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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 3, 1940
Place of Birth:
Dayton, Ohio, USA
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Martin Sheen
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wild Cards | Jonathan Ashford |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | |
| 2018 | American Dynasties: The Kennedys | Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence | Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Grace and Frankie | Robert Hanson |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Self |
| 2012 | Anger Management | Martin Goodson |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers | Ben Parker (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self |
| 2009 | Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2007 | Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives | Self |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self |
| 2006 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Radio Host |
| 2006 | 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America | |
| 2006 | America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions | Narrator (voice) |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | |
| 2005 | The Friday Night Project | Self - Host |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
| 2003 | Two and a Half Men | Harvey |
| 2003 | The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color | Narrator |
| 2003 | Celebrity Poker Showdown | Self |
| 1999 | Total Recall 2070 | |
| 1999 | Chicken Soup for the Soul | |
| 1999 | The West Wing | President Josiah Bartlet |
| 1998 | LateLine | |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1997 | Gun | Van Guinness |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest |
| 1996 | Spin City | Ray Harris / Ray Crawford |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self |
| 1994 | Eyewitness | Narrator |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Alex Haley's Queen | James Jackson Sr. |
| 1993 | A Matter of Justice | |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | |
| 1990 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Sly Sludge (voice) |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Real Seymour Skinner (voice) |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Kraygen / Thomas Miller / Zorbin the Magnificent |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Paul Dano |
| 1985 | Spaceflight | |
| 1985 | The Atlanta Child Murders | Chet Dettlinger |
| 1983 | Kennedy | John F. Kennedy |
| 1982 | Nature | Narrator (voice) |
| 1979 | Blind Ambition | John Dean |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
| 1974 | The Missiles of October | Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy |
| 1973 | Toma | Eddie Siatti |
| 1973 | Love Story (US) | Frank Randolph |
| 1972 | The Rookies | |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | |
| 1972 | Ghost Story | Frank |
| 1971 | Columbo | Karl Lessing |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1971 | Sarge | Dan |
| 1970 | Matt Lincoln | Charles |
| 1970 | The Young Lawyers | Reverend Jimmy Haines |
| 1970 | Dan August | Norman Sayles |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Dr. Art Parmel |
| 1969 | Medical Center | Glen |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Eddie Calhao |
| 1968 | Lancer | |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Arthur Dixon |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | Danny Morgan |
| 1967 | Mannix | |
| 1967 | Ironside | Johnny |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Lieutenant Albert Brocke |
| 1966 | Hawk | Peter Janus |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Norman Gretzler |
| 1965 | For the People | Louis Cahane |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Perry Victor |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Neil Harland |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Steve Chandler |
| 1964 | Flipper | Phil Adams |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Pvt. Arthur Dix |
| 1962 | The Nurses | Saunders |
| 1962 | The Nurses | Carl |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Arnold McCabe |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Dino Locatelli |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Joey Americus |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Adam Novins |
| 1960 | Police Surgeon | Ben Grover |
| 1960 | Route 66 | |
| 1960 | Insight | Bobo |
| 1960 | Insight | Vincent |
| 1960 | Insight | God |
| 1960 | Insight | Jamie Conklin |
| 1960 | Insight | Akardin |
| 1958 | Naked City | Phillip Kosnik |
| 1958 | Naked City | Nick (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Naked City | Counterman |
| 1956 | The Edge of Night | Roy Sanders |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Taxi Driver |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee/Presenter |