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
Golden Globe Awards
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
Nature
Narrator (voice)
Mission: Impossible
Lieutenant Albert Brocke
Hawaii Five-O
Eddie Calhao
Hawaii Five-O
Arthur Dixon
Mannix
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Self
Ironside
Johnny
Anger Management
Martin Goodson
Grace and Frankie
Robert Hanson
Love, American Style
Dr. Art Parmel
Spin City
Ray Harris / Ray Crawford
Wild Cards
Jonathan Ashford
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Paul Dano
The Amazing Spider-Man
Uncle Ben
Tales from the Crypt
Kraygen / Thomas Miller / Zorbin the Magnificent
Catch Me If You Can
Roger Strong
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Sly Sludge (voice)
Cannon
The Kennedy Detail
Narrator
Naked City
Phillip Kosnik
Naked City
Nick (uncredited)
Naked City
Counterman
Apocalypse Now
Captain Benjamin Willard
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Uncle Ben (uncredited)
The Departed
Queenan
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Self
The F.B.I.
Norman Gretzler
The F.B.I.
Perry Victor
The F.B.I.
Neil Harland
The F.B.I.
Steve Chandler
The Streets of San Francisco
The Outer Limits
Pvt. Arthur Dix
Route 66
The Defenders
Arnold McCabe
The Defenders
Dino Locatelli
The Defenders
Joey Americus
The Defenders
Adam Novins
Medical Center
Glen
The Rookies
Arrest and Trial
Dale Beatty
A Prayer for Rain
Warren Anderson
Flipper
Phil Adams
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Gandhi
Vince Walker
Spawn
Jason Wynn
Gettysburg
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Ghost Story
Frank
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Radio Host
Lancer
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Harold Hohne
The Mod Squad
Danny Morgan
Free Money
Guard
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
Narrator
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle
Narrator
The Nurses
Saunders
The Nurses
Carl
JFK
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Politics of the Dead Zone
Self
Dan August
Norman Sayles
National Geographic: Inside the Vatican
Narrator
Wall Street
Carl Fox
Alex Haley's Queen
James Jackson Sr.
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem
Narrator
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice)
Project: ALF
Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
Unity
Narrator (voice)
Hostile Waters
Aurora Skipper
When the Line Goes Through
Bluff Jackson
The Double
Tom Highland
A Conversation with Martin Sheen
Self
Bobby
Jack Stevens
Trash
Padre Juilliard
Montserrat
Firestarter
Captain Hollister
Virgin Mary
Father Jozo Zovko
The Time Shifters
Grifasi
Cadence
MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
Badlands
Kit Carruthers
The War at Home
Bob Collier
Choices of the Heart
Father Philan
Born Wild
Dan Walker
The Incident
Artie Connors
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight
Narrator
The Catholics
Father Kinsella
The Guardian
Charlie Hyatt
Echelon Conspiracy
Raymond Burke
aka Charlie Sheen
Self (archive footage)
Total Recall 2070
Love Happens
Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
Ask Me Anything
The American President
A.J. MacInerney
Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth
Narrator (voice)
The Final Countdown
Warren Lasky
Bordertown
George Morgan
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
The Dead Zone
Greg Stillson
The Break
Gil Robbins
The Commission
Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
Imagine That
Dante D'Enzo
Shadrach
Narrator (voice)
The Way
Tom
Judas and the Black Messiah
J. Edgar Hoover
Bringing Down a Dictator
Narrator (voice)
Catch-22
1st Lt. Dobbs
The Cassandra Crossing
Robby Navarro
Beyond the Stars
Paul Andrews
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Martin Sheen
Come Sunday
Oral Roberts
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Toma
Eddie Siatti
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
Matthew Cuthbert
Selma
Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
Stella Days
Fr. Daniel Barry
Storm
General James Roberts
Monument Ave.
Hanlon
Loophole
Stephen Booker
Dead Presidents
The Judge
Consenting Adult
Ken Lynd
Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology
Narrator (voice)
The Darklings
Ira Everett
Confessions Of An Innocent Man
Self - Narrator
Taxi!!
Taxi Driver
Enigma
Alex Holbeck
Pursuit
Timothy Drew
Mexico
Narrator (voice)
When the Bough Breaks
Captain Swaggert
The Atlanta Child Murders
Chet Dettlinger
Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence
Narrator (voice)
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Frank Petersen
Original Intent
Homeless Joe
Medusa's Child
President
Shattered Spirits
Lyle Mollencamp
Flatland
Arthur Square (voice)
The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
Self
Jerusalem Syndrome
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Taxi Driver
Amazonia
Narrator
Roswell
Townsend
12 Mighty Orphans
Doc Hall
Da
Charlie
Gun
Van Guinness
The Rites Of Mu
Narrator
Salinger
Self - Actor
Hits!
