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.
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Movies
Apocalypse Now
Captain Benjamin Willard
Catch Me If You Can
Roger Strong
Gandhi
Vince Walker
No Code of Conduct
Bill Peterson
Touch and Die
Frank Magenta
Hostile Waters
Aurora Skipper
Spawn
Jason Wynn
Badlands
Kit Carruthers
Gettysburg
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Wall Street
Carl Fox
Bobby
Jack Stevens
Bordertown
George Morgan
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
Enigma
Alex Holbeck
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Soul Hunter
O
Coach Duke Goulding
The Dead Zone
Greg Stillson
Sweet Hostage
Leonard Hatch
Free Money
Guard
The Amazing Spider-Man
Uncle Ben
Firestarter
Captain Hollister
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Sir
Talk to Me
E.G. Sonderling
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Mitch Snyder
The Cassandra Crossing
Robby Navarro
The Final Countdown
Warren Lasky
The Believers
Cal Jamison
Love Happens
Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
The American President
A.J. MacInerney
Tell Them Who You Are
Self
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Narrator (voice)
Cadence
MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
Siesta
Del
The Catholics
Father Kinsella
Roswell
Townsend
Mexico
Narrator (voice)
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action
Narrator (voice)
A Letter from Death Row
Michael's Father
Storm
General James Roberts
Gloves of Stone
Dr. Frank Irwin
Echelon Conspiracy
Raymond Burke
Secrets of the Titanic
Himself (Narrator)
The Incident
Artie Connors
Grey Knight
Gen. Haworth
Confessions Of An Innocent Man
Himself - Narrator
A Texas Funeral
Grandpa Sparta
Judgment in Berlin
Herbert J. Stern
The End of Poverty?
narrator
Imagine That
Dante D'Enzo
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Frank Hallet
The Fourth Wise Man
Artaban
Hear No Evil
Lt. Brock
Pursuit
Timothy Drew
The California Kid
Michael McCord
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
Born Wild
Dan Walker
Shadrach
Narrator (voice)
The Double
Tom Highland
No Drums, No Bugles
Ashby Gatrell
Beyond the Stars
Paul Andrews
Wrinkles
(voice)
The Execution of Private Slovik
Eddie Slovik
The War at Home
Bob Collier
Holes in Heaven
Narrator (voice)
The Way
Tom
The Missiles of October
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
Stella Days
Fr. Daniel Barry
The Maid
Anthony Wayne
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Frank Petersen
Rage
Maj. Holliford
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Uncle Ben (uncredited)
James Dean: Forever Young
Narrator (voice)
Fortunes of War
Francis Labeck
Da
Charlie
When the Bough Breaks
Captain Swaggert
8
Theodore B. Olson
Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White
Narrator
Loophole
Stephen Booker
That Certain Summer
Gary McCain
Miller's Tale
Self
Consenting Adult
Ken Lynd
Eagle's Wing
Pike
Cold Front
John Hyde
That Championship Season
Tom Daley
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
Narrator
The Subject Was Roses
Timmy Cleary
In the Name of the People
Narrator
Mongo's Back in Town
Gordon
Boca
Jesse James Montgomery
Forget Me Never
Jack
In the Custody of Strangers
Frank Caldwell
Nightbreaker
Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up
Himself
Man, Woman and Child
Robert Beckwith
Then Came Bronson
Nick Oresko
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
Jeff Snyder
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
D.R.E.A.M. Team
J.W. Garrison
Letters from Three Lovers
Vincent
Message to My Daughter
John Thatcher
Vietnam: American Holocaust
Voice
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Self
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
Kilroy
The Whale
Tom Nickerson
A State of Emergency
Alex Carmody
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
James Marion Hunt
A Prayer for Rain
Warren Anderson
The Guardian
Charlie Hyatt
Pirate for the Sea
Himself
In the King of Prussia
Judge Samuel Salus II
The Andersonville Trial
Captain Williams
The Break
Gil Robbins
Taxi!!
Taxi Driver
Virgin Mary
Father Jozo Zovko
Ask Me Anything
A Stranger in the Kingdom
Sigurd Moulton
Original Intent
Homeless Joe
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Himself
The Last Survivors
Alexander William Holmes
Pickup on 101
Lester Baumgartner
Voyage of Terror
Henry Northcutt
The Kennedy Detail
Narrator
Trash
Padre Juilliard
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Self
Trigger Fast
Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
Enemies of War
Narrator
Gunfighter
The Stranger
Selma
Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
Walking After Midnight
Self
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Graytak
Sharkwise
Narrator
One of Her Own
Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
National Geographic: Inside the Vatican
Narrator
News at Eleven
Frank Kenley
Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth
Narrator (voice)
Unity
Narrator (voice)
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Jules Worthman
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
JFK
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Departed
Queenan
The Boxcar Children
Grandfather Alden (voice)
Ninth Street
Father Frank
Guns of Honor
Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
The Elevator
Sarge
Medusa's Child
President
Montserrat
Anne of Green Gables
Matthew Cuthbert
Rules Don't Apply
Noah Dietrich
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Martin Sheen
The Vessel
Father Douglas
Catch-22
1st Lt. Dobbs
The Twelve Apostles
Narrator (voice)
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Harlan Garrison
Dillinger and Capone
John Dillinger
Flatland
Arthur Square (voice)
Project: ALF
Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
Hits!
