Martin Sheen
Acting
Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. He first became known for his roles in the films The Subject Was Roses (1968) and Badlands (1973), and later achieved wide recognition for his leading role as Captain Benjamin Willard in Apocalypse Now (1979), as U.S. President Josiah Bartlet in the television series The West Wing (1999–2006), and as Robert Hanson in the Netflix television series Grace and Frankie (2015–2022).
In film, Sheen has won the Best Actor award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for his performance as Kit Carruthers in Badlands. Sheen's portrayal of Capt. Willard in Apocalypse Now earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor.
Sheen has worked with a wide variety of film directors, including Richard Attenborough, Francis Ford Coppola, Terrence Malick, David Cronenberg, Mike Nichols, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Oliver Stone. Sheen received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989. In television, Sheen has won a Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild awards for playing the role of President Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing, and an Emmy for guest starring in the sitcom Murphy Brown. In 2012, he portrayed Uncle Ben in The Amazing Spider-Man directed by Marc Webb.
Born and raised in the United States by a Spanish father and an Irish mother, he adopted the stage name Martin Sheen to help him gain acting parts. He is the father of four children, all of whom are actors.
Sheen has directed one film, Cadence (1990), in which he appears alongside his sons Charlie and Ramón. He has narrated, produced, and directed documentary television, earning two Daytime Emmy awards in the 1980s, and has been active in liberal politics.
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Martin Sheen
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Filmography of
Martin Sheen
Dr. Austin Raybourne
... 2025
... 2024
Self (archive footage)
... 2024
Narrator
... 2023
Self Narrator
... 2023
Narrator
... 2021
Doc Hall
... 2021
J. Edgar Hoover
... 2021
... 2020
... 2020
John Austin
... 2020
President Josiah Bartlet
... 2020
Ralph
... 2019
... 2019
James Alden (voice)
... 2018
Oral Roberts
... 2018
Narrator
... 2017
Matthew Cuthbert
... 2017
Matthew Cuthbert
... 2017
... 2017
Noah Dietrich
... 2016
Father Douglas
... 2016
Martin Sheen
... 2016
... 2016
Matthew Cuthbert
... 2016
Captain Daniel Richards
... 2015
... 2015
Narrator (voice)
... 2015
Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
... 2014
Warren Anderson
... 2014
Padre Juilliard
... 2014
Self - Actor (archive footage)
... 2014
Grandfather Alden (voice)
... 2014
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... 2014
Uncle Ben (uncredited)
... 2014
Tom Nickerson
... 2013
Narrator
... 2013
... 2013
Narrator (voice)
... 2013
Self - Actor
... 2013
Self
... 2013
Narrator
... 2013
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... 2012
Narrator
... 2012
Uncle Ben
... 2012
Frank Petersen
... 2012
Fr. Daniel Barry
... 2012
Narrator
... 2012
Theodore Olson
... 2012
Tom Highland
... 2011
Narrator
... 2011
... 2011
Narrator
... 2011
Self
... 2011
Narrator(voice)
... 2011
Narrator
... 2010
Tom
... 2010
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Dr. Frank Irwin
... 2009
Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
... 2009
Dante D'Enzo
... 2009
Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
... 2009
Raymond Burke
... 2009
Self- Narrator (voice)
... 2009
Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
... 2008
... 2008
... 2008
Self
... 2008
Self - Narrator
... 2008
Narrator
... 2008
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Narrator
... 2007
E.G. Sonderling
... 2007
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George Morgan
... 2007
Arthur Square (voice)
... 2007
Self - Narrator
... 2007
Narrator
... 2007
Queenan
... 2006
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Jack Stevens
... 2006
Narrator (voice)
... 2006
... 2006
Narrator (voice)
... 2005
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Self (archive footage)
... 2004
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Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
... 2003
Narrator (voice)
... 2003
Frederik
... 2003
Self
... 2003
Roger Strong
... 2002
Narrator (voice)
... 2002
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Narrator (voice)
... 2002
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Narrator
... 2001
Narrator
... 2001
Coach Duke Goulding
... 2001
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self
