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Martin Sheen
Sheen in 2008
Born
Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez

(1940-08-03)August 3, 1940(age 84)
Dayton, Ohio,U.S.
Citizenship
  • United States
  • Ireland[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • activist
Years active1960–present
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
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(m.1961)​
Children
RelativesJoe Estevez(brother)
FamilyEstevez
Martin Sheen's voice
from the BBC programmeDesert Island Discs,April 3, 2011[2]
Signature

Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez(born August 3, 1940), known professionally asMartin Sheen,is an American actor. In a career spanning six decades he has received numerous accolades including threeEmmy Awards,aGolden Globe Award,and fourScreen Actors Guild Awards.

Sheen rose to prominence in his breakthrough roles inTerrence Malick's crime dramaBadlands(1973) andFrancis Ford Coppola'sVietnam WardramaApocalypse Now(1979). Sheen is also known for such notable films asThe Subject Was Roses(1968),Catch-22(1970),The California Kid(1974),Gandhi(1982),Wall Street(1987),Gettysburg(1993),The American President(1995),Catch Me If You Can(2002),The Departed,Bobby(both 2006), andJudas and the Black Messiah(2021). He also portrayedUncle BeninThe Amazing Spider-Man(2012).

He is also known for portrayingRobert F. KennedyinThe Missiles of October(1974),Eddie SlovikinThe Execution of Private Slovik(1974),John DeaninBlind Ambition(1979), andJohn F. KennedyinKennedy(1983). He received thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Seriesfor his role inMurphy Brown(1994). He played PresidentJed BartletinThe West Wing,for which he received six Emmy nominations. He played Robert Hanson in the Netflix seriesGrace and Frankie(2015–2022).

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 sonsCharlieandRamón.He has narrated, produced, and directed documentary projects and has been active inliberal politics.

Early life and education

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Sheen was born inDayton, Ohio,on August 3, 1940, to Mary-Ann (née Phelan) and Francisco Estévez Martínez.[4][5]During birth, Sheen's left arm was crushed byforceps,giving him limited lateral movement of that arm (Erb's palsy) and resulting in the arm being three inches (8 cm) shorter than his right.[6]Both of Sheen's parents were immigrants; his mother was Irish, fromBorrisokane,County Tipperary,and his father, who was Spanish, was born inSalceda de Caselas,Galicia.[7][8]After moving to Dayton in the 1930s, his father was a factory worker/machinery inspector at theNational Cash Register Company.[9]Sheen grew up on Brown Street in theSouth Parkneighborhood, the seventh of ten children (nine boys and a girl).[8]Due to his father's work, the family lived on the island ofBermudaon 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 contractedpolioas a child and had to remain bedridden for a year. His doctor's treatment usingSister 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 anorphanageorfoster homes.The family was able to remain together with the assistance of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Dayton.[11]Raised as aCatholic,he graduated fromChaminade 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 theLiving Theatrecompany. It was in New York that he met Catholic activistDorothy Day.Working with herCatholic Worker Movement,he began his commitment tosocial justice,[8][14]and would one day go on to playPeter Maurin,cofounder of theCatholic Worker Movement,inEntertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story.Sheen deliberately failed the entrance examination for theUniversity of Daytonso that he could pursue his acting career.[15]

He adopted hisstage name,Martin Sheen, from a combination of theCBScasting director, Robert Dale Martin, who gave him his first big break, and Catholic archbishop and broadcaster,Fulton J. Sheen.[16]In a 2003Inside the Actors Studiointerview, 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

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1963–1979: Rise to prominence

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Sheen withIrene Daileyin the stage playThe Subject Was Rosesin 1965

