Michael Sheen Biography
Accomplished British actor Michael Sheen was born in Wales and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. As a performer at the Royal National Theatre as well as on Broadway, some of his theatrical credits include Jimmy Porter in +Look Back in Anger, Henry V in +Henry V, and Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart in +Amadeus. In 1993 he made his television debut as a mentally challenged abandoned kid in the BBC miniseries Gallowglass. His made his feature-film debut two years later as Loco Oliver_Parker's Othello, followed by a small part in Stephen_Frears' Mary_Reilly. Perhaps his best-known role to U.S. audiences was his portrayal of Robbie Ross, the close personal friend of literary icon Oscar_Wilde (played by Stephen_Fry) in Wilde (1997). As a voice actor, Sheen has read several of Wilde's works and other works of classic literature for Naxos Audio Books. He's also contributed to many programs for BBC Radio 4 and World Service. After he and actress Kate_Beckinsale had their first child, he starred in the independent drama Heartlands and made a small appearance in the Victorian-era adventure The_Four_Feathers. In 2003 he was cast as werewolf leader Lucien in Len_Wiseman's action fantasy Underworld, with Beckinsale starring as the vampire warrior on the opposing side of an immortal battle. The same year he completed work on sci-fi adventure Timeline, the stylish period film Bright_Young_Things, and the romantic comedy Laws of Attraction. Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
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