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Actor Michael Sheen, known to the audience for his role as the leader of the werewolves in the "Underworld" trilogy, will play in the sequel to the movie "Twilight" called "New Moon". Now the actors will have to get used to the image of Aro, the head of the Italian Volturi vampire clan, according to The Daily Mail.
Director Chris Weitz confirmed this information. For the performance of this role, Sheen will receive the biggest fee in his life - five million pounds. nine0003
Recall that Michael Sheen is also known for his roles in the films "Queen" and "Frost vs. Nixon."
Andrey Vorontsov
04/13/2009 00:29
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World fame came to Shin after playing the role of the vampire Aro in the Twilight trilogy. Pictured: Michael Sheen
The actor's track record includes more than fifty roles, four times he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier theater award, several times he was nominated for the Golden Globe, Saturn, BAFTA, Emmy awards. Since 2019until 2021, he brilliantly played a serial killer, Dr. Martin Whitley, nicknamed The Surgeon, in the television series Prodigal Son.Michael Sheen as a child with his parents
Michael's parents worked in the field of personnel management, his father was also the official double of Jack Nicholson, portrayed him at city holidays and in various shows. nine0002 Michael was five years old when the family moved to the city of the legendary Beatles, Liverpool.
It was there that the boy became seriously interested in football, played first in the yard, then in the city team: All I did when I was a kid was play football. It's all I ever dreamed of. All my desires came down to becoming a professional football player. I was a big fan of Brian Clough. When I was 12 years old, I was invited to Arsenal, one of the main football teams in Britain. But that meant my parents would have to move from a small town in Wells to London. I knew this would never happen, so I declined the offer. I think if I had used that chance, maybe I would have succeeded. nine0339 At the time Michael received this offer, the family was already living in the port industrial city of Port Talbot on the coast of Bristol Bay. He went to Glen Afan School and played on the Baghlan junior football team.No less successful were the roles played by the actor in the production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the performances of Alfred de Musset's Love Is No Longing, and Harold Pinter's Moonlight.Michael Sheen with family
In high school, Shin became interested in theater, began performing in amateur productions. The idols of the young man were Patrick Stewart and Daniel Day-Lewis.Michael went to college, studied drama and sociology, then graduated from the Bristol Theater School. nine0002 Michael Sheen in his youth After graduating from college, Michael decided to continue his studies at the University of London, but once in the capital, he changed his mind and entered the Royal Academy of Theater Arts (RADA). The young man earned money for his first year of study by himself, working part-time at the Burger Master restaurant.
First roles in the theater
In his sophomore year, Sheen was awarded a Laurence Olivier Scholarship after playing a key role in Martin Sherman's When She Danced, making his debut at the Globe Theatre. Michael admitted that he himself did not expect such a stunning success: nine0338 It's hard to believe! Here you are fooling around in a lesson in the production of movements, and the next day you are already reading roles with Vanessa Redgrave and Francis de la Tour!
At the rehearsal of the play "No joking with love"
In 1991, Michael received a Bachelor of Arts degree, graduating with success from the Academy, and continued to appear on the stage of London theaters in well-known productions. nine0002 Michael Sheen in his youth So, with the play "Peer Gynt" based on the play by Henrik Ibsen, he traveled all over Britain, Norway, visited Japan, and in 1995 Shin participated in the production of Chekhov's "The Seagull" at the Royal Theater.In 1997, Michael played King Henry V in Shakespeare's play, and then appeared on the stage of the Old Vic theater in the image of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. With the same production he performed on Broadway, after which he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award. It was this role that made Hollywood directors pay attention to the actor. nine0003
Michael Sheen in Amadeus
He was nominated for the same award in 1999, playing the talented role of Jimmy in the production of "Look Back in Anger", which was successfully staged at the National Theater.
Among the theatrical roles of Shin, there is also Caligula in the performance of the same name. Michael Sheen as Jimmy
Michael Sheen in Othello
As Robert Ross, the great writer's lover, he is very convincing. Soon he was offered leading roles in the comedy dramas Offside (Colin) and Golden Youth (Miles). nine0002 Still from the film "Wilde" Many film fans remember the actor as rock star Thorn Jamison, who entered into the divorce proceedings of the main characters in the comedy Laws of Attraction.
