Earlier this year, Sheen launched a theatre company called Welsh National Theatre, which is envisioned as separate from but complementary to Theatr Cymru, which was established in 2003 as the Welsh language national company.
National Theatre Wales closed its doors in its current form as a theatre company in December 2024, after funding was withdrawn a year earlier.
On TV, Sheen has starred in series including US period drama Masters Of Sex, sitcom 30 Rock, and fantasy show Good Omens, alongside David Tennant.
He has portrayed a number of real-life public figures including former prime minister Sir Tony Blair in 2006 film The Queen, journalist David Frost in 2008’s Frost/Nixon, and the Duke of York in Prime Video mini-series A Very Royal Scandal.
On stage he has played Welsh Labour Party politician Aneurin “Nye” Bevan in the show Nye, which recently finished at the National Theatre.