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
Acting

1979
asCaptain Benjamin Willard

1991
asFrank Magenta

2006
asQueenan

2002
asRoger Strong

1997
asAurora Skipper

1993
as
1982
asVince Walker

1999
asBill Peterson

1974
asKit Carruthers

1997
asJason Wynn

1993
asGen. Robert E. Lee

1987
asCarl Fox

2006
asJack Stevens

1991
asSelf

1982
asAlex Holbeck

1998
asSoul Hunter

2007
asGeorge Morgan

2001
asCoach Duke Goulding

1983
asGreg Stillson

1975
asLeonard Hatch

1997
asSir

1998
asGuard

2007
asE.G. Sonderling

1986
asMitch Snyder

1984
asCaptain Hollister

2021
asNarrator

1976
asRobby Navarro

1980
asWarren Lasky

1987
asCal Jamison

2004
asSelf

2009
asDonald, Burke's Father-in-Law

2001
asNarrator

1995
asA.J. MacInerney

2010
asSelf

2004
asSelf

2006
asNarrator (voice)

1990
asMSgt. Otis V. McKinney

1972
asLester Baumgartner

1982
asSelf

1987
asDel

1994
asTownsend

1973
asFather Kinsella

1996
asNarrator (voice)

1999
asSelf

2002
asNarrator (voice)

2006
asSelf

1998
asMichael's Father

1999
asGeneral James Roberts

2009
asDr. Frank Irwin

2009
asRaymond Burke

1967
asArtie Connors

1999
asMillstone

1986
asSelf - Narrator

2008
asFallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black

1999
asGrandpa Sparta

1993
asGen. Haworth

2007
asSelf - Narrator

1988
asHerbert J. Stern

2008
asSelf - Narrator

1976
asFrank Hallet

1985
asArtaban

2009
asDante D'Enzo

1972
asTimothy Drew

1974
asMichael McCord

1993
asLt. Brock

1974
asCharles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd

1995
asDan Walker

1998
asNarrator (voice)

2011
asTom Highland

1995
asJohn Dillinger

1989
asPaul Andrews

1972
asAshby Gatrell

2010
asTom

1995
asVoice of Marcos

1974
asAttorney General Robert F. Kennedy

1974
asEddie Slovik

2012
asFr. Daniel Barry

1996
asBob Collier

1998
asNarrator (voice)

1991
asAnthony Wayne

2012
asFrank Petersen

1972
asMaj. Holliford

2014
asUncle Ben (uncredited)

2005
asNarrator (voice)

2012
asNarrator

1981
asStephen Booker

1988
asCharlie

1994
asCaptain Swaggert

1972
asGary McCain

2011
asNarrator

2011
asSelf

1979
asPike

1985
asKen Lynd

1990
asJohn Hyde

1982
asTom Daley

1996
asDalton Trumbo

1997
asNarrator

2023
asSelf Narrator

1968
asTimmy Cleary

1985
asNarrator

1997
asNarrator

1971
asGordon

1994
asJesse James Montgomery

1999
asJack

1983
asRobert Beckwith

1982
asFrank Caldwell

2014
asPadre Juilliard

1989
asDr. Alexander Brown - Present

2011
asSelf

1969
asNick Oresko

1995
asJeff Snyder

2002
asSelf

1994
asJackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil

1999
asJ.W. Garrison

2009
asFranz Jagerstätter (voice)

1973
asVincent

1973
asJohn Thatcher

2008
asVoice

2022
asSelf (archive footage)

1994
asJackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)

1994
asNarrator

1985
asEddie Zigo

1984
asCharlie Hyatt

2013
asSelf

2013
asTom Nickerson

1986
asAlex Carmody

1995
asFather Jozo Zovko

2012
asUncle Ben

1987
asJames Marion Hunt

1994
asFrancis Labeck

2008
asSelf

1989
asDr. Jeffrey Miller

2014
asWarren Anderson

1970
asCaptain Williams

1983
asJudge Samuel Salus II

1995
asGil Robbins

1978
asTaxi Driver

1966
asKilroy

2013
asNarrator

1999
asSigurd Moulton

2014
as
1992
asHomeless Joe

2014
asSelf

1975
asAlexander William Holmes

1985
asNarrator (voice)

2023
asSelf (archive footage)

2010
asNarrator

2016
asNoah Dietrich

1998
asHenry Northcutt

1994
asNarrator

1977
asSelf

2024
asDr. Austin Raybourne

2001
asNarrator

1999
asThe Stranger

2012
asNarrator

1988
asSelf

2014
asFrank Minis Johnson (uncredited)

1972
asGraytak

2015
asCaptain Daniel Richards

2011
asNarrator

1994
asAsst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca

2001
asNarrator

1968
asSelf

1967
asEdward Miles Layton

2007
asNarrator

2015
asNarrator (voice)