On set, Michael worked with Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore. Young Michael Sheen
Sheen was nominated for a BAFTA in 2004 for his role as Mark in Dirty Love. The same nomination went to the actor for portraying British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the Oscar-winning historical film The Queen. This character has become a landmark for Shin - he portrayed a politician in feature films three times. nine0002 Michael Sheen as Tony Blair (The Queen) In the biographical drama Frost vs. Nixon, Michael brilliantly played a journalist who decided to interview the former president of America. And again, the actor was nominated for an authoritative award, this time - the Screen Actors Guild.On the set of Frost vs. Nixon
With Samuel L. Jackson and Carrie-Anne Moss, Sheen starred in the thriller The Unthinkable (Steven Arthur Younger), and with Bill Nighy and Ron Mitra in the horror film Underworld (Lycan Lucian). nine0002 Michael Sheen on the set of Underworld A new wave of popularity for the actor was brought by participation in the sensational sagas about vampires "Twilight".
His character - the cunning and dangerous head of the Volturi clan Aro with his associates - brought a lot of emotions to the main characters of the film, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson). Michael Sheen in Twilight
Shin admitted:My biggest concern was that anyone would remember that I played a werewolf in both parts of Underworld. So for me the process of going from a werewolf to a vampire was quite stressful. But I love Aro. I think that even though he is very scary, there is something touching about him. I am extremely glad that I had the chance to scare the current young generation. nine0339 Michael considered his participation in Woody Allen's mystical comedy Midnight in Paris, where he got a character named Paul Bates, to be another of his successes.Still from the film "Midnight in Paris"
In 2011, Sheen launched his own project: at the National Theater of Wales, he became the creative director of the 72-hour production of "Passion" and played the lead role in it.In addition to the actors, more than a thousand ordinary Englishmen took part in the play. A documentary film was made about the unique show by the BBC team. For fans of TV shows, the actor also prepared a surprise: he appeared in the image of doctor William Masters in the drama Masters of Sex. In addition to him, Lizzy Caplan and Teddy Sears were involved in the main roles. nine0002 Michael Sheen on The Craig Ferguson Show With Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, Sheen starred in the science fiction film Passengers (Arthur, the robot bartender), with Kerry Hannah Mulligan and Matthias Schoenaerts he played in the drama Far from the Madding Crowd (William Boldwood). The actor also participated in the projects "Alice in Wonderland" and "Alice Through the Looking-Glass", voicing the White Rabbit.
Still from the film "Passengers"
In the image of the preacher Malcolm Howe, Michael appeared before the audience in the mystical drama "The Apostle". In summer 2019the audience appreciated the brilliant tandem of Michael Sheen and David Tennant.They starred in Good Omens, an adaptation of the novel by two legendary science fiction writers, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. The heroes of Michael and David are the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley. Both have been living on Earth for a long time, managed to fall in love with the world of people and even make friends, despite ideological differences. But the birth of Satan's heir has jeopardized the current state of affairs, and now the friends have to prevent the Apocalypse, although he is welcome both in the world of demons and in heaven. nine0002 David Tennant and Michael Sheen on Good Intentions
Good Omens: Michael Sheen and David Tennant
It seemed that Shin showed himself in all sorts of roles, but as soon as the FOX series “Prodigal Son” was released in 2019, fans of his talent again became attached to the TV screens. Even the cardigan of the brilliant Manhattan doctor Martin Wheatley has become a terrifying attribute - the man is accused of at least twenty brutal serial murders.Dr. Wheatley is in a psychiatric hospital, and because he is "bored", he started mind games with his own son, Malcolm Bright (Tom Payne), a forensic psychologist for the New York police. Sheen's performance is so compelling that his on-screen "daddy jokes" make the hair on his head stir. Until the summer of 2021, viewers watched this series in one breath. nine0002 Michael Sheen in Prodigal Son
Personal life of Michael Sheen
Sheen was introduced to actress and model Kate Beckinsale by… Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. In Chekhov's production of "The Seagull" on the stage of the Royal Theater, they played together. The office romance soon developed into a serious relationship, and although Michael never took his beloved down the aisle, they lived together for nine years, and the result of their love was the daughter of Lily Mo, born in 1999.Michael Sheen and Kate Beckinsale have been together for nine years
In order to spend as much time as possible with his daughter, the actor even moved from London to New York, but he never officially formalized a relationship with her mother, repeating his favorite phrase: “When you don’t return a book to the library for too long, you begin to feel it as your own.”
