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.
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Movies (42)
Lost & Found in Cleveland
as Dr. Austin Raybourne
2025
Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen
as Presenter
2024
The Little Pageant That Could
as Self (archive footage)
2024
23 Seconds to Eternity
as Narrator
2023
Vigilante
Executive Producer (Production)
2023
Downwind
as Self Narrator
2023
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
as Narrator
2021
12 Mighty Orphans
as Doc Hall
2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
as J. Edgar Hoover
2021
The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
as Self
2020
Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture
as Self
2020
Princess of the Row
as John Austin
2020
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
as President Josiah Bartlet
2020
The Devil Has a Name
as Ralph
2019
The Map to Paradise
Producer (Production)
2019
Bench
2019
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
as James Alden (voice)
2018
Come Sunday
as Oral Roberts
2018
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
2017
Rules Don't Apply
as Noah Dietrich
2016
The Vessel
as Father Douglas
2016
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as Martin Sheen
2016
Back to the Lane
2016
Anne of Green Gables
as Matthew Cuthbert
2016
Badge of Honor
as Captain Daniel Richards
2015
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
as Self
2015
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Selma
as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
2014
A Prayer for Rain
as Warren Anderson
2014
Trash
as Padre Juilliard
2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
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
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Uncle Ben (uncredited)
2014
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
TV Shows (8)
aka Charlie Sheen
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Wild Cards
as Jonathan Ashford
2024
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
The 52nd Annual Emmy Awards
as Self - Presenter
2020
American Dynasties: The Kennedys
as Narrator (voice)
2018
Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence
as Narrator (voice)
2017
Grace and Frankie
as Robert Hanson
2015
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self
2014