Michael Sheen of David Frost in 2008's "Frost/Nixon", a film dramatisation of The Nixon Interviews of 1977. Despite appearing in the original stage production in a part written for him by Peter Morgan, Sheen was surprised to have been cast in the film: "Peter said he'd only be prepared to give the rights to someone who would cast me as Frost, which was very nice, but when the studios get their hands on something... Right up until we started filming I was prepared to be disappointed". Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" asserted that Sheen embodied his character in a "compelling, intense"
Michael Sheen "Doctor Who" episode "The Doctor's Wife" written by his friend Neil Gaiman and made cameo appearances in "" and "Resistance". In 2012 film work, Sheen starred opposite Toni Collette in the independent comedy "Jesus Henry Christ" and reprised his role as the vampire Aro in the final instalment of "". Sheen played the title role in "Hamlet" at the Young Vic in late 2011 and early 2012, a role he first explored in a 1999 BBC Radio 3 production. While there had been tentative plans over the years for both Peter Hall and Michael Grandage to direct Sheen in the