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.
Known for
Acting351
tvThe American Experiment
2026
George Washington
movieLost & Found in Cleveland
2025
Dr. Austin Raybourne
tvaka Charlie Sheen
2025
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Little Pageant That Could
2024
Self (archive footage)
tvWild Cards
2024
Jonathan Ashford
movie23 Seconds to Eternity
2023
Narrator
movieDownwind
2023
Self Narrator
movie12 Mighty Orphans
2021
Doc Hall
movieJudas and the Black Messiah
2021
J. Edgar Hoover
moviePrincess of the Row
2020
John Austin
movieA West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020
Josiah Bartlet
movieThe Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
2018
James Alden (voice)
tvAmerican Dynasties: The Kennedys
2018
Narrator (voice)
movieCome Sunday
2018
Oral Roberts
movieAnne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
2017
Matthew Cuthbert
movieAnne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
2017
Matthew Cuthbert
tvIs O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence
2017
Narrator (voice)
movieRules Don't Apply
2016
Noah Dietrich
movieThe Vessel
2016
Father Douglas
moviePopstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
Martin Sheen
movieAnne of Green Gables
2016
Matthew Cuthbert
movieBadge of Honor
2015
Captain Daniel Richards
movieUnity
2015
Narrator (voice)
tvGrace and Frankie
2015
Robert Hanson
movieSelma
2014
Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
movieA Prayer for Rain
2014
Warren Anderson
movieTrash
2014
Padre Juilliard
movieMarlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
Self - Actor (archive footage)
movieThe Boxcar Children
2014
Grandfather Alden (voice)
movieThe Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
Uncle Ben (uncredited)
movieThe Whale
2013
Tom Nickerson
movieAmazonia
2013
Narrator
movieJerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth
2013
Narrator (voice)
movieSalinger
2013
Self - Actor
movieDefending Gideon
2013
Narrator
movieDeath By China
2012
Narrator
tvAnger Management
2012
Martin Goodson
movieThe Amazing Spider-Man
2012
Uncle Ben
movieSeeking a Friend for the End of the World
2012
Frank Petersen
movieStella Days
2012
Fr. Daniel Barry
movieBrothers on the Line
2012
Narrator
movie8
2012
Theodore Olson
movieThe Double
2011
Tom Highland
movieSharkwise
2011
Narrator
movieHalfway Home
2011
Narrator(voice)
movieThe Kennedy Detail
2010
Narrator
movieGloves of Stone
2009
Dr. Frank Irwin
movieLove Happens
2009
Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
movieImagine That
2009
Dante D'Enzo
movieFranz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience
2009
Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
movieEchelon Conspiracy
2009
Raymond Burke
movieWhite House Revealed
2009
Self- Narrator (voice)
movieMan in the Mirror
2008
Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
movieThe End of Poverty?
2008
Self - Narrator
movieEyewitness DVD: Weather
2007
Narrator
movieTalk to Me
2007
E.G. Sonderling
movieBordertown
2007
George Morgan
movieFlatland
2007
Arthur Square (voice)
movieConfessions Of An Innocent Man
2007
Self - Narrator
tvAmerica's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Departed
2006
Queenan
tvStudio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
Radio Host
movieBobby
2006
Jack Stevens
movieWho Killed the Electric Car?
2006
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieJames Dean: Forever Young
2005
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Friday Night Project
2005
Self - Host
movieThe Nomi Song
2004
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Commission
2003
Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
movieHidden in Plain Sight
2003
Narrator (voice)
tvTwo and a Half Men
2003
Harvey
tvThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Self - Guest / Self
movieCatch Me If You Can
2002
Roger Strong
movieStraight Up: Helicopters in Action
2002
Narrator (voice)
movieBringing Down a Dictator
2002
Narrator (voice)
movieO
2001
Coach Duke Goulding
movieThe Twelve Apostles
1999
Narrator (voice)
movieA Stranger in the Kingdom
1999
Sigurd Moulton
movieThe Time Shifters
1999
Grifasi
movieD.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
J.W. Garrison
tvThe West Wing
1999
Josiah Bartlet
movieStorm
1999
General James Roberts
movieLost & Found
1999
Millstone
movieNo Code of Conduct
1999
Bill Peterson
movieGunfighter
1999
The Stranger
movieThe Darklings
1999
Ira Everett
Ninth Street
1999
Father Frank
movieA Texas Funeral
1999
Grandpa Sparta
movieBabylon 5: The River of Souls
1998
Soul Hunter
movieFree Money
1998
Guard
movieA Letter from Death Row
1998
Michael's Father
movieMonument Ave.
