Michael Sheen: Actor. Fan artwork fanatic. Half-time vampire AND werewolf. Frequent statesman. Android bartender. Grasp of the micro-expression AND the over-the-top chortle. Charitable ambassador. Defender of fandom. Precise angel. Because the launch of Good Omens on Amazon this yr and Sheen’s pitch-perfect portrayal of the angel Aziraphale alongside co-star David Tennant’s demon Crowley, he’s additionally the Web’s new boyfriend. And I’m completely right here for this goodness and lightweight in the dead of night yr 2019. In his exhibits and flicks, there’s virtually all the time a scene that I need to save and hold in my pocket like a memento ticket stub or a fond reminiscence. So, please settle for and luxuriate in this checklist of a few of Michael Sheen’s bookish roles.
Michael Sheen’s Bookish Roles
Good Omens (2019)
Primarily based on Good Omens: The Good and Correct Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Michael Sheen performs the angel Aziraphale. Pocket scene: I simply usually need to hold Aziraphale in my pocket, he’s a ravishing cinnamon roll, so on that word “I’m tender” is my keeper.
Masters of Intercourse (2013–2016)
Primarily based on the e-book Masters of Intercourse: The Life and Occasions of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America Learn how to Love by Thomas Maier. Sheen performs intercourse researcher Dr. Invoice Masters. Pocket scene: “The one factor I’ve achieved proper is loving somebody so fully with as a lot of my damaged soul as I can muster.”
Far From the Madding Crowd (2015)
Primarily based on the e-book Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. Sheen performs Boldwood, one in every of Bathsheba Everdene’s three suitors. Pocket scene: Boldwood’s tearful, early morning dialog with Gabriel Oak.
Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Alice By the Trying Glass (2016)
Primarily based on the books Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and By the Trying Glass by Lewis Carroll. Sheen voices the White Rabbit to perfection.
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Field (2013)
Primarily based on the e-book The Midas Field by G.P. Taylor. Sheen performs Charity, an adventurer and grasp of disguises (kind of).
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), Breaking Daybreak – Half 1 (2011), Breaking Daybreak – Half 2 (2012)
Primarily based on The Twilight Saga books by Stephanie Meyer. Sheen performs Aro of the Volturi. Pocket scene: I’ll always remember the giddy chaos within the movie show on opening night time throughout that Breaking Daybreak – Half 2 twist.
The Damned United (2009)
Primarily based on the e-book The Damned United by David Peace about English soccer coach Brian Clough. Pocket scene: It’s a toss-up between Sheen’s first scene singing Tom Jones within the automotive like some carpool karaoke crossover and the humorous and poignant apology scene with the nice Timothy Spall.
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Primarily based on the play Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan. Sheen performs TV host and interviewer David Frost. Pocket scene: A late-night name from Nixon that could be about cheeseburgers?
Fantabulosa! (2006)
Primarily based on The Kenneth Williams Diaries. Sheen portrays real-life comic and TV persona Kenneth Williams. Pocket scene: “All of them assume I’m waving, however I’m drowning.”
Vibrant Younger Issues (2003)
Primarily based on the novel Vile Our bodies by Evelyn Waugh. Sheen performs Miles, a homosexual socialite in 1930s England. Pocket scene: “It’s so unbearably insufferable.”
Wilde (1997)
From the e-book Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellmann. Sheen portrays Robbie Ross.
Mary Reilly (1996)
Primarily based on the e-book Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin. Search for Sheen as Bradshaw, a cheeky footman.
Othello (1995)
Primarily based on the play Othello by William Shakespeare. Sheen performs Lodovico.
Further Studying
TRON: Legacy (2010)
TRON: Legacy and the unique TRON film are primarily based on an authentic concept, however they each have novelizations, and within the case of Legacy, a number of graphic novels for younger readers. This could be my favourite Sheen, chaotic David Bowie-lookalike Sheen, with a contact of Clockwork Orange.
Underworld (2003), Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
The Underworld films all have official novelizations together with Underworld, Evolution, and Rise of the Lycans. Rise of the Lycans can also be a comic book. Sheen performs the fabled lycan Lucian.
Bonus: Audiobooks and Audio Dramas
The Guide of Mud: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
The Image of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde
BBC Radio Shakespeare: Hamlet
Jeff Wayne’s The Struggle of The Worlds: The Musical Drama
Nice Poets of the Romantic Age
Romeo and Juliet
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