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Martin Sheen
Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor who has been in the acting industry for six decades. The Emmy Award winner was born on August 3, 1940, and his illustrious career has numerous accolades including three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. He rose to prominence in his breakthrough roles in Terrence Malick's crime drama Badlands (1973) and Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War drama Apocalypse Now (1979). He is also known for notable films like The Subject Was Roses (1968), Catch-22 (1970), and The California Kid (1974), just to name a few. In addition to film, Sheen portrayed President Jed Bartlet in The West Wing where he received six Emmy nominations. He also played Robert Hanson in the Netflix series Grace and Frankie (2015–2022). His career is characterized by notable performances and social advocacy. Sheen was born to immigrant parents in Dayton, Ohio and adopted the stage name Martin Sheen to help him gain acting parts. He is the father of four children, all of whom are also actors. He has directed, narrated, and produced film projects and continues to be active in liberal politics.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez
Born: Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Citizenship: United States, Ireland
Birthday: August 3, 1940
Occupations: Actor, activist
Years Active: 1961-present
Children: 4
Spouses: Janet Templeton
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Awards and Nominations Received by Martin Sheen
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Movies Featuring Martin Sheen
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Amazing Spider-Man
Badlands
Apocalypse Now
Trash
Gandhi
The American President
Judas and the Black Messiah
Come Sunday
Catch-22
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Apocalypse Now Redux
The Final Countdown
Salinger
12 Mighty Orphans
The Devil Has a Name
Stella Days
The Cassandra Crossing
The Believers
Princess of the Row
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Cadence
A Conversation with Martin Sheen
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up
Brothers on the Line
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Amazonia
The Kennedy Detail
8
Making Badlands
The Whale
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Miller’s Tale
The Boxcar Children
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Unity
Badge of Honor
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
Anne of Green Gables
American Dynasties: The Kennedys
Princess of the Row
The Devil Has a Name
National Geographic: Inside the Vatican
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Bringing Down a Dictator
Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence
Absence of Malick
James Dean: Forever Young
50 Films to See Before You Die
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
The Maid
Enigma
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
In the Custody of Strangers
Kennedy
Choices of the Heart
The Guardian
Consenting Adult
In the Name of the People
The Fourth Wise Man
Flatland
I Love Liberty
The Atlanta Child Murders
Broken Rainbow
News at Eleven
Secrets of the Titanic
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Siesta
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
Beyond the Stars
Cold Front
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Loophole
Da
Marked for Murder
Nightbreaker
That Championship Season
In the King of Prussia
Beverly Hills Brats
Out of the Darkness
Judgment in Berlin
Promises to Keep
Shattered Spirits
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Downwind
Marked for Murder
In the King of Prussia
The Incident
One of Her Own
Hot Shots! Part Deux
When the Bough Breaks
Pursuit
The Missiles of October
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas
Eyewitness: Dinosaur
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker’s Apology
The Last Survivors
Gettysburg
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Grey Knight
Boca
Alive: 20 Years Later
Virgin Mary
Rage
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Free Money
Hostile Waters
Mongo’s Back in Town
Dead Presidents
The Execution of Private Slovik
Pirate for the Sea
Roswell
The Time Shifters
Forget Me Never
The Andersonville Trial
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Born Wild
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
Pickup on 101
The California Kid
That Certain Summer
The Subject Was Roses
D.R.E.A.M. Team
The Water Engine
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
Voyage of Terror
They Killed Sister Dorothy
Gunfighter
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
Then Came Bronson
Eyewitness: Shark
The End of Poverty?
