Martin Sheen
Acting
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.
Born: August 3, 1940
Place of Birth: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Known For
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Actor Martin Sheen narrates this newly produced, feature-length high definition documentary, touching on the film's timelessness and legacy before diving into the story of its development, production and release.
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
A Thousand Years of Joy charts poet/activist Robert Bly's journey from Midwestern farm boy to global troubadour, bestselling author of Iron John and leader of the men's movement.
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle
For fifty years, former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark has challenged the abuses of U.S. power and championed the causes of human rights.
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight
The Wings the Wright Brothers Built! On Great White Wings is the amazing story of the Wright brothers and their quest to fly. It is also the theater presentation at Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio where the Wright brothers built, tested and flew what would become the world’s first practical airplane. Self-taught scientists and engineers, Wilbur and Orville taught the world how to fly and are one of America’s greatest success stories. Produced by Aperture Films, Ltd. for the National Park Service. The Sky is No Longer the Limit For over four years, the Wright brother’s struggled with the race for flight. Beginning with just wood and fabric gliders at Kitty Hawk and transforming into the fully functional 1905 Wright Flyer III in Dayton, this inspiring film documents the Wright Brother’s path to make their dream of human flight a reality.
Another Time, Another Place
In 1988, Richard Conley (Joe Estevez) and Curt Wade (Rod McCary) reminisce about June Michels, the love of their lives. In flashback scenes originally filmed in 1971, June is played by Alexandra Hay and Richard is played by Martin Sheen.
The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color
This four-hour series narrated by Martin Sheen captures America's wartime experience through original color film footage and compelling passages from diaries and letters. Rare color footage-much of it never before publicly screened-presents a vivid and intimate portrait of life on the battlefield and on the U.S. home front.
Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth
The remarkable true story of the Catholic priest and human rights activist who paid the ultimate price to faithfully inspire the people of Poland to stand against the oppressive Communist rule of the 1980s.
Vietnam: American Holocaust
VIETNAM: AMERICAN HOLOCAUST exposes one of the worst cases of sustained mass slaughter in history, carefully planned and executed by presidents of both parties. Our dedicated generals and foot soldiers, knowingly or unknowingly, killed nearly 5 million people, on an almost unimaginable scale, mostly using incendiary bombs. Vietnam has never left our national consciousness, and now, in this time, it has more relevance than ever. Claiborne documents the Whitehouse fabrication of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, and further, raises the question of whether JFK was assassinated to promote the Vietnam War. Martin Sheen, who played the leading role in Apocalypse Now almost 30 years ago, has generously lent his powerful voice to this actual history of the War in Vietnam.
The Missiles of October
The Missiles of October is a 1974 docudrama made-for-television play about the Cuban missile crisis. The title evokes the book The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman about the missteps among the great powers and the failed chances to give an opponent a graceful way out, which led to the First World War. The teleplay introduced William Devane as John F. Kennedy and cast Martin Sheen as United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. The script is based on Robert Kennedy's book Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen
Vigilantes Inc.: America’s New Vote Suppression Hitmen The 2024 election is in danger: 8,500 self-proclaimed vigilante vote-fraud hunters have already challenged the rights of 851,000 voters of color. Investigative reporter Greg Palast (Guardian/Rolling Stone) hunts down the MAGA vigilantes including one dressed like Doc Holliday—with his loaded 6-guns—who blocked the vote of 4,000 Black soldiers including MAJ Gamaliel Turner. Palast and Major Turner confront the vote rustlers in scenes humorous, weird and dangerous.
