Martin Sheen profile
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Martin Sheen

3rd August 1940 Dayton, Ohio, USA Acting

Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. He first became known for his roles in the films The Subject Was Roses (1968) and Badlands (1973), and later achieved wide recognition for his leading role as Captain Benjamin Willard in Apocalypse Now (1979), as U.S. President Josiah Bartlet in the television series The West Wing (1999–2006), and as Robert Hanson in the Netflix television series Grace and Frankie (2015–2022). In film, Sheen has won the Best Actor award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for his performance as Kit Carruthers in Badlands. Sheen's portrayal of Capt. Willard in Apocalypse Now earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. Sheen has worked with a wide variety of film directors, including Richard Attenborough, Francis Ford Coppola, Terrence Malick, David Cronenberg, Mike Nichols, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Oliver Stone. Sheen received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989. In television, Sheen has won a Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild awards for playing the role of President Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing, and an Emmy for guest starring in the sitcom Murphy Brown. In 2012, he portrayed Uncle Ben in The Amazing Spider-Man directed by Marc Webb. Born and raised in the United States by a Spanish father and an Irish mother, he adopted the stage name Martin Sheen to help him gain acting parts. He is the father of four children, all of whom are actors. Sheen has directed one film, Cadence (1990), in which he appears alongside his sons Charlie and Ramón. He has narrated, produced, and directed documentary television, earning two Daytime Emmy awards in the 1980s, and has been active in liberal politics.

265 Movies 80 TV Shows 345 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Downwind poster
Downwind 20th January 2023 as Self Narrator
Unity poster
Unity 12th August 2015 as Narrator (voice)
Selma poster
Selma 25th December 2014 as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
Trash poster
Trash 9th October 2014 as Padre Juilliard
Salinger poster
Salinger 6th September 2013 as Self - Actor
8 poster
8 3rd March 2012 as Theodore Olson
Love Happens poster
Love Happens 18th September 2009 as Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
Flatland poster
Flatland 14th January 2007 as Arthur Square (voice)
Bobby poster
Bobby 5th September 2006 as Jack Stevens
O poster
O 31st August 2001 as Coach Duke Goulding
Storm poster
Storm 11th September 1999 as General James Roberts
Shadrach poster
Shadrach 23rd September 1998 as Narrator (voice)
Spawn poster
Spawn 31st July 1997 as Jason Wynn
Mexico poster
Mexico 9th March 1996 as Narrator (voice)
Hits! poster
Hits! 29th November 1994 as Kelly
Guns of Honor poster
Guns of Honor 27th October 1994 as Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
Boca poster
Boca 16th September 1994 as Jesse James Montgomery
Trigger Fast poster
Trigger Fast 6th July 1994 as Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
JFK poster
JFK 20th December 1991 as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Cadence poster
Cadence 16th November 1990 as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
Da poster
Da 29th April 1988 as Charlie
Gandhi poster
Gandhi 1st December 1982 as Vince Walker
Enigma poster
Enigma 15th October 1982 as Alex Holbeck
Taxi!! poster
Taxi!! 2nd February 1978 as Taxi Driver
Badlands poster
Badlands 5th January 1974 as Kit Carruthers
Pursuit poster
Pursuit 12th December 1972 as Timothy Drew
Rage poster
Rage 22nd November 1972 as Maj. Holliford
Gun poster
Gun 12th April 1997 as Van Guinness
Spin City poster
Spin City 17th September 1996 as Ray Harris / Ray Crawford
The Simpsons poster
The Simpsons 17th December 1989 as Real Seymour Skinner (voice)
Kennedy poster
Kennedy 20th November 1983 as John F. Kennedy
Nature poster
Nature 10th October 1982 as Narrator (voice)
Toma poster
Toma 4th October 1973 as Eddie Siatti
Columbo poster
Columbo 15th September 1971 as Karl Lessing
Hawk poster
Hawk 8th September 1966 as Peter Janus
Flipper poster
Flipper 19th September 1964 as Phil Adams