Michael Sheen

Welsh actor

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2025 Became ambassador for Calon Afan, a community interest company promoting lesser-known histories of Port Talbot and Afan Valley.
2025 Michael Sheen was nominated for Best Performer in a Play for his role in 'Nye'
2025 Michael Sheen won in the Media Moment category for 'The Assembly'
May 20 2025 Sheen was listed in Time 100 Most Influential People in Philanthropy 2025 by Time magazine.
2025 Collaborated with Daily Mirror to launch 'A Writing Chance' initiative supporting working class authors.
May 2025 Launched The Bee, a literary magazine and online platform to support working-class writers in publishing.
2025 Michael Sheen serves as a reader for the Audible production 'The Rose Field'.
2025 Michael Sheen stars in a Channel 4 documentary titled 'Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway', appearing as himself
2025 Co-wrote a picture book 'A Home for Spark the Dragon' with Jess Webb, illustrated by Sarah Massini, to be published by Puffin Books in association with Shelter
2025 Michael Sheen appears as a guest in Season 3, Episode 1 of 'Scarred For Life'
April 2 2025 Revealed inaugural season for Welsh National Theatre, including starring in two plays: Thornton Wilder's Our Town and Gary Owen's Owain & Henry.
2025 Michael Sheen presents 'Facing The Music' on BBC Radio 3, featuring an episode about Dmitri Shostakovich titled 'Staring Down the Terror'
2025 Michael Sheen appears as a 'Send To All' guest on Season 8, Episode 2 of 'Michael McIntyre's Big Show' on BBC One
2025 Michael Sheen was nominated for Best Drama Performance for 'A Very Royal Scandal'
March 10 2025 The documentary Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway aired on Channel 4, revealing how he wrote off £1,000,000 of debt for 900 people in South Wales using £100,000 of his own money.
2025 Nominated for WhatsOnStage Award for Best Performer in a Play for Nye at the Royal National Theatre, London and Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
January 10 2025 Sheen announced the launch of Welsh National Theatre, personally funding and taking on the role of artistic director after the National Theatre Wales was forced to close.
2024 Received Community Foundation Wales Philanthropy Award.
2024 Published an article in New Statesman titled 'Why Kemi Badenoch is wrong about Port Talbot'
2024 Michael Sheen is a guest on 'Poetry Please' on BBC Radio 4
2024 Michael Sheen presents 'Michael Sheen Gets Into Character' on BBC Radio 4
2024 Michael Sheen appears as a panel member in Series 5, Episode 4 of 'The Wheel' on BBC One
2024 Michael Sheen portrays Prince Andrew in the Amazon Prime Video production 'A Very Royal Scandal'
2024 Michael Sheen won the Tell-Tale TV Award for Favorite Performer in a Sci-fi / Fantasy / Horror Series for Good Omens.
2024 Michael Sheen was nominated for TV Question of The Year for 'Leo has a question for Michael Sheen - The Assembly'
2024 Michael Sheen was nominated for Best Actor for his role in 'Best Interests'
2024 Michael Sheen was nominated for Best Actor in a Streaming Comedy Series for his role in Good Omens
2024 Performed in 'White Rabbit Red Rabbit' at Soho Place, London
October 2024 Called for a Fair Banking Act to address the unaffordable credit crisis in the UK.
October 2024 Used his own money to write off personal debts for hundreds of people in South Wales.
September 19 2024 A Very Royal Scandal was released on Amazon Prime Video.
June 2024 Sheen joined BBC Radio 4's environmental documentary podcast Buried Series 2: The Last Witness as a hearsay witness.
April 2024 Guested on BBC's The Assembly for Autism Acceptance Week, receiving praise for his interaction with neurodivergent journalists.
February 24 2024 Sheen began performing on stage as Aneurin Bevan in the play Nye at the Royal National Theatre, which ran until 11 May 2024.
February 19 2024 Michael Sheen directed and starred in a three-part television series called The Way on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, which ran until 4 March 2024.
January 2024 Showed support for a cross-party campaign by Plaid Cymru and Welsh Labour focused on devolving the Crown Estate to Wales.
2023 Michael Sheen won the Best Performer in a Play award for his role in Amadeus
2022 Wrote multiple articles for New Statesman, including 'We are a nation in search of a story' and participated in a conversation with Tony Blair
2022 Wrote the foreword for 'The Mab', a retelling of 11 stories from the Mabinogion by Matt Brown and Eloise Williams, published by Unbound
2022 Published an article on BBC News about breaking down while hearing children's care stories
2022 Michael Sheen presented 'Michael Sheen: Margins to Mainstream' on BBC Radio Wales
2022 Performed as Salieri in 'Amadeus' at Sydney Opera House, winning BroadwayWorld Australia - Sydney Award for Best Performer in a Play
September 2022 Delivered a viral motivational speech for the Wales football team before the 2022 FIFA World Cup, subsequently invited into the team's inner circle to give a team talk to coach Rob Page and players.
July 2022 Created BBC Wales documentary 'Michael Sheen: Lifting the Lid on the Care System', investigating experiences of children in care.
2021 Received Beard Liberation Front Award for Lifetime Achievement Award.
2021 Wrote the foreword for 'The Welsh Way: Essays on Neoliberalism and Devolution'.
2021 Published an article in New Statesman titled 'Why the creative industries need to do more to offer others a writing chance'
2021 Invested £250,000 of his own money to launch Mab Gwalia, a fund supporting community projects in Wales, and announced he would give all future earnings to charities.
2021 Received two notable awards: the Beard Liberation Front Lifetime Achievement Award and the Worshipful Livery Company of Wales Outstanding Achievement Award.
2021 Michael Sheen was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Quiz

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