Acting
Martin Sheen
EN, UK, FR, PT cinema · 273 credits
Born
3 August 1940 (age 86)
Birthplace
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Also known as Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez · Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez Phelan
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
Filmography
KITÁ
KITÁ
as Narrator
The One
as Jefferson
Lost & Found in Cleveland
as Dr. Austin Raybourne
Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen
as Presenter, Executive Producer
The Little Pageant That Could
as Self (archive footage)
Downwind
as Self Narrator
23 Seconds to Eternity
as Narrator
Vigilante
Executive Producer
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
as Narrator
12 Mighty Orphans
as Doc Hall
Judas and the Black Messiah
as J. Edgar Hoover
Princess of the Row
as John Austin
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
as Josiah Bartlet
The Devil Has a Name
as Ralph
The Map to Paradise
Producer
Come Sunday
as Oral Roberts
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
as James Alden (voice)
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
as Matthew Cuthbert
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
as Matthew Cuthbert
Rules Don't Apply
as Noah Dietrich
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as Martin Sheen
Anne of Green Gables
as Matthew Cuthbert
The Vessel
as Father Douglas
Badge of Honor
as Captain Daniel Richards
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Uncle Ben (uncredited)
Trash
as Padre Juilliard
A Prayer for Rain
as Warren Anderson
Selma
as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
The Boxcar Children
as Grandfather Alden (voice)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Whale
as Tom Nickerson
Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth
as Narrator (voice)
Amazonia
as Narrator
Making Badlands
as Self
Salinger
as Self - Actor
Defending Gideon
as Narrator
Stella Days
as Fr. Daniel Barry
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
as Frank Petersen
Death By China
as Narrator
The Amazing Spider-Man
as Uncle Ben
Brothers on the Line
as Narrator
8
as Theodore Olson
The Double
as Tom Highland
Miller's Tale
as Self
Sharkwise
as Narrator
Halfway Home
as Narrator(voice)
The Way
as Tom
The Kennedy Detail
as Narrator
Love Happens
as Burke's Father-in-Law
Gloves of Stone
as Dr. Frank Irwin
Echelon Conspiracy
as Raymond Burke
Imagine That
as Dante D'Enzo
Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience
as Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
White House Revealed
as Self- Narrator (voice)
Man in the Mirror
as Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
The End of Poverty?
as Self - Narrator
They Killed Sister Dorothy
as Narrator
Bordertown
as George Morgan
Talk to Me
as E.G. Sonderling
Confessions Of An Innocent Man
as Self - Narrator
Eyewitness DVD: Weather
as Narrator
Flatland
as Arthur Square (voice)
The Departed
as Queenan
Bobby
as Jack Stevens
Who Killed the Electric Car?
as Self - Narrator (voice)
James Dean: Forever Young
as Narrator (voice)
The Nomi Song
as Self (archive footage)
Milost mora
2003
Mercy of the Sea
as Frederik
The Commission
as Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
Hidden in Plain Sight
as Narrator (voice)
Catch Me If You Can
as Roger Strong
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action
as Narrator (voice)
Bringing Down a Dictator
as Narrator (voice)
O
as Coach Duke Goulding
No Code of Conduct
as Bill Peterson
Storm
as General James Roberts
Lost & Found
as Millstone
A Texas Funeral
as Grandpa Sparta
Forget Me Never
as Jack
D.R.E.A.M. Team
as J.W. Garrison
A Stranger in the Kingdom
as Sigurd Moulton
Gunfighter
as The Stranger
Ninth Street
1999
Ninth Street
as Father Frank
The Twelve Apostles
as Narrator (voice)
The Darklings
as Ira Everett
The Time Shifters
as Grifasi
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
as Soul Hunter
Free Money
as Guard
A Letter from Death Row
as Michael's Father
Shadrach
as Narrator (voice)
Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology
as Narrator (voice)
Voyage of Terror
as Henry Northcutt
The Elevator
as Sarge
Monument Ave.
