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