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

Michael Sheen's Secret One Million Pound Giveaway tells how he bought up £1m worth of debt owed by his local community – and wrote it off.

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.