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