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.
2024 | Lost & Found in Cleveland as Dr. Austin Raybourne |
2024 | Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen as Presenter |
2023 | Robert De Niro, l'arme du silence as Self (archive footage) |
2023 | Downwind as Self Narrator |
2022 | Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self (archive footage) |
2021 | Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed as Narrator |
2021 | Futbolun Çocukları as Doc Hall |
2021 | Yehuda ve Siyah Mesih as J. Edgar Hoover |
2020 | The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous as Self |
2020 | Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture as Self |
2020 | Sokağın Prensesi as John Austin |
2020 | A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote as President Josiah Bartlet |
2019 | The Devil Has a Name as Ralph |
2019 | Bench |
2018 | The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island as James Alden (voice) |
2018 | Come Sunday as Oral Roberts |
2017 | Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle as Narrator |
2017 | Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew as Matthew Cuthbert |
2017 | Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars as Matthew Cuthbert |
2017 | Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem as Narrator |
2016 | Ezber Bozan as Noah Dietrich |
2016 | The Vessel as Father Douglas |
2016 | Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping as Martin Sheen |
2016 | Back to the Lane |
2016 | Yeşilin Kızı Anne as Matthew Cuthbert |
2015 | Badge of Honor as Captain Daniel Richards |
2015 | Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy as Self |
2015 | Unity as Narrator (voice) |
2014 | Özgürlük Yürüyüşü as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited) |
2014 | Bhopal: Yağmur için dua as Warren Anderson |
2014 | Umut Kırıntıları as Padre Juilliard |
2014 | Marlon Brando, un acteur nommé désir as Self - Actor (archive footage) |
2014 | The Boxcar Children as Grandfather Alden (voice) |
2014 | Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey as Self |
2014 | Ask Me Anything |
2014 | İnanılmaz Örümcek-Adam 2 as Uncle Ben (uncredited) |
2013 | The Whale as Tom Nickerson |
2013 | Amazon |
2013 | Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth as Narrator (voice) |
2013 | The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz as Narrator |
2013 | Salinger as Self - Actor |
2013 | Making 'Badlands' as Self |
2013 | Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot as Self |
2012 | Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn as Self |
2012 | Death By China as Narrator |
2012 | İnanılmaz Örümcek-Adam as Uncle Ben |
2012 | İlk ve Son Aşkım as Frank Petersen |
2012 | Stella Days as Fr. Daniel Barry |
2012 | Brothers on the Line as Narrator |
2012 | 8 as Theodore Olson |
2011 | İkili Oyun as Tom Highland |
2011 | Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White as Narrator |
2011 | 9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up as Self |
2011 | Sharkwise as Narrator |
2011 | Miller's Tale as Self |
2011 | Halfway Home as Narrator(voice) |
2010 | The Kennedy Detail as Narrator |
2010 | Yol as Tom |
2010 | A Conversation with Martin Sheen as Self |
2010 | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage) |
2009 | Gloves of Stone as Dr. Frank Irwin |
2009 | Aşk Olur as Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law |
2009 | Hayal Et as Dante D'Enzo |
2009 | Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience as Franz Jagerstätter (voice) |
2009 | Adım Adım Komplo as Raymond Burke |
2009 | White House Revealed as Self- Narrator (voice) |
2008 | Man in the Mirror as Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black |
2008 | Vietnam: American Holocaust as Voice |
2008 | Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary as Self |
2008 | Pirate for the Sea as Self |
2008 | The End of Poverty? as Self - Narrator |
2008 | They Killed Sister Dorothy as Narrator |
2008 | Notes on an American Film Director at Work as Self |
2007 | Eyewitness DVD: Weather as Narrator |
2007 | Talk to Me as E.G. Sonderling |
2007 | Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency as Narrator |
2007 | Sınır Ötesi as George Morgan |
2007 | Flatland as Arthur Square (voice) |
2007 | Confessions Of An Innocent Man as Self - Narrator |
2006 | Köstebek as Queenan |
2006 | The Politics of the Dead Zone as Self |