Michael Sheen with Kate and daughter: 15 years later
The situation in their relationship changed on the set of the film “Another World. Evolution ”, where Kate played the main role, and Michael appeared in the image of Lucian. On the set, an affair broke out between the actress and director Len Wiseman, and after a while Beckinsale married him. nine0002 Shin was sympathetic to the feelings of the ex-lover, communication with her was transferred to the rank of friendship - for the sake of his daughter. The media have repeatedly published pictures in which parents, together with Lily Mo, walk and spend time in children's parks.Former spouses continued to communicate as friends
After breaking up with Kate, the actor was not alone for long. In 2004, he had a brief romance with actress Anastasia Griffith. Then Michael met the ballerina Lorraine Stewart, a relationship with which lasted until 2010. nine0002 C Lorraine Stewart The couple broke up without any explanation, and Sheen began to appear in society with Canadian actress Rachel McAdams, whom he met on the set of the film Midnight in Paris.Photos of happy lovers often appeared in the press, fans were looking forward to the news of the engagement, but three years later Michael and Rachel broke up.
Michael Sheen and Rachel McAdams
The actor had a short relationship with Carrie Keegan, and in 2014 he already plunged into a new romantic relationship, this time with comic American actress Sarah Silverman. Four years later, the woman announced on her Twitter that their relationship ended due to frequent separations and distances. nine0002 Sarah Silverman was Michael Sheen's girlfriend for four years In 2019, it became known about Sheen's new lover, the young actress Anna Lundberg. In September of the same year, Shin posted a short tweet on Twitter announcing the birth of his beautiful daughter Lyra (Lyra). The actor expressed his deep gratitude to "Louise and all the brilliant midwives of Singleton and Neath Port Talbot Hospitals."Anna Lundberg is 26 years younger than Michael Sheen
Michael Sheen is now
In the spring of 2021, the actor announced on Twitter that he, along with his wife and little daughter, had been ill with the coronavirus.Michael himself did not have an easy illness, he was depressed by the coronavirus for several weeks and admitted that it was "quite difficult and scary." Anna and her daughter endured the virus much easier. Having overcome the illness, Shin thanked everyone who supported him morally and wrote kind words. nine0002 Michael Sheen is now In terms of work, there are reports that the actor is set to continue filming the lockdown-spawned original UK desktop series The Production. For the first two seasons, Sheen co-starred with Scottish actor David Tennant, both of whom portrayed themselves and their quarantine days without work. The third season was scheduled for late 2021 and according to director Simon Evans, he will jump at the chance to write for the brilliant Welsh-Scottish acting duo. nine0002 Actors are friends in real life
Interesting facts
- While studying drama school, Michael Sheen was the captain of the football team. The actor admitted that these were the most aggressive football matches in which he had ever participated.
Aspiring actors wanted to prove that they were not weaklings, games often ended in bloody fights, and injured players were carried unconscious from the field.
- In Frost vs. Nixon, Sheen co-starred with Frank Langella. Previously, both took part in the production of Peter Morgan's play about the relationship between a journalist and the president, so the movies simply returned to their stage images of David Frost and Richard Nixon. nine0310
- In everyday life, the actor looks so "unstellar" that once Victoria Beckham called the police to the school where her children and Michael's children go. She did not recognize Shin and mistook him for a maniac kidnapper.
- In 2009, Michael Sheen was awarded the MBE, but in 2017 he refused the royal award and returned it. The actor explained his decision by the fact that he deeply studied the history of Wales and prepared a lecture on the relationship of his historical homeland with England. The stumbling block was the title "Prince of Wales", which was inherited while the country was independent.
But when Wales became part of England, the British monarchs "took" the title. Michael explained that he understood: "... I will be a hypocrite if, owning the order, I will voice what I was going to say at a lecture about the nature of relations between Wales and the British state." At the same time, he emphasized that he does not consider his act a gesture of disrespect. nine0310
Important events in life
- 1985 : Became an actor at the National Youth Drama Theatre, Wales.
- 1987 : Entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA). He made his debut on the stage of the Globe Theater in the play "When she danced."
- 1988 : Honored with the Laurence Olivier Personal Scholarship.
- 1993 : He made his film debut in Gallowglass. nine0310
- 1995 : Played the role of Ludovic in the film Othello.
- 1999 : Daughter Lily Mo was born to actress Kate Beckinsale. Nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for his portrayal of Jimmy in Look Back in Anger.
- 2000 : Nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor.
- 2003 : starred in the film "Underworld".
- 2004 : Nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor. nine0310
- 2006 : starred in the Oscar-winning film The Queen. Nominated for Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award.
- 2007 : Nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor. Nominated for a BAFTA award.
- 2009 : MBE. Nominated for a Sputnik Award, Screen Actors Guild Award. Started acting in the movie "Twilight".
- 2010 : Nominated for an Emmy Award.
- 2011 : starred in the movie Midnight in Paris.
- 2012 : Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.
- 2013 : starred in the movie Masters of Sex.
- 2014 : Nominated for Golden Globe, Satellite, Critics' Choice Television Awards.
- 2015 : Nominated for the Satellite Award.
