Martin Sheen
Acting
Born: Aug 03, 1940
From: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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, …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed | Narrator | 2021 | 6.0 |
| Bordertown | George Morgan | 2007 | 6.298 |
| Talk to Me | E.G. Sonderling | 2007 | 6.8 |
| The Departed | Queenan | 2006 | 8.16 |
| Bobby | Jack Stevens | 2006 | 6.416 |
| Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde | Self | 2004 | 6.0 |
| Catch Me If You Can | Roger Strong | 2002 | 7.977 |
| O | Coach Duke Goulding | 2001 | 5.906 |
| No Code of Conduct | Bill Peterson | 1999 | 5.424 |
| Babylon 5: The River of Souls | Soul Hunter | 1998 | 6.361 |
| Free Money | Guard | 1998 | 5.406 |
| Hostile Waters | Aurora Skipper | 1997 | 6.064 |
| Spawn | Jason Wynn | 1997 | 5.435 |
| Truth or Consequences, N.M. | Sir | 1997 | 6.2 |
| Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology | 1993 | 5.5 | |
| Gettysburg | Gen. Robert E. Lee | 1993 | 6.969 |
| Touch and Die | Frank Magenta | 1991 | 5.0 |
| Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | Self | 1991 | 7.912 |
| Wall Street | Carl Fox | 1987 | 7.166 |
| The Believers | Cal Jamison | 1987 | 5.958 |
| Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | Mitch Snyder | 1986 | 8.0 |
| Firestarter | Captain Hollister | 1984 | 6.255 |
| The Dead Zone | Greg Stillson | 1983 | 7.01 |
| Gandhi | Vince Walker | 1982 | 7.562 |
| Enigma | Alex Holbeck | 1982 | 5.619 |
| The Final Countdown | Warren Lasky | 1980 | 6.634 |
| Apocalypse Now | Captain Benjamin Willard | 1979 | 8.268 |
| The Cassandra Crossing | Robby Navarro | 1976 | 6.241 |
| Sweet Hostage | Leonard Hatch | 1975 | 5.75 |
| Badlands | Kit Carruthers | 1974 | 7.478 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1940 |
| From | Dayton, Ohio, USA |