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

The Simpsons

Two and a Half Men

Columbo

The Graham Norton Show

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

The West Wing

The Jennifer Hudson Show

All Movies (265)

• Lost & Found in Cleveland2025 · as Dr. Austin Raybourne
• Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen2024 · as Presenter
• The Little Pageant That Could2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• 23 Seconds to Eternity2023 · as Narrator
• Downwind2023 · as Self Narrator
• Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed2021 · as Narrator
• 12 Mighty Orphans2021 · as Doc Hall
• Judas and the Black Messiah2021 · as J. Edgar Hoover
• The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous2020 · as Self
• Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture2020 · as Self
• Princess of the Row2020 · as John Austin
• A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote2020 · as Josiah Bartlet
• The Devil Has a Name2019 · as Ralph
• The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island2018 · as James Alden (voice)
• Come Sunday2018 · as Oral Roberts
• Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle2017 · as Narrator
• Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew2017 · as Matthew Cuthbert
• Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars2017 · as Matthew Cuthbert
• Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem2017 · as Narrator
• Rules Don't Apply2016 · as Noah Dietrich
• The Vessel2016 · as Father Douglas
• Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping2016 · as Martin Sheen
• Back to the Lane2016
• Anne of Green Gables2016 · as Matthew Cuthbert
• Badge of Honor2015 · as Captain Daniel Richards
• Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy2015 · as Self
• Unity2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• Selma2014 · as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
• A Prayer for Rain2014 · as Warren Anderson
• Trash2014 · as Padre Juilliard
• Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire2014 · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• The Boxcar Children2014 · as Grandfather Alden (voice)
• Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey2014 · as Self
• Ask Me Anything2014
• The Amazing Spider-Man 22014 · as Uncle Ben (uncredited)
• The Whale2013 · as Tom Nickerson
• Amazonia2013 · as Narrator
• The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz2013 · as Narrator
• Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth2013 · as Narrator (voice)
• Salinger2013 · as Self - Actor
• Making Badlands2013 · as Self
• Defending Gideon2013 · as Narrator
• Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot2013 · as Self
• Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn2012 · as Self
• Death By China2012 · as Narrator
• The Amazing Spider-Man2012 · as Uncle Ben
• Seeking a Friend for the End of the World2012 · as Frank Petersen
• Stella Days2012 · as Fr. Daniel Barry
• Brothers on the Line2012 · as Narrator
• 82012 · as Theodore Olson
• The Double2011 · as Tom Highland
• Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White2011 · as Narrator
• 9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up2011 · as Self
• Sharkwise2011 · as Narrator
• Miller's Tale2011 · as Self
• Halfway Home2011 · as Narrator(voice)
• The Kennedy Detail2010 · as Narrator
• The Way2010 · as Tom
• A Conversation with Martin Sheen2010 · as Self
• Gloves of Stone2009 · as Dr. Frank Irwin
• Love Happens2009 · as Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
• Imagine That2009 · as Dante D'Enzo
• Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience2009 · as Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
• Echelon Conspiracy2009 · as Raymond Burke
• White House Revealed2009 · as Self- Narrator (voice)
• Man in the Mirror2008 · as Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
• Vietnam: American Holocaust2008 · as Voice
• Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary2008 · as Self
• Pirate for the Sea2008 · as Self
• The End of Poverty?2008 · as Self - Narrator
• They Killed Sister Dorothy2008 · as Narrator
• Notes on an American Film Director at Work2008 · as Self
• Eyewitness DVD: Weather2007 · as Narrator
• Talk to Me2007 · as E.G. Sonderling
• Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency2007 · as Narrator
• Bordertown2007 · as George Morgan
• Flatland2007 · as Arthur Square (voice)
• Confessions Of An Innocent Man2007 · as Self - Narrator
• Father G and the Homeboys2007 · as Narrator
• The Departed2006 · as Queenan
• The Politics of the Dead Zone2006 · as Self
