Martin Sheen

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

359

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-08-03 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Dayton, Ohio, USA

Martin Sheen

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.

Known For

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • Two and a Half Men

    Two and a Half Men

  • Columbo

    Columbo

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Colbert Report

    The Colbert Report

  • The West Wing

    The West Wing

  • The Jennifer Hudson Show

    The Jennifer Hudson Show

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • The View

    The View

  • The View

    The View

  • Nature

    Nature

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Grace and Frankie

    Grace and Frankie

  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

  • Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

    Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Spin City

    Spin City

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The Amazing Spider-Man

    The Amazing Spider-Man

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2

    The Amazing Spider-Man 2

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • Anger Management

    Anger Management

  • Medical Center

    Medical Center

  • The Rookies

    The Rookies

  • The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Catch Me If You Can

    Catch Me If You Can

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • The Departed

    The Departed

  • The Streets of San Francisco

    The Streets of San Francisco

  • Captain Planet and the Planeteers

    Captain Planet and the Planeteers

  • Apocalypse Now

    Apocalypse Now

  • Wild Cards

    Wild Cards

  • Flipper

    Flipper

  • Arrest and Trial

    Arrest and Trial

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • Dan August

    Dan August

  • Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

  • Lancer

    Lancer

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

  • Wall Street

    Wall Street

  • Echelon Conspiracy

    Echelon Conspiracy

  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg

  • Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

    Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

  • Bobby

    Bobby

  • Trash

    Trash

  • America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

    America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

  • aka Charlie Sheen

    aka Charlie Sheen

  • Selma

    Selma

  • Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

    Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

  • Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster

    Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster

  • The Nurses

    The Nurses

  • The Nurses

    The Nurses

  • The Way

    The Way

  • Notes on an American Film Director at Work

    Notes on an American Film Director at Work

  • Firestarter

    Firestarter

  • Spawn

    Spawn

  • Amazonia

    Amazonia

  • Guilty Until Proven Innocent

    Guilty Until Proven Innocent

  • JFK

    JFK

  • Babylon 5: The River of Souls

    Babylon 5: The River of Souls

  • Hot Shots! Part Deux

    Hot Shots! Part Deux

  • Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

  • The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story

    The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  • Rules Don't Apply

    Rules Don't Apply

  • Gandhi

    Gandhi

  • Catch-22

    Catch-22

  • The Water Engine

    The Water Engine

  • Enigma

    Enigma

  • The Devil Has a Name

    The Devil Has a Name

  • Bordertown

    Bordertown

  • Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story

    Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story

  • Project: ALF

    Project: ALF

  • The Incident

    The Incident

  • Sweet Hostage

    Sweet Hostage

  • Total Recall 2070

    Total Recall 2070

  • The End of Poverty?

    The End of Poverty?

  • The Kennedy Detail

    The Kennedy Detail

  • Anne of Green Gables

    Anne of Green Gables

  • Talk to Me

    Talk to Me

  • Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

    Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

  • Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn

    Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn

  • O

    O

  • Unity

    Unity

  • Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

  • Touch and Die

    Touch and Die

  • The Believers

    The Believers

  • Celebrity Poker Showdown

    Celebrity Poker Showdown

  • The American President

    The American President

  • Badlands

    Badlands

  • The Double

    The Double

  • The Atlanta Child Murders

    The Atlanta Child Murders

  • Mercy of the Sea

    Mercy of the Sea

  • Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew

    Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew

  • Beyond the Stars

    Beyond the Stars

  • LateLine

    LateLine

  • Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency

    Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency

  • The Last Survivors

    The Last Survivors

  • The Dead Zone

    The Dead Zone

  • The Missiles of October

    The Missiles of October

  • A Prayer for Rain

    A Prayer for Rain

  • Rage

    Rage

  • Original Intent

    Original Intent

  • Lost & Found

    Lost & Found

  • Grey Knight

    Grey Knight

  • Monument Ave.

    Monument Ave.

