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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
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Michael Christopher Sheen
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