Sheen was greatly influenced by the actorJames 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 seriesThe Outer Limits.In 1964, he co-starred in theBroadwayplayThe Subject Was Roses;he later reprised his role in the 1968filmof the same name, and was nominated for aGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.[19]Sheen also starred in the television productionTen Blocks on the Camino Real(1966), an adaptation ofTennessee Williams' playCamino Realdirected byJack Landauand presented byNET,a PBS predecessor. In 1968, he played the titular role inHamlet,directed byJoseph PappatThe Public Theater,with dialogue mostly in English and some in Spanish as Hamlet's alter ego.[20]

During the 1960s and early 1970s Sheen appeared as a guest star in many popular television series, includingInsight(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,Columbo,andThe Streets of San Francisco(all 1973). He also had a recurring role as Danny Morgan inMod Squad(1970–1971).[21]By the early 1970s Sheen was increasingly focusing ontelevision filmsand motion pictures. He portrayed Dobbs inthe 1970 film adaptationofCatch-22.He then co-starred in the controversialEmmy Award-winning 1972television filmThat 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 withSissy Spacekin thecrime dramaBadlands,playing an antisocial multiple murderer. Sheen has stated that his role inBadlandswas one of his two favorites, the other being his role as a U.S. Army special operations officer inApocalypse Now.[8][22]Also in 1973, Sheen appeared oppositeDavid Janssenin "Such Dust As Dreams Are Made On", the first pilot for the television seriesHarry O.In 1974, Sheen portrayed ahot roddriver in thetelevision filmThe California Kid[23]and that same year received anEmmy Award[24]nomination for Best Actor in a television drama for his portrayal ofPvt. Eddie Slovikin the television filmThe Execution of Private Slovik.[8]Based on an incident that occurred duringWorld War II,the film told the story of the only U.S. soldier to be executed for desertion since theAmerican Civil War.

Sheen's performance led toFrancis Ford Coppola's casting him in a lead role as U.S. Army CaptainBenjamin L. Willardin 1979'sApocalypse Now,gaining him wide recognition. Filming in thePhilippinejungle in thetyphoonseason of 1976, Sheen later said that he was not in good physical condition and was drinking heavily.[8]For the film's opening sequence in aSaigonhotel 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.[25]Twelve months into filming, Sheen suffered a minorheart attackand had to crawl out to a road for help.[8]While he was recovering, his younger brotherJoe Estevezstood in for him in a number of long shots and in some of the voice-overs.[26]Sheen was able to resume filming a few weeks later.[25] In 1976, he participated inThe Little Girl Who Lives Down the Laneas Frank Hallet, theantagonistwith bad intentions towards teenagerprotagonistRynn Jacobs (Jodie Foster). Frank was the son of landlady Cora Hallet (Alexis Smith). In 1979, Sheen acted inThe Final CountdownwithKirk Douglas,another actor with family connections to Bermuda (Diana Dill,Douglas's first wife and the mother of their sonsMichael DouglasandJoel Douglaswas a Bermudian).

1980–1998: Established actor

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Sheen at the1990 Cannes Film Festival

In the early 1980s he had roles in the science fiction war filmThe Final Countdown(1980), the biographical epicGandhi(1982), the sports dramaThat Championship Season(1982), and the drama filmWall Street(1987) starringMichael Douglas,and his sonCharlie Sheen.He played Captain Hollister inFirestarter(1984) oppositeDrew BarrymoreandDavid Keith.

Sheen portrayedU.S. PresidentJohn F. Kennedyin the miniseriesKennedy(1983) for which he received nominations for theBritish Academy Television Award for Best Actorand theGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film.He also portrayedAttorney GeneralRobert F. Kennedyin the television specialThe Missiles of October(1974),White House Chief of StaffA.J. McInnerney inThe American President(1995), White House CounselJohn Deanin the television mini-seriesBlind Ambition(1979) for which he was nominated for theGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama.In 1991 he narrated theOliver Stonebiographical filmJFK(1991).

