Biography

Early life

Estevez was born in Dayton, Ohio to a Catholic, Galician-born father, Francisco Estévez (1898-1974), and an Irish mother, Mary Anne (née Phelan) (1903-1951). He is one of ten children—nine boys and one girl.

As a child, he lived in the South Park neighborhood of Dayton. During a family trip in April 1959, he participated in the White House Easter Egg Roll and met President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He attended Chaminade-Julienne High School, a Catholic High School located in Dayton. Upon his graduation, he enlisted and served in the United States Navy.

Career

After serving in the United States Navy, Estevez began pursuing an acting career starting in the early 1970s. He initially used his mother's maiden name, Phelan, before using his surname, Estevez. Throughout his career, Estevez has appeared in numerous film and television roles in lead, supporting, and minor parts playing protagonists and antagonists, and he frequently appears in moderate and low-budget independent features and B-movies. In addition, he has worked as a voice-over artist and performs in stage productions. He has expressed in an interview that he wants to make movies that make a difference.

Estevez stood in for his brother in a number of long shots and in some of the voice-overs for Apocalypse Now (1979), as Martin Sheen was recovering from his heart attack.

He plays a villain, Cyrus, in the film Doonby (2012), which features former The Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider as a mysterious stranger who comes into a small town and falls in love with the spoiled daughter of Estevez's character, the local doctor. He also co-stars with David Faustino in the feature Not Another B Movie (2011) released by Troma Entertainment.

Personal life

Estevez has been married twice and is the father of three daughters. His second wife is actress Constance Anderson.

Estevez and his older brother Martin Sheen are on opposite sides politically: while Sheen is outspokenly progressive, Estevez is strongly conservative. Estevez sounds very similar to his older brother, a fact he took advantage of when he did a voice-over for a National Shooting Sports Foundation pro-gunmaker commercial in 2000; at the time, his brother was famous for playing a fictional President of the United States on the television series The West Wing. Sheen starred in a pro-gun control commercial that same year.

Select filmography

Film
Year	Film: The Caretakers	Role	Notes Direct to video
1986	The Zero Boys	Killer	Credited as Joe Phelan
1987	Terminal Exposure	Eskenezy	Credited as Joe Phelan
1988	Human Error	Phil Martins
1989	The Platinum Triangle	Roland Geiger
1990	Soultaker	The Man/Soultaker
1991	The Roller Blade Seven	Saint O'ffender
1992	Eddie Presley	Eddie's father
	Return of the Roller Blade Seven	Saint O'ffender
	The Legend of the Roller Blade Seven	Saint O'ffender
1993	Dark Universe	Rod Kendrick
1994	Double Blast	Nadir
1995	Little Lost Sea Serpent	Harry Rockwell	Direct-to-video release
1996	Toad Warrior	Mickey O'Malley	Alternative title: Hell Comes to Frogtown III
	Werewolf	Joel	Alternative title: Arizona Werewolf Direct-to-video release
1997	Quiet Days in Hollywood	The Pick-Up Guy	Alternative title: The Way We Are
	Guns of El Chupacabra	Rocket Ranger Dan Danger	Direct-to-video release
1998	I Got the Hook Up	Lamar Hunt
	No Code of Conduct	Pappy
1999	14 Ways to Wear Lipstick	Maximo
2000	The Catcher	Father/Umpire
2001	Shattered Faith	Steve Townsend
2002	Max Hell Frog Warrior	Mickey O'Malley	Alternative title: Max Hell Frog Warrior Direct-to-video release
2003	Spanish Fly	Harry Homeless	Autopsy: A Love Story
	Hitman City	Lt. O'Leary
	Minds of Terror	Farm Owner
2004	Vampire Blvd.	Mr. Big Shot
	I.R.A.: King of Nothing	Seamus
2005	Resurrection Mary	Wilkes
2006	Inner Rage	Sheriff McCarthy
2007	Sigma Die!	Officer Brubek
	Alibi	-	Associate producer
2008	Withered One	Marin Gray
2009	Untitled Horror Comedy	Chips Fisher
	Dead in Love	Poker
	La Femme Vampir	Joe
2010	Horrorween	Neighbor
	Iron Soldier	General Brooks
2011	Not Another B Movie	Sterns
	Caesar and Otto's Deadly Christmas	Joe
	Suicide Poet
2012	The Perfect Candidate	Joe Estevez
	Turning Point	The Boss
2015	Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance	Captain Harmon
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd	E.W. Floyd	Television movie Credited as Joseph Estevez
	The California Kid	Don McCord	Television movie
1975	The Hatfields and the McCoys	Troy Hatfield	Television movie
1979	Eischied	Roth	1 episode Credited as Joseph Sheen
1986	Starman	West	1 episode
1987	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Coach	1 episode Credited as Joseph Phelan
1990	Murder in Law	Bill	Television movie
1992	Psychic Detectives	Professor Halifax	Television movie
1996	Lethal Orbit	NSC chairman	Television movie
2000	Stolen from the Heart	Phil	Television movie
2001	Black Scorpion	Butcherville	1 episode
2013	Eagleheart	Himself	1 episode
2013-Present	On Cinema	Himself	Web series
2014-2015	Decker	President Davidson	Web series

[ Source: Wikipedia ]