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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 …
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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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BODY OF WORK
Martin Sheen's Filmography
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The One
as Jefferson
American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story
as Narrator
Lost & Found in Cleveland
as Dr. Austin Raybourne
Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen
as Presenter
The Little Pageant That Could
as Self (archive footage)
23 Seconds to Eternity
as Narrator
Downwind
as Self Narrator
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
as Narrator
12 Mighty Orphans
as Doc Hall
Judas and the Black Messiah
as J. Edgar Hoover
The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
as Self
Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture
as Self
Princess of the Row
as John Austin
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
as Josiah Bartlet
Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story
as Self
The Devil Has a Name
as Ralph
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
as James Alden (voice)
Come Sunday
as Oral Roberts
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle
as Narrator
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
as Matthew Cuthbert
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
as Matthew Cuthbert
Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem
as Narrator
Rules Don't Apply
as Noah Dietrich
The Vessel
as Father Douglas
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as Martin Sheen
No Poster
Back to the Lane
as Self
Anne of Green Gables
as Matthew Cuthbert
Badge of Honor
as Captain Daniel Richards
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
as Self
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
Selma
as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
A Prayer for Rain
as Warren Anderson
Trash
as Padre Juilliard
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Boxcar Children
as Grandfather Alden (voice)
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
as Self
Ask Me Anything
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Uncle Ben (uncredited)
The Whale
as Tom Nickerson
Amazonia
as Narrator
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
as Narrator
Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth
as Narrator (voice)
Salinger
as Self - Actor
Making Badlands
as Self
Defending Gideon
as Narrator
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
as Self
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn
as Self
Death By China
as Narrator
The Amazing Spider-Man
as Uncle Ben
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
as Frank Petersen
Stella Days
as Fr. Daniel Barry
Brothers on the Line
as Narrator
8
as Theodore Olson
The Double
as Tom Highland
Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White
as Narrator
No Poster
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up
as Self
Sharkwise
as Narrator
Miller's Tale
as Self
Halfway Home
as Narrator(voice)
The Kennedy Detail
as Narrator
The Way
as Tom
A Conversation with Martin Sheen
as Self
Gloves of Stone
as Dr. Frank Irwin
Love Happens
as Burke's Father-in-Law
Imagine That
as Dante D'Enzo
Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience
as Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
Echelon Conspiracy
as Raymond Burke
White House Revealed
as Self- Narrator (voice)
Man in the Mirror
as Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
Vietnam: American Holocaust
as Voice
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
as Self
Pirate for the Sea
as Self
The End of Poverty?
as Self - Narrator
They Killed Sister Dorothy
as Narrator
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
as Self
Eyewitness DVD: Weather
as Narrator
Talk to Me
as E.G. Sonderling
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
as Narrator
Bordertown
as George Morgan
Flatland
as Arthur Square (voice)
Confessions Of An Innocent Man
as Self - Narrator
No Poster
Father G and the Homeboys
as Narrator
The Departed
as Queenan
No Poster
The Politics of the Dead Zone
as Self
Bobby
as Jack Stevens
Who Killed the Electric Car?
as Self - Narrator (voice)
50 Films to See Before You Die
as Self
James Dean: Forever Young
as Narrator (voice)
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
as Self
Winning New Hampshire
as Self
The Nomi Song
as Self (archive footage)
Jerusalem Syndrome
Tell Them Who You Are
as Self
The Commission
as Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
Hidden in Plain Sight
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
Mercy of the Sea
as Frederik
Absence of Malick
as Self
Catch Me If You Can
as Roger Strong
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action
as Narrator (voice)
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
as Self
Bringing Down a Dictator
as Narrator (voice)
National Geographic: Inside the Vatican
as Narrator
No Poster
Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace
as Narrator
No Poster
Enemies of War
as Narrator
O
as Coach Duke Goulding
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight
as Narrator
No Poster
Crossing the Line
as self
The Twelve Apostles
as Narrator (voice)
A Stranger in the Kingdom
as Sigurd Moulton
The Time Shifters
as Grifasi
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
as Self
Forget Me Never
as Jack
D.R.E.A.M. Team
as J.W. Garrison
Storm
as General James Roberts
Lost & Found
as Millstone
No Code of Conduct
as Bill Peterson
Gunfighter
as The Stranger
The Darklings
as Ira Everett
No Poster
Ninth Street
as Father Frank
A Texas Funeral
as Grandpa Sparta
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
as Soul Hunter
Free Money
as Guard
A Letter from Death Row
as Michael's Father
Monument Ave.