Kelly
Badge of Honor
Captain Daniel Richards
Pat Neal Is Back
Himself
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Harold Hohne
Beverly Hills Brats
Dr. Jeffrey Miller
They Killed Sister Dorothy
Narrator
Out of the Darkness
Eddie Zigo
The Legend of Earl Durand
Luther Sykes
Marked for Murder
Man in Park
Amazonia
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania
Narrator
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
Braving Alaska
Narrator
Braving Alaska
Narrator (voice)
Centralia Fire
Narrator
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
Matthew Cuthbert
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
Matthew Cuthbert
Come Sunday
Oral Roberts
Choices of the Heart
Father Philan
The Garden
Self
Jerusalem Syndrome
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
Himself
The Making of 'Spawn'
Himself
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle
Narrator
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
James Alden (voice)
Bringing Down a Dictator
Narrator (voice)
Mercy of the Sea
Frederik
Promises to Keep
Himself
Back to the Lane
Absence of Malick
Self
Shattered Spirits
Lyle Mollencamp
Crime Club
Deputy Wilson
White House Revealed
Self- Narrator (voice)
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight
Narrator
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn
Himself
12 Mighty Orphans
Doc Hall
The Devil Has a Name
Ralph
Making 'Badlands'
Self
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
Narrator
Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile
Narrator
The Darklings
Ira Everett
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Self
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Alive: 20 Years Later
Narrator (voice)
Dead Presidents
The Judge
Salinger
Self - Actor
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Self
Bench
Princess of the Row
John Austin
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Alan (voice)
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
Narrator
Judas and the Black Messiah
J. Edgar Hoover
Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture
Self
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
President Josiah Bartlet
One Hundred and One Nights
Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
The Time Shifters
Grifasi
The Commission
Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
Sacred Cargo
Father Andrew Kanvesky
Another Time, Another Place
Richard Conley
Monument Ave.
Hanlon
When the Line Goes Through
The Rites Of Mu
Narrator
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
Self
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Self
The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
Himself
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self (archive footage)
The Politics of the Dead Zone
Self
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
Narrator
A Conversation with Martin Sheen
Self
Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace
Narrator
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
Self
Lost & Found
Millstone
Man in the Mirror
Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
All Creatures Big and Small
Death By China
Narrator
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Dalton Trumbo
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Self (archive footage)
Eyewitness: Dinosaur
Narrator
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Narrator
The Price of a Life
Edward Miles Layton
Eyewitness DVD: Weather
Narrator
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Peter Maurin
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Self
I Love Liberty
Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas
Voice of Marcos
Downwind
Self Narrator
An Act of Conscience
Narrator
Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience
Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
Cyclone : pour le combattre il n'a que 3 heures
The Real Thing
Narrator (voice)
Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight
Self (archive footage)
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Narrator
Lost & Found in Cleveland
Dr. Austin Raybourne
Brothers on the Line
Narrator
A Prowler in the Heart
Tony Parrish
Shows
The Simpsons
Real Seymour Skinner (voice)
The One Show
Self
The View
Self
The F.B.I.
Norman Gretzler
Hawaii Five-O
Eddie Calhao
Spin City
Ray Harris / Ray Crawford
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
LateLine
Mannix
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Paul Dano
E! True Hollywood Story
The Edge of Night
Roy Sanders
Gun
Van Guinness
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
Matt Lincoln
Charles
N.Y.P.D.
Fred Janney
Toma
The Young Lawyers
Reverend Jimmy Haines
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
The Nurses
Carl
The Nurses
Saunders
Insight
Akardin
Insight
Vincent
Insight
Jamie Conklin
Insight
God
Insight
Bobo
Love Story (US)
Frank Randolph
Hawk
Peter Janus
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Police Surgeon
Ben Grover
Curiosity
Himself - Narrator
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Columbo
Karl Lessing
The Rookies
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Radio Host
Route 66
The Streets of San Francisco
Two and a Half Men
Harvey
Arrest and Trial
Naked City
Phillip Kosnik
Medical Center
Mission: Impossible
The Colbert Report
Cannon
Total Recall 2070
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Ironside
Johnny
The West Wing
President Josiah Bartlet
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Taxi Driver
Lancer
Sarge
Dan
Spaceflight
Alex Haley's Queen
James Jackson Sr.
The Outer Limits
Pvt. Arthur Dix
Chicken Soup for the Soul
For the People
Louis Cahane
Anger Management
Martin Goodson
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color
Narrator
Grace and Frankie
Robert Hanson
Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence
Narrator (voice)
Blind Ambition
John Dean
Nature
Narrator (voice)
The Atlanta Child Murders
Chet Dettlinger
American Dynasties: The Kennedys
Narrator (voice)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
Anger Management
Martin
The Missiles of October
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
The View
Self - Guest
Ghost Story
Frank
The Defenders
Arnold McCabe
The Defenders
Dino Locatelli
The Defenders
Joey Americus
The Defenders
Adam Novins
Naked City
Nick (uncredited)
Naked City
Counterman
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
The F.B.I.
Perry Victor
The F.B.I.
Steve Chandler
The F.B.I.
Neil Harland
Flipper
Phil Adams
Hawaii Five-O
Arthur Dixon
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Self
Tales from the Crypt
Kraygen / Thomas Miller / Zorbin the Magnificent
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice)
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Sly Sludge (voice)
The Mod Squad
Danny Morgan
Eyewitness
Narrator
A Matter of Justice
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host