Acting
Martin Sheen
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
American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story
Film · 2026
The American Experiment
Series · 2026
Lost & Found in Cleveland
Film · 2025
aka Charlie Sheen
Series · 2025
Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen
Film · 2024
The Little Pageant That Could
Film · 2024
Wild Cards
Series · 2024
Downwind
Film · 2023
23 Seconds to Eternity
Film · 2023
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Series · 2022
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
Film · 2021
12 Mighty Orphans
Film · 2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
Film · 2021
Princess of the Row
Film · 2020
Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture
Film · 2020
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Film · 2020
The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
Film · 2020
Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story
Film · 2020
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
Series · 2020
The Devil Has a Name
Film · 2019
Come Sunday
Film · 2018
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
Film · 2018
American Dynasties: The Kennedys
Series · 2018
Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem
Film · 2017
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
Film · 2017
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
Film · 2017
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle
Film · 2017
Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence
Series · 2017
Rules Don't Apply
Film · 2016
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Film · 2016
Anne of Green Gables
Film · 2016
The Vessel
Film · 2016
Back to the Lane
Film · 2016
Badge of Honor
Film · 2015
Unity
Film · 2015
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
Film · 2015
Grace and Frankie
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Film · 2014
Trash
Film · 2014
A Prayer for Rain
Film · 2014
Ask Me Anything
Film · 2014
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Film · 2014
Selma
Film · 2014
The Boxcar Children
Film · 2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Film · 2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Series · 2014
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Film · 2013
The Whale
Film · 2013
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Film · 2013
Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth
Film · 2013
Amazonia
Film · 2013
Making Badlands
Film · 2013
Salinger
Film · 2013
Defending Gideon
Film · 2013
Stella Days
Film · 2012
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Film · 2012
Death By China
Film · 2012
The Amazing Spider-Man
Film · 2012
Brothers on the Line
Film · 2012
8
Film · 2012
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn
Film · 2012
Anger Management
Series · 2012
The Double
Film · 2011
Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White
Film · 2011
Miller's Tale
Film · 2011
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up
Film · 2011
Sharkwise
Film · 2011
Halfway Home
Film · 2011
A Conversation with Martin Sheen
Film · 2010
The Way
Film · 2010
The Kennedy Detail
Film · 2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
Series · 2010
Love Happens
Film · 2009
Gloves of Stone
Film · 2009
Echelon Conspiracy
Film · 2009
Imagine That
Film · 2009
Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience
Film · 2009
White House Revealed
Film · 2009
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
Series · 2009
The Meaning of Life
Series · 2009
Man in the Mirror
Film · 2008
The End of Poverty?
Film · 2008
Vietnam: American Holocaust
Film · 2008
Pirate for the Sea
Film · 2008
They Killed Sister Dorothy
Film · 2008
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Film · 2008
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
Film · 2008
Bordertown
Film · 2007
Talk to Me
Film · 2007
Confessions Of An Innocent Man
Film · 2007
Eyewitness DVD: Weather
Film · 2007
Flatland
Film · 2007
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
Film · 2007
Father G and the Homeboys
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Series · 2007
The Departed
Film · 2006
Bobby
Film · 2006
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Film · 2006
50 Films to See Before You Die
Film · 2006
The Politics of the Dead Zone
Film · 2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Series · 2006
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
Series · 2006
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Series · 2006
James Dean: Forever Young
Film · 2005
The Colbert Report
Series · 2005
The Friday Night Project
Series · 2005
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Film · 2004
Tell Them Who You Are
Film · 2004
The Nomi Song
Film · 2004
Jerusalem Syndrome
Film · 2004
Winning New Hampshire
Film · 2004
Mercy of the Sea
Film · 2003
Absence of Malick
Film · 2003
The Commission
Film · 2003
Hidden in Plain Sight
Film · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
Two and a Half Men
Series · 2003
The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color
Series · 2003
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Series · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
Catch Me If You Can
Film · 2002
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action
Film · 2002
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Film · 2002
Bringing Down a Dictator
Film · 2002
O
Film · 2001
Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace
Film · 2001
Enemies of War
Film · 2001
National Geographic: Inside the Vatican
Film · 2001
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight
Film · 2000
No Code of Conduct
Film · 1999
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
Film · 1999
Storm
Film · 1999
Lost & Found
Film · 1999
A Texas Funeral
Film · 1999
Forget Me Never
Film · 1999
D.R.E.A.M. Team
Film · 1999
A Stranger in the Kingdom
Film · 1999
Gunfighter
Film · 1999
Ninth Street
Film · 1999
The Twelve Apostles
Film · 1999
The Darklings
Film · 1999
The Time Shifters
Film · 1999
Crossing the Line
Film · 1999
Total Recall 2070
Series · 1999
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Series · 1999
The West Wing
Series · 1999
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Film · 1998
Free Money
Film · 1998
A Letter from Death Row
Film · 1998
Shadrach
Film · 1998
Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology
Film · 1998
Voyage of Terror
Film · 1998
The Elevator
Film · 1998
Monument Ave.