1998
Hanlon
movieShadrach
1998
Narrator (voice)
movieVoyage of Terror
1998
Henry Northcutt
movieMedusa's Child
1997
President
movieHostile Waters
1997
Aurora Skipper
movieEyewitness: Monster
1997
Narrator (voice)
tvThe View
1997
Self / Self - Guest
movieSpawn
1997
Jason Wynn
movieAn Act of Conscience
1997
Narrator
tvGun
1997
Van Guinness
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians
1997
Narrator (voice)
movieThe War at Home
1996
Bob Collier
tvSpin City
1996
Ray Harris / Ray Crawford
movieSacred Cargo
1996
Father Andrew Kanvesky
tvThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Self - Guest
movieMexico
1996
Narrator (voice)
movieBlacklist: Hollywood on Trial
1996
Dalton Trumbo
movieProject: ALF
1996
Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
movieThe American President
1995
A.J. MacInerney
movieCaptain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
1995
Jeff Snyder
movieVirgin Mary
1995
Father Jozo Zovko
movieDead Presidents
1995
The Judge
movieBorn Wild
1995
Dan Walker
movieThe Break
1995
Gil Robbins
movieDillinger and Capone
1995
John Dillinger
tvEyewitness
1995
Narrator
movieOne Hundred and One Nights
1995
Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
movieThe Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas
1995
Voice of Marcos
movieFortunes of War
1994
Francis Labeck
movieHits!
1994
Kelly
movieGuns of Honor
1994
Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
movieBoca
1994
Jesse James Montgomery
movieRoswell
1994
Townsend
movieTrigger Fast
1994
Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
movieOne of Her Own
1994
Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
movieWhen the Bough Breaks
1994
Captain Swaggert
movieEyewitness: Dinosaur
1994
Narrator (voice)
movieEyewitness: Shark
1994
Narrator (voice)
movieAlive: 20 Years Later
1993
Narrator (voice)
movieGettysburg
1993
Gen. Robert E. Lee
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
movieThe Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
1993
William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
movieHot Shots! Part Deux
1993
Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
movieHear No Evil
1993
Lt. Brock
movieGrey Knight
1993
Gen. Haworth
movieBraving Alaska
1993
Narrator / Narrator (voice)
tvAlex Haley's Queen
1993
James Jackson Sr.
The Water Engine
1992
Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
movieOriginal Intent
1992
Homeless Joe
movieJFK
1991
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieGuilty Until Proven Innocent
1991
Harold Hohne
movieThe Maid
1991
Anthony Wayne
movieThe Rites Of Mu
1991
Narrator
movieTouch and Die
1991
Frank Magenta
movieCadence
1990
MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
tvCaptain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
Sly Sludge (voice)
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Real Seymour Skinner (voice)
movieAnother Time, Another Place
1989
Richard Conley
movieBeverly Hills Brats
1989
Dr. Jeffrey Miller
movieCold Front
1989
John Hyde
tvTales from the Crypt
1989
Kraygen / Thomas Miller / Zorbin the Magnificent
movieBeyond the Stars
1989
Paul Andrews
movieNightbreaker
1989
Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
movieMarked for Murder
1989
Man in Park
movieJudgment in Berlin
1988
Herbert J. Stern
movieDa
1988
Charlie
movieWall Street
1987
Carl Fox
movieDear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
Alan (voice)
movieThe Believers
1987
Cal Jamison
movieConspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
1987
James Marion Hunt
movieA State of Emergency
1986
Alex Carmody
movieSecrets of the Titanic
1986
Self - Narrator
movieSamaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
1986
Mitch Snyder
movieNews at Eleven
1986
Frank Kenley
movieShattered Spirits
1986
Lyle Mollencamp
movieOut of the Darkness
1985
Eddie Zigo
movieBroken Rainbow
1985
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Fourth Wise Man
1985
Artaban
tvThe Atlanta Child Murders
1985
Chet Dettlinger
movieConsenting Adult
1985
Ken Lynd
The Real Thing
1985
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Guardian
1984
Charlie Hyatt
movieFirestarter
1984
Captain Hollister
Choices of the Heart
1983
Father Philan
tvKennedy
1983
John F. Kennedy
movieThe Dead Zone
1983
Greg Stillson
movieMan, Woman and Child
1983
Robert Beckwith
movieIn the King of Prussia
1983
Judge Samuel Salus II
movieThat Championship Season
1982
Tom Daley
movieGandhi
1982
Vince Walker
movieEnigma
1982
Alex Holbeck
tvNature
1982
Narrator (voice)
movieIn the Custody of Strangers
1982
Frank Caldwell
movieLoophole
1981
Stephen Booker
movieThe Final Countdown
1980
Warren Lasky
tvBlind Ambition
1979
John Dean
movieApocalypse Now
1979
Captain Benjamin Willard
movieTaxi!!
