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My dad is a Jack Nicholson lookalike and a frustrated performer, my mother's into reading and poetry. I suppose the thing I owe them most is my confidence.

Michael Sheen

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Michael Sheen
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: February 5
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Newport
South Wales
Michael Christopher Sheen
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Change the scheme! Alter the mood! Electrify the boys and girls, if you'd be so kind.
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What's enjoyable for me, as an actor, is to do as many different things as possible.
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I was obsessed with football when I was growing up.
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