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