Filmography
as Dr. Austin Raybourne
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Jonathan Ashford
as Narrator
as Self Narrator
as Narrator
as Doc Hall
as J. Edgar Hoover
as John Austin
as President Josiah Bartlet
as Ralph
as James Alden (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Oral Roberts
as Narrator
as Matthew Cuthbert
as Matthew Cuthbert
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Noah Dietrich
as Father Douglas
as Martin Sheen
as Matthew Cuthbert
as Captain Daniel Richards
as Narrator (voice)
as Robert Hanson
as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
as Warren Anderson
as Padre Juilliard
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
as Grandfather Alden (voice)
as Uncle Ben (uncredited)
as Tom Nickerson
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Self - Actor
as Self
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Martin Goodson
as Uncle Ben
as Frank Petersen
as Fr. Daniel Barry
as Narrator
as Theodore Olson
as Tom Highland
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Self
as Narrator(voice)
as Narrator
as Tom
as Self
as Dr. Frank Irwin
as Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
as Dante D'Enzo
as Raymond Burke
as Self- Narrator (voice)
as Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
as Voice
as Self
as Self - Narrator
as Narrator
as Narrator
as E.G. Sonderling
as Narrator
as Self
as Self
as George Morgan
as Arthur Square (voice)
as Self - Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Queenan
as Radio Host
as Jack Stevens
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Self - Host
as Self
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
as Harvey
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Roger Strong
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Coach Duke Goulding
as Narrator (voice)
as Sigurd Moulton
as Grifasi
as Jack
as J.W. Garrison
as Josiah Bartlet
as General James Roberts
as Millstone
as Bill Peterson
as The Stranger
as Ira Everett
as Grandpa Sparta
as Soul Hunter
as Guard
as Michael's Father
as Hanlon
as Narrator (voice)
as Sarge
as Henry Northcutt
as Narrator (voice)
as President
as Aurora Skipper
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Jason Wynn
as Narrator
as Van Guinness
as Narrator
as Bob Collier
as Peter Maurin
as Ray Harris / Ray Crawford
as Self
as Father Andrew Kanvesky
as Self - Guest
as Narrator (voice)
as Dalton Trumbo
as Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
as A.J. MacInerney
as Jeff Snyder
as Father Jozo Zovko
as The Judge
as Gil Robbins
as Dan Walker
as John Dillinger
as Narrator
as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
as Voice of Marcos
as Francis Labeck
as Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
as Jesse James Montgomery
as Self
as Self
as Townsend
as Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
as Captain Swaggert
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
as Self - Guest
as William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
as Lt. Brock
as Gen. Haworth
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as James Jackson Sr.
as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
as Homeless Joe
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Harold Hohne
as Anthony Wayne
as Narrator
as Frank Magenta
as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
as Sly Sludge (voice)
as Real Seymour Skinner (voice)
as Richard Conley
as Dr. Jeffrey Miller
as John Hyde
as Kraygen / Thomas Miller / Zorbin the Magnificent
as Paul Andrews
as Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
as Man in Park
as Herbert J. Stern
as Charlie
as Self
as Self
as Narrator
as Carl Fox
as Del
as Alan (voice)
as Cal Jamison
as James Marion Hunt
as Alex Carmody
as Self - Narrator
as Mitch Snyder
as Frank Kenley
as Lyle Mollencamp
as Eddie Zigo
as Paul Dano
as Narrator (voice)
as Artaban
as Narrator
as Chet Dettlinger
as Ken Lynd
as Charlie Hyatt
as Captain Hollister
as John F. Kennedy
as Greg Stillson
as Robert Beckwith
as Judge Samuel Salus II
as Tom Daley
as Vince Walker
as Alex Holbeck
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Frank Caldwell
as Self
as Stephen Booker
as Warren Lasky
as Pike
as John Dean
as Captain Benjamin Willard
as Taxi Driver
as Frank Hallet
as Robby Navarro
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self - Host
as Leonard Hatch
as Alexander William Holmes
as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
as Luther Sykes
as Michael McCord
as Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
as Eddie Slovik
as Kit Carruthers
as John Thatcher
as Father Kinsella
as Vincent
as Tony Parrish
as Eddie Siatti
as Harlan Garrison
as Deputy Wilson
as Timothy Drew
as Maj. Holliford
as Gary McCain
as Bluff Jackson
as Frank
as Lester Baumgartner
as Ashby Gatrell
as Graytak
as Gordon
as Jules Worthman
as Karl Lessing
as Norman Sayles
as Reverend Jimmy Haines
as 1st Lt. Dobbs
as Captain Williams
as Dr. Art Parmel
as Glen
as Nick Oresko
as Timmy Cleary
as Danny Morgan
as Eddie Calhao
as Arthur Dixon
as Artie Connors
as Johnny
as Edward Miles Layton
as Kilroy
as Lieutenant Albert Brocke
as Peter Janus
as Norman Gretzler
as Perry Victor
as Steve Chandler
as Neil Harland
as Phil Adams
as Pvt. Arthur Dix
as Dale Beatty
as Saunders
as Carl
as Arnold McCabe
as Dino Locatelli
as Joey Americus
as Adam Novins
as Ben Grover
as Phillip Kosnik
as Nick (uncredited)
as Counterman
as Roy Sanders
as Taxi Driver
as Self
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
as Self - Winner