Martin Sheen
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
Real Seymour Skinner (voice)
Two and a Half Men
Harvey
Columbo
Karl Lessing
The West Wing
Josiah Bartlet
Nature
Narrator (voice)
Mannix
Ironside
Johnny
Golden Globe Awards
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
Mission: Impossible
Lieutenant Albert Brocke
Catch Me If You Can
Roger Strong
Hawaii Five-O
Eddie Calhao
Hawaii Five-O
Arthur Dixon
Anger Management
Martin Goodson
Grace and Frankie
Robert Hanson
Love, American Style
Dr. Art Parmel
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Uncle Ben (uncredited)
The Amazing Spider-Man
Uncle Ben
Cannon
Spin City
Ray Harris / Ray Crawford
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Self
Naked City
Phillip Kosnik
Naked City
Counterman
Naked City
Nick (uncredited)
Tales from the Crypt
Kraygen / Thomas Miller / Zorbin the Magnificent
The Departed
Queenan
Medical Center
Glen
The Incident
Artie Connors
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Paul Dano
Wall Street
Carl Fox
Apocalypse Now
Captain Benjamin Willard
Route 66
Wild Cards
Jonathan Ashford
The Outer Limits
Pvt. Arthur Dix
Echelon Conspiracy
Raymond Burke
The F.B.I.
Norman Gretzler
The F.B.I.
Perry Victor
The F.B.I.
Steve Chandler
The F.B.I.
Neil Harland
The Defenders
Arnold McCabe
The Defenders
Dino Locatelli
The Defenders
Adam Novins
The Defenders
Joey Americus
Unity
Narrator (voice)
Grey Knight
Gen. Haworth
Boca
Jesse James Montgomery
The Double
Tom Highland
Bordertown
George Morgan
The Way
Tom
Badlands
Kit Carruthers
The Rookies
Firestarter
Captain Hollister
Lancer
Free Money
Guard
Gettysburg
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Trash
Padre Juilliard
Bobby
Jack Stevens
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Sly Sludge (voice)
Original Intent
Homeless Joe
The Streets of San Francisco
JFK
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Hostile Waters
Aurora Skipper
Monument Ave.
Hanlon
Gandhi
Vince Walker
Project: ALF
Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
Amazonia
Narrator
Loophole
Stephen Booker
Storm
General James Roberts
Flipper
Phil Adams
Shadrach
Narrator (voice)
Catch-22
1st Lt. Dobbs
Nightbreaker
Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
The Mod Squad
Danny Morgan
The Break
Gil Robbins
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
Matthew Cuthbert
Come Sunday
Oral Roberts
The Darklings
Ira Everett
Enigma
Alex Holbeck
Roswell
Townsend
Stella Days
Fr. Daniel Barry
Anne of Green Gables
Matthew Cuthbert
Mercy of the Sea
Frederik
Cold Front
John Hyde
Judas and the Black Messiah
J. Edgar Hoover
The Believers
Cal Jamison
The Guardian
Charlie Hyatt
Imagine That
Dante D'Enzo
Cadence
MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
Matthew Cuthbert
The Commission
Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
Sweet Hostage
Leonard Hatch
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
Narrator
Pursuit
Timothy Drew
That Certain Summer
Gary McCain
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Martin Sheen
The Catholics
Father Kinsella
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Frank Petersen
Born Wild
Dan Walker
A Prayer for Rain
Warren Anderson
When the Bough Breaks
Captain Swaggert
Ghost Story
Frank
Talk to Me
E.G. Sonderling
The Elevator
Sarge
12 Mighty Orphans
Doc Hall
Badge of Honor
Captain Daniel Richards
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
Jeff Snyder
The American President
A.J. MacInerney
Arrest and Trial
Dale Beatty
Ask Me Anything
Spawn
Jason Wynn
The Devil Has a Name
Ralph
Rules Don't Apply
Noah Dietrich
Taxi!!
Taxi Driver
Beyond the Stars
Paul Andrews
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Self
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
The California Kid
Michael McCord
The Cassandra Crossing
Robby Navarro
Love Happens
Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
The Time Shifters
Grifasi
The Kennedy Detail
Narrator
The War at Home
Bob Collier
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Radio Host
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn
Self
D.R.E.A.M. Team
J.W. Garrison
Broken Rainbow
Narrator (voice)
I Love Liberty
Self
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Sir
Hear No Evil
Lt. Brock
Dillinger and Capone
John Dillinger
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Harold Hohne
Siesta
Del
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice)
Princess of the Row
John Austin
Mexico
Narrator (voice)
White House Revealed
Self- Narrator (voice)
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Alan (voice)
aka Charlie Sheen
Self (archive footage)
LateLine
Judgment in Berlin
Herbert J. Stern
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Jules Worthman
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
James Alden (voice)
The Missiles of October
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
The Final Countdown
Warren Lasky
Medusa's Child
President
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Self
The Nurses
Carl
The Nurses
Saunders
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
President Josiah Bartlet
Dan August
Norman Sayles
The Execution of Private Slovik
Eddie Slovik
Choices of the Heart
Father Philan
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Peter Maurin
Eagle's Wing
Pike
Alex Haley's Queen
James Jackson Sr.
