Martin Sheen
Born: 1940-08-03 in Dayton, Ohio, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- The American Experiment as George Washington
- American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story as Narrator
2025
- aka Charlie Sheen as Self (archive footage)
- Lost & Found in Cleveland as Dr. Austin Raybourne
2024
- Wild Cards as Jonathan Ashford
- The Little Pageant That Could as Self (archive footage)
- Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen as Presenter
2023
- 23 Seconds to Eternity as Narrator
- Downwind as Self Narrator
- Vigilante ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Judas and the Black Messiah as J. Edgar Hoover
- 12 Mighty Orphans as Doc Hall
- Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed as Narrator
2020
- Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments as Self (archive footage)
- A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote as Josiah Bartlet
- Princess of the Row as John Austin
- The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous as Self
- Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture as Self
- Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story as Self
2019
- The Devil Has a Name as Ralph
- The Map to Paradise ... (Producer)
2018
- American Dynasties: The Kennedys as Narrator (voice)
- The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island as James Alden (voice)
- Come Sunday as Oral Roberts
2017
- Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence as Narrator (voice)
- Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew as Matthew Cuthbert
- Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars as Matthew Cuthbert
- Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle as Narrator
- Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem as Narrator
2016
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping as Martin Sheen
- Rules Don't Apply as Noah Dietrich
- Anne of Green Gables as Matthew Cuthbert
- The Vessel as Father Douglas
- Back to the Lane
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Grace and Frankie as Robert Hanson
- Unity as Narrator (voice)
- Badge of Honor as Captain Daniel Richards
- Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy as Self
2014
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as Uncle Ben (uncredited)
- Trash as Padre Juilliard
- Selma as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
- Ask Me Anything
- Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey as Self
- A Prayer for Rain as Warren Anderson
- The Boxcar Children as Grandfather Alden (voice)
2013
- Amazonia as Narrator
- Salinger as Self - Actor
- Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot as Self
- Defending Gideon as Narrator
- The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz as Narrator
- The Whale as Tom Nickerson
- Making Badlands as Self
- Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth as Narrator (voice)
2012
- Anger Management as Martin Goodson
- The Amazing Spider-Man as Uncle Ben
- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World as Frank Petersen
- Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn as Self
- 8 as Theodore Olson
- Stella Days as Fr. Daniel Barry
- Brothers on the Line as Narrator
- Death By China as Narrator
2011
- The Double as Tom Highland
- 9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up as Self
- Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White as Narrator
- Miller's Tale as Self
- Halfway Home as Narrator(voice)
- Sharkwise as Narrator
2010
- Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- The Way as Tom
- A Conversation with Martin Sheen as Self
- The Kennedy Detail as Narrator
2009
- Imagine That as Dante D'Enzo
- Love Happens as Burke's Father-in-Law
- Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
- The Meaning of Life as Self
- Echelon Conspiracy as Raymond Burke
- Gloves of Stone as Dr. Frank Irwin
- Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience as Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
- White House Revealed as Self- Narrator (voice)
2008
- Notes on an American Film Director at Work as Self
- Man in the Mirror as Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
- Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary as Self
- Pirate for the Sea as Self
- The End of Poverty? as Self - Narrator
- They Killed Sister Dorothy as Narrator
- Vietnam: American Holocaust as Voice
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives as Self
- Bordertown as George Morgan
- Flatland as Arthur Square (voice)
- Talk to Me as E.G. Sonderling
- Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency as Narrator
- Confessions Of An Innocent Man as Self - Narrator
- Father G and the Homeboys as Narrator
- Eyewitness DVD: Weather as Narrator
2006
- The Departed as Queenan
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Radio Host
- America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions as Narrator (voice)
- 50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
- 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
- Bobby as Jack Stevens
- Who Killed the Electric Car? as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Politics of the Dead Zone as Self