Other roles include the sinister would-be presidentGreg StillsoninThe Dead Zone,the President in theLori Loughlin-Chris Nothtelevision mini-series,Medusa's Child,the president in the short filmFamily Attraction.In 1993, Sheen's sympathetic portrayal of General Robert E. Lee in the Ronald Maxwell filmGettysburg(1993) met with acclaim. Sheen has performed voice-over work as the narrator for theEyewitnessseries in the US for the first and second seasons and as the "real"Seymour Skinnerin the controversialSimpsonsepisode "The Principal and the Pauper”.

1999–2006:The West Wing

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Sheen played fictional Democratic presidentJosiah "Jed" Bartletin theNBCtelevision drama,The West Wing.[8]For his performance he earned aGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Dramain 2000 and was nominated six times for thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

During this time he played Roger Strong inSteven Spielberg's crime filmCatch Me If You Can(2002), Captain Oliver Queenan inMartin Scorsese's crime filmThe Departed(2006), and Jack Stevens in the biographical filmBobby(2006). He was nominated for aPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Seriesfor his role inTwo and a Half Menin 2005. He also appeared in thesitcomSpin Cityin 2002 and inStudio 60 on the Sunset Strip(2007).

2007–present

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Sheen played the role of theIllusive Manin the video gameMass Effect 2,and the sequel,Mass Effect 3.In addition, he voiced the role of Emilio in the English language version of the 2011 animated filmArrugas(Wrinkles).

In 2009, Sheen travelled toMexico Cityto star inChamacowithKirk Harris,Alex Perea,Gustavo Sánchez ParraandMichael Madsen.Sheen appeared inMartin Scorsese'sThe Departedas Captain Oliver Queenan, a commanding officer who is watching an undercover cop (Leonardo DiCaprio). Sheen and his sonRamon Estevezcombined both their real and stage names to create theWarner Bros.-affiliated company, Estevez Sheen Productions. In November 2010, Sheen was cast asUncle Benin Sony's 2012 reboot of theSpider-Manfilm series,The Amazing Spider-Man,directed byMarc Webb.[27]

In 2010 the company releasedThe Way,written and directed by Sheen's sonEmilio Estevez,who also stars in the film. (Martin’s daughterRenéealso has a part in the film.) Martin plays an American doctor, whose son, played by Estevez, dies while hiking theCamino de Santiago.Driven by sadness, Martin's character leaves his Californian life and embarks on the 800 km (500 mi) pilgrimage from theFrench Pyreneesto Spain'sSantiago de Compostela,taking his son's ashes with him.The Waypremiered at the2010 Toronto International Film Festival.

In 2010, Sheen filmedStella Days[28]inCounty Tipperary,Ireland, near the birthplace of his mother.Thaddeus O'Sullivandirected and Irish actorStephen Reastarred,[29]along withIFTAaward-winning actressAmy Huberman.Sheen plays parish priest Daniel Barry, whose love of movies leads him to help set up a cinema inBorrisokane.[29][30]

In 2016, Sheen starred in the filmThe Vessel,performing his role in both the English- and Spanish-language versions.[31]

Sheen played a starring role inNetflix'sGrace and Frankie(2015–2022). In December 2019 Sheen signed on to play legendary FBI directorJ. Edgar HooveralongsideLakeith Stanfield,Jesse Plemons,andDaniel KaluuyainJudas and the Black Messiah.Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film was released in 2021. It was directed byShaka Kingand chronicles the death ofBlack Panther PartyleaderFred Hamptonin Chicago on December 4, 1969.[32]

Activism

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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.[33]Although he did not attend college, Sheen credited theMarianistsatUniversity of Daytonas a major influence on his public activism, as well asArchbishop Desmond Tutu.[34]Sheen is known for his outspoken support ofliberalpolitical causes, such as opposition to United States military actions and a hazardous-waste incinerator inEast Liverpool, Ohio.Sheen has dismissed calls for him to run for office, saying: "There's no way that I could be the President. You can't have apacifistin theWhite House.... I'm an actor. This is what I do for a living. "[35]Sheen is an honorarytrusteeof theDayton International Peace Museum.

