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Michael Christopher Sheen, OBE (born 5 February 1969) is a Welsh film and stage actor. He is best-known for his on-screen portrayals of public figures, having appeared as Kenneth Williams in Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!, as David Frost in Frost/Nixon, as Brian Clough in The Damned United and as Tony Blair in The Deal, The Queen and The Special Relationship. Other well-known screen credits include 30 Rock, Tron: Legacy, the Underworld films, the Twilight films and Alice in Wonderland. As a stage actor, his most acclaimed performances include Mozart in Amadeus, Jimmy Porter in Look Back in... MORE

Michael Christopher Sheen, OBE (born 5 February 1969) is a Welsh film and stage actor. He is best-known for his on-screen portrayals of public figures, having appeared as Kenneth Williams in Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!, as David Frost in Frost/Nixon, as Brian Clough in The Damned United and as Tony Blair in The Deal, The Queen and The Special Relationship. Other well-known screen credits include 30 Rock, Tron: Legacy, the Underworld films, the Twilight films and Alice in Wonderland. As a stage actor, his most acclaimed performances include Mozart in Amadeus, Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger and the title role in Caligula. He will next appear as Hamlet at the Young Vic in London from 28 October 2011 to 21 January 2012. Sheen was born in Newport, Wales. His mother, Irene (née Thomas), is a retired secretary, and his father, Meyrick, is a retired human resources manager and part-time professional Jack Nicholson look-alike. He has one younger sister, Joanne. When Sheen was five, the family moved to Liverpool but settled in his parents' hometown of Port Talbot in Wales three years later. At the age of twelve, he was scouted and offered a place on Arsenal FC's youth team but his LESS