Early life

Sheen was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Mary-Ann (née Phelan; 1903-1951) and Francisco Estévez Martinez (1898-1974). During birth, Sheen's left arm was crushed by forceps, giving him limited lateral movement of that arm, which is three inches (7.6 cm) shorter than his right. Both of Sheen's parents were immigrants; his mother from Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Ireland; and his father was born in Parderrubias, Galicia, Spain. After moving to Dayton in the 1930s, his father was a factory worker/machinery inspector at the National Cash Register Company. Sheen grew up on Brown Street in the South Park neighborhood, one of ten children (nine boys and a girl). Due to his father's work, the family lived in Bermuda on St. John's Road, Pembroke, where five of his brothers were born. Martin was the first child to be born in Dayton, Ohio, after the family returned from Bermuda. Sheen contracted polio as a child and had to remain bedridden for a year. His doctor's treatment using Sister Kenny's method helped cure him and he regained use of his legs.

When he was 11, Martin's mother died and the children faced the possibility of living in an orphanage or foster homes. The family was able to remain together with the assistance of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Dayton. Raised as a Catholic, he graduated from Chaminade High School (now Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School). At age 14, he organized a strike of golf caddies while working at a private golf club in Dayton, Ohio. He complained about the golfers: "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."

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. He spent two years in the Living Theatre company. It was in New York that he met the legendary Catholic activist Dorothy Day. Working with her Catholic Worker Movement, he began his commitment to social justice, and would one day go on to play Peter Maurin, cofounder of the Catholic Worker Movement, in Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story. Sheen deliberately failed the entrance exam for the University of Dayton so that he could pursue his acting career.

He adopted his stage name, Martin Sheen, from a combination of the CBS casting director, Robert Dale Martin, who gave him his first big break, and the televangelist archbishop, Fulton J. Sheen. In a 2003 Inside the Actors Studio interview, 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.

Career

Sheen has said he was greatly influenced by the actor James Dean. He 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 series The Outer Limits. In 1964, he co-starred in the Broadway play The Subject Was Roses; he later reprised his role in the 1968 film of the same name, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sheen also starred in the television production Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (1966), an adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play Camino Real directed by Jack Landau and presented by NET, a PBS predecessor.

During the 1960s and early 1970s, Sheen honed his skills as a guest star on a number of popular television series, including My Three Sons (1964), Flipper (1967), The F.B.I. (1968), Mission: Impossible (1969), Hawaii Five-O (1970), Dan August (1971), The Rookies (1973), Columbo (1973), and The Streets of San Francisco (1973). He also had a recurring role as "Danny Morgan" on Mod Squad (1970-1971). By the early 1970s, Sheen was increasingly focusing on television films and motion pictures.

Sheen portrayed Dobbs in the 1970 film adaptation of Catch-22. He then co-starred in the controversial Emmy Award-winning 1972 television film That 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 with Sissy Spacek in the crime drama Badlands, playing an antisocial multiple murderer. Sheen has stated that his role in Badlands was one of his two favorites, the other being his role as a U.S. Army special operations officer in Apocalypse Now. Also in 1973, Sheen appeared opposite David Janssen in "Such Dust As Dreams Are Made On", the first pilot for the television series Harry O.

In 1974, Sheen portrayed a hot rod driver in the television movie The California Kid, and that same year received an Emmy Award nomination for Best Actor in a television drama for his portrayal of Pvt. Eddie Slovik in the television film The Execution of Private Slovik. Based on an incident that occurred during World War II, the film told the story of the only U.S. soldier to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War.

Sheen's performance ultimately led to Francis Ford Coppola's choosing him for a starring role as U.S. Army Captain Benjamin L. Willard in 1979's Apocalypse Now, a film that gained him wide recognition. Filming in the Philippine jungle in the typhoon season of 1976, Sheen admitted he was not in the greatest shape and was drinking heavily. For the film’s legendary opening sequence in a Saigon hotel room, Sheen did not have to act so much since it was his 36th birthday and he was heavily intoxicated. After 12 months, Sheen reached a breaking point, suffering a minor heart attack and he had to crawl out to a road for help. After his heart attack, his younger brother Joe Estevez stood in for him in a number of long shots and in some of the voice-overs. Sheen was able to resume filming a few weeks later.