He supported the 1965 farm worker movement withCesar ChavezinDelano, California.[36]Sheen endorsed marches and walkouts called by the activist groupBy Any Means Necessary(BAMN) to force the State ofCaliforniato introduce a holiday in memory of Cesar Chavez. On the day of the protests (March 30), thousands of students, primarily Latino ones from California and elsewhere, walked out of school in support of the demand. Sheen has said he also participated in the large-scale immigration marches inLos Angelesin 2006 and 2007.[37][38][citation needed]

Sheen with aHiroshima bombingsurvivor, 1995

According toW. James Antle III,writing inThe American Conservative,Sheen is a follower of theconsistent life ethic,which opposesabortion,euthanasia,capital punishmentandwar.[39]Sheen articulated his view in an interview withThe Progressive:"I'm inclined to be against abortion of any life. But I am equally against thedeath penaltyor 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. "[22]He also supports theDemocrats for Life of America'sPregnant Women Support Act.[40]

Sheen starred inJakov Sedlar's religious dramaGospain 1995. He also narrated several movies for the Croatian director during the 1990s.[41][42]

Sheen andPaul Watson(from the non-profit environmental organizationSea Shepherd Conservation Society) were confronted on May 16, 1995, by a number of Canadian sealers in a hotel onMagdalen Islandsover 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.[43]Sheen became involved withgun controlin 2000 after theNational Shooting Sports Foundationhired hispolitically conservativebrother, actorJoe Estevezwho sounds like Sheen, to do a voice-over for a pro-gunmaker commercial earlier in the year.[44][45]

In 1997, Sheen volunteered his time to narrate the documentary filmAn Act of Conscience,which followswar tax resistersRandy Kehlerand Betsy Corner, who, as a protest against war and military spending, openly refused to pay their federal income taxes, prompting theInternal Revenue Service(IRS) to seize their house.[46][47]

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 asNoam ChomskyandSusan Sarandon); the declaration appeared in themagazineThe Nation.Sheen visitedCamp Caseyon August 28, 2005, to pray with anti-Iraq WaractivistCindy Sheehan,who had demanded a second meeting with U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush.[48]Addressing Sheehan's supporters, Sheen said: "At least you've got the acting president of the United States", referring to his role as presidentJosiah BartletonThe West Wing.[49]

During the1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries,he supported SenatorTed Kennedyand gave multiple speeches supporting him in Florida.[50]Sheen campaigned withRob ReinerforDemocraticpresidential candidatesHoward DeanandJohn Kerryin 2004.[51]Members of the Democratic Party inOhioreportedly contacted Sheen in 2006 to persuade him to run for theUnited States Senate.Sheen declined the offer, stating, "I'm just not qualified. You're mistakingcelebrityfor credibility. "[52]In the2008 U.S. Presidential Election,Sheen initially endorsedNew Mexico GovernorBill Richardsonand helped raise funds for his campaign.[53]After Richardson dropped out of the campaign, Sheen supportedBarack Obama.[52]

In 2006, when Sheen was living in Ireland as a result of his enrollment inNUI Galway,he criticised Irish mushroom farmers for exploiting foreign workers by paying them as little as €2.50 an hour - way below the country'sminimum wageof €7.65.[54][failed verification]

From 2008 to 2013, Sheen's activism included attendance at meetings of theenvironmentalistgroupEarth First![55]and speaking appearances at youth empowerment events calledWe Dayon behalf ofFree the Children,an international charity and educational partner.[56]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.[57]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."[58]Sheen championed Help Darfur Now, a student-run organization to help aid victims of the genocide inDarfur,the western region inSudan.He also appeared in the 2009 anti-fur documentary "Skin Trade".[59]

Sheen appeared in television and radio ads urging Washington state residents to vote "no" onInitiative 1000,a proposedassisted suicidelaw before voters in the 2008 election.[60]

