Martin Sheen
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
as Uncle Ben
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
as Uncle Ben (uncredited)
The Departed (2006)
as Queenan
Apocalypse Now (1979)
as Captain Benjamin Willard
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
as Roger Strong
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
JFK (1991)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Wall Street (1987)
as Carl Fox
The Dead Zone (1983)
as Greg Stillson
Gandhi (1982)
as Vince Walker
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
as J. Edgar Hoover
The American President (1995)
as A.J. MacInerney
Spawn (1997)
as Jason Wynn
Trash (2014)
as Padre Juilliard
Badlands (1974)
as Kit Carruthers
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
as Frank Petersen
The Final Countdown (1980)
as Warren Lasky
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
as Martin Sheen
The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
as Robby Navarro
Echelon Conspiracy (2009)
as Raymond Burke
Imagine That (2009)
as Dante D'Enzo
Dead Presidents (1995)
as The Judge
The Double (2011)
as Tom Highland
The Way (2010)
as Tom
Selma (2014)
as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
Firestarter (1984)
as Captain Hollister
12 Mighty Orphans (2021)
as Doc Hall
Rules Don't Apply (2016)
as Noah Dietrich
Catch-22 (1970)
as 1st Lt. Dobbs
Gettysburg (1993)
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
as Frank Hallet
Bordertown (2007)
as George Morgan
Flatland (2007)
as Arthur Square (voice)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
as Self
Love Happens (2009)
as Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
Cadence (1990)
as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
Ask Me Anything (2014)
Actor
Project: ALF (1996)
as Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
The Believers (1987)
as Cal Jamison
Amazonia (2013)
as Narrator
Anne of Green Gables (2016)
as Matthew Cuthbert
Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998)
as Soul Hunter
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn (2012)
as Self
Bobby (2006)
as Jack Stevens
Hear No Evil (1993)
as Lt. Brock
Hostile Waters (1997)
as Aurora Skipper
The Devil Has a Name (2019)
as Ralph
O (2001)
as Coach Duke Goulding
One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
Come Sunday (2018)
as Oral Roberts
The Time Shifters (1999)
as Grifasi
Unity (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)
as Sir
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)
as Alan (voice)
The Fourth Wise Man (1985)
as Artaban
The Maid (1991)
as Anthony Wayne
Roswell (1994)
as Townsend
When the Bough Breaks (1994)
as Captain Swaggert
Gloves of Stone (2009)
as Dr. Frank Irwin
The California Kid (1974)
as Michael McCord
Eagle's Wing (1979)
as Pike
The Incident (1967)
as Artie Connors
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (2013)
as Self
Salinger (2013)
as Self - Actor
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (2020)
as Josiah Bartlet
Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Enigma (1982)
as Alex Holbeck
Original Intent (1992)
as Homeless Joe
Dillinger and Capone (1995)
as John Dillinger
No Code of Conduct (1999)
as Bill Peterson
Taxi!! (1978)
as Taxi Driver
Princess of the Row (2020)
as John Austin
Free Money (1998)
as Guard
Marlon Brando: The Wild One (1994)
as Self
50 Films to See Before You Die (2006)
as Self
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire (2014)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Loophole (1981)
as Stephen Booker
Guilty Until Proven Innocent (1991)
as Harold Hohne
Lost & Found (1999)
as Millstone
The Boxcar Children (2014)
as Grandfather Alden (voice)
Defending Gideon (2013)
as Narrator
Boca (1994)
as Jesse James Montgomery
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick (2002)
as Self
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996)
as Peter Maurin
Voyage of Terror (1998)
as Henry Northcutt
Judgment in Berlin (1988)
as Herbert J. Stern
Man, Woman and Child (1983)
as Robert Beckwith
Talk to Me (2007)
as E.G. Sonderling
Badge of Honor (2015)
as Captain Daniel Richards
8 (2012)
as Theodore Olson
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary (1977)
as Self
Beyond the Stars (1989)
as Paul Andrews
The Water Engine (1992)
as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Lost & Found in Cleveland (2025)
as Dr. Austin Raybourne
