Martin Sheen
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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Acted in
Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Downwind
2023
as Self Narrator
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
2021
as Narrator
12 Mighty Orphans
2021
as Doc Hall
Judas and the Black Messiah
2021
as J. Edgar Hoover
The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
2020
as Himself
Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture
2020
as Self
Princess of the Row
2020
as John Austin
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020
as President Josiah Bartlet
The Devil Has a Name
2019
as Ralph
Bench
2019
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
2018
as James Alden (voice)
American Dynasties: The Kennedys
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Come Sunday
2018
as Oral Roberts
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle
2017
as Narrator
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
2017
as Matthew Cuthbert
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
2017
as Matthew Cuthbert
Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem
2017
as Narrator
Rules Don't Apply
2016
as Noah Dietrich
The Vessel
2016
as Father Douglas
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
as Martin Sheen
Back to the Lane
2016
Anne of Green Gables
2016
as Matthew Cuthbert
Badge of Honor
2015
as Captain Daniel Richards
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
2015
as Himself
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Grace and Frankie
2015
as Robert Hanson
Selma
2014
as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
A Prayer for Rain
2014
as Warren Anderson
Trash
2014
as Padre Juilliard
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Boxcar Children
2014
as Grandfather Alden (voice)
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014
as Himself
Ask Me Anything
2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
as Uncle Ben (uncredited)
The Whale
2013
as Tom Nickerson
Amazonia
2013
Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth
2013
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2013
as Narrator
Salinger
2013
as Self - Actor
Making 'Badlands'
2013
as Self
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013
as Self
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn
2012
as Himself
Death By China
2012
as Narrator
Anger Management
2012
as Martin Goodson
Anger Management
2012
as Martin
The Amazing Spider-Man
2012
as Uncle Ben
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
2012
as Frank Petersen
Stella Days
2012
as Fr. Daniel Barry
Brothers on the Line
2012
as Narrator
8
2012
as Theodore Olson
The Double
2011
as Tom Highland
Wrinkles
2011
as (voice)
Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White
2011
as Narrator
Curiosity
2011
as Himself - Narrator
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up
2011
as Himself
Sharkwise
2011
as Narrator
Miller's Tale
2011
as Self
The Kennedy Detail
2010
as Narrator
The Way
2010
as Tom
A Conversation with Martin Sheen
2010
as Self
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self
Gloves of Stone
2009
as Dr. Frank Irwin
Love Happens
2009
as Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
Imagine That
2009
as Dante D'Enzo
Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience
2009
as Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
2009
Echelon Conspiracy
2009
as Raymond Burke
White House Revealed
2009
as Self- Narrator (voice)
Man in the Mirror
2008
as Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
Vietnam: American Holocaust
2008
as Voice
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
2008
as Self
Pirate for the Sea
2008
as Himself
The Garden
2008
as Self
The End of Poverty?
2008
as narrator
They Killed Sister Dorothy
2008
as Narrator
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
2008
as Self
Eyewitness DVD: Weather
2007
as Narrator
Talk to Me
2007
as E.G. Sonderling
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
2007
as Narrator
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
as Self
Bordertown
2007
as George Morgan
Flatland
2007
as Arthur Square (voice)
Confessions Of An Innocent Man
2007
as Himself - Narrator
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
as Narrator (voice)
The Departed
2006
as Queenan
The Politics of the Dead Zone
2006
as Self
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
as Radio Host
Bobby
2006
as Jack Stevens
Who Killed the Electric Car?
2006
as Narrator (voice)
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006
as Self
James Dean: Forever Young
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
as Self
The Nomi Song
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Jerusalem Syndrome
2004
Tell Them Who You Are
2004
as Self
Celebrity Poker Showdown
2003
as Self
The Commission
2003
as Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Harvey
Mercy of the Sea
2003
as Frederik
Absence of Malick
2003
as Self
The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color
2003
as Narrator
Catch Me If You Can
2002
as Roger Strong
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
2002
as Self
Bringing Down a Dictator
2002
as Narrator (voice)
National Geographic: Inside the Vatican
2001
as Narrator
Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace
2001
as Narrator
Enemies of War
2001
as Narrator
O
2001
as Coach Duke Goulding
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight
2000
as Narrator
The Twelve Apostles
1999
as Narrator (voice)
A Stranger in the Kingdom
1999
as Sigurd Moulton
The Time Shifters
1999
as Grifasi
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
1999
as Self
Forget Me Never
1999
as Jack
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
as J.W. Garrison
The West Wing
1999
as President Josiah Bartlet
Storm
1999
as General James Roberts
Chicken Soup for the Soul
1999
Lost & Found
1999
as Millstone
No Code of Conduct
1999
as Bill Peterson
Gunfighter
1999
as The Stranger
The Darklings
1999
as Ira Everett
Ninth Street
1999
as Father Frank
Total Recall 2070
1999
A Texas Funeral
1999
as Grandpa Sparta
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
1998
as Soul Hunter
Free Money
1998
as Guard
A Letter from Death Row
1998
as Michael's Father
Monument Ave.