Sheen first spoke to 18,000 young student activists atFree The Children's 2010We Day."While acting is what I do for a living, activism is what I do to stay alive," he said.[61]

Sheen withJon-Adrian Velazquezin Sing Sing Prison, 2011

On December 5, 2011, atSing Sing Correctional Facility,Sheen met withJon-Adrian Velazquez,[62]now a legal reform activist who was wrongfully convicted for a 1998 murder of a retired police officer in Harlem. Velazquez was serving 25 years to a life prison sentence. Later that day, Sheen held a press conference at a Manhattan courthouse for Velazquez, advocating for his release. Sheen stated that the case "cries out for justice".[63]After meeting Velazquez, Sheen said that it "confirmed my belief thatJon-Adrian Velazquezis an innocent man ".[64]

In March 2012, Sheen andGeorge Clooneyperformed inDustin Lance Black's play,8— a staged reenactment of thefederal trialthat overturned California'sProp 8 banonsame-sex marriage— as attorneyTheodore Olson.[65]The production was held at theWilshire Ebell Theatreand broadcast on YouTube to raise money for theAmerican Foundation for Equal Rights.[66][67]

Sheen reunited with the cast ofThe West Wingin September 2012 to produce a video explainingMichigan's ballot and its partisan and nonpartisan sections. The video doubled as a campaign ad forBridget McCormack,who was running as a nonpartisan candidate forMichigan's Supreme Court.McCormack's sister, actressMary McCormack,co-starred with Sheen onThe West Wingin its final three seasons.[68]

When the filmBhopal: A Prayer for Rainpremiered in 2014, Sheen advocated forAmnesty International's campaignJustice for Bhopal.[69]

Sheen narrated the trailer for a proposed documentary film about the prosecution of formerAlabamagovernorDon Siegelmanin 2015.[70]

Sheen donated $1000 to Irish political partySinn Fein.[71]

Political views

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In a speech atOxford Universityin 2009, Sheen stated that he had been arrested 66 times for protesting and acts of civil disobedience.[72]He was described by human rights activistCraig Kielburgeras having "a rap sheet almost as long as his list of film credits."[73]

On April 1, 2007, Sheen was arrested, with 38 other activists, for trespassing at theNevada Test Siteat aNevada Desert Experienceevent protesting against the site.[74]

He has a long association withSea Shepherdand thatconservationorganization has named a ship, theRVMartin Sheento recognize his commitment and support.

In a 2011 interview withRTÉ,Sheen stated that his wife was conceived throughrape,and if her mother had aborted her, or dumped her in theOhio Riveras she had considered, his wife would not exist. He also noted 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."[75]

Personal life

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Sheen with sonEmilio Estevezat theBFIpremiere of his filmThe Wayin London February 2011

Family

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Sheen marriedJanet Templetonon December 23, 1961, and they have three sons and a daughter, all of whom are actors:Emilio,Ramón,Carlos,andRenée.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 movieHot Shots! Part Deux;when their river patrol boats pass, each shouts, "I loved you inWall Street!"a film they starred in as father and son in 1987.

He has played the father of sons Emilio and Charlie in various projects: he played Emilio's father inThe War at Home,In the Custody of StrangersandThe Way,and Charlie's father inWall Street,No Code of Conduct,two episodes ofSpin City,andAnger Management.He also appeared as a guest star in one episode ofTwo and a Half Menplaying the father of Charlie's neighbor Rose (Melanie Lynskey), and another as a guest starDenise 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 filmBobby,which was directed by Emilio, who also starred in the movie alongside his father. Renée had a supporting role inThe West Wing,as aWhite Housestaff secretary. Emilio also appeared, uncredited, inan episodeofThe West Wingportraying his father's character, President Bartlet, in-home movie footage.[76]

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.[77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85]

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

He underwent a quadruple heart bypass operation in December 2015.[86]