Lost & Found in Cleveland
Dr. Austin Raybourne
Voyage of Terror
Henry Northcutt
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
Kilroy
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
Forget Me Never
Jack
The Last Survivors
Alexander William Holmes
The Andersonville Trial
Captain Williams
Out of the Darkness
Eddie Zigo
Total Recall 2070
Da
Charlie
A Stranger in the Kingdom
Sigurd Moulton
A Prowler in the Heart
Tony Parrish
A Texas Funeral
Grandpa Sparta
The Water Engine
Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Self
In the Custody of Strangers
Frank Caldwell
Montserrat
The Dead Zone
Greg Stillson
Sacred Cargo
Father Andrew Kanvesky
Gloves of Stone
Dr. Frank Irwin
Virgin Mary
Father Jozo Zovko
Crime Club
Deputy Wilson
One of Her Own
Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
One Hundred and One Nights
Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
Self
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Narrator
The End of Poverty?
Self - Narrator
Message to My Daughter
John Thatcher
Letters from Three Lovers
Vincent
Jerusalem Syndrome
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action
Narrator (voice)
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Self
The Boxcar Children
Grandfather Alden (voice)
In the King of Prussia
Judge Samuel Salus II
Gunfighter
The Stranger
Flatland
Arthur Square (voice)
The Fourth Wise Man
Artaban
That Championship Season
Tom Daley
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
James Marion Hunt
23 Seconds to Eternity
Narrator
Mongo's Back in Town
Gordon
Man in the Mirror
Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up
Self
Dead Presidents
The Judge
The Subject Was Roses
Timmy Cleary
News at Eleven
Frank Kenley
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Graytak
Toma
Eddie Siatti
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
Narrator
Beverly Hills Brats
Dr. Jeffrey Miller
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War
Self - Narrator
Secrets of the Titanic
Self - Narrator
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Walking After Midnight
Self
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
Self
Absence of Malick
Self
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians
Narrator (voice)
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
Narrator
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Harlan Garrison
Shattered Spirits
Lyle Mollencamp
The Politics of the Dead Zone
Self
Tell Them Who You Are
Self
Selma
Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
The Atlanta Child Murders
Chet Dettlinger
Fortunes of War
Francis Labeck
Consenting Adult
Ken Lynd
Promises to Keep
Self
Then Came Bronson
Nick Oresko
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Frank Hallet
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Taxi Driver
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
Touch and Die
Frank Magenta
Gun
Van Guinness
The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas
Voice of Marcos
Downwind
Self Narrator
The Edge of Night
Roy Sanders
Halfway Home
Narrator(voice)
The Legend of Earl Durand
Luther Sykes
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
An Act of Conscience
Narrator
Hawk
Peter Janus
When the Line Goes Through
Bluff Jackson
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Dalton Trumbo
Miller's Tale
Self
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
Narrator
No Drums, No Bugles
Ashby Gatrell
Crossing the Line
self
Brothers on the Line
Narrator
Blind Ambition
John Dean
O
Coach Duke Goulding
Man, Woman and Child
Robert Beckwith
For the People
Louis Cahane
Pat Neal Is Back
Self
The Making of 'Spawn'
Self
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania
Narrator
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
The Young Lawyers
Reverend Jimmy Haines
Hidden in Plain Sight
Narrator (voice)
The Maid
Anthony Wayne
Matt Lincoln
Charles
The Real Thing
Narrator (voice)
Eyewitness
Narrator
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Narrator (voice)
A Letter from Death Row
Michael's Father
Salinger
Self - Actor
Lost & Found
Millstone
Hits!
Kelly
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Soul Hunter
Guns of Honor
Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
The Missiles of October
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
Police Surgeon
Ben Grover
8
Theodore Olson
Sharkwise
Narrator
Spaceflight
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle
Narrator
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Narrator
Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace
Narrator
James Dean: Forever Young
Narrator (voice)
Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen
Presenter
Love Story (US)
Frank Randolph
Eyewitness DVD: Weather
Narrator
A Matter of Justice
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Self
Alive: 20 Years Later
Narrator (voice)
Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience
Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
The Whale
Tom Nickerson
Pirate for the Sea
Self
The Little Pageant That Could
Self (archive footage)
No Code of Conduct
Bill Peterson
The Vessel
Father Douglas
Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence
Narrator (voice)
The Nomi Song
Self (archive footage)
Rage
Maj. Holliford
American Dynasties: The Kennedys
Narrator (voice)
Death By China
Narrator
The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color
Narrator
Ninth Street
Father Frank
Pickup on 101
Lester Baumgartner
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Mitch Snyder
The Twelve Apostles
Narrator (voice)
Making Badlands
Self
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
Self
Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White
Narrator
The Friday Night Project
Self - Host
A State of Emergency
Alex Carmody
National Geographic: Inside the Vatican
Narrator
Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth
Narrator (voice)
Trigger Fast
Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
They Killed Sister Dorothy
Narrator
Another Time, Another Place
Richard Conley
Marked for Murder
Man in Park
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
Self
A Conversation with Martin Sheen
Self
Eyewitness: Monster
Narrator (voice)
The Rites Of Mu
Narrator
Vietnam: American Holocaust
Voice
The Price of a Life
Edward Miles Layton
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Self
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight
Narrator
Eyewitness: Dinosaur
Narrator (voice)
Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture
Self
Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology
Narrator (voice)
Winning New Hampshire
Self
Bringing Down a Dictator
Narrator (voice)
In the Name of the People
Narrator
The Making of Eyewitness
Narrator
Centralia Fire
Narrator
Braving Alaska
Narrator
Braving Alaska
Narrator (voice)
Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile
Narrator
Defending Gideon
Narrator
Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem
Narrator
Enemies of War
Narrator
Confessions Of An Innocent Man
Self - Narrator
Father G and the Homeboys
Narrator
Bench
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Colbert Report
Back to the Lane
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The View
Self
The View
Self - Guest
Eyewitness: Shark
Narrator (voice)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Self
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
Inside the Actors Studio
Self