Robert Michael Skien is a well-known British actor originally from Ireland, who became most famous for his role in the popular television series "The Scum". He also starred in the full-length sci-fi film Chronicles of the Raptor.
Biography
In January 1988, on the seventh, the third child was born in the family of Joe and Maria Shienov, whom Robert decided to name. Since childhood, the boy was very talented. At school, he took part in all kinds of circles, played the banjo and spoons, while he himself quite often liked to joke about his hobbies.
Robert attended the St. Paul's School, which is located in the Irish city of Port Laois. Despite the high activity and dedication, Shien for a long time could not decide on his future, he simultaneously tried to play on stage, study work on television and even tried to make his own films.
After school, he entered the Galway-Mayo Institute, where he studied cinema. Carried away by his own work, which was called "Summer of the Flying Saucer", he missed several months of study. Subsequently, this greatly affected academic performance, and as a result, the future actor was unable to pass exams. Instead of retaking, he abandoned his studies and became interested in stand-up comedy.
Career
For the first time on the movie screen, Robert Sheen appeared at the age of fifteen, in 2003 he was taken on an episodic role in the dramatic film "Song for an Outcast." The guy was confident enough in the frame and really liked the other directors, later he began to regularly receive small roles in various British television and film projects.
But the role of reckless teenager Nathan in the trash series "Dregs" brought real popularity and world fame to the actor. It is also worth noting that it was the acting talent and the improvisation of Skien that made the project super successful. After the second season, Robert left the project, and many fans of the television series could not believe it, they refused to watch the sequel without a favorite character. The series quickly began to lose ratings and, after stretching a couple of seasons, finally closed.
After the cult TV series, Sheen starred in the comedy film "Kill Bono." Today, he continues to work in the cinema, and his last work was in the science fiction film "The Chronicles of Predatory Cities." Also in 2019, a television series was released from Netflix - Umbrella Corporation, where Robert plays the role of an addict with supernormal abilities.