... 1999
Narrator (voice)
... 1999
Sigurd Moulton
... 1999
Grifasi
... 1999
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Jack
... 1999
J.W. Garrison
... 1999
General James Roberts
... 1999
Millstone
... 1999
Bill Peterson
... 1999
The Stranger
... 1999
Ira Everett
... 1999
Father Frank
... 1999
Grandpa Sparta
... 1999
Soul Hunter
... 1998
Guard
... 1998
Michael's Father
... 1998
Hanlon
... 1998
Narrator (voice)
... 1998
Sarge
... 1998
Henry Northcutt
... 1998
Narrator (voice)
... 1998
Self - Narrator
... 1998
President
... 1997
Aurora Skipper
... 1997
Narrator (voice)
... 1997
Jason Wynn
... 1997
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Narrator
... 1997
Van Guinness
... 1997
Narrator
... 1997
Narrator (voice)
... 1997
Bob Collier
... 1996
Peter Maurin
... 1996
Father Andrew Kanvesky
... 1996
Narrator (voice)
... 1996
Dalton Trumbo
... 1996
Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
... 1996
A.J. MacInerney
... 1995
Jeff Snyder
... 1995
Father Jozo Zovko
... 1995
Narrator
... 1995
The Judge
... 1995
Dan Walker
... 1995
Gil Robbins
... 1995
John Dillinger
... 1995
Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
... 1995
Voice of Marcos
... 1995
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Francis Labeck
... 1994
Kelly
... 1994
Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
... 1994
Jesse James Montgomery
... 1994
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Townsend
... 1994
Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
... 1994
Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
... 1994
Captain Swaggert
... 1994
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Narrator (voice)
... 1994
Narrator (voice)
... 1994
Narrator (voice)
... 1993
Gen. Robert E. Lee
... 1993
William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
... 1993
Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
... 1993
Lt. Brock
... 1993
Gen. Haworth
... 1993
Narrator
... 1993
Narrator (voice)
... 1993
Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
... 1992
Homeless Joe
... 1992
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
... 1991
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Harold Hohne
... 1991
Anthony Wayne
... 1991
Narrator
... 1991
Frank Magenta
... 1991
MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
... 1990
Richard Conley
... 1989
Dr. Jeffrey Miller
... 1989
John Hyde
... 1989
Paul Andrews
... 1989
Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
... 1989
Man in Park
... 1989
Herbert J. Stern
... 1988
Charlie
... 1988
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Self
... 1988
Narrator
... 1987
Carl Fox
... 1987
Del
... 1987
Alan (voice)
... 1987
Cal Jamison
... 1987
James Marion Hunt
... 1987
Alex Carmody
... 1986
Self - Narrator
... 1986
Mitch Snyder
... 1986
Frank Kenley
... 1986
Lyle Mollencamp
... 1986
Eddie Zigo
... 1985
Narrator (voice)
... 1985
Artaban
... 1985
Narrator
... 1985
Narrator
... 1985
Ken Lynd
... 1985
Narrator (voice)
... 1985
Charlie Hyatt
... 1984
Captain Hollister
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Father Philan
... 1983
Greg Stillson
... 1983
Robert Beckwith
... 1983
Judge Samuel Salus II
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Tom Daley
... 1982
Vince Walker
... 1982
Alex Holbeck
... 1982
Narrator
... 1982
Frank Caldwell
... 1982
Self
... 1982
Stephen Booker
... 1981
Warren Lasky
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Pike
... 1979
Captain Benjamin Willard
... 1979
Taxi Driver
... 1978
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Frank Hallet
... 1976
Robby Navarro
... 1976
Leonard Hatch
... 1975
Alexander William Holmes
... 1975
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
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Luther Sykes
... 1974
Michael McCord
... 1974
Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
... 1974
Eddie Slovik
... 1974
Kit Carruthers
... 1974
John Thatcher
... 1973
Father Kinsella
... 1973
Vincent
... 1973
Tony Parrish
... 1973
Harlan Garrison
... 1973
Deputy Wilson
... 1973
Timothy Drew
... 1972
Maj. Holliford
... 1972
Gary McCain
... 1972
Bluff Jackson
... 1972
Lester Baumgartner
... 1972
Ashby Gatrell
... 1972
Graytak
... 1972
Gordon
... 1971
Jules Worthman
... 1971
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1st Lt. Dobbs
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Captain Williams
... 1970
Nick Oresko
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Timmy Cleary
... 1968
Self
... 1968
Artie Connors
... 1967
Edward Miles Layton
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