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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).

Martin Sheen
Sheen in 2008
Born
Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez

(1940-08-03) August 3, 1940 (age 82)
Citizenship
  • United States
  • Ireland[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • activist
Years active1961–present
Spouse
(m. 1961)
Children
RelativesJoe Estevez (brother)
FamilyEstevez
Signature

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.[3] 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.

Early life

Sheen was born in Dayton, Ohio, on August 3, 1940, to Mary-Ann (née Phelan) and Francisco Estévez Martínez.[4][5] During birth, Sheen's left arm was crushed by forceps, giving him limited lateral movement of that arm (Erb's palsy) and resulting in the arm being three inches (7.6 cm) shorter than his right.[6] Both of Sheen's parents were immigrants; his mother was Irish, from Borrisokane, County Tipperary, and his father, who was Spanish, was born in Salceda de Caselas, Galicia.[7][8] After moving to Dayton in the 1930s, his father was a factory worker/machinery inspector at the National Cash Register Company.[9] Sheen grew up on Brown Street in the South Park neighborhood, the seventh of ten children (nine boys and a girl).[8] Due to his father's work, the family lived on the island of Bermuda on St. John's Road, Pembroke Parish, where five of his brothers were born. Martin was the first child to be born in Dayton, Ohio, after the family returned from Bermuda.[10][citation needed] Sheen contracted polio as a child and had to remain bedridden for a year. His doctor's treatment using Sister Kenny's method helped him regain use of his legs.[8]

When he was eleven years old, Sheen's mother died, and the children faced the possibility of living in an orphanage or foster homes. The family was able to remain together with the assistance of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Dayton.[11] Raised as a Catholic, he graduated from Chaminade High School (now Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School).[8][12] At fourteen years old he organized a strike of golf caddies while working at a private golf club in Dayton, Ohio. He complained about the golfers, saying: "They often used obscene language in front of us... we were little boys and they were abusive... anti-Semitic.... And they, for the most part, were upstanding members of the community."[13]

Sheen was drawn to acting at a young age, but his father disapproved of his interest in the field. Despite his father's opposition, Sheen borrowed money from a Catholic priest and moved to New York City in his early twenties, hoping to make it as an actor.[9] He spent two years in the Living Theatre company. It was in New York that he met Catholic activist Dorothy Day. Working with her Catholic Worker Movement, he began his commitment to social justice,[8][14] and would one day go on to play Peter Maurin, cofounder of the Catholic Worker Movement, in Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story. Sheen deliberately failed the entrance examination for the University of Dayton so that he could pursue his acting career.[15]

He adopted his stage name, Martin Sheen, from a combination of the CBS casting director, Robert Dale Martin, who gave him his first big break, and the Catholic televangelist archbishop, Fulton J. Sheen.[16] In a 2003 Inside the Actors Studio interview, Sheen explained,

Whenever I would call for an appointment, whether it was a job or an apartment, and I would give my name, there was always that hesitation and when I'd get there, it was always gone. So I thought, I got enough problems trying to get an acting job, so I invented Martin Sheen. It's still Estevez officially. I never changed it officially. I never will. It's on my driver's license and passport and everything. I started using Sheen, I thought I'd give it a try, and before I knew it, I started making a living with it and then it was too late. In fact, one of my great regrets is that I didn't keep my name as it was given to me. I knew it bothered my dad.[8][9][16][17]

Career

Sheen was greatly influenced by the actor James Dean.[8] Speaking of the impact Dean had on him, Sheen stated, “All of his movies had a profound effect on my life, in my work and all of my generation. He transcended cinema acting. It was no longer acting, it was human behavior.”[18] Sheen developed a theatre company with other actors in hopes that a production would earn him recognition. In 1963, he made an appearance in "Nightmare", an episode of the television science fiction series The Outer Limits. In 1964, he co-starred in the Broadway play The Subject Was Roses; he later reprised his role in the 1968 film of the same name, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.[19] Sheen also starred in the television production Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (1966), an adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play Camino Real directed by Jack Landau and presented by NET, a PBS predecessor.

During the 1960s and early 1970s, Sheen appeared as a guest star on many popular television series, including Insight (1960s-1980s), My Three Sons (1964), Flipper (1967), The F.B.I. (1968), Mission: Impossible (1969), Hawaii Five-O (1970), Dan August (1971), The Rookies (1973), Columbo (1973), and The Streets of San Francisco (1973). He also had a recurring role as "Danny Morgan" on Mod Squad (1970–1971).[20] By the early 1970s, Sheen was increasingly focusing on television films and motion pictures.

Sheen portrayed Dobbs in the 1970 film adaptation of Catch-22. He then co-starred in the controversial Emmy Award-winning 1972 television film That Certain Summer, said to be the first television movie in America to portray homosexuality in a sympathetic light. His next important feature film role was in 1973, when he starred with Sissy Spacek in the crime drama Badlands, playing an antisocial multiple murderer. Sheen has stated that his role in Badlands was one of his two favorites, the other being his role as a U.S. Army special operations officer in Apocalypse Now.[8][21] Also in 1973, Sheen appeared opposite David Janssen in "Such Dust As Dreams Are Made On", the first pilot for the television series Harry O.

In 1974, Sheen portrayed a hot rod driver in the television film The California Kid[22] and that same year received an Emmy Award[23] nomination for Best Actor in a television drama for his portrayal of Pvt. Eddie Slovik in the television film The Execution of Private Slovik.[8] Based on an incident that occurred during World War II, the film told the story of the only U.S. soldier to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War.

Sheen's performance led to Francis Ford Coppola's casting him in a lead role as U.S. Army Captain Benjamin L. Willard in 1979's Apocalypse Now, gaining him wide recognition. Filming in the Philippine jungle in the typhoon season of 1976, Sheen admitted he was not in great shape and was drinking heavily.[8] For the film's legendary opening sequence in a Saigon hotel room, Sheen's portrayal of Willard as heavily intoxicated was aided by Sheen's celebrating his 36th birthday on-set that day, and being actually drunk.[24] Twelve months into filming, Sheen suffered a minor heart attack and had to crawl out to a road for help.[8] While he was recovering, his younger brother Joe Estevez stood in for him in a number of long shots and in some of the voice-overs.[25] Sheen was able to resume filming a few weeks later.[24] In 1979, Sheen acted in The Final Countdown with Kirk Douglas, another actor with family connections to Bermuda (Diana Dill, Douglas's first wife and the mother of their sons Michael Douglas and Joel Douglas was a Bermudian).

Sheen has played U.S. President John F. Kennedy in the miniseries Kennedy; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in the television special The Missiles of October; White House Chief of Staff A.J. McInnerney in The American President; White House Counsel John Dean in the television mini-series Blind Ambition; sinister would-be president Greg Stillson in The Dead Zone; the President in the Lori Loughlin-Chris Noth television mini-series, Medusa's Child; the president in the short film Family Attraction.

