Martin Sheen
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-08-03 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Martin Sheen
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.
Known For
Acting
(2025)
Lost & Found in Cleveland
as Dr. Austin Raybourne
(2024)
The Little Pageant That Could
as Self (archive footage)
(2024)
(2023)
23 Seconds to Eternity
as Narrator
(2023)
Downwind
as Self Narrator
(2021)
Judas and the Black Messiah
as J. Edgar Hoover
(2021)
12 Mighty Orphans
as Doc Hall
(2021)
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
as Narrator
(2020)
(2020)
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
as President Josiah Bartlet
(2020)
Princess of the Row
as John Austin
(2020)
(2019)
The Devil Has a Name
as Ralph
(2019)
(2018)
Come Sunday
as Oral Roberts
(2018)
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
as James Alden (voice)
(2017)
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
as Matthew Cuthbert
(2017)
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
as Matthew Cuthbert
(2017)
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle
as Narrator
(2017)
Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem
as Narrator
(2016)
Rules Don't Apply
as Noah Dietrich
(2016)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as Martin Sheen
(2016)
Anne of Green Gables
as Matthew Cuthbert
(2016)
The Vessel
as Father Douglas
(2016)
(2015)
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
(2015)
Badge of Honor
as Captain Daniel Richards
(2015)
(2014)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Uncle Ben (uncredited)
(2014)
Selma
as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
(2014)
A Prayer for Rain
as Warren Anderson
(2014)
(2014)
Trash
as Padre Juilliard
(2014)
(2014)
The Boxcar Children
as Grandfather Alden (voice)
(2014)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(2013)
Making Badlands
as Self
(2013)
The Whale
as Tom Nickerson
(2013)
Amazonia
as Narrator
(2013)
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
as Narrator
(2013)
(2013)
Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth
as Narrator (voice)
(2013)
Salinger
as Self - Actor
(2013)
Defending Gideon
as Narrator
(2012)
The Amazing Spider-Man
as Uncle Ben
(2012)
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
as Frank Petersen
(2012)
(2012)
Stella Days
as Fr. Daniel Barry
(2012)
8
as Theodore Olson
(2012)
Brothers on the Line
as Narrator
(2012)
Death By China
as Narrator
(2011)
The Double
as Tom Highland
(2011)
(2011)
Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White
as Narrator
(2011)
Sharkwise
as Narrator
(2011)
Halfway Home
as Narrator(voice)
(2011)
Miller's Tale
as Self
(2010)
The Way
as Tom
(2010)
The Kennedy Detail
as Narrator
(2010)
(2009)
Echelon Conspiracy
as Raymond Burke
(2009)
Imagine That
as Dante D'Enzo
(2009)
Love Happens
as Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
(2009)
White House Revealed
as Self- Narrator (voice)
(2009)
Gloves of Stone
as Dr. Frank Irwin
(2009)
Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience
as Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
(2008)
(2008)
The End of Poverty?
as Self - Narrator
(2008)
Man in the Mirror
as Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
(2008)
Pirate for the Sea
as Self
(2008)
Vietnam: American Holocaust
as Voice
(2008)
They Killed Sister Dorothy
as Narrator
(2008)
(2007)
Bordertown
as George Morgan
(2007)
Talk to Me
as E.G. Sonderling
(2007)
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
as Narrator
(2007)
Flatland
as Arthur Square (voice)
(2007)
Father G and the Homeboys
as Narrator
(2007)
Confessions Of An Innocent Man
as Self - Narrator
(2007)
Eyewitness DVD: Weather
as Narrator
(2006)
The Departed
as Queenan
(2006)
Bobby
as Jack Stevens
(2006)
Who Killed the Electric Car?