Kelly
O
Coach Duke Goulding
Blind Ambition
John Dean
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
Anne of Green Gables
Matthew Cuthbert
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile
Narrator
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Frank Hallet
Eyewitness
Narrator
Downwind
Self Narrator
No Drums, No Bugles
Ashby Gatrell
Mercy of the Sea
Frederik
A Texas Funeral
Grandpa Sparta
Sharkwise
Narrator
Nightbreaker
Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
The Fourth Wise Man
Artaban
Hawk
Peter Janus
The Edge of Night
Roy Sanders
Grey Knight
Gen. Haworth
Rules Don't Apply
Noah Dietrich
Boca
Jesse James Montgomery
For the People
Louis Cahane
Back to the Lane
The Believers
Cal Jamison
Hear No Evil
Lt. Brock
The 52nd Annual Emmy Awards
Self - Presenter
Talk to Me
E.G. Sonderling
Badge of Honor
Captain Daniel Richards
8
Theodore Olson
The Water Engine
Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
The Maid
Anthony Wayne
23 Seconds to Eternity
Narrator
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania
Narrator
American Dynasties: The Kennedys
Narrator (voice)
The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color
Narrator
Man, Woman and Child
Robert Beckwith
Eagle's Wing
Pike
Princess of the Row
John Austin
In the Name of the People
Narrator
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Self
Gloves of Stone
Dr. Frank Irwin
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Alan (voice)
Police Surgeon
Ben Grover
The Devil Has a Name
Ralph
That Certain Summer
Gary McCain
The Young Lawyers
Reverend Jimmy Haines
Gunfighter
The Stranger
Forget Me Never
Jack
The Boxcar Children
Grandfather Alden (voice)
Rage
Maj. Holliford
Pirate for the Sea
Self
Matt Lincoln
Charles
One Hundred and One Nights
Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
Matthew Cuthbert
Lost & Found
Millstone
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
Self
I Love Liberty
Self
Out of the Darkness
Eddie Zigo
The Real Thing
Narrator (voice)
Eyewitness: Dinosaur
Narrator (voice)
Hidden in Plain Sight
Narrator (voice)
Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience
Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Soul Hunter
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Sir
Siesta
Del
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn
Self
Dillinger and Capone
John Dillinger
A Matter of Justice
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Self
The Whale
Tom Nickerson
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Self
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Narrator (voice)
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up
Self
Touch and Die
Frank Magenta
Halfway Home
Narrator(voice)
Lost & Found in Cleveland
Dr. Austin Raybourne
The California Kid
Michael McCord
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
Narrator
The Missiles of October
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
Father G and the Homeboys
Narrator
Beverly Hills Brats
Dr. Jeffrey Miller
Love Story (US)
Frank Randolph
That Championship Season
Tom Daley
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Harlan Garrison
Defending Gideon
Narrator
Fortunes of War
Francis Labeck
Death By China
Narrator
The Vessel
Father Douglas
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Jules Worthman
Bench
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
The Execution of Private Slovik
Eddie Slovik
The Little Pageant That Could
Self (archive footage)
One of Her Own
Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
The Nomi Song
Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Earl Durand
Luther Sykes
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor (archive footage)
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
An Act of Conscience
Narrator
No Code of Conduct
Bill Peterson
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Peter Maurin
Then Came Bronson
Nick Oresko
Sacred Cargo
Father Andrew Kanvesky
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
Man in the Mirror
Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
The Andersonville Trial
Captain Williams
Eyewitness: Shark
Narrator (voice)
Judgment in Berlin
Herbert J. Stern
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
James Alden (voice)
Sweet Hostage
Leonard Hatch
Miller's Tale
Self
D.R.E.A.M. Team
J.W. Garrison
Braving Alaska
Narrator
Braving Alaska
Narrator (voice)
Cold Front
John Hyde
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
President Josiah Bartlet
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
Self
In the Custody of Strangers
Frank Caldwell
The Last Survivors
Alexander William Holmes
Voyage of Terror
Henry Northcutt
The Missiles of October
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
Letters from Three Lovers
Vincent
Guns of Honor
Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
Message to My Daughter
John Thatcher
Spaceflight
The Elevator
Sarge
The Friday Night Project
Self - Host
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
Narrator
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
Narrator
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Self
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Narrator
Centralia Fire
Narrator
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
James Marion Hunt
Alive: 20 Years Later
Narrator (voice)
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Mitch Snyder
James Dean: Forever Young
Narrator (voice)
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Dalton Trumbo
A State of Emergency
Alex Carmody
A Letter from Death Row
Michael's Father
Pickup on 101
Lester Baumgartner
Marked for Murder
Man in Park
Crime Club
Deputy Wilson
The End of Poverty?
Self - Narrator
Mongo's Back in Town
Gordon
The Twelve Apostles
Narrator (voice)
A Stranger in the Kingdom
Sigurd Moulton
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
Self
In the King of Prussia
Judge Samuel Salus II
The Subject Was Roses
Timmy Cleary
Absence of Malick
Self
Crossing the Line
self
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Self
News at Eleven
Frank Kenley
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Graytak
The Making of Eyewitness
Narrator
Enemies of War
Narrator
Walking After Midnight
Self
Trigger Fast
Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
Vietnam: American Holocaust
Voice
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
Kilroy
Tell Them Who You Are
Self
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
Brothers on the Line
Narrator
The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas
Voice of Marcos
Secrets of the Titanic
Self - Narrator
Broken Rainbow
Narrator (voice)
White House Revealed
Self- Narrator (voice)
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War
Self - Narrator
Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White
Narrator
The Making of 'Spawn'
Self
Eyewitness DVD: Weather
Narrator
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
Ninth Street
Father Frank
They Killed Sister Dorothy
Narrator
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians
Narrator (voice)
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
Jeff Snyder
A Prowler in the Heart
Tony Parrish
Pat Neal Is Back
Self
Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture
Self
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Narrator
Promises to Keep
Self
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action
Narrator (voice)
The Price of a Life
Edward Miles Layton
Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen
Presenter
Another Time, Another Place
Richard Conley
Winning New Hampshire
Self
Making Badlands
Self
Eyewitness: Monster
Narrator (voice)
Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace
Narrator
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
The Colbert Report
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The View
Self
The View
Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Self
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
Inside the Actors Studio
Self