In 1993, Sheen's sympathetic portrayal of General Robert E. Lee in the Ronald Maxwell film Gettysburg met with acclaim.

He played fictional Democratic president Josiah "Jed" Bartlet in the acclaimed television drama, The West Wing.[8] He plays Captain Hollister In Firestarter opposite Drew Barrymore and David Keith

In November 2010, Sheen was cast as Uncle Ben in Sony's 2012 reboot of the Spider-Man film series, The Amazing Spider-Man, directed by Marc Webb.[26]

Sheen has performed voice-over work as the narrator for the Eyewitness series and as the "real" Seymour Skinner in the controversial Simpsons episode "The Principal and the Pauper." In addition, he played the role of the Illusive Man in the highly acclaimed video game Mass Effect 2, and the sequel, Mass Effect 3. He provided the voice of Emilio in the English language version of the 2011 animated film Arrugas (Wrinkles). Martin Sheen is also the host of In Focus, a television program whose Facebook page claims airs on PBS affiliate stations on Public Television, but in fact does not, according to the company's spokesperson, as reported in The Washington Post on December 27, 2012.[27]

In 2009, Sheen travelled to Mexico City to star in Chamaco with Kirk Harris, Alex Perea, Gustavo Sánchez Parra and Michael Madsen. Sheen appeared in Martin Scorsese's The Departed as Captain Oliver Queenan, a commanding officer who is watching an undercover cop (Leonardo DiCaprio). Martin Sheen and son Ramon Estevez combined both their real and stage names to create the Warner Bros.-affiliated company, Estevez Sheen Productions. In 2010 the company released The Way, written and directed by Sheen's son Emilio Estevez who also stars in the film as Martin's on-screen son, who dies while hiking the Camino de Santiago. His daughter, Renée, also has a part in the film. Driven by sadness, Martin's character, an American doctor, leaves his Californian life and embarks on the 800 km (500 mi) pilgrimage from the French Pyrenees to Spain's Santiago de Compostela himself, with his son's ashes. The Way premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.

In 2010, he filmed Stella Days[28] in County Tipperary, Ireland, near the birthplace of his mother. Thaddeus O'Sullivan directed and Irish actor Stephen Rea starred,[29] along with IFTA award-winning actress Amy Huberman. Sheen plays parish priest Daniel Barry, whose love of movies leads him to help set up a cinema in Borrisokane.[29][30]

Sheen played a starring role in Netflix's Grace and Frankie (2015–2022). In December 2019 Sheen signed on to play legendary FBI director J. Edgar Hoover alongside Lakeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, and Daniel Kaluuya in Judas and the Black Messiah. Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film was released in 2021. It was directed by Shaka King and chronicles the death of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton in Chicago on December 4, 1969.[31]

Political views

Martin Sheen has been active in countless nonviolent acts of civil disobedience and arrested 66 times as he stood up for peace and against nuclear power, nuclear weapons testing, dangerous arms buildup, abuse of farmworkers, Canadian sealclubbing and other causes.[32] Although he did not attend college, Sheen credited the Marianists at University of Dayton as a major influence on his public activism, as well as Archbishop Desmond Tutu.[33] Sheen is known for his outspoken support of liberal political causes, such as opposition to United States military actions and a hazardous-waste incinerator in East Liverpool, Ohio. Sheen has resisted calls to run for office, saying: "There's no way that I could be the president. You can't have a pacifist in the White House.... I'm an actor. This is what I do for a living."[34] Sheen is an honorary trustee of the Dayton International Peace Museum.

He supported the 1965 farm worker movement with Cesar Chavez in Delano, California.[35] Sheen endorsed marches and walkouts called by the activist group By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) to force the State of California to introduce a holiday in memory of Cesar Chavez. On the day of the protests (March 30), thousands of students, primarily Latino from California and elsewhere, walked out of school in support of the demand. Sheen also stated that he participated in the large-scale immigration marches in Los Angeles in 2006 and 2007.[36][37][citation needed]

 
Martin Sheen with a Hiroshima bombing survivor, 1995

According to W. James Antle III, writing in The American Conservative, Sheen is a follower of the consistent life ethic, which opposes abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment and war.[38] Sheen articulated his view in an interview with The Progressive: "I'm inclined to be against abortion of any life. But I am equally against the death penalty or war." He also stated at the same occasion: "I personally am opposed to abortion, but I will not judge anybody else's right in that regard because I am not a woman and I could never face the actual reality of it."[21] He also supports the Democrats for Life of America's Pregnant Women Support Act.[39]

Sheen starred in Jakov Sedlar's religious drama Gospa in 1995. Sheen also narrated several movies for the Croatian director during the 1990s.[40][41]

Martin Sheen and Paul Watson (from the non-profit environmental organization Sea Shepherd Conservation Society) were confronted on May 16, 1995 by a number of Canadian sealers in a hotel on Magdalen Islands over Sea Shepherd's history of attacks on sealing and whaling ships. Sheen negotiated with the sealers while Watson was escorted to the airport by police.[42] Sheen became involved with gun control in 2000 after the National Shooting Sports Foundation hired his politically conservative brother, actor Joe Estevez who sounds like Sheen, to do a voice-over for a pro-gunmaker commercial earlier in the year.[43][44]

 
Martin Sheen at an anti-war protest in October 2007

In early 2003 Sheen signed the "Not in My Name" declaration opposing the invasion of Iraq (along with prominent figures such as Noam Chomsky and Susan Sarandon); the declaration appeared in the magazine The Nation. Sheen visited Camp Casey on August 28, 2005 to pray with anti-Iraq War activist Cindy Sheehan, who had demanded a second meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush.[45] Addressing Sheehan's supporters, Sheen said: "At least you've got the acting president of the United States", referring to his role as president Josiah Bartlet on The West Wing.[46]

During the 1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries, he supported Senator Ted Kennedy and gave multiple speeches supporting him in Florida.[47] Sheen campaigned with Rob Reiner for Democratic presidential candidates Howard Dean and John Kerry in 2004.[48] Members of the Democratic Party in Ohio reportedly contacted Sheen in 2006 to persuade him to run for the United States Senate. Sheen declined the offer, stating, "I'm just not qualified. You're mistaking celebrity for credibility."[49] In the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, Sheen initially endorsed New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and helped raise funds for his campaign.[50] After Richardson dropped out of the campaign, Sheen supported Barack Obama.[49]