as Narrator (voice)
(2006)
(2006)
(2005)
James Dean: Forever Young
as Narrator (voice)
(2004)
Tell Them Who You Are
as Self
(2004)
Winning New Hampshire
as Self
(2004)
(2004)
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
as Self
(2004)
The Nomi Song
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
Mercy of the Sea
as Frederik
(2003)
The Commission
as Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
(2003)
Absence of Malick
as Self
(2003)
Hidden in Plain Sight
as Narrator (voice)
(2002)
Catch Me If You Can
as Roger Strong
(2002)
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action
as Narrator (voice)
(2002)
Bringing Down a Dictator
as Narrator (voice)
(2002)
(2001)
O
as Coach Duke Goulding
(2001)
Enemies of War
as Narrator
(2001)
National Geographic: Inside the Vatican
as Narrator
(2001)
Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace
as Narrator
(2000)
(1999)
Forget Me Never
as Jack
(1999)
The Time Shifters
as Grifasi
(1999)
A Texas Funeral
as Grandpa Sparta
(1999)
The Darklings
as Ira Everett
(1999)
Lost & Found
as Millstone
(1999)
Storm
as General James Roberts
(1999)
No Code of Conduct
as Bill Peterson
(1999)
D.R.E.A.M. Team
as J.W. Garrison
(1999)
The Twelve Apostles
as Narrator (voice)
(1999)
A Stranger in the Kingdom
as Sigurd Moulton
(1999)
Ninth Street
as Father Frank
(1999)
Crossing the Line
as self
(1999)
Gunfighter
as The Stranger
(1999)
(1998)
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
as Soul Hunter
(1998)
Voyage of Terror
as Henry Northcutt
(1998)
Monument Ave.
as Hanlon
(1998)
The Elevator
as Sarge
(1998)
Shadrach
as Narrator (voice)
(1998)
Free Money
as Guard
(1998)
A Letter from Death Row
as Michael's Father
(1998)
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War
as Self - Narrator
(1998)
Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology
as Narrator (voice)
(1997)
Spawn
as Jason Wynn
(1997)
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
as Narrator
(1997)
Hostile Waters
as Aurora Skipper
(1997)
(1997)
Medusa's Child
as President
(1997)
An Act of Conscience
as Narrator
(1997)
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians
as Narrator (voice)
(1997)
Gun
as Van Guinness
(1997)
The Making of 'Spawn'
as Self
(1997)
Eyewitness: Monster
as Narrator (voice)
(1996)
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
as Peter Maurin
(1996)
Project: ALF
as Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
(1996)
The War at Home
as Bob Collier
(1996)
Mexico
as Narrator (voice)
(1996)
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
as Dalton Trumbo
(1996)
Sacred Cargo
as Father Andrew Kanvesky
(1995)
The American President
as A.J. MacInerney
(1995)
Born Wild
as Dan Walker
(1995)
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
as Jeff Snyder
(1995)
The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas
as Voice of Marcos
(1995)
Dead Presidents
as The Judge
(1995)
Virgin Mary
as Father Jozo Zovko
(1995)
The Break
as Gil Robbins
(1995)
One Hundred and One Nights
as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
(1995)
Dillinger and Capone
as John Dillinger
(1995)
The Making of Eyewitness
as Narrator
(1994)
Trigger Fast
as Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
(1994)
When the Bough Breaks
as Captain Swaggert
(1994)
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
as Self
(1994)
Roswell
as Townsend
(1994)
One of Her Own
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
(1994)
Boca
as Jesse James Montgomery
(1994)
Guns of Honor
as Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
(1994)
Fortunes of War
as Francis Labeck
(1994)
Eyewitness: Dinosaur
as Narrator (voice)
(1994)
Hits!
