Martin Sheen
Born
August 3, 1940 (84 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Dayton, Ohio, USA
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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Known For

Lost & Found in Cleveland
Dr. Austin Raybourne
2024

Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen
Presenter
2024

The Little Pageant That Could
Self (archive footage)
2024

Wild Cards
Jonathan Ashford · (1 episode)
2024

23 Seconds to Eternity
Narrator
2023

Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight
Self (archive footage)
2023

Downwind
Self Narrator
2023

The Jennifer Hudson Show
(1 episode)
2022

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Self (archive footage)
2022

Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
Narrator
2021

12 Mighty Orphans
Doc Hall
2021

Judas and the Black Messiah
J. Edgar Hoover
2021

The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
Self
2020

Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture
Self
2020

Princess of the Row
John Austin
2020

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
President Josiah Bartlet
2020

The Devil Has a Name
Ralph
2019
Bench
2019

The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
James Alden (voice)
2018

American Dynasties: The Kennedys
Narrator (voice) · (6 episodes)
2018

Come Sunday
Oral Roberts
2018

Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle
Narrator
2017

Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
Matthew Cuthbert
2017

Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
Matthew Cuthbert
2017

Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence
Narrator (voice) · (6 episodes)
2017

Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem
Narrator
2017

Rules Don't Apply
Noah Dietrich
2016

The Vessel
Father Douglas
2016

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Martin Sheen
2016
Back to the Lane
2016

Anne of Green Gables
Matthew Cuthbert
2016

Badge of Honor
Captain Daniel Richards
2015

Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
Self
2015

Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015

Grace and Frankie
Robert Hanson · (94 episodes)
2015

Selma
Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
2014

A Prayer for Rain
Warren Anderson
2014

Trash
Padre Juilliard
2014

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014

The Boxcar Children
Grandfather Alden (voice)
2014

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
2014

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self · (1 episode)
2014

Ask Me Anything
2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Uncle Ben (uncredited)
2014

The Whale
Tom Nickerson
2013

Amazonia
Narrator
2013

The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Narrator
2013

Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth
Narrator (voice)
2013

Salinger
Self - Actor
2013

Making Badlands
Self
2013

Defending Gideon
Narrator
2013

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Self
2013

Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn
Self
2012

Death By China
Narrator
2012

Anger Management
Martin Goodson · (19 episodes)
2012

The Amazing Spider-Man
Uncle Ben
2012

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Frank Petersen
2012

Stella Days
Fr. Daniel Barry
2012

Brothers on the Line
Narrator
2012

8
Theodore Olson
2012

Honest Trailers
Ben Parker (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2012

The Double
Tom Highland
2011

Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White
Narrator
2011
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up
Self
2011

Sharkwise
Narrator
2011

Miller's Tale
Self
2011

Halfway Home
Narrator(voice)
2011

The Kennedy Detail
Narrator
2010

The Way
Tom
2010

A Conversation with Martin Sheen
Self
2010

Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · (1 episode)
2010

Gloves of Stone
Dr. Frank Irwin
2009

Love Happens
Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
2009

Imagine That
Dante D'Enzo
2009
Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience
Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
2009

Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
(1 episode)
2009

Echelon Conspiracy
Raymond Burke
2009

White House Revealed
Self- Narrator (voice)
2009

Man in the Mirror
Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
2008
Vietnam: American Holocaust
Voice
2008

Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
Self
2008

Pirate for the Sea
Self
2008

The End of Poverty?
Self - Narrator
2008

They Killed Sister Dorothy
Narrator
2008

Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Self
2008

Eyewitness DVD: Weather
Narrator
2007

Talk to Me
E.G. Sonderling
2007

Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
Narrator
2007

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Self · (1 episode)
2007

Bordertown
George Morgan
2007

The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
2007

Flatland
Arthur Square (voice)
2007

Confessions Of An Innocent Man
Self - Narrator
2007
Father G and the Homeboys
Narrator
2007

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice) · (4 episodes)
2006

The Departed
Queenan
2006
The Politics of the Dead Zone
Self
2006

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Radio Host · (1 episode)
2006