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun (1987)
as Narrator
Nightbreaker (1989)
as Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
Da (1988)
as Charlie
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars (2017)
as Matthew Cuthbert
Siesta (1987)
as Del
That Championship Season (1982)
as Tom Daley
D.R.E.A.M. Team (1999)
as J.W. Garrison
Grey Knight (1993)
as Gen. Haworth
Monument Ave. (1998)
as Hanlon
News at Eleven (1986)
as Frank Kenley
That Certain Summer (1972)
as Gary McCain
Touch and Die (1991)
as Frank Magenta
Fortunes of War (1994)
as Francis Labeck
I Love Liberty (1982)
as Self
Gunfighter (1999)
as The Stranger
The Vessel (2016)
as Father Douglas
The One (—)
as Jefferson
Sacred Cargo (1996)
as Father Andrew Kanvesky
Pursuit (1972)
as Timothy Drew
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle (2017)
as Narrator
The Execution of Private Slovik (1974)
as Eddie Slovik
The War at Home (1996)
as Bob Collier
Rage (1972)
as Maj. Holliford
The Break (1995)
as Gil Robbins
Notes on an American Film Director at Work (2008)
as Self
Consenting Adult (1985)
as Ken Lynd
One of Her Own (1994)
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
The Missiles of October (1974)
as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island (2018)
as James Alden (voice)
Stella Days (2012)
as Fr. Daniel Barry
Halfway Home (2011)
as Narrator(voice)
The Andersonville Trial (1970)
as Captain Williams
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974)
as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (1971)
as Jules Worthman
The Catholics (1973)
as Father Kinsella
The Commission (2003)
as Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
Choices of the Heart (1983)
as Father Philan
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987)
as James Marion Hunt
Medusa's Child (1997)
as President
Sweet Hostage (1975)
as Leonard Hatch
Jerusalem Syndrome (2004)
Actor
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew (2017)
as Matthew Cuthbert
The Darklings (1999)
as Ira Everett
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency (2007)
as Narrator
Shattered Spirits (1986)
as Lyle Mollencamp
The Whale (2013)
as Tom Nickerson
A Texas Funeral (1999)
as Grandpa Sparta
Pickup on 101 (1972)
as Lester Baumgartner
Shadrach (1998)
as Narrator (voice)
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream (1993)
as Self / The Kralahome (voice)
Virgin Mary (1995)
as Father Jozo Zovko
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004)
as Self
Forget Me Never (1999)
as Jack
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey (2014)
as Self
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986)
as Mitch Snyder
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy (2015)
as Self
Downwind (2023)
as Self Narrator
The Nomi Song (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Born Wild (1995)
as Dan Walker
An Act of Conscience (1997)
as Narrator
The Guardian (1984)
as Charlie Hyatt
Cold Front (1989)
as John Hyde
Guns of Honor (1994)
as Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
The Little Pageant That Could (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story (1999)
as Self
Out of the Darkness (1985)
as Eddie Zigo
The Legend of Earl Durand (1974)
as Luther Sykes
The Elevator (1998)
as Sarge
Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
as Self
Then Came Bronson (1969)
as Nick Oresko
The Last Survivors (1975)
as Alexander William Holmes
Storm (1999)
as General James Roberts
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2013)
as Narrator
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1995)
as Jeff Snyder
White House Revealed (2009)
as Self- Narrator (voice)
Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen (2024)
as Presenter
Message to My Daughter (1973)
as John Thatcher
Man in the Mirror (2008)
as Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology (1993)
Actor
A Prayer for Rain (2014)
as Warren Anderson
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi (1983)
as Self
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up (2011)
as Self
Beverly Hills Brats (1989)
as Dr. Jeffrey Miller
Broken Rainbow (1985)
as Narrator (voice)
Eyewitness: Dinosaur (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Titanic (1986)
as Self - Narrator
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story (1993)
as William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
