Martin Sheen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 3, 1940 (age 86)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
KITÁ
Movie · as Narrator
The Made-for-TV Election
Movie · as Host
The Gettysburg Book: A Father, Son & The Killer Angels
Movie · as Self
Happy Jack
TV · 1 ep
The One
Movie · as Jefferson
American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story
Movie · as Narrator
The American Experiment
TV · as George Washington · 5 eps
Lost & Found in Cleveland
Movie · as Dr. Austin Raybourne
aka Charlie Sheen
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen
Movie · as Presenter
The Little Pageant That Could
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Wild Cards
TV · as Jonathan Ashford · 1 ep
Downwind
Movie · as Self Narrator
23 Seconds to Eternity
Movie · as Narrator
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · 1 ep
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
Movie · as Narrator
12 Mighty Orphans
Movie · as Doc Hall
Judas and the Black Messiah
Movie · as J. Edgar Hoover
Princess of the Row
Movie · as John Austin
Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture
Movie · as Self
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Movie · as Josiah Bartlet
The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
Movie · as Self
Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story
Movie · as Self
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Devil Has a Name
Movie · as Ralph
Come Sunday
Movie · as Oral Roberts
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
Movie · as James Alden (voice)
American Dynasties: The Kennedys
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem
Movie · as Narrator
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
Movie · as Matthew Cuthbert
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
Movie · as Matthew Cuthbert
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle
Movie · as Narrator
Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
Rules Don't Apply
Movie · as Noah Dietrich
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Movie · as Martin Sheen
Anne of Green Gables
Movie · as Matthew Cuthbert
The Vessel
Movie · as Father Douglas
Back to the Lane
Movie · as Self
Badge of Honor
Movie · as Captain Daniel Richards
Unity
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
Movie · as Self
Grace and Frankie
TV · as Robert Hanson · 94 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Movie · as Uncle Ben (uncredited)
Trash
Movie · as Padre Juilliard
A Prayer for Rain
Movie · as Warren Anderson
Ask Me Anything
Movie
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Movie · as Self
Selma
Movie · as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
The Boxcar Children
Movie · as Grandfather Alden (voice)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Movie · as Self
The Whale
Movie · as Tom Nickerson
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Movie · as Narrator
Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Amazonia
Movie · as Narrator
Making Badlands
Movie · as Self
Salinger
Movie · as Self - Actor
Defending Gideon
Movie · as Narrator
Stella Days
Movie · as Fr. Daniel Barry
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Movie · as Frank Petersen
Death By China
Movie · as Narrator
The Amazing Spider-Man
Movie · as Uncle Ben
Brothers on the Line
Movie · as Narrator
8
Movie · as Theodore Olson
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn
Movie · as Self
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Movie · as Self
Anger Management
TV · as Martin Goodson · 19 eps
The Double
Movie · as Tom Highland
Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White
Movie · as Narrator
Miller's Tale
Movie · as Self
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up
Movie · as Self
Sharkwise
Movie · as Narrator
Halfway Home
Movie · as Narrator(voice)
A Conversation with Martin Sheen
Movie · as Self
The Way
Movie · as Tom
The Kennedy Detail
Movie · as Narrator
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Love Happens
Movie · as Burke's Father-in-Law
Gloves of Stone
Movie · as Dr. Frank Irwin
Echelon Conspiracy
Movie · as Raymond Burke
Imagine That
Movie · as Dante D'Enzo
Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience
Movie · as Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
White House Revealed
Movie · as Self- Narrator (voice)
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Meaning of Life
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Man in the Mirror
Movie · as Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
The End of Poverty?
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Vietnam: American Holocaust
Movie · as Voice
Pirate for the Sea
Movie · as Self
They Killed Sister Dorothy
Movie · as Narrator
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Movie · as Self
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
Movie · as Self
Bordertown
Movie · as George Morgan
Talk to Me
Movie · as E.G. Sonderling
Confessions Of An Innocent Man
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Eyewitness DVD: Weather
Movie · as Narrator
Flatland
Movie · as Arthur Square (voice)
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
Movie · as Narrator
Father G and the Homeboys
Movie · as Narrator
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Departed
Movie · as Queenan
Bobby
Movie · as Jack Stevens
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
50 Films to See Before You Die
Movie · as Self
The Politics of the Dead Zone
Movie · as Self
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
TV · as Radio Host · 1 ep
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
TV · 1 ep
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
James Dean: Forever Young
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Colbert Report
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Friday Night Project
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Movie · as Self
Tell Them Who You Are
Movie · as Self
The Nomi Song
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jerusalem Syndrome
Movie
Winning New Hampshire
Movie · as Self
Mercy of the Sea
Movie · as Frederik
Absence of Malick
Movie · as Self
The Commission
Movie · as Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
Hidden in Plain Sight
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
Two and a Half Men
TV · as Harvey · 1 ep
The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color
TV · as Narrator · 4 eps
Celebrity Poker Showdown
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Catch Me If You Can
Movie · as Roger Strong
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Movie · as Self
Bringing Down a Dictator
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
O
Movie · as Coach Duke Goulding
Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace
Movie · as Narrator
Enemies of War
Movie · as Narrator
National Geographic: Inside the Vatican
Movie · as Narrator
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight
Movie · as Narrator
No Code of Conduct
Movie · as Bill Peterson
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
Movie · as Self
Storm
Movie · as General James Roberts
Lost & Found
Movie · as Millstone
A Texas Funeral
Movie · as Grandpa Sparta
Forget Me Never
Movie · as Jack
D.R.E.A.M. Team
Movie · as J.W. Garrison
A Stranger in the Kingdom
Movie · as Sigurd Moulton
Gunfighter
Movie · as The Stranger
Ninth Street
Movie · as Father Frank
The Twelve Apostles
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Darklings
Movie · as Ira Everett
The Time Shifters
Movie · as Grifasi
Crossing the Line
Movie · as self
Total Recall 2070
TV · 1 ep
Chicken Soup for the Soul
TV · 23 eps
The West Wing
TV · as Josiah Bartlet · 154 eps
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Movie · as Soul Hunter
Free Money
Movie · as Guard
A Letter from Death Row
Movie · as Michael's Father
Shadrach
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Voyage of Terror
Movie · as Henry Northcutt
The Elevator
Movie · as Sarge
Monument Ave.
