The idea took root after an emotional encounter with a café worker in Port Talbot, who told Sheen about steelworkers in tears after losing their jobs

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'.

Hollywood actor Michael Sheen has used £100,000 of his own money to eliminate £1 million in debt for 900 people in South Wales.

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

Actor Michael Sheen is putting his money where his mouth is and paying off the £1 million of debt of people who could use some help. Sheen started a debt acquisition company to help people in Wales with the initiative featured as part of a new BBC documentary, “Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway, the network said.

Michael Sheen has been praised for writing off £1,000,000 worth of debt for 900 people. The Twilight Saga actor, 56, spent £100,000 of his own money to start a debt acquisition company to help out Welsh people who have been struggling financially.

Michael Sheen has written off $1.29 million of debt for 900 people using $129,000 of his own money. The Welsh star, famed for roles in 'Good Omens,' 'Twilight' and 'A Very Royal Scandal,' has started a debt acquisition company to help the group in his native south Wales.

The Welsh star has used £100,00 of his own money to set up a debt buying company to help 900 people in South Wales get out of debt. Sheen's charity project has been documented in a new Channel 4 show called Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway,

Michael Sheen has been branded a ‘class act’ for paying £1million of debt for 900 people using £100,000 of his own money. The Welsh actor, 56, paid the six-figure sum out of his own pocket to start up a debt acquisition company to help people struggling with their finances in south Wales.