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