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As previously announced, Michael Sheen appeared on BAFTA’s Long List (15 nominations per category) that was released 8th January. Michael received a nomination for Lead Actor for his performance in The Damned United and his co-star, Timothy Spall, also received a nomination for Supporting Actor in the same film. The Damned United itself was on the list under the Adapted Screenplay category.

The second round of voting has now taken place and the Long List has been reduced to 5 nominations per category.  Sadly, Michael did not make the short list.

The Lead Actor category now appears as:

We are all very disappointed that neither Michael Sheen, nor The Damned United made the shortlist.

Michael Sheen has been nominated for a BAFTA in the past.

• Nominated  for a BAFTA Film award as Best Support Actor in The Queen in 2006.
• Nominated for a BAFTA TV award as Best Actor for Fantabulosa! in 2006
• Nominated for BAFTA TV award as Best Actor for Dirty Filthy Love in 2004

The winners will be announced and awards presented on Sunday 21 February, at the Theatre Royal in London.

You can see the full list of nominations here.

The Damned United continues its awards success, following on from the South Bank nomination, by appearing on BAFTA’s 2010 Long List.

The Long List is the result of Round One of voting. With 220 films entered this year, this first round reduces the entered films down to fifteen in each category. Round Two voting will reduce these fifteen contenders down to the five nominations in each category.

The full list of nominations will be announced on Thursday 21 January at BAFTA Headquarters.

The Damned United is one on the list for Adapted Screenplay and also Michael Sheen and his co-star Timothy Spall have both been listed in Lead Actor and Supporting Actor respectively.

You can view the complete list here.