In 2006, when Sheen was living in Ireland as a result of his enrollment in NUI Galway, he criticised Irish mushroom farmers for exploiting foreign workers by paying them as little as €2.50 an hour - way below the country's minimum wage of €7.65.[51][failed verification]

From 2008 to 2013, Sheen's activism included attendances at meetings of the environmentalist group Earth First![52] and speaking appearances at youth empowerment events called We Day on behalf of Free The Children, an international charity and educational partner.[53] Sheen has been named an ambassador of Free The Children and has supported such initiatives as the We are Silent campaign, a 24-hour pledge of silence.[54] Speaking about his work with Free The Children, Sheen has said, "I'm hooked! I told them whenever I could offer some insight or energy or whatever I had, I'd be delighted if they would call on me, and they have."[55] Sheen championed Help Darfur Now, a student-run organization to help aid victims of the genocide in Darfur, the western region in Sudan. He also appeared in the 2009 anti-fur documentary "Skin Trade."[56]

Sheen appeared in television and radio ads urging Washington state residents to vote 'no' on Initiative 1000, a proposed assisted suicide law before voters in the 2008 election.[57]

Sheen first spoke to 18,000 young student activists at Free The Children's 2010 We Day. "While acting is what I do for a living, activism is what I do to stay alive," he said.[58]

In March 2012, Sheen and George Clooney performed in Dustin Lance Black's play, '8' — a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage — as attorney Theodore Olson.[59] The production was held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre and broadcast on YouTube to raise money for the American Foundation for Equal Rights.[60][61]

Sheen reunited with the cast of The West Wing in September 2012 to produce a video explaining Michigan's ballot and its partisan and nonpartisan sections. The video doubled as a campaign ad for Bridget McCormack, who was running as a nonpartisan candidate for Michigan's Supreme Court. McCormack's sister, actress Mary McCormack, co-starred with Sheen on The West Wing in its final three seasons.[62]

When the film Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain premiered in 2014, Sheen advocated for Amnesty International's campaign Justice for Bhopal.[63]

Sheen narrated the trailer for a proposed documentary film about the prosecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman in 2015.[64]

Personal life

 
Sheen with son Emilio Estevez at the BFI premiere of his film The Way in London February 2011

Family

Sheen married Janet Templeton on December 23, 1961, and they have three sons and a daughter, all of whom are actors: Emilio, Ramón, Carlos, and Renée. Carlos, however, decided to change his name when he began acting, calling himself Charlie Sheen[8] after making the decision to anglicize his first name and take his surname from his father's stage name, although he was already known only as Charlie throughout his elementary school years.

Charlie and his father parodied their roles in the 1993 movie Hot Shots! Part Deux; when their river patrol boats passed each other, they both shouted, "I loved you in Wall Street!" a film they both starred in as father and son in 1987.

He has played the father of sons Emilio and Carlos in various projects: he played Emilio's father in The War at Home, In the Custody of Strangers and The Way, and Charlie's father in Wall Street, No Code of Conduct, two episodes of Spin City, and Anger Management. He also appeared as a guest star in one episode of Two and a Half Men playing the father of Charlie's neighbor Rose (Melanie Lynskey), and another as guest star Denise Richards's father; at the time that episode aired, Richards was married to Charlie. Martin also played a "future" version of Charlie in a Visa commercial. Martin has played other characters with his children. He starred in the film Bobby, which was directed by Emilio, who also starred in the movie alongside his father. Renée had a supporting role in The West Wing, as a White House staff secretary. Emilio also appeared, uncredited, in an episode of The West Wing portraying his father's character, President Bartlet, in home movie footage.[65]

Sheen became a grandfather at age 43 when Emilio had a son with his girlfriend, Carey Salley. Sheen has a total of ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.[66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74]

He celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary in 2011.[9]

In 2012, Sheen was a guest on the U.S. version of Who Do You Think You Are?, tracing his Irish and Galician ancestry.

He underwent a quadruple heart bypass operation in December 2015.[75]

Academic pursuits

After the end of filming of The West Wing, Sheen planned to further his education: "My plan is to read English literature, philosophy and theology in Galway, Ireland, where my late mother came from and where I'm also a citizen."[76] Speaking after an honorary arts doctorate was conferred on him by the National University of Ireland, Sheen joked that he would be the "oldest undergraduate" at the National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway, when he started his full-time studies there in the autumn of 2006. Although expressing concern that he might be a "distraction" to other students at NUI Galway, he attended lectures like everyone else. Speaking the week after filming his last episode of The West Wing, he said, "I'm very serious about it." He once said, "I never went to college when I was young and am looking forward to giving it a try... at age 65!"[77] On September 1, 2006, Sheen was among the first to register as a student at NUI Galway, where he took classes in English literature, philosophy, and oceanography.[78] He completed his course after a semester at the university and was awarded a European Computer Driving License.

Sheen maintains links with Galway and "heartily" supported Michael D. Higgins (himself an alumnus of NUI Galway) in the 2011 Irish presidential election, having become a "dear friend" of Higgins while studying there.[79]

Protests

In a speech at Oxford University in 2009, Sheen stated that he had been arrested 66 times for protesting and acts of civil disobedience.[80] He was described by human rights activist Craig Kielburger as having "a rap sheet almost as long as his list of film credits."[81]

On April 1, 2007, Sheen was arrested, with 38 other activists, for trespassing at the Nevada Test Site at a Nevada Desert Experience event protesting against the site.[82]

He has a long association with Sea Shepherd and that conservation organization has named a ship, the RV Martin Sheen to recognize his commitment and support.

Religion

Sheen is Catholic, having had his faith restored during conversations in Paris in 1981 with Terrence Malick, director of Sheen's breakthrough film, Badlands (1973).[12][21][24] Sheen stated in a 1983 interview with The Varsity that he is a Catholic on a "spiritual level" and that he "couldn't care less about religion."[83] Sheen also stated that he believed in reincarnation.[83] He is a supporter of the Catholic Worker movement.[84]

Family life and abortion stance

In a 2011 interview with RTÉ, Sheen stated that his wife was conceived through rape, and if her mother had aborted her, or dumped her in the Ohio River as she had considered, his wife would not exist. He also disclosed that three of his grandchildren were conceived out of wedlock, saying his sons "were not happy at the time but they came to love these children. We have three grown grandchildren, two of them are married, they're some of the greatest source [sic] of joy in our lives."[85]

Awards and honors

In the spring of 1989, Sheen was named honorary mayor of Malibu, California. He promptly marked his appointment with a decree proclaiming the area "a nuclear-free zone, a sanctuary for aliens and the homeless, and a protected environment for all life, wild and tame".[86] Some local citizens were angered by the decree, and the Malibu Chamber of Commerce met in June of that year to consider revoking his title, but voted unanimously to retain him.[87]

 
Sheen in 1987

While Sheen claims he deliberately failed the entrance exam for the University of Dayton so that he could pursue his acting career, he still has an affinity for UD, and is seen drinking from a "Dayton Flyers" coffee mug during several episodes of The West Wing. Sheen also developed an ongoing relationship with Wright State University, where he performed Love Letters as a benefit for scholarships in the Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures, and hosted a trip of donors to the set of The West Wing with the department's chair, W. Stuart McDowell, in September 2001. The Sheen/Estevez & Augsburger Scholarship Fund has since attracted over $100,000 in scholarships in the arts for students in need at WSU since its inception in 2000.[15] Sheen also has a great affinity for the University of Notre Dame and in 2008 was awarded the Laetare Medal,[88] the highest honor bestowed on American Catholics, in May 2008 at the school's commencement.