1996
asPeter Maurin

2013
asNarrator (voice)

1971
asJules Worthman

1986
asFrank Kenley

1993
asWilliam F.(Ike) Eisenbraun

1991
asNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

2014
asGrandfather Alden (voice)

1999
asFather Frank

1973
asTony Parrish

1994
asKelly

1998
asSarge

1997
asPresident

1971
as
2016
asMartin Sheen

1985
asNarrator (voice)

2004
asSelf (archive footage)

2016
asMatthew Cuthbert

1970
as1st Lt. Dobbs

2016
asFather Douglas

2017
asNarrator

1992
asChain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)

1999
asNarrator (voice)

1973
asHarlan Garrison

2024
asPresenter

2012
asTheodore Olson

2007
asArthur Square (voice)

1996
asColonel Gilbert Milfoil

1991
asHarold Hohne

2008
asNarrator

1974
asLuther Sykes

1989
asMan in Park

2013
asNarrator

1994
asNarrator

1993
asCapt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)

1993
asNarrator

1993
asNarrator (voice)

2017
asMatthew Cuthbert

2017
asMatthew Cuthbert

1982
asNarrator

2018
asOral Roberts

2004
as
1983
asFather Philan

2015
asSelf

1997
asSelf

2018
asJames Alden (voice)

2017
asNarrator

2002
asNarrator (voice)

2003
asFrederik

2016
as
1988
asSelf

1973
asDeputy Wilson

2003
asSelf

1986
asLyle Mollencamp

2009
asSelf- Narrator (voice)

2000
asNarrator

2012
asSelf

2021
asDoc Hall

2019
asRalph

2013
asSelf

1987
asNarrator

1985
asNarrator

1999
asIra Everett

2014
asSelf - Actor (archive footage)

1994
asSelf

1993
asNarrator (voice)

1995
asThe Judge

2013
asSelf - Actor

2008
asSelf

2019
as
2020
asJohn Austin

1987
asAlan (voice)

2007
asNarrator

2021
asJ. Edgar Hoover

2020
asSelf

2020
asPresident Josiah Bartlet

1995
asMute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)

1999
asGrifasi

1996
asFather Andrew Kanvesky

2003
asDep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach

1989
asRichard Conley

1998
asHanlon

1991
asNarrator

1972
asBluff Jackson

2008
asSelf

1983
asSelf

2020
asSelf

2010
asSelf (archive footage)

2006
asSelf

1997
asNarrator (voice)

1998
asSelf - Narrator

1999
asself

2011
asNarrator(voice)

1997
asNarrator (voice)

1995
asNarrator

2007
asNarrator

1997
asVan Guinness

2003
asNarrator (voice)
asKarl Lessing
asSelf
asReal Seymour Skinner (voice)
asSelf
as
asBen Grover
asSelf
asNorman Gretzler
asRadio Host
asEddie Calhao
asRay Harris / Ray Crawford
as
asSelf
as
asHarvey
as
as
asPaul Dano
asPhillip Kosnik
as
as
as
asLieutenant Albert Brocke
as
asRoy Sanders
as
as
asSelf - Guest
asTaxi Driver
asJohnny
asVan Guinness
as
as
asDan
asCharles
asEddie Siatti
asSaunders
asCarl
asReverend Jimmy Haines
as
asSelf - Guest
asFrank Randolph
asJohn F. Kennedy
asJames Jackson Sr.
asVincent
asGod
asJamie Conklin
asAkardin
asBobo
as
asArnold McCabe
asDino Locatelli
asPvt. Arthur Dix
asJoey Americus
asAdam Novins
asFrank
asLouis Cahane
asPeter Janus
asMartin Goodson
asSelf - Cameo (uncredited)
asPresident Josiah Bartlet
asRobert Hanson
asNick (uncredited)
asCounterman
asNarrator
asKraygen / Thomas Miller / Zorbin the Magnificent
asHimself - Narrator
asSelf
asPerry Victor
asSteve Chandler
asNeil Harland
asSelf
asNarrator (voice)
asNarrator (voice)
asPhil Adams
asJohn Dean
asSelf
asNarrator (voice)
asNarrator (voice)
asChet Dettlinger
asArthur Dixon
asSly Sludge (voice)
as
asDanny Morgan
asSelf
asSelf - Guest
asNarrator
as
asSelf - Host
as
asSelf
asDr. Art Parmel
asAtty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
asSelf - Winner
asSelf
asSelf - Nominee
asSelf - Nominee/Presenter
asJonathan Ashford
asGlen
asNorman Sayles
asSelf - Host
Production
Crew
Directing

1990
as