Bobby
Jack Stevens
2006

The One Show
Self · (1 episode)
2006

Who Killed the Electric Car?
Narrator (voice)
2006

50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
2006

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
(1 episode)
2006

The Colbert Report
(1 episode)
2005

James Dean: Forever Young
Narrator (voice)
2005

The Friday Night Project
Self - Host · (1 episode)
2005

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Self
2004

The Nomi Song
Self (archive footage)
2004

Jerusalem Syndrome
2004

Tell Them Who You Are
Self
2004
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Self · (1 episode)
2003

The Commission
Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
2003

Hidden in Plain Sight
Narrator (voice)
2003

Two and a Half Men
Harvey · (1 episode)
2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (4 episodes)
2003
Mercy of the Sea
Frederik
2003

Absence of Malick
Self
2003

The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color
Narrator · (4 episodes)
2003

Catch Me If You Can
Roger Strong
2002

Straight Up: Helicopters in Action
Narrator (voice)
2002

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
2002

Bringing Down a Dictator
Narrator (voice)
2002

National Geographic: Inside the Vatican
Narrator
2001
Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace
Narrator
2001
Enemies of War
Narrator
2001

O
Coach Duke Goulding
2001

On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight
Narrator
2000
Crossing the Line
self
1999

The Twelve Apostles
Narrator (voice)
1999

A Stranger in the Kingdom
Sigurd Moulton
1999

The Time Shifters
Grifasi
1999

In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
Self
1999

Forget Me Never
Jack
1999

D.R.E.A.M. Team
J.W. Garrison
1999

The West Wing
President Josiah Bartlet · (154 episodes)
1999

Storm
General James Roberts
1999
Chicken Soup for the Soul
(23 episodes)
1999

Lost & Found
Millstone
1999

No Code of Conduct
Bill Peterson
1999

Gunfighter
The Stranger
1999

The Darklings
Ira Everett
1999
Ninth Street
Father Frank
1999

Total Recall 2070
(1 episode)
1999

A Texas Funeral
Grandpa Sparta
1999

Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Soul Hunter
1998

Free Money
Guard
1998

A Letter from Death Row
Michael's Father
1998

Monument Ave.
Hanlon
1998

Shadrach
Narrator (voice)
1998

The Elevator
Sarge
1998
LateLine
(1 episode)
1998

Voyage of Terror
Henry Northcutt
1998

Holes in Heaven
Narrator (voice)
1998
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War
Self - Narrator
1998

Medusa's Child
President
1997

Hostile Waters
Aurora Skipper
1997

Eyewitness: Monster
Narrator (voice)
1997

The View
Self · (2 episodes)
1997

The View
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1997

Spawn
Jason Wynn
1997
The Making of 'Spawn'
Self
1997

Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Sir
1997

Spawn The Director's Cut
Jason Wynn
1997

An Act of Conscience
Narrator
1997

Gun
Van Guinness
1997

Gun
Van Guinness · (6 episodes)
1997

Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
Narrator
1997
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians
Narrator (voice)
1997

The War at Home
Bob Collier
1996

Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Peter Maurin
1996

Spin City
Ray Harris / Ray Crawford · (1 episode)
1996

E! True Hollywood Story
(2 episodes)
1996

Sacred Cargo
Father Andrew Kanvesky
1996

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1996

Mexico
Narrator (voice)
1996

Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Dalton Trumbo
1996

Project: ALF
Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
1996

The American President
A.J. MacInerney
1995

Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
Jeff Snyder
1995

Virgin Mary
Father Jozo Zovko
1995
The Making of Eyewitness
Narrator
1995

Dead Presidents
The Judge
1995

Born Wild
Dan Walker
1995

The Break
Gil Robbins
1995

Dillinger and Capone
John Dillinger
1995

One Hundred and One Nights
Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
1995

The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas
Voice of Marcos
1995
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Narrator
1994

