Michael Sheen
Michael Sheen
Michael Sheen, OBE is a Welsh actor. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, 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...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth5 February 1969
CityNewport, Wales
The more you think that you are watching a show about sex, the more you ultimately are watching a show about the challenges of just connecting with human beings and being intimate.
With vampires, there is such a great tradition that you suddenly find yourself a part of. Each generation reinvents what that means to them.
What's enjoyable for me, as an actor, is to do as many different things as possible.
It's interesting that in searching for monsters to play you often end up playing leaders.
I was obsessed with football when I was growing up.
Change the scheme! Alter the mood! Electrify the boys and girls, if you'd be so kind.
I love being able to play as many different characters, in as many different worlds as I possibly can. That's what I really enjoy.
I think parenthood is a wonderful balancing act. On the one hand, you want to spend as much time with your children as possible. On the other hand, you want to set an example for them to see that you're fulfilled in your life and in your work.
I live a very Kenneth Williams-like existence.
I can be a lazy dresser.
Hopefully, any character I play has an anchor in reality. The more fantastical characters, or fantastical worlds that they inhabit are really fun and allow you, in some ways, to tell stories and reveal things about our lives that would be harder to take, in a more realistic setting.
I think the story of 'Alice in Wonderland' in a way is a reminder that life is frightening, it can shift on you at any moment.
I suppose I've got a reputation for playing quite extreme characters and making them quite believable.
I don't do the whole L.A. nightlife thing.