as Kelly
(1994)
(1994)
Eyewitness: Shark
as Narrator (voice)
(1994)
(1993)
Hot Shots! Part Deux
as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
(1993)
Gettysburg
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
(1993)
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
as William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
(1993)
Grey Knight
as Gen. Haworth
(1993)
Hear No Evil
as Lt. Brock
(1993)
Alive: 20 Years Later
as Narrator (voice)
(1993)
Braving Alaska
as Narrator
(1993)
Braving Alaska
as Narrator (voice)
(1993)
(1992)
The Water Engine
as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
(1992)
Original Intent
as Homeless Joe
(1991)
JFK
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1991)
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
as Harold Hohne
(1991)
(1991)
Touch and Die
as Frank Magenta
(1991)
The Maid
as Anthony Wayne
(1991)
The Rites Of Mu
as Narrator
(1990)
Cadence
as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
(1989)
Beyond the Stars
as Paul Andrews
(1989)
Cold Front
as John Hyde
(1989)
Nightbreaker
as Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
(1989)
Beverly Hills Brats
as Dr. Jeffrey Miller
(1989)
Marked for Murder
as Man in Park
(1989)
Another Time, Another Place
as Richard Conley
(1988)
Judgment in Berlin
as Herbert J. Stern
(1988)
Promises to Keep
as Self
(1988)
Da
as Charlie
(1988)
Walking After Midnight
as Self
(1987)
Wall Street
as Carl Fox
(1987)
The Believers
as Cal Jamison
(1987)
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as Alan (voice)
(1987)
Siesta
as Del
(1987)
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
as Narrator
(1987)
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
as James Marion Hunt
(1986)
News at Eleven
as Frank Kenley
(1986)
Secrets of the Titanic
as Self - Narrator
(1986)
Shattered Spirits
as Lyle Mollencamp
(1986)
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
as Mitch Snyder
(1986)
A State of Emergency
as Alex Carmody
(1985)
Out of the Darkness
as Eddie Zigo
(1985)
Broken Rainbow
as Narrator (voice)
(1985)
The Fourth Wise Man
as Artaban
(1985)
The Real Thing
as Narrator (voice)
(1985)
Consenting Adult
as Ken Lynd
(1985)
Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile
as Narrator
(1985)
In the Name of the People
as Narrator
(1984)
Firestarter
as Captain Hollister
(1984)
The Guardian
as Charlie Hyatt
(1983)
The Dead Zone
as Greg Stillson
(1983)
Choices of the Heart
as Father Philan
(1983)
In the King of Prussia
as Judge Samuel Salus II
(1983)
(1983)
Man, Woman and Child
as Robert Beckwith
(1982)
Gandhi
as Vince Walker
(1982)
Enigma
as Alex Holbeck
(1982)
I Love Liberty
as Self
(1982)
In the Custody of Strangers
as Frank Caldwell
(1982)
That Championship Season
as Tom Daley
(1982)
Centralia Fire
as Narrator
(1981)
Loophole
as Stephen Booker
(1980)
The Final Countdown
as Warren Lasky
(1979)
Apocalypse Now
as Captain Benjamin Willard
(1979)
Eagle's Wing
as Pike
(1978)
Taxi!!
as Taxi Driver
(1977)
(1976)
The Cassandra Crossing
as Robby Navarro
(1976)
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
as Frank Hallet
(1975)
Sweet Hostage
as Leonard Hatch
(1975)
The Last Survivors
as Alexander William Holmes
(1974)
Badlands
as Kit Carruthers
(1974)
The Execution of Private Slovik
as Eddie Slovik
(1974)
The Missiles of October
as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
(1974)
The California Kid
as Michael McCord
(1974)
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
(1974)
The Legend of Earl Durand
as Luther Sykes
(1973)
A Prowler in the Heart
as Tony Parrish
(1973)
Message to My Daughter
as John Thatcher
(1973)
The Catholics
as Father Kinsella
(1973)
Letters from Three Lovers
as Vincent
(1973)
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
as Harlan Garrison
(1973)
Crime Club
as Deputy Wilson
(1972)
Pickup on 101
as Lester Baumgartner
(1972)
That Certain Summer
as Gary McCain
(1972)
Rage
as Maj. Holliford
(1972)
Pursuit
as Timothy Drew
(1972)
When the Line Goes Through
as Bluff Jackson
(1972)
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
as Graytak
(1972)
No Drums, No Bugles
as Ashby Gatrell
(1971)
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
as Jules Worthman
(1971)
(1971)
Mongo's Back in Town
as Gordon
(1970)
Catch-22
as 1st Lt. Dobbs
(1970)
The Andersonville Trial
as Captain Williams
(1969)
Then Came Bronson
as Nick Oresko
(1968)
The Subject Was Roses
as Timmy Cleary
(1968)
Pat Neal Is Back
as Self
(1967)
The Incident
as Artie Connors
(1967)
The Price of a Life
as Edward Miles Layton
(1966)
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
as Kilroy
Crew
(2024)
Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen
Executive Producer
(2023)
Vigilante
Executive Producer
(2019)
The Map to Paradise
Producer
(1990)
Cadence
Director, Writer
(1989)
Nightbreaker
Executive Producer