2006 | Bobby as Jack Stevens |
2006 | Who Killed the Electric Car? as Narrator (voice) |
2006 | 50 Films to See Before You Die as Self |
2005 | James Dean: Forever Young as Narrator (voice) |
2004 | Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde as Self |
2004 | The Nomi Song as Self (archive footage) |
2004 | Jerusalemski sindrom |
2004 | Tell Them Who You Are as Self |
2003 | The Commission as Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach |
2003 | Milost mora as Frederik |
2003 | Absence of Malick as Self |
2002 | Sıkıysa Yakala as Roger Strong |
2002 | Straight Up: Helicopters in Action as Narrator (voice) |
2002 | Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick as Self |
2002 | Bringing Down a Dictator as Narrator (voice) |
2001 | National Geographic: Inside the Vatican as Narrator |
2001 | Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace as Narrator |
2001 | Enemies of War as Narrator |
2001 | O as Coach Duke Goulding |
2000 | On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight as Narrator |
1999 | Crossing the Line as self |
1999 | The Twelve Apostles as Narrator (voice) |
1999 | A Stranger in the Kingdom as Sigurd Moulton |
1999 | The Time Shifters as Grifasi |
1999 | In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story as Self |
1999 | Forget Me Never as Jack |
1999 | D.R.E.A.M. Team as J.W. Garrison |
1999 | Storm as General James Roberts |
1999 | Lost & Found as Millstone |
1999 | No Code of Conduct as Bill Peterson |
1999 | Gunfighter as The Stranger |
1999 | The Darklings as Ira Everett |
1999 | Ninth Street as Father Frank |
1999 | A Texas Funeral as Grandpa Sparta |
1998 | Babylon 5: The River of Souls as Soul Hunter |
1998 | Free Money as Guard |
1998 | Elektrikli Sandalyeden Mektup as Michael's Father |
1998 | Monument Ave. as Hanlon |
1998 | Shadrach as Narrator (voice) |
1998 | The Elevator as Sarge |
1998 | Voyage of Terror as Henry Northcutt |
1998 | Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War as Self - Narrator |
1998 | Holes in Heaven as Narrator (voice) |
1997 | Medusa's Child as President |
1997 | Hostile Waters as Aurora Skipper |
1997 | Eyewitness: Monster as Narrator (voice) |
1997 | Spawn as Jason Wynn |
1997 | The Making of 'Spawn' as Self |
1997 | Truth or Consequences, N.M. as Sir |
1997 | An Act of Conscience as Narrator |
1997 | Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster as Narrator |
1997 | Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians as Narrator (voice) |
1996 | The War at Home as Bob Collier |
1996 | Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story as Peter Maurin |
1996 | Sacred Cargo as Father Andrew Kanvesky |
1996 | Mexico as Narrator (voice) |
1996 | Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial as Dalton Trumbo |
1996 | Project: ALF as Colonel Gilbert Milfoil |
1995 | Amerikan Başkanı as A.J. MacInerney |
1995 | Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys as Jeff Snyder |
1995 | Gospa as Father Jozo Zovko |
1995 | The Making of Eyewitness as Narrator |
1995 | Dead Presidents as The Judge |
1995 | Born Wild as Dan Walker |
1995 | The Break as Gil Robbins |
1995 | Dillinger and Capone as John Dillinger |
1995 | 101 Gece as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited) |
1995 | The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas as Voice of Marcos |
1994 | Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' as Narrator |
1994 | Fortunes of War as Francis Labeck |
1994 | Hits! as Kelly |
1994 | Guns of Honor as Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil) |
1994 | Boca as Jesse James Montgomery |
1994 | Marlon Brando: The Wild One as Self |
1994 | Roswell as Townsend |
1994 | Trigger Fast as Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil |
1994 | One of Her Own as Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca |
1994 | When the Bough Breaks as Captain Swaggert |
1994 | National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania as Narrator |
1994 | Eyewitness: Dinosaur as Narrator |
1993 | Alive: 20 Years Later as Narrator (voice) |
1993 | Gettysburg as Gen. Robert E. Lee |
1993 | The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story as William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun |
1993 | Sıkı Atışlar 2 as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited) |
1993 | Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology |
1993 | Hear No Evil as Lt. Brock |