Academic pursuits

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After the end of filming ofThe West Wing,Sheen planned to further his education: "My plan is to readEnglish literature,philosophyandtheologyinGalway,Ireland, where my late mother came from and where I'm also a citizen. "[87]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 theNational 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 ofThe 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!"[88]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, andoceanography.[89]

Sheen maintains links with Galway and "heartily" supportedMichael D. Higgins(himself an alumnus of NUI Galway) in the2011 Irish presidential election,having become a "dear friend" of Higgins while studying there.[90]

Religious beliefs

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Sheen isCatholic,having had his faith restored during conversations inParisin 1981 withTerrence Malick,director of Sheen's breakthrough film,Badlands(1973).[12][22][25]Sheen stated in a 1983 interview withThe Varsitythat he is a Catholic on a "spiritual level" and that he "couldn't care less aboutreligion."[91]Sheen also stated that he believed inreincarnation.[91]He is a supporter of theCatholic Worker movement.[92]

Filmography

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Main article:Martin Sheen filmography

Sheen has worked with a wide variety of film directors, includingRichard Attenborough,Francis Ford Coppola,Terrence Malick,David Cronenberg,Mike Nichols,Martin Scorsese,Steven Spielberg,andOliver Stone.In 2012, he portrayedUncle BeninThe Amazing Spider-Mandirected byMarc Webb.

Awards and honors

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Main article:List of awards and nominations received by Martin Sheen

In film, Sheen has won the Best Actor award at theSan Sebastián International Film Festivalfor his performance as Kit Carruthers inBadlands.Sheen's portrayal ofCapt. WillardinApocalypse Nowearned a nomination for theBAFTA Award for Best Actor.In television, Sheen has won aGolden Globeand twoScreen Actors Guildawards for playing the role of PresidentJosiah BartletinThe West Wing,and anEmmyfor guest starring in the sitcomMurphy Brown.Sheen received a star on theHollywood Walk of Famein 1989.

In the spring of 1989, Sheen was named honorary mayor ofMalibu,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".[93]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.[94]

Sheen in 1987

While Sheen claims he deliberately failed the entrance exam for theUniversity of Daytonso that he could pursue his acting career, he still has an affinity forUD,and is seen drinking from a "Dayton Flyers"coffee mug during several episodes ofThe West Wing.Sheen also developed an ongoing relationship withWright State University,where he performedLove Lettersas a benefit for scholarships in the Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures, and hosted a trip of donors to the set ofThe West Wingwith 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 theUniversity of Notre Dameand in 2008 was awarded theLaetare Medal,[95]the highest honor bestowed on American Catholics, in May 2008 at the school's commencement.

Sheen received sixEmmy Awardnominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance onThe West Wing,for which he won aGolden Globe Awardfor Best Performance by an Actor in TV-Drama, as well as twoSAGAwards 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 tenEmmy Awards,winning one. He has also earned eight nominations forGolden Globe Awards.Sheen has a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame,at 1500 Vine Street.[96]

In 2001 Sheen won aTV Guide Awardfor 'Actor of the Year in a Drama Series' forThe West Wing.[97]In the animatedNickelodeonmovie, TV show and TV spin-off ofThe Adventures of Jimmy Neutron,there is a character namedSheen Estevez,which is Sheen's original last name – Estévez – and working last name, Sheen.

Sheen was the 2003 recipient of theMarquette UniversityDegree ofDoctor of Letters,honoris causafor his work on social and Catholic issues.[98]In 2011, he was awarded an honorary life membership in the Law Society ofUniversity College Dublin.[99]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.[100] On May 6, 2023, Loyola Marymount University conferred an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, upon Sheen for symbolizing in an "outstanding" manner a record of "service that contributes to the public good," for his "significant contributions to igniting a brighter world," and for serving as an "exemplar" of "Catholic, Jesuit, and Marymount traditions."[101]

See also

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