Michael Sheen in BBC Four's 2006 "", and was nominated for a fourth Olivier Award in 2006 for portraying the broadcaster David Frost in "Frost/Nixon", a role he revisited in the 2008 film adaptation of the play. He also starred as the controversial football manager Brian Clough in "The Damned United" (2009). Since 2009 and into the 2010s, Sheen has become known for a wider variety of roles. In 2009, Sheen appeared in two fantasy films, "" and "", while in 2010, he made a four-episode guest appearance in the NBC comedy "30 Rock". He appeared in the science-fiction film "" (2010)
Michael Sheen Film Awards, an ambassador for the Dylan Thomas Prize and vice-president of Port Talbot Town FC. In October 2018, Sheen sponsored a women's football team in Wales. The team reached out to celebrities that were from the region. In 2017 Sheen founded the End High Cost Credit Alliance working to promote more affordable ways to borrow money. That same year Sheen became a Patron of Social Enterprise UK, a charity which supports social projects which benefit local, environmental and co-operative causes. In October 2018 Sheen and Natasha Kaplinsky became Vice presidents (an ambassadorial role) of the Royal Society for Public