A Texas Funeral
Eagle’s Wing
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania
A Letter from Death Row
The Darklings
Medusa’s Child
Alex Haley’s Queen
White House Revealed
The Little Pageant That Could
A Matter of Justice
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
Sacred Cargo
The Elevator
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
One Hundred and One Nights
Mexico
Gloves of Stone
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Project: ALF
The Making of ‘Spawn’
Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight
Storm
Man, Woman and Child
The War at Home
23 Seconds to Eternity
Dillinger and Capone
Lost & Found in Cleveland
Shadrach
Gun
No Code of Conduct
Message to My Daughter
Career Timeline
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2024
The Little Pageant That Could
Self (archive footage)
Lost & Found in Cleveland
Dr. Austin Raybourne
2023
Downwind
Self Narrator
Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight
Self (archive footage)
23 Seconds to Eternity
Narrator
2020
The Devil Has a Name
Ralph
Princess of the Row
John Austin
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
President Josiah Bartlet
2017
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
Matthew Cuthbert
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
Matthew Cuthbert
2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
The Boxcar Children
Grandfather Alden (voice)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2013
Salinger
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Self
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Narrator
Amazonia
Narrator
Making Badlands
Self
The Whale
Tom Nickerson
2012
The Amazing Spider-Man
Stella Days
Brothers on the Line
Narrator
8
Theodore Olson
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn
Self
2008
Pirate for the Sea
Self
They Killed Sister Dorothy
Narrator
The End of Poverty?
Self - Narrator
1999
The Time Shifters
Grifasi
Forget Me Never
Jack
D.R.E.A.M. Team
J.W. Garrison
Gunfighter
The Stranger
A Texas Funeral
Grandpa Sparta
The Darklings
Ira Everett
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
Self
Storm
General James Roberts
1998
Free Money
Guard
Voyage of Terror
Henry Northcutt
A Letter from Death Row
Michael's Father
The Elevator
Sarge
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Soul Hunter
Shadrach
Narrator (voice)
No Code of Conduct
Bill Peterson
1997
Hostile Waters
Aurora Skipper
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
Narrator
Medusa’s Child
President
The Making of ‘Spawn’
Self
Gun
Van Guinness
1996
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Dalton Trumbo
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Peter Maurin
Sacred Cargo
Father Andrew Kanvesky
Mexico
Narrator (voice)
Project: ALF
Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
The War at Home
Bob Collier
1995
The American President
The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas
Voice of Marcos
Virgin Mary
Father Jozo Zovko
Dead Presidents
The Judge
Born Wild
Dan Walker
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
Jeff Snyder
One Hundred and One Nights
Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
Dillinger and Capone
John Dillinger
1994
One of Her Own
Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
When the Bough Breaks
Captain Swaggert
Eyewitness: Dinosaur
Narrator (voice)
Boca
Jesse James Montgomery
Roswell
Townsend
Eyewitness: Shark
Narrator (voice)
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania
Narrator
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Self
1993
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker’s Apology
Gettysburg
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Grey Knight
Gen. Haworth
Alive: 20 Years Later
Narrator (voice)
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
A Matter of Justice
Jack Brown
1991
Cadence
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
Self
The Maid
Anthony Wayne
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Harold Hohne
1989
Beyond the Stars
Paul Andrews
Cold Front
John Hyde
Marked for Murder
Man in Park
Nightbreaker
Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
Beverly Hills Brats
Dr. Jeffrey Miller
Marked for Murder
Man in Park
1987
The Believers
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
James Marion Hunt
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Alan (voice)
Siesta
Del
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
Narrator
1986
News at Eleven
Frank Kenley
Secrets of the Titanic
Self - Narrator
Shattered Spirits
Lyle Mollencamp
1985
Consenting Adult
Ken Lynd
In the Name of the People
Narrator
The Fourth Wise Man
Artaban
Broken Rainbow
Narrator (voice)
Out of the Darkness
Eddie Zigo
1983
Gandhi
Choices of the Heart
Father Philan
In the King of Prussia
Judge Samuel Salus II
In the King of Prussia
Judge Samuel Salus II
Man, Woman and Child
Robert Beckwith
1982
Enigma
Alex Holbeck
In the Custody of Strangers
Frank Caldwell
I Love Liberty
Self
That Championship Season
Tom Daley
1977
The Cassandra Crossing
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Self
1974
The Missiles of October
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
The Execution of Private Slovik
Eddie Slovik
The California Kid
Michael McCord
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