Sheen received six Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance on The West Wing, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in TV-Drama, as well as two SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series, and was part of the cast that received two SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

In his acting career, Sheen has been nominated for ten Emmy Awards, winning one. He has also earned eight nominations for Golden Globe Awards. Sheen has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1500 Vine Street.[89]

In 2001 Sheen won a TV Guide Award for 'Actor of the Year in a Drama Series' for The West Wing.[90] In the animated Nickelodeon movie, TV show and TV spin-off of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, there is a character named Sheen Estevez, which is Sheen's original last name – Estévez – and working last name, Sheen.

Sheen was the 2003 recipient of the Marquette University Degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa for his work on social and Catholic issues.[91] In 2011, he was awarded an honorary life membership in the Law Society of University College Dublin.[92] On May 3, 2015 Sheen received an honorary Doctor of Human Letters degree from the University of Dayton for his lifelong commitment to peace, social justice and human rights exemplifying the Catholic, Marianist university's missions.[93]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

See also

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martin, sheen, ramón, antonio, gerardo, estévez, born, august, 1940, known, professionally, american, actor, first, became, known, roles, films, subject, roses, 1968, badlands, 1973, later, achieved, wide, recognition, leading, role, captain, benjamin, willard. Ramon Antonio Gerardo Estevez 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 Martin SheenSheen in 2008BornRamon Antonio Gerardo Estevez 1940 08 03 August 3 1940 age 82 Dayton Ohio U S CitizenshipUnited States Ireland 1 OccupationsActoractivistYears active1961 presentSpouseJanet Templeton m 1961 wbr ChildrenEmilio EstevezRamon EstevezCharlie SheenRenee EstevezRelativesJoe Estevez brother FamilyEstevezMartin Sheen s voice source source source from the BBC programme Desert Island Discs April 3 2011 2 SignatureIn film Sheen has won the Best Actor award at the San Sebastian 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 3 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 Ramon He has narrated produced and directed documentary television earning two Daytime Emmy awards in the 1980s and has been active in liberal politics Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Political views 4 Personal life 4 1 Family 4 2 Academic pursuits 4 3 Protests 4 4 Religion 4 5 Family life and abortion stance 5 Awards and honors 6 Filmography 7 Awards and nominations 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksEarly life EditSheen was born in Dayton Ohio on August 3 1940 to Mary Ann nee Phelan and Francisco Estevez Martinez 4 5 During birth Sheen s left arm was crushed by forceps giving him limited lateral movement of that arm Erb s palsy and resulting in the arm being three inches 7 6 cm shorter than his right 6 Both of Sheen s parents were immigrants his mother was Irish from Borrisokane County Tipperary and his father who was Spanish was born in Salceda de Caselas Galicia 7 8 After moving to Dayton in the 1930s his father was a factory worker machinery inspector at the National Cash Register Company 9 Sheen grew up on Brown Street in the South Park neighborhood the seventh of ten children nine boys and a girl 8 Due to his father s work the family lived on the island of Bermuda on St John s Road Pembroke Parish where five of his brothers were born Martin was the first child to be born in Dayton Ohio after the family returned from Bermuda 10 citation needed Sheen contracted polio as a child and had to remain bedridden for a year His doctor s treatment using Sister Kenny s method helped him regain use of his legs 8 When he was eleven years old Sheen s mother died and the children faced the possibility of living in an orphanage or foster homes The family was able to remain together with the assistance of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Dayton 11 Raised as a Catholic he graduated from Chaminade High School now Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School 8 12 At fourteen years old he organized a strike of golf caddies while working at a private golf club in Dayton Ohio He complained about the golfers saying They often used obscene language in front of us we were little boys and they were abusive anti Semitic And they for the most part were upstanding members of the community 13 Sheen was drawn to acting at a young age but his father disapproved of his interest in the field Despite his father s opposition Sheen borrowed money from a Catholic priest and moved to New York City in his early twenties hoping to make it as an actor 9 He spent two years in the Living Theatre company It was in New York that he met Catholic activist Dorothy Day Working with her Catholic Worker Movement he began his commitment to social justice 8 14 and would one day go on to play Peter Maurin cofounder of the Catholic Worker Movement in Entertaining Angels The Dorothy Day Story Sheen deliberately failed the entrance examination for the University of Dayton so that he could pursue his acting career 15 He adopted his stage name Martin Sheen from a combination of the CBS casting director Robert Dale Martin who gave him his first big break and the Catholic televangelist archbishop Fulton J Sheen 16 In a 2003 Inside the Actors Studio interview Sheen explained Whenever I would call for an appointment whether it was a job or an apartment and I would give my name there was always that hesitation and when I d get there it was always gone So I thought I got enough problems trying to get an acting job so I invented Martin Sheen It s still Estevez officially I never changed it officially I never will It s on my driver s license and passport and everything I started using Sheen I thought I d give it a try and before I knew it I started making a living with it and then it was too late In fact one of my great regrets is that I didn t keep my name as it was given to me I knew it bothered my dad 8 9 16 17 Career EditSheen was greatly influenced by the actor James Dean 8 Speaking of the impact Dean had on him Sheen stated All of his movies had a profound effect on my life in my work and all of my generation He transcended cinema acting It was no longer acting it was human behavior 18 Sheen developed a theatre company with other actors in hopes that a production would earn him recognition In 1963 he made an appearance in Nightmare an episode of the television science fiction series The Outer Limits In 1964 he co starred in the Broadway play The Subject Was Roses he later reprised his role in the 1968 film of the same name and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor 19 Sheen also starred in the television production Ten Blocks on the Camino Real 1966 an adaptation of Tennessee Williams play Camino Real directed by Jack Landau and presented by NET a PBS predecessor During the 1960s and early 1970s Sheen appeared as a guest star on many popular television series including Insight 1960s 1980s My Three Sons 1964 Flipper 1967 The F B I 1968 Mission Impossible 1969 Hawaii Five O 1970 Dan August 1971 The Rookies 1973 Columbo 1973 and The Streets of San Francisco 1973 