1998
as Hanlon
Shadrach
1998
as Narrator (voice)
The Elevator
1998
as Sarge
LateLine
1998
Voyage of Terror
1998
as Henry Northcutt
Holes in Heaven
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Medusa's Child
1997
as President
Hostile Waters
1997
as Aurora Skipper
Spawn
1997
as Jason Wynn
The Making of 'Spawn'
1997
as Himself
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
1997
as Sir
An Act of Conscience
1997
as Narrator
Gun
1997
as Van Guinness
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
1997
as Narrator
The War at Home
1996
as Bob Collier
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
1996
as Peter Maurin
Spin City
1996
as Ray Harris / Ray Crawford
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Sacred Cargo
1996
as Father Andrew Kanvesky
Mexico
1996
as Narrator (voice)
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
1996
as Dalton Trumbo
Project: ALF
1996
as Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
The American President
1995
as A.J. MacInerney
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
1995
as Jeff Snyder
Virgin Mary
1995
as Father Jozo Zovko
Dead Presidents
1995
as The Judge
The Break
1995
as Gil Robbins
Dillinger and Capone
1995
as John Dillinger
Born Wild
1995
as Dan Walker
One Hundred and One Nights
1995
as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas
1995
as Voice of Marcos
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994
as Narrator
Fortunes of War
1994
as Francis Labeck
Hits!
1994
as Kelly
Guns of Honor
1994
as Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
Boca
1994
as Jesse James Montgomery
Eyewitness
1994
as Narrator
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
1994
as Self
Roswell
1994
as Townsend
Trigger Fast
1994
as Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
One of Her Own
1994
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
When the Bough Breaks
1994
as Captain Swaggert
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania
1994
as Narrator
Eyewitness: Dinosaur
1994
as Narrator
Alive: 20 Years Later
1993
as Narrator (voice)
A Matter of Justice
1993
Gettysburg
1993
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
1993
as William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993
as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
1993
Hear No Evil
1993
as Lt. Brock
Grey Knight
1993
as Gen. Haworth
Braving Alaska
1993
as Narrator
Braving Alaska
1993
as Narrator (voice)
Alex Haley's Queen
1993
as James Jackson Sr.
The Water Engine
1992
as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Original Intent
1992
as Homeless Joe
JFK
1991
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
as Self
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
1991
as Harold Hohne
The Maid
1991
as Anthony Wayne
The Rites Of Mu
1991
as Narrator
Touch and Die
1991
as Frank Magenta
Cadence
1990
as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
as Sly Sludge (voice)
Cold Front
1990
as John Hyde
The Simpsons
1989
as Real Seymour Skinner (voice)
Another Time, Another Place
1989
as Richard Conley
Beverly Hills Brats
1989
as Dr. Jeffrey Miller
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Kraygen / Thomas Miller / Zorbin the Magnificent
Beyond the Stars
1989
as Paul Andrews
Nightbreaker
1989
as Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
Marked for Murder
1989
as Man in Park
Judgment in Berlin
1988
as Herbert J. Stern
Da
1988
as Charlie
Walking After Midnight
1988
as Self
Promises to Keep
1988
as Himself
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
1987
as Narrator
Wall Street
1987
as Carl Fox
Siesta
1987
as Del
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as Alan (voice)
The Believers
1987
as Cal Jamison
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
1987
as James Marion Hunt
A State of Emergency
1986
as Alex Carmody
Secrets of the Titanic
1986
as Himself (Narrator)
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
1986
as Mitch Snyder
News at Eleven
1986
as Frank Kenley
Shattered Spirits
1986
as Lyle Mollencamp
Out of the Darkness
1985
as Eddie Zigo
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Paul Dano
Spaceflight
1985
Broken Rainbow
1985
as Narrator (voice)
The Fourth Wise Man
1985
as Artaban
Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile
1985
as Narrator
In the Name of the People
1985
as Narrator
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
as Chet Dettlinger
Consenting Adult
1985
as Ken Lynd
The Real Thing
1985
as Narrator (voice)
The Guardian
1984
as Charlie Hyatt
Firestarter
1984
as Captain Hollister
Choices of the Heart
1983
as Father Philan
Kennedy
1983
as John F. Kennedy
The Dead Zone
1983
as Greg Stillson
Man, Woman and Child
1983
as Robert Beckwith
In the King of Prussia
1983
as Judge Samuel Salus II
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
1983
as Self
That Championship Season
1982
as Tom Daley
Gandhi
1982
as Vince Walker
Enigma
1982
as Alex Holbeck
Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
Centralia Fire
1982
as Narrator
In the Custody of Strangers
1982
as Frank Caldwell
I Love Liberty
1982
as Self
Loophole
1981
as Stephen Booker
The Final Countdown
1980
as Warren Lasky
Apocalypse Now
1979
as Captain Benjamin Willard
Eagle's Wing
1979
as Pike
Blind Ambition
1979
as John Dean
Taxi!!
