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