Miller's Tale (2011)
as Self
A State of Emergency (1986)
as Alex Carmody
In the Custody of Strangers (1982)
as Frank Caldwell
Crime Club (1973)
as Deputy Wilson
Mercy of the Sea (2003)
as Frederik
Marked for Murder (1989)
as Man in Park
Ninth Street (1999)
as Father Frank
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On (1973)
as Harlan Garrison
Letters from Three Lovers (1973)
as Vincent
A Letter from Death Row (1998)
as Michael's Father
Absence of Malick (2003)
as Self
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1972)
as Graytak
23 Seconds to Eternity (2023)
as Narrator
Alive: 20 Years Later (1993)
as Narrator (voice)
The Subject Was Roses (1968)
as Timmy Cleary
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed (2021)
as Narrator
Walking After Midnight (1988)
as Self
Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White (2011)
as Narrator
Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience (2009)
as Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
Mongo's Back in Town (1971)
as Gordon
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary (2008)
as Self
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial (1996)
as Dalton Trumbo
The Making of 'Spawn' (1997)
as Self
James Dean: Forever Young (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
A Prowler in the Heart (1973)
as Tony Parrish
No Place to Hide (1983)
as Narrator
Trigger Fast (1994)
as Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem (2017)
as Narrator
The Real Thing (1985)
as Narrator (voice)
Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Another Time, Another Place (1989)
as Richard Conley
Pat Neal Is Back (1968)
as Self
No Drums, No Bugles (1972)
as Ashby Gatrell
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War (1998)
as Self - Narrator
The Politics of the Dead Zone (2006)
as Self
In the King of Prussia (1983)
as Judge Samuel Salus II
The Rites Of Mu (1991)
as Narrator
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania (1994)
as Narrator
The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous (2020)
as Self
The Price of a Life (1967)
as Edward Miles Layton
Bringing Down a Dictator (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
Making Badlands (2013)
as Self
Braving Alaska (1993)
as Narrator
Promises to Keep (1988)
as Self
The Twelve Apostles (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
Montserrat (1971)
Actor
Winning New Hampshire (2004)
as Self
Brothers on the Line (2012)
as Narrator
Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture (2020)
as Self
Mexico (1996)
as Narrator (voice)
Death By China (2012)
as Narrator
National Geographic: Inside the Vatican (2001)
as Narrator
The End of Poverty? (2008)
as Self - Narrator
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster (1997)
as Narrator
A Conversation with Martin Sheen (2010)
as Self
Hits! (1994)
as Kelly
Confessions Of An Innocent Man (2007)
as Self - Narrator
Hidden in Plain Sight (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
They Killed Sister Dorothy (2008)
as Narrator
Eyewitness: Monster (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace (2001)
as Narrator
Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology (1998)
as Narrator (voice)
Pirate for the Sea (2008)
as Self
Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile (1985)
as Narrator
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' (1994)
as Narrator
Eyewitness DVD: Weather (2007)
as Narrator
The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas (1995)
as Voice of Marcos
Enemies of War (2001)
as Narrator
Vietnam: American Holocaust (2008)
as Voice
Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story (2020)
as Self
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (1966)
as Kilroy
Eyewitness: Shark (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of Eyewitness (1995)
as Narrator
American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story (2026)
as Narrator
In the Name of the People (1985)
as Narrator
A Stranger in the Kingdom (1999)
as Sigurd Moulton
The Kennedy Detail (2010)
as Narrator
Sharkwise (2011)
as Narrator
When the Line Goes Through (1972)
as Bluff Jackson
Crossing the Line (1999)
as self
Father G and the Homeboys (2007)
as Narrator
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight (2000)
as Narrator
Centralia Fire (1982)
as Narrator
Back to the Lane (2016)
Actor
KITÁ (—)
as Narrator