Actor Michael Sheen sold all his properties to help the homeless

Michael Sheen has revealed that he has become an actor “non profit” after putting their houses up for sale to help the homeless.

The renowned 52-year-old interpreter, who is estimated to have a net worth of USD 16 million, spoke of how he made the “liberating” decision to sell his two mansions and return to his native Wales to raise funds for those most in need.

Sheen explained how Homeless World Cup 2019 (also known by its English name Homeless World Cup or its acronym HWC) in Cardiff was a turning point for him, as it was in danger of being canceled due to exhaustion of funds, so he put your own money in this initiative, which seeks to generate lasting changes in people who are socially excluded, homeless and living in poverty.

Sheen realized that he could use his wealth and fame to help, prompting him to put both of his homes up for sale. In statements to The Big Issue, the 52-year-old actor explained: “I had promised to help organize that and then all of a sudden there was no money. “

“I had a decision to make, I could walk away and it wouldn’t happen. I thought, I’m not going to let that happen. So, I put all my money into keeping it going. He had a house in the United States and a house in the United Kingdom. I did whatever it took“Sheen explained in statements to the aforementioned medium. “If I can keep making money, it won’t ruin me. “

“In recent years I realized that I want to be one of those people who help other people the way so many people have helped me (…) I am at the stage of my life and my career where I have a window of opportunity that will probably never be that good again. I do not want to look back and think I could have done something with that money, “said the protagonist of the series Good ommens from Amazon.

“There is something quite liberating about spending large amounts of money on this or that, because I will be able to get it back. Basically, I became a social company, a non-profit actor”, Said the British actor, who in 2019 became a father for the second time with his partner Anna lundberg, 25 years old. Sheen had his first daughter, Lily, with the famous actress Kate beckinsale, with whom he was married from 1995 to 2003.

The star of Good ommens, who will return for a second season, decided to return to his native Wales after immersing himself in local life while working in The passion, a 72-hour play through the streets of Port Talbot in 2011.

“I got to know people and organizations within my hometown that I didn’t know existed. Small groups that were trying to help out and had enough funds to make a little difference in a child’s life by organizing one night a week where they could go out and go bowling or watch a movie and just be a kid “, he pointed.

“I would return to visit three or four months later and find that the funds were gone and the organization no longer existed. I realized that the difference between that child’s life being a little better or not was ultimately a small amount of funds. And I wanted to help those people. I didn’t just want to be a patron or a voice of support, I wanted to do more than that. That’s when I thought, I need to go back and live in Wales again, ”he concluded.

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