He also had a recurring role as Danny Morgan on Mod Squad 1970 1971 20 By the early 1970s Sheen was increasingly focusing on television films and motion pictures Sheen portrayed Dobbs in the 1970 film adaptation of Catch 22 He then co starred in the controversial Emmy Award winning 1972 television film That Certain Summer said to be the first television movie in America to portray homosexuality in a sympathetic light His next important feature film role was in 1973 when he starred with Sissy Spacek in the crime drama Badlands playing an antisocial multiple murderer Sheen has stated that his role in Badlands was one of his two favorites the other being his role as a U S Army special operations officer in Apocalypse Now 8 21 Also in 1973 Sheen appeared opposite David Janssen in Such Dust As Dreams Are Made On the first pilot for the television series Harry O In 1974 Sheen portrayed a hot rod driver in the television film The California Kid 22 and that same year received an Emmy Award 23 nomination for Best Actor in a television drama for his portrayal of Pvt Eddie Slovik in the television film The Execution of Private Slovik 8 Based on an incident that occurred during World War II the film told the story of the only U S soldier to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War Sheen at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival Sheen s performance led to Francis Ford Coppola s casting him in a lead role as U S Army Captain Benjamin L Willard in 1979 s Apocalypse Now gaining him wide recognition Filming in the Philippine jungle in the typhoon season of 1976 Sheen admitted he was not in great shape and was drinking heavily 8 For the film s legendary opening sequence in a Saigon hotel room Sheen s portrayal of Willard as heavily intoxicated was aided by Sheen s celebrating his 36th birthday on set that day and being actually drunk 24 Twelve months into filming Sheen suffered a minor heart attack and had to crawl out to a road for help 8 While he was recovering his younger brother Joe Estevez stood in for him in a number of long shots and in some of the voice overs 25 Sheen was able to resume filming a few weeks later 24 In 1979 Sheen acted in The Final Countdown with Kirk Douglas another actor with family connections to Bermuda Diana Dill Douglas s first wife and the mother of their sons Michael Douglas and Joel Douglas was a Bermudian Sheen has played U S President John F Kennedy in the miniseries Kennedy Attorney General Robert F Kennedy in the television special The Missiles of October White House Chief of Staff A J McInnerney in The American President White House Counsel John Dean in the television mini series Blind Ambition sinister would be president Greg Stillson in The Dead Zone the President in the Lori Loughlin Chris Noth television mini series Medusa s Child the president in the short film Family Attraction In 1993 Sheen s sympathetic portrayal of General Robert E Lee in the Ronald Maxwell film Gettysburg met with acclaim He played fictional Democratic president Josiah Jed Bartlet in the acclaimed television drama The West Wing 8 He plays Captain Hollister In Firestarter opposite Drew Barrymore and David KeithIn November 2010 Sheen was cast as Uncle Ben in Sony s 2012 reboot of the Spider Man film series The Amazing Spider Man directed by Marc Webb 26 Sheen has performed voice over work as the narrator for the Eyewitness series and as the real Seymour Skinner in the controversial Simpsons episode The Principal and the Pauper In addition he played the role of the Illusive Man in the highly acclaimed video game Mass Effect 2 and the sequel Mass Effect 3 He provided the voice of Emilio in the English language version of the 2011 animated film Arrugas Wrinkles Martin Sheen is also the host of In Focus a television program whose Facebook page claims airs on PBS affiliate stations on Public Television but in fact does not according to the company s spokesperson as reported in The Washington Post on December 27 2012 27 In 2009 Sheen travelled to Mexico City to star in Chamaco with Kirk Harris Alex Perea Gustavo Sanchez Parra and Michael Madsen Sheen appeared in Martin Scorsese s The Departed as Captain Oliver Queenan a commanding officer who is watching an undercover cop Leonardo DiCaprio Martin Sheen and son Ramon Estevez combined both their real and stage names to create the Warner Bros affiliated company Estevez Sheen Productions In 2010 the company released The Way written and directed by Sheen s son Emilio Estevez who also stars in the film as Martin s on screen son who dies while hiking the Camino de Santiago His daughter Renee also has a part in the film Driven by sadness Martin s character an American doctor leaves his Californian life and embarks on the 800 km 500 mi pilgrimage from the French Pyrenees to Spain s Santiago de Compostela himself with his son s ashes The Way premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival In 2010 he filmed Stella Days 28 in County Tipperary Ireland near the birthplace of his mother Thaddeus O Sullivan directed and Irish actor Stephen Rea starred 29 along with IFTA award winning actress Amy Huberman Sheen plays parish priest Daniel Barry whose love of movies leads him to help set up a cinema in Borrisokane 29 30 Sheen played a starring role in Netflix s Grace and Frankie 2015 2022 In December 2019 Sheen signed on to play legendary FBI director J Edgar Hoover alongside Lakeith Stanfield Jesse Plemons and Daniel Kaluuya in Judas and the Black Messiah Produced by Warner Bros Pictures the film was released in 2021 It was directed by Shaka King and chronicles the death of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton in Chicago on December 4 1969 31 Political views EditMartin Sheen has been active in countless nonviolent acts of civil disobedience and arrested 66 times as he stood up for peace and against nuclear power nuclear weapons testing dangerous arms buildup abuse of farmworkers Canadian sealclubbing and other causes 32 Although he did not attend college Sheen credited the Marianists at University of Dayton as a major influence on his public activism as well as Archbishop Desmond Tutu 33 Sheen is known for his outspoken support of liberal political causes such as opposition to United States military actions and a hazardous waste incinerator in East Liverpool Ohio Sheen has resisted calls to run for office saying There s no way that I could be the president You can t have a pacifist in the White House I m an actor This is what I do for a living 34 Sheen is an honorary trustee of the Dayton International Peace Museum He supported the 1965 farm worker movement with Cesar Chavez in Delano California 35 Sheen endorsed marches and walkouts called by the activist group By Any Means Necessary BAMN to force the State of California to introduce a holiday in memory of Cesar Chavez On the day of the protests March 30 thousands of students primarily Latino from California and elsewhere walked out of school in support of the demand Sheen also stated that he participated in the large scale immigration marches in Los Angeles in 2006 and 2007 36 37 citation needed Martin Sheen with a Hiroshima bombing survivor 1995 According to W James Antle III writing in The American Conservative Sheen is a follower of the consistent life ethic which opposes abortion euthanasia capital punishment and war 38 Sheen articulated his view in an interview with The Progressive I m inclined to be against abortion of any life But I am equally against the death penalty or