Michael Sheen has shrugged off some of the naysayers who have criticised his recent million-pound giveaway. The Emmy-nominated actor recently put up £100,000 of his own money to buy and subsequently cancel £1 million worth of debt owed by around 900 people in South Wales,

The Welsh actor has started a debt acquisition company to highlight how banks profit off of vulnerable people, set to be shown in the Channel 4 documentary 'Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway'.

Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.

Michael Sheen has taken the extraordinary decision to buy up to £1 million worth of debt that had been racked up by locals in the area of Port Talbot, Wales.

Michael Sheen has written off £1 million worth of debt for people in South Wales in a new Channel 4 documentary

Michael Sheen appears in a new Channel 4 documentary, where he uses his own money to buy £1m worth of consumer debt and then writes it off to help people in his local community

Michael Sheen has shared how his hometown of Port Talbot has been hit by a financial crisis in a new Channel 4 documentary, which sees the actor write off £1m of people's debts

The documentary "Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway" sees the Welsh actor pay off the debt of 900 strangers. He said the show is not about boosting his profile.

Michael Sheen is helping clear £1million of debt for 900 people by digging deep into his own pocket. The Welsh actor, 56, has paid a whopping £100,000 of his own money to start up a debt acquisition company to help people struggling with their finances in south Wales.