as Hanlon
Shadrach
as Narrator (voice)
The Elevator
as Sarge
Voyage of Terror
as Henry Northcutt
Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War
as Self - Narrator
Medusa's Child
as President
Hostile Waters
as Aurora Skipper
Eyewitness: Monster
as Narrator (voice)
Spawn
as Jason Wynn
No Poster
The Making of 'Spawn'
as Self
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
as Sir
An Act of Conscience
as Narrator
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
as Narrator
No Poster
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians
as Narrator (voice)
The War at Home
as Bob Collier
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
as Peter Maurin
Sacred Cargo
as Father Andrew Kanvesky
Mexico
as Narrator (voice)
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
as Dalton Trumbo
Project: ALF
as Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
The American President
as A.J. MacInerney
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
as Jeff Snyder
The Miracle of Medjugorje
as Father Jozo Zovko
No Poster
The Making of Eyewitness
as Narrator
Dead Presidents
as The Judge
Born Wild
as Dan Walker
The Break
as Gil Robbins
Dillinger and Capone
as John Dillinger
One Hundred and One Nights
as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas
as Voice of Marcos
No Poster
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
as Narrator
Fortunes of War
as Francis Labeck
Hits!
as Kelly
Guns of Honor
as Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
Boca
as Jesse James Montgomery
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
as Self
Roswell
as Townsend
Trigger Fast
as Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
One of Her Own
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
When the Bough Breaks
as Captain Swaggert
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania
as Narrator
Eyewitness: Dinosaur
as Narrator (voice)
Eyewitness: Shark
as Narrator (voice)
Alive: 20 Years Later
as Narrator (voice)
Gettysburg
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
as William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
Hot Shots! Part Deux
as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
Hear No Evil
as Lt. Brock
Grey Knight
as Gen. Haworth
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream
as Self / The Kralahome (voice)
Braving Alaska
as Narrator
Braving Alaska
as Narrator (voice)
The Water Engine
as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Original Intent
as Homeless Joe
JFK
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
as Self
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
as Harold Hohne
The Maid
as Anthony Wayne
The Rites Of Mu
as Narrator
Touch and Die
as Frank Magenta
Cadence
as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
Another Time, Another Place
as Richard Conley
Beverly Hills Brats
as Dr. Jeffrey Miller
Cold Front
as John Hyde
Beyond the Stars
as Paul Andrews
Nightbreaker
as Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
Marked for Murder
as Man in Park
Judgment in Berlin
as Herbert J. Stern
Da
as Charlie
Promises to Keep
as Self
Walking After Midnight
as Self
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
as Narrator
Wall Street
as Carl Fox
Siesta
as Del
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as Alan (voice)
The Believers
as Cal Jamison
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
as James Marion Hunt
A State of Emergency
as Alex Carmody
Secrets of the Titanic
as Self - Narrator
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
as Mitch Snyder
News at Eleven
as Frank Kenley
Shattered Spirits
as Lyle Mollencamp
Out of the Darkness
as Eddie Zigo
Broken Rainbow
as Narrator (voice)
The Fourth Wise Man
as Artaban
Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile
as Narrator
In the Name of the People
as Narrator
Consenting Adult
as Ken Lynd
No Poster
The Real Thing
as Narrator (voice)
The Guardian
as Charlie Hyatt
Firestarter
as Captain Hollister
No Poster
Choices of the Heart
as Father Philan
The Dead Zone
as Greg Stillson
Man, Woman and Child
as Robert Beckwith
In the King of Prussia
as Judge Samuel Salus II
No Poster
No Place to Hide
as Narrator
No Poster
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
as Self
That Championship Season
as Tom Daley
Gandhi
as Vince Walker
Enigma
as Alex Holbeck
No Poster
Centralia Fire
as Narrator
In the Custody of Strangers
as Frank Caldwell
I Love Liberty
as Self
Loophole
as Stephen Booker
The Final Countdown
as Warren Lasky
Eagle's Wing
as Pike
Apocalypse Now
as Captain Benjamin Willard
Taxi!!
as Taxi Driver
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
as Self
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
as Frank Hallet
The Cassandra Crossing
as Robby Navarro
Sweet Hostage
as Leonard Hatch
The Last Survivors
as Alexander William Holmes
The Missiles of October
as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
The Legend of Earl Durand
as Luther Sykes
The California Kid
as Michael McCord
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
The Execution of Private Slovik
as Eddie Slovik
Message to My Daughter
as John Thatcher
The Catholics
as Father Kinsella
Badlands
as Kit Carruthers
Letters from Three Lovers
as Vincent
A Prowler in the Heart
as Tony Parrish
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
as Harlan Garrison
Crime Club
as Deputy Wilson
Pursuit
as Timothy Drew
Rage
as Maj. Holliford
That Certain Summer
as Gary McCain
When the Line Goes Through
as Bluff Jackson
Pickup on 101
as Lester Baumgartner
No Drums, No Bugles
as Ashby Gatrell
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
as Graytak
Mongo's Back in Town
as Gordon
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
as Jules Worthman
Montserrat
Catch-22
as 1st Lt. Dobbs
The Andersonville Trial
as Captain Williams
Then Came Bronson
as Nick Oresko
The Subject Was Roses
as Timmy Cleary
No Poster
Pat Neal Is Back
as Self
The Incident
as Artie Connors
The Price of a Life
as Edward Miles Layton
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
as Kilroy
No Poster
KITÁ
as Narrator
No Poster
The Made-for-TV Election
as Host