war He also stated at the same occasion I personally am opposed to abortion but I will not judge anybody else s right in that regard because I am not a woman and I could never face the actual reality of it 21 He also supports the Democrats for Life of America s Pregnant Women Support Act 39 Sheen starred in Jakov Sedlar s religious drama Gospa in 1995 Sheen also narrated several movies for the Croatian director during the 1990s 40 41 Martin Sheen and Paul Watson from the non profit environmental organization Sea Shepherd Conservation Society were confronted on May 16 1995 by a number of Canadian sealers in a hotel on Magdalen Islands over Sea Shepherd s history of attacks on sealing and whaling ships Sheen negotiated with the sealers while Watson was escorted to the airport by police 42 Sheen became involved with gun control in 2000 after the National Shooting Sports Foundation hired his politically conservative brother actor Joe Estevez who sounds like Sheen to do a voice over for a pro gunmaker commercial earlier in the year 43 44 Martin Sheen at an anti war protest in October 2007 In early 2003 Sheen signed the Not in My Name declaration opposing the invasion of Iraq along with prominent figures such as Noam Chomsky and Susan Sarandon the declaration appeared in the magazine The Nation Sheen visited Camp Casey on August 28 2005 to pray with anti Iraq War activist Cindy Sheehan who had demanded a second meeting with U S President George W Bush 45 Addressing Sheehan s supporters Sheen said At least you ve got the acting president of the United States referring to his role as president Josiah Bartlet on The West Wing 46 During the 1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries he supported Senator Ted Kennedy and gave multiple speeches supporting him in Florida 47 Sheen campaigned with Rob Reiner for Democratic presidential candidates Howard Dean and John Kerry in 2004 48 Members of the Democratic Party in Ohio reportedly contacted Sheen in 2006 to persuade him to run for the United States Senate Sheen declined the offer stating I m just not qualified You re mistaking celebrity for credibility 49 In the 2008 U S Presidential Election Sheen initially endorsed New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and helped raise funds for his campaign 50 After Richardson dropped out of the campaign Sheen supported Barack Obama 49 In 2006 when Sheen was living in Ireland as a result of his enrollment in NUI Galway he criticised Irish mushroom farmers for exploiting foreign workers by paying them as little as 2 50 an hour way below the country s minimum wage of 7 65 51 failed verification From 2008 to 2013 Sheen s activism included attendances at meetings of the environmentalist group Earth First 52 and speaking appearances at youth empowerment events called We Day on behalf of Free The Children an international charity and educational partner 53 Sheen has been named an ambassador of Free The Children and has supported such initiatives as the We are Silent campaign a 24 hour pledge of silence 54 Speaking about his work with Free The Children Sheen has said I m hooked I told them whenever I could offer some insight or energy or whatever I had I d be delighted if they would call on me and they have 55 Sheen championed Help Darfur Now a student run organization to help aid victims of the genocide in Darfur the western region in Sudan He also appeared in the 2009 anti fur documentary Skin Trade 56 Sheen appeared in television and radio ads urging Washington state residents to vote no on Initiative 1000 a proposed assisted suicide law before voters in the 2008 election 57 Sheen first spoke to 18 000 young student activists at Free The Children s 2010 We Day While acting is what I do for a living activism is what I do to stay alive he said 58 In March 2012 Sheen and George Clooney performed in Dustin Lance Black s play 8 a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California s Prop 8 ban on same sex marriage as attorney Theodore Olson 59 The production was held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre and broadcast on YouTube to raise money for the American Foundation for Equal Rights 60 61 Sheen reunited with the cast of The West Wing in September 2012 to produce a video explaining Michigan s ballot and its partisan and nonpartisan sections The video doubled as a campaign ad for Bridget McCormack who was running as a nonpartisan candidate for Michigan s Supreme Court McCormack s sister actress Mary McCormack co starred with Sheen on The West Wing in its final three seasons 62 When the film Bhopal A Prayer for Rain premiered in 2014 Sheen advocated for Amnesty International s campaign Justice for Bhopal 63 Sheen narrated the trailer for a proposed documentary film about the prosecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman in 2015 64 Personal life Edit Sheen with son Emilio Estevez at the BFI premiere of his film The Way in London February 2011 Family Edit Sheen married Janet Templeton on December 23 1961 and they have three sons and a daughter all of whom are actors Emilio Ramon Carlos and Renee Carlos however decided to change his name when he began acting calling himself Charlie Sheen 8 after making the decision to anglicize his first name and take his surname from his father s stage name although he was already known only as Charlie throughout his elementary school years Charlie and his father parodied their roles in the 1993 movie Hot Shots Part Deux when their river patrol boats passed each other they both shouted I loved you in Wall Street a film they both starred in as father and son in 1987 He has played the father of sons Emilio and Carlos in various projects he played Emilio s father in The War at Home In the Custody of Strangers and The Way and Charlie s father in Wall Street No Code of Conduct two episodes of Spin City and Anger Management He also appeared as a guest star in one episode of Two and a Half Men playing the father of Charlie s neighbor Rose Melanie Lynskey and another as guest star Denise Richards s father at the time that episode aired Richards was married to Charlie Martin also played a future version of Charlie in a Visa commercial Martin has played other characters with his children He starred in the film Bobby which was directed by Emilio who also starred in the movie alongside his father Renee had a supporting role in The West Wing as a White House staff secretary Emilio also appeared uncredited in an episode of The West Wing portraying his father s character President Bartlet in home movie footage 65 Sheen became a grandfather at age 43 when Emilio had a son with his girlfriend Carey Salley Sheen has a total of ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 He celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary in 2011 9 In 2012 Sheen was a guest on the U S version of Who Do You Think You Are tracing his Irish and Galician ancestry He underwent a quadruple heart bypass operation in December 2015 75 Academic pursuits Edit After the end of filming of The West Wing Sheen planned to further his education My plan is to read English literature philosophy and theology in Galway Ireland where my late mother came from and where I m also a citizen 76 Speaking after an honorary arts doctorate was conferred on him by the National University of Ireland Sheen joked that he would be the oldest undergraduate at the National University of Ireland NUI Galway when he started his full time studies there in the autumn of 2006 Although expressing