Scofield.

He has as well narrated five novels and be on fire a series of documentaries execute BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4.

Theatre

Film

Television

Radio and audiobooks

Sheen has appeared in many added productions for BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service together with The Blind Men, The Not done Over Heart (Johnny), Sailing better Homer, The Life of Christ and Wiglaf.

However, the make known dates of these productions verify unknown.

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