Martin Sheen
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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
Credits
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
as Uncle Ben
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
as Roger Strong
The Departed (2006)
as Queenan
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
as Uncle Ben (uncredited)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
as Captain Benjamin Willard
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
Wall Street (1987)
as Carl Fox
The Dead Zone (1983)
as Greg Stillson
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
as Frank Petersen
JFK (1991)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Spawn (1997)
as Jason Wynn
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
as Martin Sheen
The Final Countdown (1980)
as Warren Lasky
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
as J. Edgar Hoover
Gandhi (1982)
as Vince Walker
Imagine That (2009)
as Dante D'Enzo
Rules Don't Apply (2016)
as Noah Dietrich
Love Happens (2009)
as Burke's Father-in-Law
The American President (1995)
as A.J. MacInerney
Trash (2014)
as Padre Juilliard
Badlands (1973)
as Kit Carruthers
Catch-22 (1970)
as 1st Lt. Dobbs
The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
as Robby Navarro
The Way (2010)
as Tom
12 Mighty Orphans (2021)
as Doc Hall
The Double (2011)
as Tom Highland
No Code of Conduct (1999)
as Bill Peterson
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
as Frank Hallet
The Subject Was Roses (1968)
as Timmy Cleary
Dead Presidents (1995)
as The Judge
Echelon Conspiracy (2009)
as Raymond Burke
Selma (2014)
as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
Project: ALF (1996)
as Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
The Believers (1987)
as Cal Jamison
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
as Self
Gettysburg (1993)
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
The Miracle of Medjugorje (1995)
as Father Jozo Zovko
Bordertown (2007)
as George Morgan
Ask Me Anything (2014)
Actor
Firestarter (1984)
as Captain Hollister
Anne of Green Gables (2016)
as Matthew Cuthbert
Man, Woman and Child (1983)
as Robert Beckwith
Free Money (1998)
as Guard
Flatland (2007)
as Arthur Square (voice)
One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
When the Bough Breaks (1994)
as Captain Swaggert
Bobby (2006)
as Jack Stevens
The Time Shifters (1999)
as Grifasi
The War at Home (1996)
as Bob Collier
Lost & Found (1999)
as Millstone
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996)
as Peter Maurin
The Devil Has a Name (2019)
as Ralph
Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)
as Sir
Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
No Drums, No Bugles (1972)
as Ashby Gatrell
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun (1987)
as Narrator
The Maid (1991)
as Anthony Wayne
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire (2014)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story (1993)
as William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)
as Alan (voice)
Dillinger and Capone (1995)
as John Dillinger
Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998)
as Soul Hunter
Amazonia (2013)
as Narrator
The Little Pageant That Could (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
The Fourth Wise Man (1985)
as Artaban
Cadence (1990)
as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
The Execution of Private Slovik (1974)
as Eddie Slovik
Marlon Brando: The Wild One (1994)
as Self
O (2001)
as Coach Duke Goulding
50 Films to See Before You Die (2006)
as Self
Unity (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Roswell (1994)
as Townsend
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars (2017)
as Matthew Cuthbert
Princess of the Row (2020)
as John Austin
James Dean: Forever Young (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
The Incident (1967)
as Artie Connors
D.R.E.A.M. Team (1999)
as J.W. Garrison
Jerusalem Syndrome (2004)
Actor
Hostile Waters (1997)
as Aurora Skipper
Original Intent (1992)
as Homeless Joe
One of Her Own (1994)
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
Beyond the Stars (1989)
as Paul Andrews
The Missiles of October (1974)
as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (2020)
as Josiah Bartlet
Salinger (2013)
as Self - Actor
Badge of Honor (2015)
as Captain Daniel Richards
Out of the Darkness (1985)
as Eddie Zigo
Eagle's Wing (1979)
as Pike
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island (2018)
as James Alden (voice)
