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Michael Sheen was born in Newport, Wales, in 1969 and grew up in Baglan, Port Talbot. An early moment that shaped his future was turning down the opportunity to pursue professional football. At 12, Sheen was offered a spot on the Arsenal youth team, but his family wouldn\u2019t relocate from Wales to London. Sheen would later be grateful for this decision, and instead, at 16, he joined the National Youth Theatre of Wales. He credited his influence on acting to his parents\u2019 involvement in amateur theater productions. A BBC article attributes his later training at the internationally-enowned Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for setting him on the path to stardom. 

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