1993 | Grey Knight as Gen. Haworth |
1993 | Braving Alaska as Narrator |
1993 | Braving Alaska as Narrator (voice) |
1992 | The Water Engine as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited) |
1992 | Original Intent as Homeless Joe |
1991 | JFK: Kapanmayan Dosya as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
1991 | Karanlığın Yüreği: Bir Yapımcının Kıyameti as Self |
1991 | Guilty Until Proven Innocent as Harold Hohne |
1991 | The Maid as Anthony Wayne |
1991 | The Rites Of Mu as Narrator |
1991 | Touch and Die as Frank Magenta |
1990 | Cadence as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney |
1990 | Cold Front as John Hyde |
1989 | Another Time, Another Place as Richard Conley |
1989 | Beverly Hills Brats as Dr. Jeffrey Miller |
1989 | Beyond the Stars as Paul Andrews |
1989 | Nightbreaker as Dr. Alexander Brown - Present |
1989 | Marked for Murder as Man in Park |
1988 | Judgment in Berlin as Herbert J. Stern |
1988 | Da as Charlie |
1988 | Promises to Keep as Self |
1988 | Walking After Midnight as Self |
1987 | The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun as Narrator |
1987 | Borsa as Carl Fox |
1987 | Siesta as Del |
1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam as Alan (voice) |
1987 | The Believers as Cal Jamison |
1987 | Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 as James Marion Hunt |
1986 | A State of Emergency as Alex Carmody |
1986 | Secrets of the Titanic as Self - Narrator |
1986 | Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story as Mitch Snyder |
1986 | News at Eleven as Frank Kenley |
1986 | Shattered Spirits as Lyle Mollencamp |
1985 | Out of the Darkness as Eddie Zigo |
1985 | Broken Rainbow as Narrator (voice) |
1985 | The Fourth Wise Man as Artaban |
1985 | Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile as Narrator |
1985 | In the Name of the People as Narrator |
1985 | Consenting Adult as Ken Lynd |
1985 | The Real Thing as Narrator (voice) |
1984 | The Guardian as Charlie Hyatt |
1984 | Tepki as Captain Hollister |
1983 | Choices of the Heart as Father Philan |
1983 | Ölüm Bölgesi as Greg Stillson |
1983 | Man, Woman and Child as Robert Beckwith |
1983 | In the King of Prussia as Judge Samuel Salus II |
1983 | Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi as Self |
1982 | That Championship Season as Tom Daley |
1982 | Gandhi as Vince Walker |
1982 | Enigma as Alex Holbeck |
1982 | Centralia Fire as Narrator |
1982 | In the Custody of Strangers as Frank Caldwell |
1982 | I Love Liberty as Self |
1981 | Loophole as Stephen Booker |
1980 | Beklenmeyen Baskın as Warren Lasky |
1979 | Eagle's Wing as Pike |
1979 | Kıyamet as Captain Benjamin Willard |
1978 | Taxi!! as Taxi Driver |
1977 | Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary as Self |
1976 | Yolun Sonundaki Küçük Kız as Frank Hallet |
1976 | The Cassandra Crossing as Robby Navarro |
1975 | Sweet Hostage as Leonard Hatch |
1975 | The Last Survivors as Alexander William Holmes |
1974 | The Missiles of October as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy |
1974 | The Legend of Earl Durand as Luther Sykes |
1974 | The California Kid as Michael McCord |
1974 | The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd |
1974 | The Execution of Private Slovik as Eddie Slovik |
1974 | Kanlı Toprak as Kit Carruthers |
1973 | Message to My Daughter as John Thatcher |
1973 | The Catholics as Father Kinsella |
1973 | Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On as Harlan Garrison |
1973 | Letters from Three Lovers as Vincent |
1973 | A Prowler in the Heart as Tony Parrish |
1973 | Crime Club as Deputy Wilson |
1972 | Pursuit as Timothy Drew |
1972 | Rage as Maj. Holliford |
1972 | That Certain Summer as Gary McCain |
1972 | When the Line Goes Through |
1972 | Pickup on 101 as Lester Baumgartner |
1972 | No Drums, No Bugles as Ashby Gatrell |
1972 | Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol as Graytak |
1971 | Mongo's Back in Town as Gordon |
1971 | Goodbye, Raggedy Ann as Jules Worthman |
1971 | Montserrat |
1970 | Catch-22 as 1st Lt. Dobbs |
1970 | The Andersonville Trial as Captain Williams |
1969 | Then Came Bronson as Nick Oresko |
1968 | The Subject Was Roses as Timmy Cleary |
1968 | Pat Neal Is Back as Self |
1967 | The Incident as Artie Connors |
1967 | The Price of a Life as Edward Miles Layton |
1966 | Ten Blocks on the Camino Real as Kilroy |
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