Movie · as Hanlon
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Hostile Waters
Movie · as Aurora Skipper
Spawn
Movie · as Jason Wynn
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Movie · as Sir
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
Movie · as Narrator
An Act of Conscience
Movie · as Narrator
Medusa's Child
Movie · as President
The Making of 'Spawn'
Movie · as Self
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Eyewitness: Monster
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The View
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
Gun
TV · as Van · 1 ep
Mexico
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The War at Home
Movie · as Bob Collier
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Movie · as Dalton Trumbo
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Movie · as Peter Maurin
Project: ALF
Movie · as Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
Sacred Cargo
Movie · as Father Andrew Kanvesky
Spin City
TV · as Ray Harris / Ray Crawford · 1 ep
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The American President
Movie · as A.J. MacInerney
Born Wild
Movie · as Dan Walker
Dillinger and Capone
Movie · as John Dillinger
The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas
Movie · as Voice of Marcos
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
Movie · as Jeff Snyder
The Miracle of Medjugorje
Movie · as Father Jozo Zovko
The Break
Movie · as Gil Robbins
Dead Presidents
Movie · as The Judge
One Hundred and One Nights
Movie · as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
The Making of Eyewitness
Movie · as Narrator
Eyewitness
TV · as Narrator · 27 eps
Roswell
Movie · as Townsend
When the Bough Breaks
Movie · as Captain Swaggert
Boca
Movie · as Jesse James Montgomery
Trigger Fast
Movie · as Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
Guns of Honor
Movie · as Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
Eyewitness: Dinosaur
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Fortunes of War
Movie · as Francis Labeck
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Movie · as Narrator
One of Her Own
Movie · as Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
Hits!
Movie · as Kelly
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania
Movie · as Narrator
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Movie · as Self
Eyewitness: Shark
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
Movie
Gettysburg
Movie · as Gen. Robert E. Lee
Grey Knight
Movie · as Gen. Haworth
Hear No Evil
Movie · as Lt. Brock
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
Movie · as William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Movie · as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
Braving Alaska
Movie · as Narrator, Narrator (voice)
Alive: 20 Years Later
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream
Movie · as Self / The Kralahome (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
Alex Haley's Queen
TV · as James Jackson Sr. · 3 eps
A Matter of Justice
TV · 2 eps
Original Intent
Movie · as Homeless Joe
The Water Engine
Movie · as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Touch and Die
Movie · as Frank Magenta
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Movie · as Self
The Maid
Movie · as Anthony Wayne
JFK
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Movie · as Harold Hohne
The Rites Of Mu
Movie · as Narrator
Cadence
Movie · as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
TV · as Sly Sludge (voice) · 11 eps
Beyond the Stars
Movie · as Paul Andrews
Cold Front
Movie · as John Hyde
Nightbreaker
Movie · as Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
Beverly Hills Brats
Movie · as Dr. Jeffrey Miller
Marked for Murder
Movie · as Man in Park
Another Time, Another Place
Movie · as Richard Conley
The Simpsons
TV · as Real Seymour Skinner (voice) · 1 ep
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Kraygen / Thomas Miller / Zorbin the Magnificent · 1 ep
Judgment in Berlin
Movie · as Herbert J. Stern
Da
Movie · as Charlie
Walking After Midnight
Movie · as Self
Promises to Keep
Movie · as Self
Wall Street
Movie · as Carl Fox
The Believers
Movie · as Cal Jamison
Siesta
Movie · as Del
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
Movie · as James Marion Hunt
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
Movie · as Narrator
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Movie · as Alan (voice)
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Movie · as Mitch Snyder
Secrets of the Titanic
Movie · as Self - Narrator
A State of Emergency
Movie · as Alex Carmody
News at Eleven
Movie · as Frank Kenley
Shattered Spirits
Movie · as Lyle Mollencamp
The Fourth Wise Man
Movie · as Artaban
Consenting Adult
Movie · as Ken Lynd
In the Name of the People
Movie · as Narrator
Out of the Darkness
Movie · as Eddie Zigo
The Real Thing
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Broken Rainbow
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile
Movie · as Narrator
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Paul Dano · 1 ep
Spaceflight
TV · 4 eps
The Atlanta Child Murders
TV · as Chet Dettlinger · 2 eps
Firestarter
Movie · as Captain Hollister
The Guardian
Movie · as Charlie Hyatt
The Dead Zone
Movie · as Greg Stillson
Man, Woman and Child
Movie · as Robert Beckwith
In the King of Prussia
Movie · as Judge Samuel Salus II
Choices of the Heart
Movie · as Father Philan
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Movie · as Self
No Place to Hide
Movie · as Narrator
Kennedy
TV · as John F. Kennedy · 3 eps
Gandhi
Movie · as Vince Walker
Enigma
Movie · as Alex Holbeck
I Love Liberty
Movie · as Self
That Championship Season
Movie · as Tom Daley
In the Custody of Strangers
Movie · as Frank Caldwell
Centralia Fire
Movie · as Narrator
Nature
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Loophole
Movie · as Stephen Booker
The Final Countdown
Movie · as Warren Lasky
Apocalypse Now
Movie · as Captain Benjamin Willard
Eagle's Wing
Movie · as Pike
Blind Ambition
TV · as John Dean · 4 eps
Taxi!!
