Since 2009, Michael Sheen has broadened the scope of his roles. He appeared in several fantasy films in 2009, such as Underworld: Rise of the Lycans and The Twilight Saga: New Moon. He had four cameos on the NBC comedy series 30 Rock in 2010.
He also made cameos in Tron: Legacy and Midnight in Paris (2011), both films directed by Woody Allen. Sheen both directed and featured in the National Theatre Wales performance of The Passion. From late 2011 until early 2012, he played the lead in Hamlet at the Young Vic.
He had a key role in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 in 2012, and for his work in the Masters of Sex television drama on Showtime in 2013, he was nominated for a Golden Globe.
Sheen has portrayed characters such as Chris Tarrant in Quiz (2020), Aziraphale in the BBC/Amazon Studios fantasy comedy series Good Omens (2019–present), and a serial killer surgeon who is incarcerated in the Fox drama series Prodigal Son (2019–2021).
In the 2020–2022 comedy series Staged about a quarantine, he co-starred as himself with his friend and Good Omens co-star David Tennant.
Sheen is well recognized for his political involvement, and in 2017 he renounced his OBE (Order of the British Empire) after researching the link between Wales and England.
Was Michael Sheen in Twilight?
Yes, the second movie in the hugely successful vampire series, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, included Sheen in a supporting part. A genuine actor, Michael Sheen, plays the mind-reading Aro of the Italian Volturi vampires late in the movie and spices things up, according to Rolling Stone’s review.
What movies has Michael Sheen done?
Michael Sheen has been featured in these movies and others:
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- Underworld
2003 - Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2009 - Passengers
2016 - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
2012 - Tron: Legacy
2010 - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
2011 - Dolittle
2020 - Home Again
2017 - Twilight
2008 - Far from the Madding Crowd
2015 - The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009 - Underworld: Evolution
2006 - The Queen
2006 - Frost/Nixon
2008 - Apostle
2018 - Midnight in Paris
2011 - Unthinkable
2010 - Alice in Wonderland
2010 - Bright Young Things
2003 - Laws of Attraction
2004 - The Damned United
2009 - Wilde
1997 - Kingdom of Heaven
2005 - Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
2006
- Underworld