Martin Sheen
225 movies · 61 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 3, 1940 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez · Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez Phelan
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.
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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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Known for
Martin Sheen: movies and TV shows
Acting (284)
- Upcoming The One
as Jefferson
- Upcoming KITÁ
as Narrator
- Upcoming
- 2026 American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story
as Narrator
- 2026
- 2025 Lost & Found in Cleveland
as Dr. Austin Raybourne
- 2024
- 2024
- 2023 23 Seconds to Eternity
as Narrator
- 2021 Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
as Narrator
- 2021 12 Mighty Orphans
as Doc Hall
- 2021 Judas and the Black Messiah
as J. Edgar Hoover
- 2020 Princess of the Row
as John Austin
- 2020 A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
as Josiah Bartlet
- 2019 The Devil Has a Name
as Ralph
- 2018 The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
as James Alden (voice)
- 2018
- 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
- 2017 Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem
as Narrator
- 2016 Rules Don't Apply
as Noah Dietrich
- 2016 The Vessel
as Father Douglas
- 2016 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as Martin Sheen
- 2016 Anne of Green Gables
as Matthew Cuthbert
- 2015 Badge of Honor
as Captain Daniel Richards
- 2015 Unity
as Narrator (voice)
- 2015
- 2014 Selma
as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
- 2014 A Prayer for Rain
as Warren Anderson
- 2014 Trash
as Padre Juilliard
- 2014 The Boxcar Children
as Grandfather Alden (voice)
- 2014
- 2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Uncle Ben (uncredited)
- 2013 The Whale
as Tom Nickerson
- 2013 Amazonia
as Narrator
- 2013 The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
as Narrator
- 2013 Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth
as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 Defending Gideon
as Narrator
- 2012 Death By China
as Narrator
- 2012
- 2012 The Amazing Spider-Man
as Uncle Ben
- 2012 Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
as Frank Petersen
- 2012 Stella Days
as Fr. Daniel Barry
- 2012 Brothers on the Line
as Narrator
- 2012 8
as Theodore Olson
- 2011 The Double
as Tom Highland
- 2011 Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White
as Narrator
- 2011 Sharkwise
as Narrator
- 2011 Halfway Home
as Narrator(voice)
- 2010 The Kennedy Detail
as Narrator
- 2010 The Way
as Tom
- 2009 Gloves of Stone
as Dr. Frank Irwin
- 2009 Love Happens
as Burke's Father-in-Law
- 2009 Imagine That
as Dante D'Enzo
- 2009 Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience
as Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
- 2009 Echelon Conspiracy
as Raymond Burke
- 2008 Man in the Mirror
as Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
- 2008 Vietnam: American Holocaust
as Voice
- 2008 They Killed Sister Dorothy
as Narrator
- 2007 Eyewitness DVD: Weather
as Narrator
- 2007 Talk to Me
as E.G. Sonderling
- 2007 Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
as Narrator
- 2007 Bordertown
as George Morgan
- 2007 Flatland
as Arthur Square (voice)
- 2007 Father G and the Homeboys
as Narrator
- 2006
- 2006 The Departed
as Queenan
- 2006
- 2006 Bobby
as Jack Stevens
- 2005 James Dean: Forever Young
as Narrator (voice)
- 2004
- 2003 The Commission
as Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
- 2003 Hidden in Plain Sight
as Narrator (voice)
- 2003
- 2003 Mercy of the Sea
as Frederik
- 2003
- 2002 Catch Me If You Can
as Roger Strong
- 2002 Straight Up: Helicopters in Action
as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- 1999 The Twelve Apostles
as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 A Stranger in the Kingdom
as Sigurd Moulton
- 1999 The Time Shifters
as Grifasi
- 1999 Forget Me Never
as Jack
- 1999 D.R.E.A.M. Team
as J.W. Garrison
- 1999
- 1999 Storm
as General James Roberts
- 1999
- 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
- 1999 A Texas Funeral
as Grandpa Sparta
- 1998 Babylon 5: The River of Souls
as Soul Hunter
- 1998 Free Money
as Guard
- 1998 A Letter from Death Row
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 Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology
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 Truth or Consequences, N.M.
as Sir
- 1997 An Act of Conscience
as Narrator
- 1997
- 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
- 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 The American President
as A.J. MacInerney
- 1995 Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
as Jeff Snyder
- 1995 The Miracle of Medjugorje
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
- 1995 One Hundred and One Nights
as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
- 1995 The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas
as Voice of Marcos
- 1994
- 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 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
- 1994 Eyewitness: Dinosaur
as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 Eyewitness: Shark
as Narrator (voice)
- 1993 Alive: 20 Years Later
as Narrator (voice)
- 1993
- 1993 Gettysburg
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
- 1993 The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
as William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
- 1993 Hot Shots! Part Deux
as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
- 1993
- 1993 Hear No Evil
as Lt. Brock
- 1993 Grey Knight
as Gen. Haworth
- 1993 Braving Alaska
as Narrator / Narrator (voice)
- 1993
- 1992 The Water Engine
as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
- 1992 Original Intent
as Homeless Joe
- 1991 JFK
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 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
- 1989
- 1989 Another Time, Another Place
as Richard Conley
- 1989 Beverly Hills Brats
as Dr. Jeffrey Miller
- 1989 Cold Front
as John Hyde
- 1989
- 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
- 1987 The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
as Narrator
- 1987 Wall Street
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 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
- 1985
- 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
- 1985 Consenting Adult
as Ken Lynd
- 1985 The Real Thing
as Narrator (voice)
- 1984 The Guardian
as Charlie Hyatt
- 1984 Firestarter
as Captain Hollister
+ 84 more credits
Behind the camera (6)
- 2024 Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen
Executive Producer
- 2023 Vigilante
Executive Producer
- 2019 The Map to Paradise
Producer
- 1990 Cadence
Director, Writer
- 1989 Nightbreaker
Executive Producer
- 1988 Judgment in Berlin
Executive Producer
Talk shows and appearances (72)
- Upcoming
- 2025 aka Charlie Sheen
2 episodes
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show
1 episode
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020 Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
1 episode
- 2020
- 2016
- 2015
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
1 episode
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010
- 2010 Who Do You Think You Are?
1 episode
- 2009 Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
1 episode
- 2009 The Meaning of Life
1 episode
- 2009
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008
- 2007 Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
1 episode
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
1 episode
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005 The Colbert Report
1 episode
- 2005 The Friday Night Project
1 episode
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2003 Celebrity Poker Showdown
1 episode
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
5 episodes
- 2003
- 2002
- 1999
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997 The View
3 episodes
- 1997
- 1996 E! True Hollywood Story
2 episodes
- 1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1 episode
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio
1 episode
- 1994
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
4 episodes
- 1993
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2 episodes
- 1991
- 1988
- 1988
- 1986
- 1983
- 1982
- 1978 The South Bank Show
1 episode
- 1977
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
2 episodes
- 1971 Film '72
2 episodes
- 1968
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
1 episode
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
5 episodes