Film · 1998
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War
Film · 1998
Hostile Waters
Film · 1997
Spawn
Film · 1997
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Film · 1997
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
Film · 1997
An Act of Conscience
Film · 1997
Medusa's Child
Film · 1997
The Making of 'Spawn'
Film · 1997
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians
Film · 1997
Eyewitness: Monster
Film · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
Gun
Series · 1997
Mexico
Film · 1996
The War at Home
Film · 1996
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Film · 1996
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Film · 1996
Project: ALF
Film · 1996
Sacred Cargo
Film · 1996
Spin City
Series · 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Series · 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Series · 1996
The American President
Film · 1995
Born Wild
Film · 1995
Dillinger and Capone
Film · 1995
The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas
Film · 1995
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
Film · 1995
The Miracle of Medjugorje
Film · 1995
The Break
Film · 1995
Dead Presidents
Film · 1995
One Hundred and One Nights
Film · 1995
The Making of Eyewitness
Film · 1995
Eyewitness
Series · 1995
Roswell
Film · 1994
When the Bough Breaks
Film · 1994
Boca
Film · 1994
Trigger Fast
Film · 1994
Guns of Honor
Film · 1994
Eyewitness: Dinosaur
Film · 1994
Fortunes of War
Film · 1994
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Film · 1994
One of Her Own
Film · 1994
Hits!
Film · 1994
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania
Film · 1994
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Film · 1994
Eyewitness: Shark
Film · 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Series · 1994
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
Film · 1993
Gettysburg
Film · 1993
Grey Knight
Film · 1993
Hear No Evil
Film · 1993
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
Film · 1993
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Film · 1993
Braving Alaska
Film · 1993
Braving Alaska
Film · 1993
Alive: 20 Years Later
Film · 1993
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream
Film · 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
Alex Haley's Queen
Series · 1993
A Matter of Justice
Series · 1993
Original Intent
Film · 1992
The Water Engine
Film · 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Series · 1992
Touch and Die
Film · 1991
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Film · 1991
The Maid
Film · 1991
JFK
Film · 1991
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Film · 1991
The Rites Of Mu
Film · 1991
Cadence
Film · 1990
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Series · 1990
Beyond the Stars
Film · 1989
Cold Front
Film · 1989
Nightbreaker
Film · 1989
Beverly Hills Brats
Film · 1989
Marked for Murder
Film · 1989
Another Time, Another Place
Film · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
Tales from the Crypt
Series · 1989
Judgment in Berlin
Film · 1988
Da
Film · 1988
Walking After Midnight
Film · 1988
Promises to Keep
Film · 1988
Wall Street
Film · 1987
The Believers
Film · 1987
Siesta
Film · 1987
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
Film · 1987
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
Film · 1987
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Film · 1987
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Film · 1986
Secrets of the Titanic
Film · 1986
A State of Emergency
Film · 1986
News at Eleven
Film · 1986
Shattered Spirits
Film · 1986
The Fourth Wise Man
Film · 1985
Consenting Adult
Film · 1985
In the Name of the People
