Michael Sheen as Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

I'll never say never, but I think three is enough. Sheen previously played Blair in Peter Morgan's The Deal and The Queen. LOS ANGELES—Michael Sheen has played Prime Minister Tony Blair, TV broadcaster icon David Frost and renowned human sexuality researcher William Masters, but the role he … Even though he had burned up the London stage for nearly a decade--and appeared in several films--Michael Sheen was not really "discovered" by American audiences until his critically-acclaimed turn as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1999 Broadway revival of "Amadeus". Critics noted that his portrayal in The Queen was much more sympathetic than in The Deal, which Morgan attributed to Blair being in a "honeymoon" period after his appointment as Prime Minister in May 1997. Directed by Stephen Frears. Michael Sheen on playing Tony Blair again Michael Sheen, Actor: Masters of Sex. With David Morrissey, Matt Blair, Michael Sheen, Dexter Fletcher. Follows the rise to power of Tony Blair, and his friendship and rivalry with his contemporary, Gordon Brown. After two turns as Blair, Sheen says for this film he tried to consciously tone down his characterisation. Michael Sheen: 'I won't play Tony Blair again' Hollywood star Michael Sheen has said farewell to Tony Blair, announcing today that he has played the former PM for the last time.