concern that he might be a distraction to other students at NUI Galway he attended lectures like everyone else Speaking the week after filming his last episode of The West Wing he said I m very serious about it He once said I never went to college when I was young and am looking forward to giving it a try at age 65 77 On September 1 2006 Sheen was among the first to register as a student at NUI Galway where he took classes in English literature philosophy and oceanography 78 He completed his course after a semester at the university and was awarded a European Computer Driving License Sheen maintains links with Galway and heartily supported Michael D Higgins himself an alumnus of NUI Galway in the 2011 Irish presidential election having become a dear friend of Higgins while studying there 79 Protests Edit In a speech at Oxford University in 2009 Sheen stated that he had been arrested 66 times for protesting and acts of civil disobedience 80 He was described by human rights activist Craig Kielburger as having a rap sheet almost as long as his list of film credits 81 On April 1 2007 Sheen was arrested with 38 other activists for trespassing at the Nevada Test Site at a Nevada Desert Experience event protesting against the site 82 He has a long association with Sea Shepherd and that conservation organization has named a ship the RV Martin Sheen to recognize his commitment and support Religion Edit Sheen is Catholic having had his faith restored during conversations in Paris in 1981 with Terrence Malick director of Sheen s breakthrough film Badlands 1973 12 21 24 Sheen stated in a 1983 interview with The Varsity that he is a Catholic on a spiritual level and that he couldn t care less about religion 83 Sheen also stated that he believed in reincarnation 83 He is a supporter of the Catholic Worker movement 84 Family life and abortion stance Edit In a 2011 interview with RTE Sheen stated that his wife was conceived through rape and if her mother had aborted her or dumped her in the Ohio River as she had considered his wife would not exist He also disclosed that three of his grandchildren were conceived out of wedlock saying his sons were not happy at the time but they came to love these children We have three grown grandchildren two of them are married they re some of the greatest source sic of joy in our lives 85 Awards and honors EditIn the spring of 1989 Sheen was named honorary mayor of Malibu California He promptly marked his appointment with a decree proclaiming the area a nuclear free zone a sanctuary for aliens and the homeless and a protected environment for all life wild and tame 86 Some local citizens were angered by the decree and the Malibu Chamber of Commerce met in June of that year to consider revoking his title but voted unanimously to retain him 87 Sheen in 1987 While Sheen claims he deliberately failed the entrance exam for the University of Dayton so that he could pursue his acting career he still has an affinity for UD and is seen drinking from a Dayton Flyers coffee mug during several episodes of The West Wing Sheen also developed an ongoing relationship with Wright State University where he performed Love Letters as a benefit for scholarships in the Department of Theatre Dance and Motion Pictures and hosted a trip of donors to the set of The West Wing with the department s chair W Stuart McDowell in September 2001 The Sheen Estevez amp Augsburger Scholarship Fund has since attracted over 100 000 in scholarships in the arts for students in need at WSU since its inception in 2000 15 Sheen also has a great affinity for the University of Notre Dame and in 2008 was awarded the Laetare Medal 88 the highest honor bestowed on American Catholics in May 2008 at the school s commencement Sheen received six Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance on The West Wing for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in TV Drama as well as two SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and was part of the cast that received two SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series In his acting career Sheen has been nominated for ten Emmy Awards winning one He has also earned eight nominations for Golden Globe Awards Sheen has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine Street 89 In 2001 Sheen won a TV Guide Award for Actor of the Year in a Drama Series for The West Wing 90 In the animated Nickelodeon movie TV show and TV spin off of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron there is a character named Sheen Estevez which is Sheen s original last name Estevez and working last name Sheen Sheen was the 2003 recipient of the Marquette University Degree of Doctor of Letters honoris causa for his work on social and Catholic issues 91 In 2011 he was awarded an honorary life membership in the Law Society of University College Dublin 92 On May 3 2015 Sheen received an honorary Doctor of Human Letters degree from the University of Dayton for his lifelong commitment to peace social justice and human rights exemplifying the Catholic Marianist university s missions 93 Filmography EditMain article Martin Sheen filmographyAwards and nominations EditMain article List of awards and nominations received by Martin SheenSee also EditList of peace activistsReferences Edit Hogan Eugene May 21 2003 President Sheen returns to his holy land Irish Independent Retrieved February 14 2018 Martin Sheen Desert Island Discs April 3 2011 BBC Radio 4 Retrieved January 18 2014 Belcher David February 22 2010 Sheen s Circle From Son to Father The New York Times Retrieved April 14 2011 Monitor Entertainment Weekly No 1271 August 9 2013 p 22 Ancestry of Charlie Sheen Genealogy com March 7 2002 Archived from the original on September 26 2010 Thomson David March 17 2008 Martin Sheen The Elder Statesman More Intelligent Life Archived from the original on July 20 2010 Zagursky Erin February 24 2011 Pilgrimage brings together Hollywood stars academics College of William and Mary Retrieved March 19 2011 a b c d e f g h i j k l m Stated in interview on Inside the Actors Studio May 18 2003 a b c d Moorhead Joanna March 25 2011 Martin Sheen Being a dad The Guardian London Retrieved March 26 2011 Martin Sheen Biography Monsters and Critics Archived from the original on November 5 2013 Retrieved May 13 2013 Archdeacon Tom May 9 2015 Arch interviews Martin Sheen Activism is what I do to stay alive Dayton Daily News Retrieved May 13 2015 a b Johnson Reed August 25 2010 Chamaco a one two punch of boxing bilingualism Los Angeles Times Retrieved September 9 2010 The actor born Ramon Antonio Gerard Estevez is a devout Roman Catholic van Diggelen Alison November 25 2008 Martin Sheen the Activist and Actor Fresh Dialogues Retrieved July 20 2011 A Prairie Home Companion September 29 2007 Archived from the original on July 4 2008 a b Community The Magazine of Wright State University Fall 2000 a b Ramirez Erika February 28 2011 The True Identity of Charlie Sheen Tracing The Roots of The Estevez Family Latina Retrieved February 28 2011 Hudson Union Society June 4 2012 Martin Sheen on Why He Changed His Name amp Emilio Estevez on Why He Didn t Change His Name YouTube Archived from the original on September 2 2013 Retrieved June 3 2019 Friends of James Dean remember iconic star today com Winners amp Nominees 1969 Golden Globe Awards Retrieved November 4 2018 Martin Sheen TV Guide Retrieved November 4 2018 a b c Kupfer David July 1 2003 Martin Sheen Interview The Progressive Retrieved June 3 2019 Hardin Drew March 2011 