Film · 1985
Out of the Darkness
Film · 1985
The Real Thing
Film · 1985
Broken Rainbow
Film · 1985
Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile
Film · 1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1985
Spaceflight
Series · 1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
Series · 1985
Firestarter
Film · 1984
The Guardian
Film · 1984
The Dead Zone
Film · 1983
Man, Woman and Child
Film · 1983
In the King of Prussia
Film · 1983
Choices of the Heart
Film · 1983
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Film · 1983
No Place to Hide
Film · 1983
Kennedy
Series · 1983
Gandhi
Film · 1982
Enigma
Film · 1982
I Love Liberty
Film · 1982
That Championship Season
Film · 1982
In the Custody of Strangers
Film · 1982
Centralia Fire
Film · 1982
Nature
Series · 1982
Loophole
Film · 1981
The Final Countdown
Film · 1980
Apocalypse Now
Film · 1979
Eagle's Wing
Film · 1979
Blind Ambition
Series · 1979
Taxi!!
Film · 1978
The South Bank Show
Series · 1978
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Film · 1977
The Cassandra Crossing
Film · 1976
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Film · 1976
Sweet Hostage
Film · 1975
The Last Survivors
Film · 1975
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
The California Kid
Film · 1974
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Film · 1974
The Missiles of October
Film · 1974
The Execution of Private Slovik
Film · 1974
The Legend of Earl Durand
Film · 1974
The Missiles of October
Series · 1974
Badlands
Film · 1973
The Catholics
Film · 1973
Message to My Daughter
Film · 1973
Letters from Three Lovers
Film · 1973
A Prowler in the Heart
Film · 1973
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Film · 1973
Crime Club
Film · 1973
Toma
Series · 1973
Love Story (US)
Series · 1973
Pickup on 101
Film · 1972
Pursuit
Film · 1972
No Drums, No Bugles
Film · 1972
Rage
Film · 1972
That Certain Summer
Film · 1972
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Film · 1972
When the Line Goes Through
Film · 1972
The Rookies
Series · 1972
The Streets of San Francisco
Series · 1972
Ghost Story
Series · 1972
Mongo's Back in Town
Film · 1971
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Film · 1971
Montserrat
Film · 1971
Columbo
Series · 1971
Cannon
Series · 1971
Film '72
Series · 1971
The Andersonville Trial
Film · 1970
Catch-22
Film · 1970
Matt Lincoln
Series · 1970
The Young Lawyers
Series · 1970
Dan August
Series · 1970
Then Came Bronson
Film · 1969
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969
Love, American Style
Series · 1969
Medical Center
Series · 1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Series · 1969
The Subject Was Roses
Film · 1968
Pat Neal Is Back
Film · 1968
Lancer
Series · 1968
The Mod Squad
Series · 1968
The Incident
Film · 1967
The Price of a Life
Film · 1967
Mannix
Series · 1967
Ironside
Series · 1967
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
Film · 1966
Mission: Impossible
Series · 1966
NET Playhouse
Series · 1966
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
For the People
Series · 1965
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
Flipper
Series · 1964
The Outer Limits
Series · 1963
Arrest and Trial
Series · 1963
The Nurses
Series · 1962
The Nurses
Series · 1962
The Defenders
Series · 1961
The Defenders
Series · 1961
The Defenders
Series · 1961
The Defenders
Series · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
Police Surgeon
Series · 1960
Route 66
Series · 1960
Naked City
Series · 1958
Naked City
Series · 1958
Naked City
Series · 1958
The Edge of Night
Series · 1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
The One
Film
KITÁ
Film
The Made-for-TV Election
Film
Happy Jack
Series