Martin Sheen
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Multiple Emmy- and Golden Globe-winner Martin Sheen is one of America's most celebrated, colorful, and accomplished actors. Moving flawlessly between artistic mediums, Sheen's acting range is striking.
Sheen was born Ramón Antonio Gerard Estevez in Dayton, Ohio, to Mary-Ann (Phelan), an Irish immigrant (from Borrisokane, County Tipperary), andFrancisco Estevez,a Spanish-born factory worker and machinery inspector (from Parderrubias, Galicia). On the big screen, Sheen has appeared in more than 65 feature films including a star turn as Army Captain Benjamin L. Willard inFrancis Ford Coppola's landmark filmApocalypse Now (1979),which brought Sheen worldwide recognition. The film also starredMarlon Brando,Dennis HopperandRobert Duvall.Other notable credits includeWall Street (1987)(with sonCharlie SheenandMichael Douglas), Academy Award-winning film Gandhi (1982) (with SirBen Kingsley),Catch Me If You Can (2002)(withLeonardo DiCaprioandTom Hanks),The American President (1995)(withMichael DouglasandAnnette Bening) and a Golden Globe nominated breakthrough performance as Timmy Cleary inThe Subject Was Roses (1968),a role he originated on Broadway and for which he received a Tony Award nomination as Best Featured Actor.
In 2006, the actor played ill-fated cop Oliver Queenan inMartin Scorsese's Academy Award-winning filmThe Departed (2006)oppositeLeonardo DiCaprio,Matt Damon,Jack Nicholson,Mark WahlbergandAlec Baldwin.
The same year, Sheen joined another all-star ensemble cast for the highly acclaimed featureBobby (2006),written and directed by his son, Emilio Estevez. Bobby was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award; and starredAnthony Hopkins,Harry Belafonte,Laurence Fishburne,Sharon Stone,William H. Macy,Elijah Wood,Demi MooreandHeather Graham.
For television audiences, Sheen is best recognized for his six-time Emmy nominated performance as President Josiah Bartlet inThe West Wing (1999).Sheen won six of his eight Golden Globe nominations as well as an ALMA Award; and two individual SAG Awards; for the White House series. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor TV Series Drama in 2001.
Of his ten Primetime Emmy nominations, Sheen won for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series on the long-running sitcomMurphy Brown (1988)(starringCandice Bergen) in 1994. In addition, he has garnered a Daytime Emmy Award for directing and another for performance.
In 2006, Sheen was again nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series; this time for the CBS hit comedyTwo and a Half Men (2003),starring his sonCharlie Sheen.
In addition to series television, Sheen has appeared in several important made-for-television movies and mini-series including playing President John F. Kennedy in the television mini-seriesKennedy (1983)for which he received a Golden Globe nomination.
Sheen was born Ramón Antonio Gerard Estevez in Dayton, Ohio, to Mary-Ann (Phelan), an Irish immigrant (from Borrisokane, County Tipperary), andFrancisco Estevez,a Spanish-born factory worker and machinery inspector (from Parderrubias, Galicia). On the big screen, Sheen has appeared in more than 65 feature films including a star turn as Army Captain Benjamin L. Willard inFrancis Ford Coppola's landmark filmApocalypse Now (1979),which brought Sheen worldwide recognition. The film also starredMarlon Brando,Dennis HopperandRobert Duvall.Other notable credits includeWall Street (1987)(with sonCharlie SheenandMichael Douglas), Academy Award-winning film Gandhi (1982) (with SirBen Kingsley),Catch Me If You Can (2002)(withLeonardo DiCaprioandTom Hanks),The American President (1995)(withMichael DouglasandAnnette Bening) and a Golden Globe nominated breakthrough performance as Timmy Cleary inThe Subject Was Roses (1968),a role he originated on Broadway and for which he received a Tony Award nomination as Best Featured Actor.
In 2006, the actor played ill-fated cop Oliver Queenan inMartin Scorsese's Academy Award-winning filmThe Departed (2006)oppositeLeonardo DiCaprio,Matt Damon,Jack Nicholson,Mark WahlbergandAlec Baldwin.
The same year, Sheen joined another all-star ensemble cast for the highly acclaimed featureBobby (2006),written and directed by his son, Emilio Estevez. Bobby was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award; and starredAnthony Hopkins,Harry Belafonte,Laurence Fishburne,Sharon Stone,William H. Macy,Elijah Wood,Demi MooreandHeather Graham.
For television audiences, Sheen is best recognized for his six-time Emmy nominated performance as President Josiah Bartlet inThe West Wing (1999).Sheen won six of his eight Golden Globe nominations as well as an ALMA Award; and two individual SAG Awards; for the White House series. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor TV Series Drama in 2001.
Of his ten Primetime Emmy nominations, Sheen won for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series on the long-running sitcomMurphy Brown (1988)(starringCandice Bergen) in 1994. In addition, he has garnered a Daytime Emmy Award for directing and another for performance.
In 2006, Sheen was again nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series; this time for the CBS hit comedyTwo and a Half Men (2003),starring his sonCharlie Sheen.
In addition to series television, Sheen has appeared in several important made-for-television movies and mini-series including playing President John F. Kennedy in the television mini-seriesKennedy (1983)for which he received a Golden Globe nomination.