1978
as Taxi Driver
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
1977
as Self
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1976
as Frank Hallet
The Cassandra Crossing
1976
as Robby Navarro
Sweet Hostage
1975
as Leonard Hatch
The Last Survivors
1975
as Alexander William Holmes
The Missiles of October
1974
as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
The Legend of Earl Durand
1974
as Luther Sykes
The California Kid
1974
as Michael McCord
The Missiles of October
1974
as Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
1974
as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
The Execution of Private Slovik
1974
as Eddie Slovik
Badlands
1974
as Kit Carruthers
Message to My Daughter
1973
as John Thatcher
The Catholics
1973
as Father Kinsella
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
1973
as Harlan Garrison
Letters from Three Lovers
1973
as Vincent
Love Story (US)
1973
as Frank Randolph
A Prowler in the Heart
1973
as Tony Parrish
Toma
1973
Crime Club
1973
as Deputy Wilson
Pursuit
1972
as Timothy Drew
Rage
1972
as Maj. Holliford
That Certain Summer
1972
as Gary McCain
When the Line Goes Through
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Ghost Story
1972
as Frank
The Rookies
1972
Pickup on 101
1972
as Lester Baumgartner
No Drums, No Bugles
1972
as Ashby Gatrell
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
as Graytak
Mongo's Back in Town
1971
as Gordon
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
1971
as Jules Worthman
Sarge
1971
as Dan
Columbo
1971
as Karl Lessing
Cannon
1971
Montserrat
1971
Matt Lincoln
1970
as Charles
The Young Lawyers
1970
as Reverend Jimmy Haines
Catch-22
1970
as 1st Lt. Dobbs
The Andersonville Trial
1970
as Captain Williams
Love, American Style
1969
as Dr. Art Parmel
Medical Center
1969
Then Came Bronson
1969
as Nick Oresko
The Subject Was Roses
1968
as Timmy Cleary
Lancer
1968
The Mod Squad
1968
as Danny Morgan
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Eddie Calhao
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Arthur Dixon
Pat Neal Is Back
1968
as Himself
The Incident
1967
as Artie Connors
Mannix
1967
N.Y.P.D.
1967
as Fred Janney
Ironside
1967
as Johnny
The Price of a Life
1967
as Edward Miles Layton
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
1966
as Kilroy
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Lieutenant Albert Brocke
Hawk
1966
as Peter Janus
The F.B.I.
1965
as Norman Gretzler
The F.B.I.
1965
as Perry Victor
The F.B.I.
1965
as Steve Chandler
The F.B.I.
1965
as Neil Harland
For the People
1965
as Louis Cahane
Flipper
1964
as Phil Adams
The Outer Limits
1963
as Pvt. Arthur Dix
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Nurses
1962
as Saunders
The Nurses
1962
as Carl
The Defenders
1961
as Arnold McCabe
The Defenders
1961
as Dino Locatelli
The Defenders
1961
as Joey Americus
The Defenders
1961
as Adam Novins
Route 66
1960
Insight
1960
as Vincent
Insight
1960
as God
Insight
1960
as Jamie Conklin
Insight
1960
as Akardin
Insight
1960
as Bobo
Police Surgeon
1960
as Ben Grover
Naked City
1958
as Phillip Kosnik
Naked City
1958
as Nick (uncredited)
Naked City
1958
as Counterman
The Edge of Night
1956
as Roy Sanders
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Taxi Driver
Lost & Found in Cleveland
as Dr. Austin Raybourne
Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman
as Presentator