The California Kid SEMA Specialty Equipment Market Association Archived from the original on November 5 2018 Retrieved November 5 2018 Martin Sheen Television Academy Retrieved June 3 2019 a b c McLean Craig March 21 2011 The Way interview with Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez The Daily Telegraph London Archived from the original on January 10 2022 Retrieved March 26 2011 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Shane Devins June 2 2008 Joe Estevez shares an incredible story YouTube Retrieved June 3 2019 Jensen Jeff November 4 2010 Spider Man reboot taps Martin Sheen to play Peter Parker s Uncle Ben Entertainment Weekly Retrieved June 3 2019 Fahri Paul December 27 2012 Production firms stir suspicion among networks would be clients The Washington Post Retrieved June 3 2019 Hayes Cathy November 2 2010 Martin Sheen set to film Stella Days in Tipperary Irish Central Retrieved May 13 2013 a b Martin Sheen amp Stephen Rea Lead Stella Days Irish Film and Television Network October 14 2010 Retrieved July 20 2011 Stella Days Earthbound amp Superhero Get MEDIA i2i Funds Irish Film and Television Network May 25 2011 Retrieved July 20 2011 Cordero Rosy August 6 2020 See Daniel Kaluuya as Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah trailer Entertainment Weekly Retrieved August 6 2020 How Martin Sheen Came to be the Most Arrested Man in Hollywood April 4 2019 Kielburger Craig Kielburger Marc October 1 2013 Star Power Martin Sheen s Fight for Justice The Huffington Post Retrieved June 3 2019 For a pacifist Martin Sheen plays a pretty good president The Cincinnati Enquirer October 17 1999 Archived from the original on September 8 2012 Martin Sheen Urges Governor To Support Farmworker Overtime Measure KMPH TV July 13 2010 Archived from the original on September 27 2011 Martin Sheen March to MacArthur Park Part 1 YouTube May 18 2007 Archived from the original on December 13 2013 Retrieved March 7 2010 Martin Sheen March to MacArthur Park Part 2 YouTube May 18 2007 Archived from the original on December 13 2013 Retrieved March 7 2010 Antle III W James September 12 2005 Beyond Abortion The American Conservative Retrieved June 3 2019 Rep Lincoln Davis September 20 2006 Davis Introduces Comprehensive Proposal to Reduce Abortions in America Archived from the original on January 11 2007 Retrieved January 24 2007 Fisher Sharon September 3 2006 Political Change in Post Communist Slovakia and Croatia From Nationalist to Europeanist Springer p 112 ISBN 978 0 23060 088 1 Titles with Martin Sheen amp Jakov Sedlar IMDb Seals SSCS History Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Archived from the original on November 29 2006 Garchik Leah October 10 2000 I m Not a President But I Play One San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved January 17 2013 2000 Political Ads Year In Review National Journal December 21 2000 Archived from the original on February 16 2013 Retrieved January 17 2013 Beaucar Vlahos Kelley December 28 2006 Worn Out Welcome Cindy Sheehan No Longer on Tips of Everyone s Tongues Fox News Retrieved March 7 2010 Martin Sheen visits Sheehan s anti war camp CTV August 29 2005 Archived from the original on June 29 2006 Actor Sheen Glad To Be In Ted Kennedy s Corner The Palm Beach Post February 26 1980 p 26 Archived from the original on February 25 2020 Retrieved February 25 2020 via 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Retrieved February 4 2013 Fletcher Thandi April 24 2008 Martin Sheen has high praise for charity as it expands to Calgary Calgary Herald Archived from the original on May 30 2012 Retrieved May 28 2012 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Uncaged Films September 28 2009 Skin Trade Theatrical Trailer YouTube Retrieved May 13 2013 Martin Sheen to appear in ads against I 1000 Yakima Herald Republic September 29 2008 Archived from the original on May 22 2011 Retrieved December 12 2008 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine WE August 30 2011 Martin Sheen Activism is what I do to stay alive YouTube Retrieved June 3 2019 Martin Sheen Honored To Be Part Of Prop 8 Play Starpulse March 5 2012 Archived from the original on July 10 2013 Retrieved March 17 2012 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine American Foundation for Equal Rights March 3 2012 8 A Play about the Fight for Marriage Equality YouTube Retrieved March 17 2012 Gray Stephen March 1 2012 YouTube to broadcast Proposition 8 play live PinkNews Retrieved March 15 2012 A Brief West Wing Reunion The New York Times September 21 2012 Retrieved June 3 2019 Martin Sheen for Amnesty International Justice for Bhopal survivors YouTube Retrieved November 10 2019 Don Siegelman Documentary GoFundMe December 19 2014 Retrieved February 14 2018 5 Stars you didn t know were in The West Wing The Daily Edge January 23 2013 Retrieved February 3 2016 Charlie Sheen Officially a Grandpa It s a Wondrous Day TMZ July 17 2013 Retrieved June 3 2019 Buchalter Gail February 28 1983 Emilio Estevez acts up and no one s prouder than his father Martin Sheen People Archived from the original on March 31 2011 Retrieved March 26 2011 Charlie Sheen New Wife Have Baby On the Way Fox News August 25 2008 Archived from the original on August 26 2008 Retrieved September 20 2008 Cassandra Sheen A11news com August 25 2008 Archived from the original on January 14 2012 Retrieved March 5 2011 Silverman Stephen M March 16 2004 Sheen Richards Welcome a Baby Girl People Archived from the original on October 1 2007 Retrieved June 1 2007 Midler Caryn June 2 2005 Denise Welcomes Baby Lola People Archived from the original on May 4 2007 Retrieved June 1 2007 Wihlborg Ulrica May 30 2008 Charlie Sheen amp Brooke Mueller Get Married People Retrieved July 17 2008 Finn Natalie May 30 2008 Charlie s Got That Newlywed Sheen E Online Retrieved July 17 2008 Charlie Sheen and His Wife Welcome Twins E Online March 15 2009 Archived from the original on December 28 2009 Lou Shane December 18 2015 Martin Sheen Recovering From Heart Surgery ABC News Retrieved February 14 2018 Sheen to study in Galway Breaking News ie March 30 2005 Archived from the original on September 29 2007 Retrieved March 30 2005 President Bartlett retiring to new role at NUIG The Irish Times April 4 2006 Archived from the original on October 23 2012 Martin Sheen among first to register as a student at NUI Galway Ireland NUI Galway September 1 2006 Archived 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original on August 20 2011 Retrieved April 15 2011 Stuttaford Andrew March 14 2003 The President of The Left National Review Archived from the original on October 20 2012 Retrieved July 20 2011 Malibu Keeping Sheen as Honorary Mayor The New York Times June 12 1989 Retrieved March 7 2010 ND Quick Facts Laetare Medal Recipients University of Notre Dame Retrieved June 13 2009 Martin Sheen Hollywood Walk of Fame August 25 1989 Retrieved June 3 2019 TV Guide Book of Lists Running Press 2007 p 42 ISBN 978 0 7624 3007 9 Famous Faces Quiz Answers Marquette University 2013 Archived from the original on January 4 2013 Retrieved June 3 2019 Woods Killian March 1 2011 The spark of Sheen University Observer Archived from the original on October 22 2014 Retrieved May 13 2013 That s Dr Estevez University of Dayton April 29 2015 Archived from the original on April 18 2019 Retrieved June 3 2019 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Martin Sheen Wikiquote has quotations related to 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