as Hanlon
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War
1998
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War
as Self - Narrator
Hostile Waters
as Aurora Skipper
Spawn
as Jason Wynn
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
as Narrator
An Act of Conscience
as Narrator
Medusa's Child
as President
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians
1997
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians
as Narrator (voice)
Eyewitness: Monster
as Narrator (voice)
Mexico
as Narrator (voice)
The War at Home
as Bob Collier
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
as Dalton Trumbo
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
as Peter Maurin
Project: ALF
as Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
Sacred Cargo
as Father Andrew Kanvesky
The American President
as A.J. MacInerney
Born Wild
as Dan Walker
Dillinger and Capone
as John Dillinger
The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas
as Voice of Marcos
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
as Jeff Snyder
The Miracle of Medjugorje
as Father Jozo Zovko
The Break
as Gil Robbins
Dead Presidents
as The Judge
One Hundred and One Nights
as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
Roswell
as Townsend
When the Bough Breaks
as Captain Swaggert
Boca
as Jesse James Montgomery
Trigger Fast
as Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
Guns of Honor
as Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
Eyewitness: Dinosaur
as Narrator (voice)
Fortunes of War
as Francis Labeck
One of Her Own
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
Hits!
as Kelly
Eyewitness: Shark
as Narrator (voice)
Gettysburg
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
Grey Knight
as Gen. Haworth
Hear No Evil
as Lt. Brock
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
as William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
Hot Shots! Part Deux
as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
Braving Alaska
as Narrator, as Narrator (voice)
Alive: 20 Years Later
as Narrator (voice)
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream
as Self / The Kralahome (voice)
Original Intent
as Homeless Joe
The Water Engine
as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Touch and Die
as Frank Magenta
The Maid
as Anthony Wayne
JFK
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
as Harold Hohne
The Rites Of Mu
as Narrator
Cadence
as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney, Director, Writer
Beyond the Stars
as Paul Andrews
Cold Front
as John Hyde
Nightbreaker
as Dr. Alexander Brown - Present, Executive Producer
Beverly Hills Brats
as Dr. Jeffrey Miller
Marked for Murder
as Man in Park
Another Time, Another Place
as Richard Conley
Judgment in Berlin
as Herbert J. Stern, Executive Producer
Da
as Charlie
Promises to Keep
as Self
Wall Street
as Carl Fox
The Believers
as Cal Jamison
Siesta
as Del
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
as James Marion Hunt
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as Alan (voice)
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
as Mitch Snyder
Secrets of the Titanic
as Self - Narrator
A State of Emergency
as Alex Carmody
News at Eleven
as Frank Kenley
Shattered Spirits
as Lyle Mollencamp
The Fourth Wise Man
as Artaban
Consenting Adult
as Ken Lynd
In the Name of the People
as Narrator
Out of the Darkness
as Eddie Zigo
The Real Thing
1985
The Real Thing
as Narrator (voice)
Broken Rainbow
as Narrator (voice)
Firestarter
as Captain Hollister
The Guardian
as Charlie Hyatt
The Dead Zone
as Greg Stillson
Man, Woman and Child
as Robert Beckwith
In the King of Prussia
as Judge Samuel Salus II
Choices of the Heart
1983
Choices of the Heart
as Father Philan
Gandhi
as Vince Walker
Enigma
as Alex Holbeck
That Championship Season
as Tom Daley
In the Custody of Strangers
as Frank Caldwell
Loophole
as Stephen Booker
The Final Countdown
as Warren Lasky
Apocalypse Now
as Captain Benjamin Willard
Eagle's Wing
as Pike
Taxi!!
as Taxi Driver
The Cassandra Crossing
as Robby Navarro
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
as Frank Hallet
Sweet Hostage
as Leonard Hatch
The Last Survivors
as Alexander William Holmes
The California Kid
as Michael McCord
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
The Missiles of October
as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
The Execution of Private Slovik
as Eddie Slovik
The Legend of Earl Durand
as Luther Sykes
Badlands
as Kit Carruthers
The Catholics
as Father Kinsella
Letters from Three Lovers
as Vincent
Message to My Daughter
as John Thatcher
A Prowler in the Heart
as Tony Parrish
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
as Harlan Garrison
Crime Club
as Deputy Wilson
Pickup on 101
as Lester Baumgartner
Pursuit
as Timothy Drew
No Drums, No Bugles
as Ashby Gatrell
Rage
as Maj. Holliford
That Certain Summer
as Gary McCain
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
as Graytak
When the Line Goes Through
as Bluff Jackson
Mongo's Back in Town
as Gordon
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
as Jules Worthman
The Andersonville Trial
as Captain Williams
Catch-22
as 1st Lt. Dobbs
Then Came Bronson
as Nick Oresko
The Subject Was Roses
as Timmy Cleary
The Incident
as Artie Connors
The Price of a Life
as Edward Miles Layton
