As a young man, he declined the opportunity to become a professional soccer player, opting to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) instead of studying at university. In his second year of studies, he won the prestigious Laurence Olivier Scholarship for his outstanding performances. It was also while studying that she got a role that would start her career, as a counterpart to Vanessa Redgrave in the play “When She Danced“.
Sheen He graduated in 1991 and immediately made his London West End debut, and since then he has delighted audiences and critics with his passionate performances. Among other outstanding actions, we can mention that of Romeo in the classic “Romeo and juliet“; the protagonists in the works”Peer Gynt” Y “Jimmy porter“, both with the Royal Shakespeare Company; and also”Look Back in Anger“or”Henry V“.
His greatest theatrical success was undoubtedly in his interpretation of Mozart in the work “Amadeus“by Sir Peter Hall, which catapulted New Yorkers from the West End to Broadway and earned him an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination.
Right after the success of “Amadeus“, Sheen landed her first major role in an American-produced movie, “The four feathers“(2002). Sheen He had already made his big screen debut in 1994, when he acted alongside John Malkovich and Julia Roberts in “Mary reilly“, a film only released in 1996, a year after its second film”Othello“(1995). One more year he was seen in the role of Robbie ross, in the biographical drama “Wilde“.
Already in 2003 he began his participation in the trilogy of “Underworld“playing the leader of the Lycans, Lucian, a werewolf. His career continued in the movie “The Queen“(2006) in which he played Prime Minister Tony Blair; he was also Rupert simmons on “Blood Diamond“(2006); the journalist David frost on “Frost / Nixon“(2008) and Ring, leader of the Vulturis vampires, in the tetralogy of “Twilight“(“Twilight“(2008),”The Twilight Saga: New Moon“(2009),”Dawn (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1)“(2011) and”Dawn (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2)“(2012)).
Sheen also voiced the character of the White Rabbit in Tim Burton’s recreation of the popular tale, “Alice in Wonderland“(2010), also working on recent”TRON: Legacy (Tron 2)“(2010) and”Midnight in paris“(2011).
On television, the works of Sheen include his portrayal of the tormented comedian Kenneth williams on “Kenneth Williams: Fantabulous!“for BBC Network, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award and received the Best Actor Award from the Royal Television Society in 2006. He also received a BAFTA Award nomination in 2005 for his role in”Dirty filthy love“, a drama in which he plays an architect struggling to live with his obsessive-compulsive disorder.
In 2009 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his contributions to the arts. Also, throughout his career Sheen He has been awarded numerous national and international awards for both his theatrical and cinematographic performances.
In his personal life, Sheen He has a daughter with his ex-girlfriend, actress Kate Beckinsale, named Lily Mo Sheen, who was born in January 1999, and with whom he spends time at their Los Angeles residence. He is currently in a relationship with actress Rachel McAdams.