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.
Movies
Lost & Found in Cleveland
Dr. Austin Raybourne
Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen
Presenter
23 Seconds to Eternity
Narrator
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
Narrator
12 Mighty Orphans
Doc Hall
Judas and the Black Messiah
J. Edgar Hoover
Princess of the Row
John Austin
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
President Josiah Bartlet
The Devil Has a Name
Ralph
Bench
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
James Alden (voice)
Come Sunday
Oral Roberts
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle
Narrator
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
Matthew Cuthbert
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
Matthew Cuthbert
Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem
Narrator
Rules Don't Apply
Noah Dietrich
The Vessel
Father Douglas
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Martin Sheen
Back to the Lane
Anne of Green Gables
Matthew Cuthbert
Badge of Honor
Captain Daniel Richards
Unity
Narrator (voice)
Selma
Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
A Prayer for Rain
Warren Anderson
Trash
Padre Juilliard
The Boxcar Children
Grandfather Alden (voice)
Ask Me Anything
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Uncle Ben (uncredited)
The Whale
Tom Nickerson
Amazonia
Narrator
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Narrator
Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth
Narrator (voice)
Defending Gideon
Narrator
Death By China
Narrator
The Amazing Spider-Man
Uncle Ben
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Frank Petersen
Stella Days
Fr. Daniel Barry
Brothers on the Line
Narrator
8
Theodore Olson
The Double
Tom Highland
Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White
Narrator
Sharkwise
Narrator
Halfway Home
Narrator(voice)
The Kennedy Detail
Narrator
The Way
Tom
Gloves of Stone
Dr. Frank Irwin
Love Happens
Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
Imagine That
Dante D'Enzo
Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience
Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
Echelon Conspiracy
Raymond Burke
Man in the Mirror
Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
Vietnam: American Holocaust
Voice
They Killed Sister Dorothy
Narrator
Eyewitness DVD: Weather
Narrator
Talk to Me
E.G. Sonderling
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
Narrator
Bordertown
George Morgan
Flatland
Arthur Square (voice)
Father G and the Homeboys
Narrator
The Departed
Queenan
Bobby
Jack Stevens
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Narrator (voice)
James Dean: Forever Young
Narrator (voice)
Jerusalem Syndrome
The Commission
Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
Hidden in Plain Sight
Narrator (voice)
Mercy of the Sea
Frederik
Catch Me If You Can
Roger Strong
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action
Narrator (voice)
Bringing Down a Dictator
Narrator (voice)
National Geographic: Inside the Vatican
Narrator
Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace
Narrator
Enemies of War
Narrator
O
Coach Duke Goulding
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight
Narrator
The Twelve Apostles
Narrator (voice)
A Stranger in the Kingdom
Sigurd Moulton
The Time Shifters
Grifasi
Forget Me Never
Jack
D.R.E.A.M. Team
J.W. Garrison
Storm
General James Roberts
Lost & Found
Millstone
No Code of Conduct
Bill Peterson
Gunfighter
The Stranger
The Darklings
Ira Everett
Ninth Street
Father Frank
A Texas Funeral
Grandpa Sparta
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Soul Hunter
Free Money
Guard
A Letter from Death Row
Michael's Father
Monument Ave.
Hanlon
Shadrach
Narrator (voice)
The Elevator
Sarge
Voyage of Terror
Henry Northcutt
Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology
Narrator (voice)
Medusa's Child
President
Hostile Waters
Aurora Skipper
Eyewitness: Monster
Narrator (voice)
Spawn
Jason Wynn
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Sir
An Act of Conscience
Narrator
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
Narrator
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians
Narrator (voice)
The War at Home
Bob Collier
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Peter Maurin
Sacred Cargo
Father Andrew Kanvesky
Mexico
Narrator (voice)
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Dalton Trumbo
Project: ALF
Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
The American President
A.J. MacInerney
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
Jeff Snyder
Virgin Mary
Father Jozo Zovko
The Making of Eyewitness
Narrator
Dead Presidents
The Judge
Born Wild
Dan Walker
The Break
Gil Robbins
Dillinger and Capone
John Dillinger
One Hundred and One Nights
Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas
Voice of Marcos
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Narrator
Fortunes of War
Francis Labeck
Hits!
Kelly
Guns of Honor
Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
Boca
Jesse James Montgomery
Roswell
Townsend
Trigger Fast
Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
One of Her Own
Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
When the Bough Breaks
Captain Swaggert
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania
Narrator
Eyewitness: Dinosaur
Narrator (voice)
Eyewitness: Shark
Narrator (voice)
Alive: 20 Years Later
Narrator (voice)
Gettysburg
Gen. Robert E. Lee
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
Hear No Evil
Lt. Brock
Grey Knight
Gen. Haworth
Braving Alaska
Narrator
The Water Engine
Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Original Intent
Homeless Joe
JFK
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Harold Hohne
The Maid
Anthony Wayne
The Rites Of Mu
Narrator
Touch and Die
Frank Magenta
Cadence
MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
Another Time, Another Place
Richard Conley
Beverly Hills Brats
Dr. Jeffrey Miller
Cold Front
John Hyde
Beyond the Stars
Paul Andrews
Nightbreaker
Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
Marked for Murder
Man in Park
Judgment in Berlin
Herbert J. Stern
Da
Charlie
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
Narrator
Wall Street
Carl Fox
Siesta
Del
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Alan (voice)
The Believers
Cal Jamison
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
James Marion Hunt
A State of Emergency
Alex Carmody
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Mitch Snyder
News at Eleven
Frank Kenley
Shattered Spirits
Lyle Mollencamp
Out of the Darkness
Eddie Zigo
Broken Rainbow
Narrator (voice)
The Fourth Wise Man
Artaban
Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile
Narrator
In the Name of the People
Narrator
Consenting Adult
Ken Lynd
The Real Thing
Narrator (voice)
The Guardian
Charlie Hyatt
Firestarter
Captain Hollister
Choices of the Heart
Father Philan
The Dead Zone
Greg Stillson
Man, Woman and Child
Robert Beckwith
In the King of Prussia
Judge Samuel Salus II
That Championship Season
Tom Daley
Gandhi
Vince Walker
Enigma
Alex Holbeck
Centralia Fire
Narrator
In the Custody of Strangers
Frank Caldwell
Loophole
Stephen Booker
The Final Countdown
Warren Lasky
Eagle's Wing
Pike
Apocalypse Now
Captain Benjamin Willard
Taxi!!