2005
- The Colbert Report as Self - Guest
- James Dean: Forever Young as Narrator (voice)
- The Friday Night Project as Self - Host
2004
- Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde as Self
- Tell Them Who You Are as Self
- Jerusalem Syndrome
- The Nomi Song as Self (archive footage)
- Winning New Hampshire as Self
2003
- Two and a Half Men as Harvey
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self - Guest
- Celebrity Poker Showdown as Self
- The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color as Narrator
- Hidden in Plain Sight as Narrator (voice)
- Absence of Malick as Self
- The Commission as Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
- Mercy of the Sea as Frederik
2002
- Catch Me If You Can as Roger Strong
- Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick as Self
- Straight Up: Helicopters in Action as Narrator (voice)
- Bringing Down a Dictator as Narrator (voice)
2001
- O as Coach Duke Goulding
- National Geographic: Inside the Vatican as Narrator
- Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace as Narrator
- Enemies of War as Narrator
2000
1999
- The West Wing as Josiah Bartlet
- Total Recall 2070
- Chicken Soup for the Soul
- No Code of Conduct as Bill Peterson
- The Time Shifters as Grifasi
- Lost & Found as Millstone
- D.R.E.A.M. Team as J.W. Garrison
- In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story as Self
- A Stranger in the Kingdom as Sigurd Moulton
- Gunfighter as The Stranger
- A Texas Funeral as Grandpa Sparta
- Forget Me Never as Jack
- Storm as General James Roberts
- The Darklings as Ira Everett
- The Twelve Apostles as Narrator (voice)
- Ninth Street as Father Frank
- Crossing the Line as self
1998
- Babylon 5: The River of Souls as Soul Hunter
- Free Money as Guard
- Monument Ave. as Hanlon
- Voyage of Terror as Henry Northcutt
- A Letter from Death Row as Michael's Father
- The Elevator as Sarge
- Shadrach as Narrator (voice)
- Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War as Self - Narrator
- Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology as Narrator (voice)
1997
- The View as Self
- Gun as Van
- Spawn as Jason Wynn
- Truth or Consequences, N.M. as Sir
- Hostile Waters as Aurora Skipper
- The Making of 'Spawn' as Self
- An Act of Conscience as Narrator
- Medusa's Child as President
- Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster as Narrator
- Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians as Narrator (voice)
- Eyewitness: Monster as Narrator (voice)
1996
- Spin City as Ray Harris / Ray Crawford
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- E! True Hollywood Story as Self
- Project: ALF as Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
- The War at Home as Bob Collier
- Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story as Peter Maurin
- Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial as Dalton Trumbo
- Sacred Cargo as Father Andrew Kanvesky
- Mexico as Narrator (voice)
1995
- The American President as A.J. MacInerney
- Dead Presidents as The Judge
- Eyewitness as Narrator
- The Miracle of Medjugorje as Father Jozo Zovko
- One Hundred and One Nights as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
- Dillinger and Capone as John Dillinger
- Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys as Jeff Snyder
- Born Wild as Dan Walker
- The Break as Gil Robbins
- The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas as Voice of Marcos
- The Making of Eyewitness as Narrator
1994
- When the Bough Breaks as Captain Swaggert
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- One of Her Own as Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
- Marlon Brando: The Wild One as Self
- Roswell as Townsend
- Boca as Jesse James Montgomery
- Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' as Narrator
- Fortunes of War as Francis Labeck
- Hits! as Kelly
- Eyewitness: Dinosaur as Narrator (voice)
- National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania as Narrator
- Trigger Fast as Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
- Guns of Honor as Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
- Eyewitness: Shark as Narrator (voice)
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Hot Shots! Part Deux as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
- Alex Haley's Queen as James Jackson Sr.
- Gettysburg as Gen. Robert E. Lee
- A Matter of Justice
- The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story as William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
- Hear No Evil as Lt. Brock
- The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream as Self / The Kralahome (voice)
- Grey Knight as Gen. Haworth
- Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
- Braving Alaska as Narrator
- Alive: 20 Years Later as Narrator (voice)
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self - Guest
- Original Intent as Homeless Joe
- The Water Engine as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
1991
- JFK as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as Self
- The Maid as Anthony Wayne
- Guilty Until Proven Innocent as Harold Hohne
- The Rites Of Mu as Narrator
