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
2025
- aka Charlie Sheen as Self (archive footage)
- Lost & Found in Cleveland as Dr. Austin Raybourne
2024
- Wild Cards as Jonathan Ashford
- Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen as Presenter
- The Little Pageant That Could as Self (archive footage)
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
- Princess of the Row as John Austin
- A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote as President Josiah Bartlet
- The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous as Self
- Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture as Self
2019
- The Devil Has a Name as Ralph
- The Map to Paradise ... (Producer)
- Bench
2018
- Come Sunday as Oral Roberts
- The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island as James Alden (voice)
- American Dynasties: The Kennedys as Narrator (voice)
2017
- Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars as Matthew Cuthbert
- Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew 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
- Anne of Green Gables as Matthew Cuthbert
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping as Martin Sheen
- Rules Don't Apply as Noah Dietrich
- The Vessel as Father Douglas
- Back to the Lane
2015
- 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
- A Prayer for Rain as Warren Anderson
- Ask Me Anything
- Selma as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
- The Boxcar Children as Grandfather Alden (voice)
- Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey as Self
2013
- Amazonia as Narrator
- The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz as Narrator
- Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot as Self
- Salinger as Self - Actor
- The Whale as Tom Nickerson
- Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth as Narrator (voice)
- Making Badlands as Self
- Defending Gideon as Narrator
2012
- The Amazing Spider-Man as Uncle Ben
- Anger Management as Martin Goodson
- Stella Days as Fr. Daniel Barry
- 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
- 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
- Miller's Tale as Self
- Halfway Home as Narrator(voice)
- Sharkwise as Narrator
- Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White as Narrator
2010
- The Way as Tom
- Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- The Kennedy Detail as Narrator
- A Conversation with Martin Sheen as Self
2009
- Echelon Conspiracy as Raymond Burke
- Imagine That as Dante D'Enzo
- Love Happens as Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
- Gloves of Stone as Dr. Frank Irwin
- White House Revealed as Self- Narrator (voice)
- Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
- 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
- Man in the Mirror as Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
- Pirate for the Sea as Self
- They Killed Sister Dorothy as Narrator
- Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary as Self
- Vietnam: American Holocaust as Voice
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives as Self
- Bordertown as George Morgan
- Talk to Me as E.G. Sonderling
- Flatland as Arthur Square (voice)
- Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency as Narrator
- Eyewitness DVD: Weather as Narrator
- Confessions Of An Innocent Man as Self - Narrator
- Father G and the Homeboys as Narrator
2006
- The Departed as Queenan
- Bobby as Jack Stevens
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Radio Host
- America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions as Narrator (voice)
- The Politics of the Dead Zone as Self
- 50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
- Who Killed the Electric Car? as Narrator (voice)
- 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
2005
- The Colbert Report
- James Dean: Forever Young as Narrator (voice)
- The Friday Night Project as Self - Host
2004
- Jerusalem Syndrome
- Tell Them Who You Are as Self
- The Nomi Song as Self (archive footage)
- Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde as Self
- Winning New Hampshire as Self
2003
- Two and a Half Men as Harvey
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Mercy of the Sea as Frederik
- The Commission as Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
- Celebrity Poker Showdown as Self
- Absence of Malick as Self
- Hidden in Plain Sight as Narrator (voice)
- The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color as Narrator
2002
- Catch Me If You Can as Roger Strong
- Straight Up: Helicopters in Action as Narrator (voice)
- Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick as Self
- Bringing Down a Dictator as Narrator (voice)
2001
- O as Coach Duke Goulding
- Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace as Narrator
- National Geographic: Inside the Vatican as Narrator
- Enemies of War as Narrator
2000
1999
- The West Wing as Josiah Bartlet
- Storm as General James Roberts
- The Darklings as Ira Everett
- Total Recall 2070
- Gunfighter as The Stranger
- The Time Shifters as Grifasi
- D.R.E.A.M. Team as J.W. Garrison
- Forget Me Never as Jack
- A Texas Funeral as Grandpa Sparta
- Chicken Soup for the Soul
- A Stranger in the Kingdom as Sigurd Moulton
- No Code of Conduct as Bill Peterson
- Crossing the Line as self
- In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story as Self
- Lost & Found as Millstone
- The Twelve Apostles as Narrator (voice)
- Ninth Street as Father Frank
1998
- Monument Ave. as Hanlon
- Free Money as Guard
- Shadrach as Narrator (voice)
- LateLine
- Voyage of Terror as Henry Northcutt
- The Elevator as Sarge
- Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War as Self - Narrator
- A Letter from Death Row as Michael's Father
- Babylon 5: The River of Souls as Soul Hunter
- Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology as Narrator (voice)
1997
- The View as Self
- Hostile Waters as Aurora Skipper
- Spawn as Jason Wynn
- Truth or Consequences, N.M. as Sir
- Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians as Narrator (voice)
- Medusa's Child as President
- Gun as Van Guinness
- An Act of Conscience as Narrator
- Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster as Narrator
- The Making of 'Spawn' as Self
- Eyewitness: Monster as Narrator (voice)
1996
- Spin City as Ray Harris / Ray Crawford
- Project: ALF as Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
- Mexico as Narrator (voice)
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- The War at Home as Bob Collier
- Sacred Cargo as Father Andrew Kanvesky
- Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story as Peter Maurin
- Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial as Dalton Trumbo
- E! True Hollywood Story as Self
1995
- Born Wild as Dan Walker
- The Break as Gil Robbins
- The American President as A.J. MacInerney
- Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys as Jeff Snyder
- Virgin Mary as Father Jozo Zovko
- One Hundred and One Nights as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
- Dillinger and Capone as John Dillinger
- Dead Presidents as The Judge
- The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas as Voice of Marcos
- The Making of Eyewitness as Narrator
1994
- Boca as Jesse James Montgomery
- Roswell as Townsend
- When the Bough Breaks as Captain Swaggert
- Marlon Brando: The Wild One as Self
- One of Her Own as Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
- Fortunes of War as Francis Labeck
- Eyewitness as Narrator
- Hits! as Kelly
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania as Narrator
- Guns of Honor as Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
- Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' as Narrator
- Trigger Fast as Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
- Eyewitness: Dinosaur as Narrator (voice)
- Eyewitness: Shark as Narrator (voice)
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Gettysburg as Gen. Robert E. Lee
- Grey Knight as Gen. Haworth
- Hot Shots! Part Deux as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
- The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story as William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
- Hear No Evil as Lt. Brock
- Alex Haley's Queen as James Jackson Sr.
- Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
- Alive: 20 Years Later as Narrator (voice)
- A Matter of Justice
- Braving Alaska as Narrator
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- 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
- Guilty Until Proven Innocent as Harold Hohne
- The Maid as Anthony Wayne
- 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
- Cold Front as John Hyde
- Nightbreaker as Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
- Beyond the Stars as Paul Andrews
- Beverly Hills Brats as Dr. Jeffrey Miller
- Another Time, Another Place as Richard Conley
- Marked for Murder as Man in Park
1988
- Da as Charlie
- Judgment in Berlin as Herbert J. Stern
- Walking After Midnight as Self
- Promises to Keep as Self
1987
- Wall Street as Carl Fox
- The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun as Narrator
- 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
1986
- Secrets of the Titanic as Self - Narrator
- Shattered Spirits as Lyle Mollencamp
- News at Eleven as Frank Kenley
- A State of Emergency as Alex Carmody
- Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story as Mitch Snyder
1985
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Paul Dano
- The Fourth Wise Man as Artaban
- Out of the Darkness as Eddie Zigo
- The Atlanta Child Murders as Chet Dettlinger
- Broken Rainbow as Narrator (voice)
- Consenting Adult as Ken Lynd
- The Real Thing as Narrator (voice)
- Spaceflight
- In the Name of the People as Narrator
- Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile as Narrator
1984
- Firestarter as Captain Hollister
- The Guardian as Charlie Hyatt
1983
- The Dead Zone as Greg Stillson
- Choices of the Heart as Father Philan
- In the King of Prussia as Judge Samuel Salus II
- Man, Woman and Child as Robert Beckwith
- Kennedy as John F. Kennedy
- Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi as Self
1982
- Nature as Narrator (voice)
- Gandhi as Vince Walker
- Enigma as Alex Holbeck
- I Love Liberty as Self
- 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
- Eagle's Wing as Pike
- Blind Ambition as John Dean
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 - Cameo (uncredited)
- Sweet Hostage as Leonard Hatch
- The Last Survivors as Alexander William Holmes
1974
- Badlands as Kit Carruthers
- 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
- The Missiles of October as Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
1973
- The Catholics as Father Kinsella
- Crime Club as Deputy Wilson
- Toma as Eddie Siatti
- Message to My Daughter as John Thatcher
- A Prowler in the Heart as Tony Parrish
- Letters from Three Lovers as Vincent
- Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On as Harlan Garrison
- Love Story (US) as Frank Randolph
1972
- The Rookies
- The Streets of San Francisco
- Ghost Story as Frank
- Pursuit as Timothy Drew
- That Certain Summer as Gary McCain
- No Drums, No Bugles as Ashby Gatrell
- Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol as Graytak
- When the Line Goes Through as Bluff Jackson
- Rage as Maj. Holliford
- Pickup on 101 as Lester Baumgartner
1971
- Columbo as Karl Lessing
- Cannon
- Montserrat
- Goodbye, Raggedy Ann as Jules Worthman
- Mongo's Back in Town as Gordon
1970
- Catch-22 as 1st Lt. Dobbs
- Dan August as Norman Sayles
- The Andersonville Trial as Captain Williams
- Matt Lincoln as Charles
- The Young Lawyers as Reverend Jimmy Haines
1969
- Love, American Style as Dr. Art Parmel
- Medical Center as Glen
- Then Came Bronson as Nick Oresko
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Eddie Calhao
- Lancer
- The Mod Squad as Danny Morgan
- 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
- Ten Blocks on the Camino Real as Kilroy
- Hawk as Peter Janus
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 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