Taxi Driver
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Frank Hallet
The Cassandra Crossing
Robby Navarro
Sweet Hostage
Leonard Hatch
The Last Survivors
Alexander William Holmes
The Missiles of October
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
The Legend of Earl Durand
Luther Sykes
The California Kid
Michael McCord
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
The Execution of Private Slovik
Eddie Slovik
Badlands
Kit Carruthers
Message to My Daughter
John Thatcher
The Catholics
Father Kinsella
Letters from Three Lovers
Vincent
A Prowler in the Heart
Tony Parrish
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Harlan Garrison
Crime Club
Deputy Wilson
Pursuit
Timothy Drew
Rage
Maj. Holliford
That Certain Summer
Gary McCain
When the Line Goes Through
Bluff Jackson
Pickup on 101
Lester Baumgartner
No Drums, No Bugles
Ashby Gatrell
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Graytak
Mongo's Back in Town
Gordon
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Jules Worthman
Montserrat
Catch-22
1st Lt. Dobbs
The Andersonville Trial
Captain Williams
Then Came Bronson
Nick Oresko
The Subject Was Roses
Timmy Cleary
The Incident
Artie Connors
The Price of a Life
Edward Miles Layton
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
Kilroy
TV Series
Wild Cards
Jonathan Ashford
1 Episode
The Jennifer Hudson Show
1 Episode
American Dynasties: The Kennedys
Narrator (voice)
6 Episodes
Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence
Narrator (voice)
6 Episodes
Grace and Frankie
Robert Hanson
94 Episodes
Anger Management
Martin Goodson
19 Episodes
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
1 Episode
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice)
4 Episodes
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Radio Host
1 Episode
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
1 Episode
The Colbert Report
1 Episode
Two and a Half Men
Harvey
1 Episode
The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color
Narrator
4 Episodes
The West Wing
Josiah Bartlet
154 Episodes
Chicken Soup for the Soul
23 Episodes
Total Recall 2070
1 Episode
Gun
Van Guinness
6 Episodes
Spin City
Ray Harris / Ray Crawford
1 Episode
Eyewitness
Narrator
27 Episodes
A Matter of Justice
2 Episodes
Alex Haley's Queen
James Jackson Sr.
3 Episodes
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2 Episodes
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Sly Sludge (voice)
11 Episodes
The Simpsons
Real Seymour Skinner (voice)
1 Episode
Tales from the Crypt
Kraygen / Thomas Miller / Zorbin the Magnificent
1 Episode
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Paul Dano
1 Episode
Spaceflight
4 Episodes
The Atlanta Child Murders
Chet Dettlinger
2 Episodes
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
3 Episodes
Nature
Narrator (voice)
1 Episode
Blind Ambition
John Dean
4 Episodes
The Missiles of October
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
2 Episodes
Love Story (US)
Frank Randolph
12 Episodes
Toma
Eddie Siatti
1 Episode
The Streets of San Francisco
1 Episode
Ghost Story
Frank
1 Episode
The Rookies
1 Episode
Columbo
Karl Lessing
1 Episode
Cannon
3 Episodes
Matt Lincoln
Charles
17 Episodes
Dan August
Norman Sayles
1 Episode
The Young Lawyers
Reverend Jimmy Haines
24 Episodes
Love, American Style
Dr. Art Parmel
1 Episode
Medical Center
Glen
1 Episode
Lancer
1 Episode
The Mod Squad
Danny Morgan
1 Episode
Hawaii Five-O
Eddie Calhao
1 Episode
Mannix
1 Episode
Ironside
Johnny
1 Episode
Mission: Impossible
Lieutenant Albert Brocke
1 Episode
Hawk
Peter Janus
17 Episodes
The F.B.I.
Norman Gretzler
1 Episode
For the People
Louis Cahane
13 Episodes
Flipper
Phil Adams
1 Episode
The Outer Limits
Pvt. Arthur Dix
1 Episode
Arrest and Trial
Dale Beatty
1 Episode
The Nurses
Carl
98 Episodes
The Defenders
Arnold McCabe
1 Episode
Route 66
1 Episode
Police Surgeon
Ben Grover
12 Episodes
Naked City
Phillip Kosnik
1 Episode
The Edge of Night
Roy Sanders
305 Episodes
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Taxi Driver
1 Episode