• Bobby2006 · as Jack Stevens
• Who Killed the Electric Car?2006 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 50 Films to See Before You Die2006 · as Self
• James Dean: Forever Young2005 · as Narrator (voice)
• Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde2004 · as Self
• Winning New Hampshire2004 · as Self
• The Nomi Song2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Jerusalem Syndrome2004
• Tell Them Who You Are2004 · as Self
• The Commission2003 · as Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
• Hidden in Plain Sight2003 · as Narrator (voice)
• Mercy of the Sea2003 · as Frederik
• Absence of Malick2003 · as Self
• Catch Me If You Can2002 · as Roger Strong
• Straight Up: Helicopters in Action2002 · as Narrator (voice)
• Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick2002 · as Self
• Bringing Down a Dictator2002 · as Narrator (voice)
• National Geographic: Inside the Vatican2001 · as Narrator
• Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace2001 · as Narrator
• Enemies of War2001 · as Narrator
• O2001 · as Coach Duke Goulding
• On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight2000 · as Narrator
• Crossing the Line1999 · as self
• The Twelve Apostles1999 · as Narrator (voice)
• A Stranger in the Kingdom1999 · as Sigurd Moulton
• The Time Shifters1999 · as Grifasi
• In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story1999 · as Self
• Forget Me Never1999 · as Jack
• D.R.E.A.M. Team1999 · as J.W. Garrison
• Storm1999 · as General James Roberts
• Lost & Found1999 · as Millstone
• No Code of Conduct1999 · as Bill Peterson
• Gunfighter1999 · as The Stranger
• The Darklings1999 · as Ira Everett
• Ninth Street1999 · as Father Frank
• A Texas Funeral1999 · as Grandpa Sparta
• Babylon 5: The River of Souls1998 · as Soul Hunter
• Free Money1998 · as Guard
• A Letter from Death Row1998 · as Michael's Father
• Monument Ave.1998 · as Hanlon
• Shadrach1998 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Elevator1998 · as Sarge
• Voyage of Terror1998 · as Henry Northcutt
• Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology1998 · as Narrator (voice)
• Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War1998 · as Self - Narrator
• Medusa's Child1997 · as President
• Hostile Waters1997 · as Aurora Skipper
• Eyewitness: Monster1997 · as Narrator (voice)
• Spawn1997 · as Jason Wynn
• The Making of 'Spawn'1997 · as Self
• Truth or Consequences, N.M.1997 · as Sir
• An Act of Conscience1997 · as Narrator
• Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster1997 · as Narrator
• Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians1997 · as Narrator (voice)
• The War at Home1996 · as Bob Collier
• Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story1996 · as Peter Maurin
• Sacred Cargo1996 · as Father Andrew Kanvesky
• Mexico1996 · as Narrator (voice)
• Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial1996 · as Dalton Trumbo
• Project: ALF1996 · as Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
• The American President1995 · as A.J. MacInerney
• Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys1995 · as Jeff Snyder
• Virgin Mary1995 · as Father Jozo Zovko
• The Making of Eyewitness1995 · as Narrator
• Dead Presidents1995 · as The Judge
• Born Wild1995 · as Dan Walker
• The Break1995 · as Gil Robbins
• Dillinger and Capone1995 · as John Dillinger
• One Hundred and One Nights1995 · as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
• The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas1995 · as Voice of Marcos
• Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'1994 · as Narrator
• Fortunes of War1994 · as Francis Labeck
• Hits!1994 · as Kelly
• Guns of Honor1994 · as Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
• Boca1994 · as Jesse James Montgomery
• Marlon Brando: The Wild One1994 · as Self
• Roswell1994 · as Townsend
• Trigger Fast1994 · as Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
• One of Her Own1994 · as Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
• When the Bough Breaks1994 · as Captain Swaggert
• National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania1994 · as Narrator
• Eyewitness: Dinosaur1994 · as Narrator (voice)
• Eyewitness: Shark1994 · as Narrator (voice)
• Alive: 20 Years Later1993 · as Narrator (voice)
• Gettysburg1993 · as Gen. Robert E. Lee
• The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story1993 · as William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
• Hot Shots! Part Deux1993 · as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
• Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology1993
• Hear No Evil1993 · as Lt. Brock
• Grey Knight1993 · as Gen. Haworth
• Braving Alaska1993 · as Narrator
• Braving Alaska1993 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Water Engine1992 · as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
• Original Intent1992 · as Homeless Joe
• JFK1991 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse1991 · as Self
• Guilty Until Proven Innocent1991 · as Harold Hohne
• The Maid1991 · as Anthony Wayne
• The Rites Of Mu1991 · as Narrator
• Touch and Die1991 · as Frank Magenta
• Cadence1990 · as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
• Another Time, Another Place1989 · as Richard Conley
• Beverly Hills Brats1989 · as Dr. Jeffrey Miller
• Cold Front1989 · as John Hyde
• Beyond the Stars1989 · as Paul Andrews
• Nightbreaker1989 · as Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
• Marked for Murder1989 · as Man in Park
• Judgment in Berlin1988 · as Herbert J. Stern
• Da1988 · as Charlie
• Walking After Midnight1988 · as Self
• Promises to Keep1988 · as Self
• The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun1987 · as Narrator
• Wall Street1987 · as Carl Fox
• Siesta1987 · as Del
• Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam1987 · as Alan (voice)
• The Believers1987 · as Cal Jamison
• Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 81987 · as James Marion Hunt
• A State of Emergency1986 · as Alex Carmody
• Secrets of the Titanic1986 · as Self - Narrator
• Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story1986 · as Mitch Snyder
• News at Eleven1986 · as Frank Kenley
• Shattered Spirits1986 · as Lyle Mollencamp
• Out of the Darkness1985 · as Eddie Zigo
• Broken Rainbow1985 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Fourth Wise Man1985 · as Artaban
• Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile1985 · as Narrator
• In the Name of the People1985 · as Narrator
• Consenting Adult1985 · as Ken Lynd
• The Real Thing1985 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Guardian1984 · as Charlie Hyatt
• Firestarter1984 · as Captain Hollister
• Choices of the Heart1983 · as Father Philan
• The Dead Zone1983 · as Greg Stillson
• Man, Woman and Child1983 · as Robert Beckwith
• In the King of Prussia1983 · as Judge Samuel Salus II
• No Place to Hide1983 · as Narrator
• Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi1983 · as Self
• That Championship Season1982 · as Tom Daley
• Gandhi1982 · as Vince Walker
• Enigma1982 · as Alex Holbeck
• Centralia Fire1982 · as Narrator
• In the Custody of Strangers1982 · as Frank Caldwell
• I Love Liberty1982 · as Self
• Loophole1981 · as Stephen Booker
• The Final Countdown1980 · as Warren Lasky
• Eagle's Wing1979 · as Pike
• Apocalypse Now1979 · as Captain Benjamin Willard
• Taxi!!1978 · as Taxi Driver
• Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary1977 · as Self
• The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane1976 · as Frank Hallet
• The Cassandra Crossing1976 · as Robby Navarro
• Sweet Hostage1975 · as Leonard Hatch
• The Last Survivors1975 · as Alexander William Holmes
• The Missiles of October1974 · as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
• The Legend of Earl Durand1974 · as Luther Sykes
• The California Kid1974 · as Michael McCord
• The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd1974 · as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
• The Execution of Private Slovik1974 · as Eddie Slovik
• Badlands1974 · as Kit Carruthers
• Message to My Daughter1973 · as John Thatcher
• The Catholics1973 · as Father Kinsella
• Letters from Three Lovers1973 · as Vincent
• A Prowler in the Heart1973 · as Tony Parrish
• Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On1973 · as Harlan Garrison
• Crime Club1973 · as Deputy Wilson
• Pursuit1972 · as Timothy Drew
• Rage1972 · as Maj. Holliford
• That Certain Summer1972 · as Gary McCain
• When the Line Goes Through1972 · as Bluff Jackson
• Pickup on 1011972 · as Lester Baumgartner
• No Drums, No Bugles1972 · as Ashby Gatrell
• Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol1972 · as Graytak
• Mongo's Back in Town1971 · as Gordon
• Goodbye, Raggedy Ann1971 · as Jules Worthman
• Montserrat1971
• Catch-221970 · as 1st Lt. Dobbs
• The Andersonville Trial1970 · as Captain Williams
• Then Came Bronson1969 · as Nick Oresko
• The Subject Was Roses1968 · as Timmy Cleary
• Pat Neal Is Back1968 · as Self
• The Incident1967 · as Artie Connors
• The Price of a Life1967 · as Edward Miles Layton
• Ten Blocks on the Camino Real1966 · as Kilroy
• The One— · as Jefferson