The Boxcar Children (2014)
as Grandfather Alden (voice)
Letters from Three Lovers (1973)
as Vincent
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick (2002)
as Self
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986)
as Mitch Snyder
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey (2014)
as Self
Lost & Found in Cleveland (2025)
as Dr. Austin Raybourne
Nightbreaker (1989)
as Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up (2011)
as Self
I Love Liberty (1982)
as Self
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle (2017)
as Narrator
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (2013)
as Self
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987)
as James Marion Hunt
The One (—)
as Jefferson
Talk to Me (2007)
as E.G. Sonderling
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew (2017)
as Matthew Cuthbert
Hear No Evil (1993)
as Lt. Brock
A Prayer for Rain (2014)
as Warren Anderson
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story (1999)
as Self
Consenting Adult (1985)
as Ken Lynd
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn (2012)
as Self
Notes on an American Film Director at Work (2008)
as Self
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004)
as Self
Guilty Until Proven Innocent (1991)
as Harold Hohne
Message to My Daughter (1973)
as John Thatcher
Siesta (1987)
as Del
The Vessel (2016)
as Father Douglas
The Water Engine (1992)
as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency (2007)
as Narrator
That Championship Season (1982)
as Tom Daley
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary (1977)
as Self
Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
as Self
Rage (1972)
as Maj. Holliford
Shattered Spirits (1986)
as Lyle Mollencamp
News at Eleven (1986)
as Frank Kenley
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974)
as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
A State of Emergency (1986)
as Alex Carmody
Taxi!! (1978)
as Taxi Driver
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1995)
as Jeff Snyder
Enigma (1982)
as Alex Holbeck
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream (1993)
as Self / The Kralahome (voice)
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1972)
as Graytak
The California Kid (1974)
as Michael McCord
Loophole (1981)
as Stephen Booker
Boca (1994)
as Jesse James Montgomery
Gunfighter (1999)
as The Stranger
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On (1973)
as Harlan Garrison
Come Sunday (2018)
as Oral Roberts
Voyage of Terror (1998)
as Henry Northcutt
Monument Ave. (1998)
as Hanlon
Defending Gideon (2013)
as Narrator
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary (2008)
as Self
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy (2015)
as Self
Halfway Home (2011)
as Narrator(voice)
8 (2012)
as Theodore Olson
The Legend of Earl Durand (1974)
as Luther Sykes
Pirate for the Sea (2008)
as Self
Gloves of Stone (2009)
as Dr. Frank Irwin
Judgment in Berlin (1988)
as Herbert J. Stern
Grey Knight (1993)
as Gen. Haworth
The End of Poverty? (2008)
as Self - Narrator
In the Custody of Strangers (1982)
as Frank Caldwell
Choices of the Heart (1983)
as Father Philan
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology (1993)
Actor
A Letter from Death Row (1998)
as Michael's Father
A Stranger in the Kingdom (1999)
as Sigurd Moulton
The Making of 'Spawn' (1997)
as Self
Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White (2011)
as Narrator
Da (1988)
as Charlie
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2013)
as Narrator
The Andersonville Trial (1970)
as Captain Williams
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' (1994)
as Narrator
Sweet Hostage (1975)
as Leonard Hatch
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed (2021)
as Narrator
Born Wild (1995)
as Dan Walker
Another Time, Another Place (1989)
as Richard Conley
Forget Me Never (1999)
as Jack
That Certain Summer (1972)
as Gary McCain
Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen (2024)
as Presenter
Pat Neal Is Back (1968)
as Self
Downwind (2023)
as Self Narrator
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (1966)
as Kilroy
Man in the Mirror (2008)
as Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
Fortunes of War (1994)
as Francis Labeck
Mongo's Back in Town (1971)
as Gordon
A Texas Funeral (1999)
as Grandpa Sparta
Touch and Die (1991)
as Frank Magenta
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial (1996)
as Dalton Trumbo
Braving Alaska (1993)
as Narrator
A Prowler in the Heart (1973)