  • The Darklings

    The Darklings

  • White House Revealed

    White House Revealed

  • The Whale

    The Whale

  • The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas

    The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas

  • Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy

    Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy

  • 12 Mighty Orphans

    12 Mighty Orphans

  • Forget Me Never

    Forget Me Never

  • Cold Front

    Cold Front

  • I Love Liberty

    I Love Liberty

  • Goodbye, Raggedy Ann

    Goodbye, Raggedy Ann

  • Loophole

    Loophole

  • The Time Shifters

    The Time Shifters

  • Message to My Daughter

    Message to My Daughter

  • Mexico

    Mexico

  • Love Happens

    Love Happens

  • The War at Home

    The War at Home

  • Toma

    Toma

  • Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial

    Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial

  • Badge of Honor

    Badge of Honor

  • Straight Up: Helicopters in Action

    Straight Up: Helicopters in Action

  • The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd

    The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd

  • Marlon Brando: The Wild One

    Marlon Brando: The Wild One

  • Ninth Street

    Ninth Street

  • The Elevator

    The Elevator

  • Alex Haley's Queen

    Alex Haley's Queen

  • Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys

    Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys

  • The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous

    The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous

  • That Certain Summer

    That Certain Summer

  • The Final Countdown

    The Final Countdown

  • The Politics of the Dead Zone

    The Politics of the Dead Zone

  • The Guardian

    The Guardian

  • Choices of the Heart

    Choices of the Heart

  • A Prowler in the Heart

    A Prowler in the Heart

  • Virgin Mary

    Virgin Mary

  • Judas and the Black Messiah

    Judas and the Black Messiah

  • 23 Seconds to Eternity

    23 Seconds to Eternity

  • When the Bough Breaks

    When the Bough Breaks

  • Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

    Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

  • The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island

    The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island

  • The Fourth Wise Man

    The Fourth Wise Man

  • Storm

    Storm

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Lost & Found in Cleveland

    Lost & Found in Cleveland

  • The Break

    The Break

  • Medusa's Child

    Medusa's Child

  • A Texas Funeral

    A Texas Funeral

  • The Execution of Private Slovik

    The Execution of Private Slovik

  • Ask Me Anything

    Ask Me Anything

  • Hostile Waters

    Hostile Waters

  • Roswell

    Roswell

  • The Commission

    The Commission

  • D.R.E.A.M. Team

    D.R.E.A.M. Team

  • Flatland

    Flatland

  • Eyewitness

    Eyewitness

  • Judgment in Berlin

    Judgment in Berlin

  • Cadence

    Cadence

  • The Edge of Night

    The Edge of Night

  • Voyage of Terror

    Voyage of Terror

  • Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

    Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

  • Come Sunday

    Come Sunday

  • Nightbreaker

    Nightbreaker

  • Imagine That

    Imagine That

  • Blind Ambition

    Blind Ambition

  • Broken Rainbow

    Broken Rainbow

  • The Cassandra Crossing

    The Cassandra Crossing

  • Who Killed the Electric Car?

    Who Killed the Electric Car?

  • Dead Presidents

    Dead Presidents

  • Born Wild

    Born Wild

  • Siesta

    Siesta

  • Stella Days

    Stella Days

  • Gloves of Stone

    Gloves of Stone

  • Truth or Consequences, N.M.

    Truth or Consequences, N.M.

  • Kennedy

    Kennedy

  • Winning New Hampshire

    Winning New Hampshire

  • The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

    The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

  • Chicken Soup for the Soul

    Chicken Soup for the Soul

  • Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars

    Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars

  • Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed

    Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed

  • In the King of Prussia

    In the King of Prussia

  • Pursuit

    Pursuit

  • Free Money

    Free Money

  • Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary

    Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary

  • The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

    The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

  • Out of the Darkness

    Out of the Darkness

  • Taxi!!

    Taxi!!

  • The Andersonville Trial

    The Andersonville Trial

  • The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

  • For the People

    For the People

  • The California Kid

    The California Kid

  • The Catholics

    The Catholics

  • An Act of Conscience

    An Act of Conscience

  • Gun

    Gun

  • Montserrat

    Montserrat

  • The Boxcar Children

    The Boxcar Children

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • Beverly Hills Brats

    Beverly Hills Brats

  • Shadrach

    Shadrach

  • 9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up

    9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up

  • Matt Lincoln

    Matt Lincoln

  • Sacred Cargo

    Sacred Cargo

  • A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

    A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

  • The Young Lawyers

    The Young Lawyers

  • Eagle's Wing

    Eagle's Wing

  • Letters from Three Lovers

    Letters from Three Lovers

  • Police Surgeon

    Police Surgeon

  • Tell Them Who You Are

    Tell Them Who You Are

  • Hear No Evil

    Hear No Evil

  • Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

    Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

  • Ten Blocks on the Camino Real

    Ten Blocks on the Camino Real

  • Princess of the Row

    Princess of the Row

  • 50 Films to See Before You Die

    50 Films to See Before You Die

  • Secrets of the Titanic

    Secrets of the Titanic

  • In the Custody of Strangers

    In the Custody of Strangers

  • Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians

    Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians

  • Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik

    Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik

  • Enemies of War

    Enemies of War

  • That Championship Season

    That Championship Season

  • 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America

    10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America

  • Jerusalem Syndrome

    Jerusalem Syndrome

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • A Matter of Justice

    A Matter of Justice

  • 8

    8

  • Pickup on 101

    Pickup on 101

  • One of Her Own

    One of Her Own

  • Hawk

    Hawk

  • A Stranger in the Kingdom

    A Stranger in the Kingdom

  • Walking After Midnight

    Walking After Midnight

  • Crime Club

    Crime Club

  • One Hundred and One Nights

    One Hundred and One Nights

  • Crossing the Line

    Crossing the Line

  • The Missiles of October

    The Missiles of October

  • Promises to Keep

    Promises to Keep

  • Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On

    Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On

  • Then Came Bronson

    Then Came Bronson

  • Love Story (US)

