Martin Sheen
Born August 03, 1940 (Age: 85)
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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.
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
12 Mighty Orphans
2021
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as Doc Hall
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Age: 80
Judas and the Black Messiah
2021
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as J. Edgar Hoover
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Age: 80
Come Sunday
2018
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as Oral Roberts
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Age: 77
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle
2017
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as Narrator
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Age: 77
Rules Don't Apply
2016
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as Noah Dietrich
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Age: 76
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
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as Martin Sheen
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Age: 75
Anne of Green Gables
2016
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as Matthew Cuthbert
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Age: 75
Selma
2014
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as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
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Age: 74
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
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as Uncle Ben (uncredited)
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Age: 73
The Amazing Spider-Man
2012
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as Uncle Ben
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Age: 71
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
2012
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as Frank Petersen
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Age: 71
8
2012
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as Theodore Olson
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Age: 71
The Double
2011
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as Tom Highland
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Age: 71
The Way
2010
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as Tom
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Age: 70
Love Happens
2009
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as Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
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Age: 69
Imagine That
2009
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as Dante D'Enzo
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Age: 68
Echelon Conspiracy
2009
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as Raymond Burke
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Age: 68
The End of Poverty?
2008
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as Self - Narrator
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Age: 67
Talk to Me
2007
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as E.G. Sonderling
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Age: 66
Bordertown
2007
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as George Morgan
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Age: 66
The Departed
2006
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as Queenan
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Age: 66
Who Killed the Electric Car?
2006
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as Self - Narrator (voice)
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Age: 66
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006
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as Self
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Age: 65
Catch Me If You Can
2002
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as Roger Strong
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Age: 62
O
2001
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as Coach Duke Goulding
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Age: 61
No Image
Crossing the Line
1999
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as self
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Age: 59
Lost & Found
1999
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as Millstone
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Age: 58
Shadrach
1998
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 58
No Image
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War
1998
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as Self - Narrator
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Age: 57
Eyewitness: Monster
1997
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 57
Spawn
1997
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as Jason Wynn
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Age: 56
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
1997
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as Sir
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Age: 56
An Act of Conscience
1997
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as Narrator
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Age: 56
No Image
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians
1997
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 56
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
1996
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as Peter Maurin
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Age: 56
The American President
1995
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as A.J. MacInerney
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Age: 55
Dead Presidents
1995
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as The Judge
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Age: 55
No Image
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994
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as Narrator
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Age: 54
Gettysburg
1993
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as Gen. Robert E. Lee
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Age: 53
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993
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as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Hear No Evil
1993
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as Lt. Brock
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Age: 52
JFK
1991
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as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 51
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
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as Self
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Age: 51
The Rites Of Mu
1991
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as Narrator
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Age: 50
Beverly Hills Brats
1989
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as Dr. Jeffrey Miller
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Age: 49
Judgment in Berlin
1988
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as Herbert J. Stern
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Age: 47
Wall Street
1987
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as Carl Fox
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Age: 47
Siesta
1987
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as Del
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Age: 47
The Believers
1987
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as Cal Jamison
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Age: 46
Firestarter
1984
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as Captain Hollister
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Age: 43
The Dead Zone
1983
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as Greg Stillson
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Age: 43
Man, Woman and Child
1983
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as Robert Beckwith
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Age: 42
Gandhi
1982
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as Vince Walker
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Age: 42
The Final Countdown
1980
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as Warren Lasky
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Age: 39
Apocalypse Now
1979
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as Captain Benjamin Willard
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Age: 38
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1976
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as Frank Hallet
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Age: 36
The Cassandra Crossing
1976
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as Robby Navarro
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Age: 36
Catch-22
1970
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as 1st Lt. Dobbs
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Age: 29