as Tony Parrish
They Killed Sister Dorothy (2008)
as Narrator
Alive: 20 Years Later (1993)
as Narrator (voice)
Cold Front (1989)
as John Hyde
Storm (1999)
as General James Roberts
The Catholics (1973)
as Father Kinsella
Shadrach (1998)
as Narrator (voice)
The Darklings (1999)
as Ira Everett
The Commission (2003)
as Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
An Act of Conscience (1997)
as Narrator
The Break (1995)
as Gil Robbins
The Whale (2013)
as Tom Nickerson
The Last Survivors (1975)
as Alexander William Holmes
The Rites Of Mu (1991)
as Narrator
The Guardian (1984)
as Charlie Hyatt
Medusa's Child (1997)
as President
Eyewitness: Dinosaur (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
The Price of a Life (1967)
as Edward Miles Layton
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (1971)
as Jules Worthman
23 Seconds to Eternity (2023)
as Narrator
KITÁ (—)
as Narrator
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi (1983)
as Self
In the King of Prussia (1983)
as Judge Samuel Salus II
The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas (1995)
as Voice of Marcos
Miller's Tale (2011)
as Self
The Elevator (1998)
as Sarge
Pursuit (1972)
as Timothy Drew
Absence of Malick (2003)
as Self
Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience (2009)
as Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
No Place to Hide (1983)
as Narrator
Hidden in Plain Sight (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
Beverly Hills Brats (1989)
as Dr. Jeffrey Miller
Crime Club (1973)
as Deputy Wilson
The Politics of the Dead Zone (2006)
as Self
A Conversation with Martin Sheen (2010)
as Self
Making Badlands (2013)
as Self
Secrets of the Titanic (1986)
as Self - Narrator
Then Came Bronson (1969)
as Nick Oresko
Hits! (1994)
as Kelly
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War (1998)
as Self - Narrator
The Twelve Apostles (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania (1994)
as Narrator
The Nomi Song (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture (2020)
as Self
Guns of Honor (1994)
as Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
Pickup on 101 (1972)
as Lester Baumgartner
When the Line Goes Through (1972)
as Bluff Jackson
The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous (2020)
as Self
Stella Days (2012)
as Fr. Daniel Barry
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
Trigger Fast (1994)
as Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
Walking After Midnight (1988)
as Self
Marked for Murder (1989)
as Man in Park
Broken Rainbow (1985)
as Narrator (voice)
National Geographic: Inside the Vatican (2001)
as Narrator
Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem (2017)
as Narrator
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster (1997)
as Narrator
Confessions Of An Innocent Man (2007)
as Self - Narrator
Sacred Cargo (1996)
as Father Andrew Kanvesky
Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology (1998)
as Narrator (voice)
Mercy of the Sea (2003)
as Frederik
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
Winning New Hampshire (2004)
as Self
Brothers on the Line (2012)
as Narrator
Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
White House Revealed (2009)
as Self- Narrator (voice)
Montserrat (1971)
Actor
The Making of Eyewitness (1995)
as Narrator
Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace (2001)
as Narrator
Promises to Keep (1988)
as Self
Father G and the Homeboys (2007)
as Narrator
Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story (2020)
as Self
Bringing Down a Dictator (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
Sharkwise (2011)
as Narrator
The Kennedy Detail (2010)
as Narrator
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight (2000)
as Narrator
In the Name of the People (1985)
as Narrator
Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile (1985)
as Narrator
Death By China (2012)
as Narrator
Ninth Street (1999)
as Father Frank
The Real Thing (1985)
as Narrator (voice)
Eyewitness DVD: Weather (2007)
as Narrator
Back to the Lane (2016)
Actor
American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story (2026)
as Narrator
Mexico (1996)
as Narrator (voice)
Eyewitness: Monster (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
Enemies of War (2001)
as Narrator
Crossing the Line (1999)
as self
Vietnam: American Holocaust (2008)
as Voice
Eyewitness: Shark (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
Centralia Fire (1982)
as Narrator
The Made-for-TV Election (—)
as Host