Martin Sheen
- Acting
- August 3, 1940 · Dayton, Ohio, USA
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The One · Jefferson
- American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story · Narrator
- The American Experiment · George Washington
- Lost & Found in Cleveland · Dr. Austin Raybourne
- aka Charlie Sheen · Self
- Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen · Presenter, Executive producer
- The Little Pageant That Could · Self
- Wild Cards · Jonathan Ashford
- 23 Seconds to Eternity · Narrator
- Vigilante · Executive producer
- Downwind · Self Narrator
- The Jennifer Hudson Show
- Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed · Narrator
- 12 Mighty Orphans · Doc Hall
- Judas and the Black Messiah · J. Edgar Hoover
- The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous · Self
- Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture · Self
- Princess of the Row · John Austin
- A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote · Josiah Bartlet
- Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments · Self
- Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story · Self
- The Devil Has a Name · Ralph
- The Map to Paradise · Producer
- The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island · James Alden (Voice)
- American Dynasties: The Kennedys · Narrator (Voice)
- Come Sunday · Oral Roberts
- Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle · Narrator
- Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew · Matthew Cuthbert
- Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars · Matthew Cuthbert
- Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence · Narrator (Voice)
- Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem · Narrator
- Rules Don't Apply · Noah Dietrich
- The Vessel · Father Douglas
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping · Martin Sheen
- Back to the Lane · Self
- Anne of Green Gables · Matthew Cuthbert
- Badge of Honor · Captain Daniel Richards
- Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Unity · Narrator (Voice)
- Grace and Frankie · Robert Hanson
- Selma · Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
- A Prayer for Rain · Warren Anderson
- Trash · Padre Juilliard
- Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire · Self
- The Boxcar Children · Grandfather Alden (Voice)
- Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey · Self
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver · Self
- Ask Me Anything
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 · Uncle Ben (uncredited)
- The Whale · Tom Nickerson
- Amazonia · Narrator
- The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz · Narrator
- Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth · Narrator (Voice)
- Salinger · Self
- Making Badlands · Self
- Defending Gideon · Narrator
- Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot · Self
- Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn · Self
- Death By China · Narrator
- Anger Management · Martin Goodson
- The Amazing Spider-Man · Uncle Ben
- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World · Frank Petersen
- Stella Days · Fr. Daniel Barry
- Brothers on the Line · Narrator
- 8 · Theodore Olson
- The Double · Tom Highland
- Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White · Narrator
- 9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up · Self
- Sharkwise · Narrator
- Miller's Tale · Self
- Halfway Home · Narrator (Voice)
- The Kennedy Detail · Narrator
- The Way · Tom
- A Conversation with Martin Sheen · Self
- Who Do You Think You Are? · Self
- Gloves of Stone · Dr. Frank Irwin
- Love Happens · Burke's Father-in-Law
- Imagine That · Dante D'Enzo
- Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience · Franz Jagerstätter (Voice)