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