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
- Downwind as Self Narrator
- 23 Seconds to Eternity as 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)
- Princess of the Row as John Austin
- A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote as Josiah Bartlet
- Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture as Self
- Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story as Self
- The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous as Self
2019
- The Devil Has a Name as Ralph
- The Map to Paradise ... (Producer)
2018
- American Dynasties: The Kennedys as Narrator (voice)
- Come Sunday as Oral Roberts
- The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island as James Alden (voice)
2017
- 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
- Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as Uncle Ben (uncredited)
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
- Trash as Padre Juilliard
- Selma as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
- Ask Me Anything
- Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- The Boxcar Children as Grandfather Alden (voice)
- Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey as Self
- A Prayer for Rain as Warren Anderson
2013
- Amazonia as Narrator
- Salinger as Self - Actor
- Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot as Self
- The Whale as Tom Nickerson
- Defending Gideon as Narrator
- The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz as Narrator
- Making Badlands as Self
- Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth as Narrator (voice)
2012
- The Amazing Spider-Man as Uncle Ben
- Anger Management as Martin Goodson
- 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
- Death By China as Narrator
- Stella Days as Fr. Daniel Barry
- Brothers on the Line as Narrator
2011
- The Double as Tom Highland
- Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White as Narrator
- 9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up as Self
- Sharkwise as Narrator
- Halfway Home as Narrator(voice)
- Miller's Tale as Self
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
- The Meaning of Life as Self
- Imagine That as Dante D'Enzo
- Love Happens as Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
- Echelon Conspiracy as Raymond Burke
- Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
- Gloves of Stone as Dr. Frank Irwin
- White House Revealed as Self- Narrator (voice)
- Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience as Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
2008
- Notes on an American Film Director at Work as Self
- The End of Poverty? as Self - Narrator
- Pirate for the Sea 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
- 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
- Eyewitness DVD: Weather as Narrator
- Father G and the Homeboys as Narrator
2006
- The Departed as Queenan
- America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions as Narrator (voice)
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Radio Host
- Bobby as Jack Stevens
- 50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
- Who Killed the Electric Car? as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
- 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
- Jerusalem Syndrome
- Tell Them Who You Are as Self
- Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde as Self
- 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
- The Commission as Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
- Mercy of the Sea as Frederik
- Hidden in Plain Sight as Narrator (voice)
- Absence of Malick as Self
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
- A Texas Funeral as Grandpa Sparta
- Storm as General James Roberts
- In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story as Self
- D.R.E.A.M. Team as J.W. Garrison
- The Darklings as Ira Everett
- Gunfighter as The Stranger
- Forget Me Never as Jack
- The Twelve Apostles as Narrator (voice)
- A Stranger in the Kingdom as Sigurd Moulton
- Ninth Street as Father Frank
- Crossing the Line as self
1998
- Free Money as Guard
- Voyage of Terror as Henry Northcutt
- Babylon 5: The River of Souls as Soul Hunter
- Shadrach as Narrator (voice)
- Monument Ave. as Hanlon
- The Elevator as Sarge
- Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War as Self - Narrator
- A Letter from Death Row as Michael's Father
- Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology as Narrator (voice)
1997
- The View as Self
- Spawn as Jason Wynn
- Gun as Van
- Hostile Waters as Aurora Skipper
- Truth or Consequences, N.M. as Sir
- Medusa's Child as President
- An Act of Conscience as Narrator
- Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster as Narrator
- The Making of 'Spawn' as Self
- 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
- Project: ALF as Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
- E! True Hollywood Story as Self
- The War at Home as Bob Collier
- Sacred Cargo as Father Andrew Kanvesky
- Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial as Dalton Trumbo
- Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story as Peter Maurin
- Mexico as Narrator (voice)
1995
- The American President as A.J. MacInerney
- Dead Presidents as The Judge
- Eyewitness as Narrator
- One Hundred and One Nights as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
- Dillinger and Capone as John Dillinger
- Virgin Mary as Father Jozo Zovko
- Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys as Jeff Snyder
- Born Wild as Dan Walker
- The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas as Voice of Marcos
- The Break as Gil Robbins
- The Making of Eyewitness as Narrator
1994
- Roswell as Townsend
- When the Bough Breaks as Captain Swaggert
- Marlon Brando: The Wild One as Self
- Boca as Jesse James Montgomery
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- Fortunes of War as Francis Labeck
- One of Her Own as Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
- Guns of Honor as Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
- National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania as Narrator
- Trigger Fast as Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
- Hits! as Kelly
- Eyewitness: Dinosaur as Narrator (voice)
- Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' as Narrator
- 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)
- Gettysburg as Gen. Robert E. Lee
- Alex Haley's Queen as James Jackson Sr.
- Hear No Evil as Lt. Brock
- Grey Knight as Gen. Haworth
- A Matter of Justice
- The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story as William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
- The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream as Self / The Kralahome (voice)
- Alive: 20 Years Later as Narrator (voice)
- Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
- Braving Alaska as Narrator
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self - Guest
- The Water Engine as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
- Original Intent as Homeless Joe
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
- Touch and Die as Frank Magenta
- The Rites Of Mu as Narrator
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
- Cold Front as John Hyde
- Beverly Hills Brats as Dr. Jeffrey Miller
- Marked for Murder as Man in Park
- Another Time, Another Place as Richard Conley
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
- News at Eleven as Frank Kenley
- Shattered Spirits as Lyle Mollencamp
- Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story as Mitch Snyder
- Secrets of the Titanic as Self - Narrator
- A State of Emergency as Alex Carmody
1985
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Paul Dano
- The Atlanta Child Murders as Chet Dettlinger
- The Fourth Wise Man as Artaban
- Consenting Adult as Ken Lynd
- Spaceflight
- Out of the Darkness as Eddie Zigo
- Broken Rainbow as Narrator (voice)
- In the Name of the People as Narrator
- Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile 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
- Enigma as Alex Holbeck
- That Championship Season as Tom Daley
- I Love Liberty as Self
- In the Custody of Strangers as Frank Caldwell
- 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
- 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
- Badlands as Kit Carruthers
- The Missiles of October as Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
- The Execution of Private Slovik as Eddie Slovik
- The California Kid as Michael McCord
- The Missiles of October as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
- The Legend of Earl Durand as Luther Sykes
- The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
1973
- Toma as Eddie Siatti
- Love Story (US) as Frank Randolph
- The Catholics as Father Kinsella
- Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On as Harlan Garrison
- A Prowler in the Heart as Tony Parrish
- Letters from Three Lovers as Vincent
- Message to My Daughter as John Thatcher
- Crime Club as Deputy Wilson
1972
- The Rookies
- The Streets of San Francisco
- Ghost Story as Frank
- 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
- Pickup on 101 as Lester Baumgartner
- When the Line Goes Through as Bluff Jackson
1971
- Columbo as Karl Lessing
- Cannon
- Film '72 as Self
- Montserrat
- Goodbye, Raggedy Ann as Jules Worthman
- Mongo's Back in Town as Gordon
1970
- Dan August as Norman Sayles
- Catch-22 as 1st Lt. Dobbs
- The Young Lawyers as Reverend Jimmy Haines
- Matt Lincoln as Charles
- The Andersonville Trial as Captain Williams
1969
- Love, American Style as Dr. Art Parmel
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Father Kinsella
- Medical Center as Glen
- Then Came Bronson as Nick Oresko
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Eddie Calhao
- 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