All TV Shows (100)

• aka Charlie Sheen2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Wild Cards2024 · as Jonathan Ashford
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022
• Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments2020 · as Self
• American Dynasties: The Kennedys2018 · as Narrator (voice)
• Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence2017 · as Narrator (voice)
• Grace and Frankie2015 · as Robert Hanson
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver2014 · as Self
• Anger Management2012 · as Martin Goodson
• Who Do You Think You Are?2010 · as Self
• Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik2009
• The Meaning of Life2009 · as Self
• Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives2007 · as Self
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions2006 · as Narrator (voice)
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip2006 · as Radio Host
• 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America2006
• The Colbert Report2005
• The Friday Night Project2005 · as Self - Host
• Celebrity Poker Showdown2003 · as Self
• Two and a Half Men2003 · as Harvey
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color2003 · as Narrator
• The West Wing1999 · as Josiah Bartlet
• Chicken Soup for the Soul1999
• Total Recall 20701999
• The View1997 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• Gun1997 · as Van Guinness
• Spin City1996 · as Ray Harris / Ray Crawford
• E! True Hollywood Story1996 · as Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• Eyewitness1995 · as Narrator
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• A Matter of Justice1993
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Alex Haley's Queen1993 · as James Jackson Sr.
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers1990 · as Sly Sludge (voice)
• The Simpsons1989 · as Real Seymour Skinner (voice)
• Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Kraygen / Thomas Miller / Zorbin the Magnificent
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985 · as Paul Dano
• Spaceflight1985
• The Atlanta Child Murders1985 · as Chet Dettlinger
• Kennedy1983 · as John F. Kennedy
• Nature1982 · as Narrator (voice)
• Blind Ambition1979 · as John Dean
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Missiles of October1974 · as Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
• Toma1973 · as Eddie Siatti
• Love Story (US)1973 · as Frank Randolph
• The Streets of San Francisco1972
• Ghost Story1972 · as Frank
• The Rookies1972
• Film '721971 · as Self
• Columbo1971 · as Karl Lessing
• Cannon1971
• Matt Lincoln1970 · as Charles
• Dan August1970 · as Norman Sayles
• The Young Lawyers1970 · as Reverend Jimmy Haines
• Love, American Style1969 · as Dr. Art Parmel
• Medical Center1969 · as Glen
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Father Kinsella
• Lancer1968
• The Mod Squad1968 · as Danny Morgan
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Eddie Calhao
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Arthur Dixon
• Mannix1967
• Ironside1967 · as Johnny
• NET Playhouse1966 · as Kilroy
• Mission: Impossible1966 · as Lieutenant Albert Brocke
• Hawk1966 · as Peter Janus
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Norman Gretzler
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Perry Victor
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Neil Harland
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Steve Chandler
• For the People1965 · as Louis Cahane
• Flipper1964 · as Phil Adams
• The Outer Limits1963 · as Pvt. Arthur Dix
• Arrest and Trial1963 · as Dale Beatty
• The Nurses1962 · as Saunders
• The Nurses1962 · as Carl
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Defenders1961 · as Arnold McCabe
• The Defenders1961 · as Dino Locatelli
• The Defenders1961 · as Joey Americus
• The Defenders1961 · as Adam Novins
• Route 661960
• Police Surgeon1960 · as Ben Grover
• Naked City1958 · as Phillip Kosnik
• Naked City1958 · as Nick (uncredited)
• Naked City1958 · as Counterman
• The Edge of Night1956 · as Roy Sanders
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Taxi Driver
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Winner