Fortunes of War
Francis Labeck
1994
Hits!
Kelly
1994

Guns of Honor
Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
1994

Boca
Jesse James Montgomery
1994

Eyewitness
Narrator · (26 episodes)
1994

Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
1994

Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Self
1994

Roswell
Townsend
1994

Trigger Fast
Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
1994

One of Her Own
Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
1994

When the Bough Breaks
Captain Swaggert
1994

National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania
Narrator
1994

Eyewitness: Dinosaur
Narrator (voice)
1994

Eyewitness: Shark
Narrator (voice)
1994

Alive: 20 Years Later
Narrator (voice)
1993

A Matter of Justice
(2 episodes)
1993

Gettysburg
Gen. Robert E. Lee
1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (3 episodes)
1993

The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
1993

Hot Shots! Part Deux
Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
1993

Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
1993

Hear No Evil
Lt. Brock
1993

Grey Knight
Gen. Haworth
1993

Braving Alaska
Narrator
1993

Braving Alaska
Narrator (voice)
1993

Alex Haley's Queen
James Jackson Sr. · (3 episodes)
1993

The Water Engine
Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(2 episodes)
1992

Original Intent
Homeless Joe
1992

JFK
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1991

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
1991

Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Harold Hohne
1991

The Maid
Anthony Wayne
1991

The Rites Of Mu
Narrator
1991

Touch and Die
Frank Magenta
1991

Cadence
MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
1990

Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Sly Sludge (voice) · (11 episodes)
1990

The Simpsons
Real Seymour Skinner (voice) · (1 episode)
1989

Another Time, Another Place
Richard Conley
1989

Beverly Hills Brats
Dr. Jeffrey Miller
1989

Cold Front
John Hyde
1989

Tales from the Crypt
Kraygen / Thomas Miller / Zorbin the Magnificent · (1 episode)
1989

Beyond the Stars
Paul Andrews
1989

Nightbreaker
Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
1989

Marked for Murder
Man in Park
1989

Judgment in Berlin
Herbert J. Stern
1988

Da
Charlie
1988

Walking After Midnight
Self
1988

Promises to Keep
Self
1988

The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
Narrator
1987

Wall Street
Carl Fox
1987

Siesta
Del
1987

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Alan (voice)
1987

The Believers
Cal Jamison
1987

Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
James Marion Hunt
1987

A State of Emergency
Alex Carmody
1986

Secrets of the Titanic
Self - Narrator
1986

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Mitch Snyder
1986

News at Eleven
Frank Kenley
1986

Shattered Spirits
Lyle Mollencamp
1986

Out of the Darkness
Eddie Zigo
1985

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Paul Dano · (1 episode)
1985
Spaceflight
(4 episodes)
1985

Broken Rainbow
Narrator (voice)
1985

The Fourth Wise Man
Artaban
1985

Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile
Narrator
1985
In the Name of the People
Narrator
1985

The Atlanta Child Murders
Chet Dettlinger · (2 episodes)
1985

Consenting Adult
Ken Lynd
1985
The Real Thing
Narrator (voice)
1985

The Guardian
Charlie Hyatt
1984

Firestarter
Captain Hollister
1984
Choices of the Heart
Father Philan
1983

Kennedy
John F. Kennedy · (3 episodes)
1983

The Dead Zone
Greg Stillson
1983

Man, Woman and Child
Robert Beckwith
1983

In the King of Prussia
Judge Samuel Salus II
1983
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Self
1983

That Championship Season
Tom Daley
1982

Gandhi
Vince Walker
1982

Enigma
Alex Holbeck
1982

Nature
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1982
Centralia Fire
Narrator
1982

In the Custody of Strangers
Frank Caldwell
1982

I Love Liberty
Self
1982

Loophole
Stephen Booker
1981

The Final Countdown
Warren Lasky
1980

Eagle's Wing
Pike
1979

Blind Ambition
John Dean · (4 episodes)
1979

Apocalypse Now
Captain Benjamin Willard
1979

Taxi!!
Taxi Driver
1978
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Self
1977

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Frank Hallet
1976

The Cassandra Crossing
Robby Navarro
1976

Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1975

Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975

Sweet Hostage
Leonard Hatch
1975

The Last Survivors
Alexander William Holmes
1975

The Missiles of October
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
1974

The Legend of Earl Durand
Luther Sykes
1974

The California Kid
Michael McCord
1974

The Missiles of October
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy · (2 episodes)
1974