1978
Taxi Driver
movieThe Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1976
Frank Hallet
movieThe Cassandra Crossing
1976
Robby Navarro
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host / Self (uncredited)
movieSweet Hostage
1975
Leonard Hatch
movieThe Last Survivors
1975
Alexander William Holmes
movieThe Missiles of October
1974
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
movieThe Legend of Earl Durand
1974
Luther Sykes
movieThe California Kid
1974
Michael McCord
tvThe Missiles of October
1974
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
movieThe Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
1974
Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
movieThe Execution of Private Slovik
1974
Eddie Slovik
movieBadlands
1974
Kit Carruthers
movieMessage to My Daughter
1973
John Thatcher
movieThe Catholics
1973
Father Kinsella
tvToma
1973
Eddie Siatti
Love Story (US)
1973
Frank Randolph
movieA Prowler in the Heart
1973
Tony Parrish
movieSuch Dust as Dreams Are Made On
1973
Harlan Garrison
movieCrime Club
1973
Deputy Wilson
moviePursuit
1972
Timothy Drew
movieRage
1972
Maj. Holliford
movieThat Certain Summer
1972
Gary McCain
movieWhen the Line Goes Through
1972
Bluff Jackson
tvGhost Story
1972
Frank
moviePickup on 101
1972
Lester Baumgartner
movieNo Drums, No Bugles
1972
Ashby Gatrell
movieGoodbye, Raggedy Ann
1971
Jules Worthman
tvColumbo
1971
Karl Lessing
tvDan August
1970
Norman Sayles
tvThe Young Lawyers
1970
Reverend Jimmy Haines
movieCatch-22
1970
1st Lt. Dobbs
movieThe Andersonville Trial
1970
Captain Williams
tvLove, American Style
1969
Dr. Art Parmel
movieThen Came Bronson
1969
Nick Oresko
tvITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Father Kinsella
movieThe Subject Was Roses
1968
Timmy Cleary
tvThe Mod Squad
1968
Danny Morgan
tvHawaii Five-O
1968
Eddie Calhao / Arthur Dixon
movieThe Incident
1967
Artie Connors
tvIronside
1967
Johnny
movieThe Price of a Life
1967
Edward Miles Layton
tvNET Playhouse
1966
Kilroy
tvMission: Impossible
1966
Lieutenant Albert Brocke
tvHawk
1966
Peter Janus
tvThe F.B.I.
1965
Norman Gretzler / Perry Victor / Neil Harland / Steve Chandler
For the People
1965
Louis Cahane
tvFlipper
1964
Phil Adams
tvThe Outer Limits
1963
Pvt. Arthur Dix
tvArrest and Trial
1963
Dale Beatty
tvThe Nurses
1962
Saunders / Carl
tvThe Defenders
1961
Arnold McCabe / Dino Locatelli / Joey Americus / Adam Novins
tvPolice Surgeon
1960
Ben Grover
tvNaked City
1958
Phillip Kosnik / Nick (uncredited) / Counterman
tvThe Edge of Night
1956
Roy Sanders
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Taxi Driver
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self / Self - Nominee / Self - Nominee / Presenter / Self - Winner
movieThe One
Jefferson
Production5
movieVigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen
2024
Executive Producer
movieVigilante
2023
Executive Producer
movieThe Map to Paradise
2019
Producer
movieNightbreaker
1989
Executive Producer
movieJudgment in Berlin
1988
Executive Producer
Directing1
movieCadence
1990
Director
Writing1
movieCadence
1990
Writer