    Love Story (US)

  • Consenting Adult

    Consenting Adult

  • The Maid

    The Maid

  • The Subject Was Roses

    The Subject Was Roses

  • No Code of Conduct

    No Code of Conduct

  • Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War

    Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War

  • Da

    Da

  • Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence

    Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence

  • A Letter from Death Row

    A Letter from Death Row

  • Shattered Spirits

    Shattered Spirits

  • Death By China

    Death By China

  • Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8

    Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8

  • News at Eleven

    News at Eleven

  • The Legend of Earl Durand

    The Legend of Earl Durand

  • Miller's Tale

    Miller's Tale

  • Dillinger and Capone

    Dillinger and Capone

  • The Little Pageant That Could

    The Little Pageant That Could

  • Alive: 20 Years Later

    Alive: 20 Years Later

  • Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'

    Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'

  • Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

    Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

  • Trigger Fast

    Trigger Fast

  • Spaceflight

    Spaceflight

  • The Making of 'Spawn'

    The Making of 'Spawn'

  • Gun

    Gun

  • Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen

    Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen

  • Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology

    Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology

  • James Dean: Forever Young

    James Dean: Forever Young

  • The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color

    The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color

  • American Dynasties: The Kennedys

    American Dynasties: The Kennedys

  • Boca

    Boca

  • Downwind

    Downwind

  • Man in the Mirror

    Man in the Mirror

  • Pat Neal Is Back

    Pat Neal Is Back

  • Guns of Honor

    Guns of Honor

  • Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

    Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

  • Fortunes of War

    Fortunes of War

  • Mongo's Back in Town

    Mongo's Back in Town

  • Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem

    Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem

  • Man, Woman and Child

    Man, Woman and Child

  • Absence of Malick

    Absence of Malick

  • A Conversation with Martin Sheen

    A Conversation with Martin Sheen

  • In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story

    In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story

  • On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight

    On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight

  • Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

    Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

  • Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White

    Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White

  • Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

    Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

  • Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience

    Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience

  • Halfway Home

    Halfway Home

  • The Twelve Apostles

    The Twelve Apostles

  • Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth

    Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth

  • Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

    Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

  • Hits!

    Hits!

  • Pirate for the Sea

    Pirate for the Sea

  • The Vessel

    The Vessel

  • Eyewitness DVD: Weather

    Eyewitness DVD: Weather

  • A State of Emergency

    A State of Emergency

  • Eyewitness: Dinosaur

    Eyewitness: Dinosaur

  • Marked for Murder

    Marked for Murder

  • Salinger

    Salinger

  • The Real Thing

    The Real Thing

  • Eyewitness: Monster

    Eyewitness: Monster

  • Brothers on the Line

    Brothers on the Line

  • Hidden in Plain Sight

    Hidden in Plain Sight

  • The Friday Night Project

    The Friday Night Project

  • In the Name of the People

    In the Name of the People

  • Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle

    Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle

  • Gunfighter

    Gunfighter

  • Defending Gideon

    Defending Gideon

  • The Price of a Life

    The Price of a Life

  • Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace

    Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace

  • Centralia Fire

    Centralia Fire

  • The Making of Eyewitness

    The Making of Eyewitness

  • Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture

    Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture

  • National Geographic: Inside the Vatican

    National Geographic: Inside the Vatican

  • Back to the Lane

    Back to the Lane

  • When the Line Goes Through

    When the Line Goes Through

  • Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile

    Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile

  • National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania

    National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania

  • Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology

    Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology

  • Eyewitness: Shark

    Eyewitness: Shark

  • Bringing Down a Dictator

    Bringing Down a Dictator

  • They Killed Sister Dorothy

    They Killed Sister Dorothy

  • Sharkwise

    Sharkwise

  • Confessions Of An Innocent Man

    Confessions Of An Innocent Man

  • No Drums, No Bugles

    No Drums, No Bugles

  • The Rites Of Mu

    The Rites Of Mu

  • Bench

    Bench

  • Father G and the Homeboys

    Father G and the Homeboys

  • The Nomi Song

    The Nomi Song

  • Another Time, Another Place

    Another Time, Another Place

  • Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary

    Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary

  • Vietnam: American Holocaust

    Vietnam: American Holocaust

  • Making Badlands

    Making Badlands

  • Braving Alaska

    Braving Alaska

  • Braving Alaska

    Braving Alaska