- Touch and Die as Frank Magenta
1990
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Sly Sludge (voice)
- Cadence as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
1989
- The Simpsons as Real Seymour Skinner (voice)
- Tales from the Crypt as Kraygen / Thomas Miller / Zorbin the Magnificent
- Beyond the Stars as Paul Andrews
- Nightbreaker as Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
- Another Time, Another Place as Richard Conley
- Cold Front as John Hyde
- Beverly Hills Brats as Dr. Jeffrey Miller
- Marked for Murder as Man in Park
1988
- Judgment in Berlin as Herbert J. Stern
- Da as Charlie
- Walking After Midnight as Self
- Promises to Keep as Self
1987
- Wall Street as Carl Fox
- The Believers as Cal Jamison
- Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam as Alan (voice)
- Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 as James Marion Hunt
- Siesta as Del
- The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun as Narrator
1986
- Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story as Mitch Snyder
- A State of Emergency as Alex Carmody
- News at Eleven as Frank Kenley
- Shattered Spirits as Lyle Mollencamp
- Secrets of the Titanic as Self - Narrator
1985
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Paul Dano
- The Atlanta Child Murders as Chet Dettlinger
- The Fourth Wise Man as Artaban
- Out of the Darkness as Eddie Zigo
- Consenting Adult as Ken Lynd
- Spaceflight
- Broken Rainbow as Narrator (voice)
- Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile as Narrator
- In the Name of the People as Narrator
- The Real Thing as Narrator (voice)
1984
- Firestarter as Captain Hollister
- The Guardian as Charlie Hyatt
1983
- The Dead Zone as Greg Stillson
- Kennedy as John F. Kennedy
- Man, Woman and Child as Robert Beckwith
- Choices of the Heart as Father Philan
- Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi as Self
- In the King of Prussia as Judge Samuel Salus II
- No Place to Hide as Narrator
1982
- Nature as Narrator (voice)
- Gandhi as Vince Walker
- I Love Liberty as Self
- Enigma as Alex Holbeck
- In the Custody of Strangers as Frank Caldwell
- That Championship Season as Tom Daley
- Centralia Fire as Narrator
1981
- Loophole as Stephen Booker
1980
- The Final Countdown as Warren Lasky
1979
- Apocalypse Now as Captain Benjamin Willard
- Blind Ambition as John Dean
- Eagle's Wing as Pike
1978
- The South Bank Show
- Taxi!! as Taxi Driver
1977
1976
- The Cassandra Crossing as Robby Navarro
- The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane as Frank Hallet
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Sweet Hostage as Leonard Hatch
- The Last Survivors as Alexander William Holmes
1974
- The Execution of Private Slovik as Eddie Slovik
- The Missiles of October as Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
- The Missiles of October as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
- The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
- The California Kid as Michael McCord
- The Legend of Earl Durand as Luther Sykes
1973
- Toma as Eddie Siatti
- Badlands as Kit Carruthers
- Letters from Three Lovers as Vincent
- Message to My Daughter as John Thatcher
- Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On as Harlan Garrison
- Love Story (US) as Frank Randolph
- A Prowler in the Heart as Tony Parrish
- Crime Club as Deputy Wilson
- The Catholics as Father Kinsella
1972
- The Rookies
- The Streets of San Francisco
- Ghost Story as Frank
- No Drums, No Bugles as Ashby Gatrell
- Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol as Graytak
- Rage as Maj. Holliford
- That Certain Summer as Gary McCain
- When the Line Goes Through as Bluff Jackson
- Pursuit as Timothy Drew
- Pickup on 101 as Lester Baumgartner
1971
- Columbo as Karl Lessing
- Cannon
- Film '72 as Self
- Mongo's Back in Town as Gordon
- Goodbye, Raggedy Ann as Jules Worthman
- Montserrat
1970
- Dan August as Norman Sayles
- Catch-22 as 1st Lt. Dobbs
- Matt Lincoln as Charles
- The Young Lawyers as Reverend Jimmy Haines
- The Andersonville Trial as Captain Williams
1969
- Hawaii Five-O as Eddie Calhao
- Love, American Style as Dr. Art Parmel
- Medical Center as Glen
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Father Kinsella
- Then Came Bronson as Nick Oresko
1968
- The Mod Squad as Danny Morgan
- Lancer
- The Subject Was Roses as Timmy Cleary
- Pat Neal Is Back as Self
1967
- Ironside as Johnny
- Mannix
- The Incident as Artie Connors
- The Price of a Life as Edward Miles Layton
1966
- Mission: Impossible as Lieutenant Albert Brocke
- NET Playhouse as Kilroy
- Hawk as Peter Janus
- Ten Blocks on the Camino Real as Kilroy
1965
- The F.B.I. as Norman Gretzler
- For the People as Louis Cahane
1964
- Flipper as Phil Adams
1963
- The Outer Limits as Pvt. Arthur Dix
- Arrest and Trial as Dale Beatty
1962
- The Nurses as Saunders
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- The Defenders as Arnold McCabe
1960
- Route 66
- Police Surgeon as Ben Grover
1958
- Naked City as Phillip Kosnik
1956
- The Edge of Night as Roy Sanders
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Taxi Driver
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self