Movie · as Taxi Driver
The South Bank Show
TV · 1 ep
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Movie · as Self
The Cassandra Crossing
Movie · as Robby Navarro
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Movie · as Frank Hallet
Sweet Hostage
Movie · as Leonard Hatch
The Last Survivors
Movie · as Alexander William Holmes
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
The California Kid
Movie · as Michael McCord
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Movie · as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
The Missiles of October
Movie · as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
The Execution of Private Slovik
Movie · as Eddie Slovik
The Legend of Earl Durand
Movie · as Luther Sykes
The Missiles of October
TV · as Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy · 2 eps
Badlands
Movie · as Kit Carruthers
The Catholics
Movie · as Father Kinsella
Message to My Daughter
Movie · as John Thatcher
Letters from Three Lovers
Movie · as Vincent
A Prowler in the Heart
Movie · as Tony Parrish
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Movie · as Harlan Garrison
Crime Club
Movie · as Deputy Wilson
Toma
TV · as Eddie Siatti · 1 ep
Love Story (US)
TV · as Frank Randolph · 12 eps
Pickup on 101
Movie · as Lester Baumgartner
Pursuit
Movie · as Timothy Drew
No Drums, No Bugles
Movie · as Ashby Gatrell
Rage
Movie · as Maj. Holliford
That Certain Summer
Movie · as Gary McCain
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Movie · as Graytak
When the Line Goes Through
Movie · as Bluff Jackson
The Rookies
TV · 1 ep
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · 1 ep
Ghost Story
TV · as Frank · 1 ep
Mongo's Back in Town
Movie · as Gordon
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Movie · as Jules Worthman
Montserrat
Movie
Columbo
TV · as Karl Lessing · 1 ep
Cannon
TV · 3 eps
Film '72
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Andersonville Trial
Movie · as Captain Williams
Catch-22
Movie · as 1st Lt. Dobbs
Matt Lincoln
TV · as Charles · 17 eps
The Young Lawyers
TV · as Reverend Jimmy Haines · 24 eps
Dan August
TV · as Norman Sayles · 1 ep
Then Came Bronson
Movie · as Nick Oresko
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Eddie Calhao, Arthur Dixon · 1 ep
Love, American Style
TV · as Dr. Art Parmel · 1 ep
Medical Center
TV · as Glen · 1 ep
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Father Kinsella · 1 ep
The Subject Was Roses
Movie · as Timmy Cleary
Pat Neal Is Back
Movie · as Self
Lancer
TV · 1 ep
The Mod Squad
TV · as Danny Morgan · 1 ep
The Incident
Movie · as Artie Connors
The Price of a Life
Movie · as Edward Miles Layton
Mannix
TV · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · as Johnny · 1 ep
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
Movie · as Kilroy
Mission: Impossible
TV · as Lieutenant Albert Brocke · 1 ep
NET Playhouse
TV · as Kilroy · 1 ep
The F.B.I.
TV · as Norman Gretzler, Perry Victor, Steve Chandler, Neil Harland · 1 ep
For the People
TV · as Louis Cahane · 13 eps
Flipper
TV · as Phil Adams · 1 ep
The Outer Limits
TV · as Pvt. Arthur Dix · 1 ep
Arrest and Trial
TV · as Dale Beatty · 1 ep
The Nurses
TV · as Carl, Saunders · 98 eps
The Defenders
TV · as Arnold McCabe, Dino Locatelli, Adam Novins, Joey Americus · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Police Surgeon
TV · as Ben Grover · 12 eps
Route 66
TV · 1 ep
Naked City
TV · as Phillip Kosnik, Counterman, Nick (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Edge of Night
TV · as Roy Sanders · 306 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Taxi Driver · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self, Self - Nominee, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Winner · 1 ep