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

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'.

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,

Hollywood actor Michael Sheen has written off £1m-worth of people's debts, using £100,000 of his own money. Sheen started a debt acquisition company to help 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

The Frost/Nixon actor confessed to fearing the worst for his marriage after an act of charity left him out of pocket, and "still paying off debt" to this day

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.

Michael Sheen has been praised by fans for clearing £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.