The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
1974

The Execution of Private Slovik
Eddie Slovik
1974

Badlands
Kit Carruthers
1974

Message to My Daughter
John Thatcher
1973

The Catholics
Father Kinsella
1973

Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Harlan Garrison
1973

Letters from Three Lovers
Vincent
1973
Love Story (US)
Frank Randolph · (12 episodes)
1973

A Prowler in the Heart
Tony Parrish
1973

Toma
Eddie Siatti · (1 episode)
1973

Crime Club
Deputy Wilson
1973

Pursuit
Timothy Drew
1972

Rage
Maj. Holliford
1972

That Certain Summer
Gary McCain
1972

When the Line Goes Through
Bluff Jackson
1972

The Streets of San Francisco
(1 episode)
1972

Ghost Story
Frank · (1 episode)
1972

The Rookies
(1 episode)
1972

Pickup on 101
Lester Baumgartner
1972

No Drums, No Bugles
Ashby Gatrell
1972

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Graytak
1972

Mongo's Back in Town
Gordon
1971

Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Jules Worthman
1971

Sarge
Dan · (14 episodes)
1971

Columbo
Karl Lessing · (1 episode)
1971

Cannon
(3 episodes)
1971

Montserrat
1971
Matt Lincoln
Charles · (17 episodes)
1970

Dan August
Norman Sayles · (1 episode)
1970

The Young Lawyers
Reverend Jimmy Haines · (24 episodes)
1970

Catch-22
1st Lt. Dobbs
1970

The Andersonville Trial
Captain Williams
1970

Love, American Style
Dr. Art Parmel · (1 episode)
1969

Medical Center
Glen · (1 episode)
1969

Then Came Bronson
Nick Oresko
1969

The Subject Was Roses
Timmy Cleary
1968

Lancer
(1 episode)
1968

The Mod Squad
Danny Morgan · (1 episode)
1968

Hawaii Five-O
Eddie Calhao · (1 episode)
1968

Hawaii Five-O
Arthur Dixon · (1 episode)
1968
Pat Neal Is Back
Self
1968

The Incident
Artie Connors
1967

Mannix
(1 episode)
1967

Ironside
Johnny · (1 episode)
1967

The Price of a Life
Edward Miles Layton
1967

Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
Kilroy
1966

Mission: Impossible
Lieutenant Albert Brocke · (1 episode)
1966

Hawk
Peter Janus · (17 episodes)
1966

The F.B.I.
Norman Gretzler · (1 episode)
1965

The F.B.I.
Perry Victor · (1 episode)
1965

The F.B.I.
Neil Harland · (1 episode)
1965

The F.B.I.
Steve Chandler · (1 episode)
1965
For the People
Louis Cahane · (13 episodes)
1965

Flipper
Phil Adams · (1 episode)
1964

The Outer Limits
Pvt. Arthur Dix · (1 episode)
1963

Arrest and Trial
(1 episode)
1963

The Nurses
Saunders · (98 episodes)
1962

The Nurses
Carl · (98 episodes)
1962

The Defenders
Arnold McCabe · (1 episode)
1961

The Defenders
Dino Locatelli · (1 episode)
1961

The Defenders
Joey Americus · (1 episode)
1961

The Defenders
Adam Novins · (1 episode)
1961

Route 66
(1 episode)
1960

Insight
Bobo · (128 episodes)
1960

Insight
Vincent · (128 episodes)
1960

Insight
God · (128 episodes)
1960

Insight
Jamie Conklin · (128 episodes)
1960

Insight
Akardin · (128 episodes)
1960

Police Surgeon
Ben Grover · (12 episodes)
1960

Naked City
Phillip Kosnik · (1 episode)
1958

Naked City
Nick (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1958

Naked City
Counterman · (1 episode)
1958

The Edge of Night
Roy Sanders · (305 episodes)
1956

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Taxi Driver · (1 episode)
1951

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (2 episodes)
1944

Golden Globe Awards
Self · (1 episode)
1944

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1944

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee/Presenter · (1 episode)
1944