Sheen has played U.S. President John F. Kennedy in the miniseries Kennedy; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in the television special The Missiles of October; White House Chief of Staff A.J. McInnerney in The American President; White House Counsel John Dean in the Television mini-series Blind Ambition; sinister future president Greg Stillson in The Dead Zone; the President in the Lori Loughlin-Chris Noth television mini-series, Medusa's Child; and fictional Democratic president Josiah "Jed" Bartlet in the acclaimed television drama, The West Wing.

On November 4, 2010, it was confirmed that he had been cast as Uncle Ben in Sony's 2012 reboot of the Spider-Man film series, The Amazing Spider-Man, directed by Marc Webb.

Sheen has performed voice-over work as the narrator for the Eyewitness series and as the "real" Seymour Skinner in the controversial Simpsons episode "The Principal and the Pauper." In addition, he played the role of the Illusive Man in the highly acclaimed video game Mass Effect 2, and the sequel, Mass Effect 3. Martin Sheen is also the host of In Focus, a television program whose Facebook page claims airs on PBS affiliate stations on Public Television, but in fact does not, according to the company's spokesperson, as reported in the Washington Post on December 27, 2012.

Sheen recently travelled to Mexico City to star in Chamaco with Kirk Harris, Alex Perea, Gustavo Sanchez Parra and Michael Madsen. In November 2010, he filmed Stella Days in County Tipperary, Ireland, near the birthplace of his mother. Thaddeus O'Sullivan directed and Irish actor Stephen Rea also starred.

Sheen appeared in Martin Scorsese's The Departed as Captain Oliver Queenan, a commanding officer who is watching an undercover cop (Leonardo DiCaprio) who is a mole in an Irish American mob run by a vicious mob boss (Jack Nicholson). Martin Sheen and son Ramon Estevez combined both their real and stage names to create the Warner Bros.-affiliated company, Estevez Sheen Productions. The company’s latest film is The Way, written and directed by Sheen's son Emilio Estevez who also stars in the film as Martin’s on-screen son, who dies while hiking the Camino de Santiago. His daughter, Renée, also has a part in the film. Driven by sadness, Martin’s character, an American doctor, leaves his Californian life and embarks on the 800-km pilgrimage from the French Pyrenees to Spain’s Santiago de Compostela himself, with his son’s ashes. The Way premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.

Sheen appeared in the Irish Film entitled Stella Days directed by Irish Director Thaddeus O'Sullivan and stars IFTA award-winning actress Amy Huberman. Sheen plays parish priest Daniel Barry, whose love for the cinema leads him on a path to help set up a local cinema in the town of Borrisokane. Daniel comes up against opposition from doubtful local parishioners who question his faith and the Bishop Hegarty (Tom Hickey), who is more interested in raising funds for a new church.

Political activism

In 2010, Sheen first spoke to 18,000 young student activists at Free The Children's We Day, explaining "While acting is what I do for a living, activism is what I do to stay alive."

Although he did not attend college, Sheen credited the Marianists at University of Dayton as a major influence on his public activism, as well as Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Sheen is known for his outspoken support of liberal political causes, such as opposition to United States military actions and a hazardous-waste incinerator in East Liverpool, Ohio. Sheen has resisted calls to run for office, saying: "There's no way that I could be the president. You can't have a pacifist in the White House . . . I'm an actor. This is what I do for a living." Sheen is an honorary trustee of the Dayton International Peace Museum.

He supported the 1965 farm worker movement with Cesar Chavez in Delano, California. He is a proponent of the Consistent life ethic, which advocates against abortion, capital punishment and war. He articulated this view further in an interview with The Progressive: "I'm inclined to be against abortion of any life. But I am equally against the death penalty or war." He also supports the Democrats for Life of America's Pregnant Women Support Act. In 2004 along with Rob Reiner, Sheen campaigned for Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean, and later campaigned for nominee John Kerry.

On May 16, 1995, Martin Sheen and Paul Watson from the non-profit environmental organization Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, were confronted by a number of Canadian sealers in a hotel on Magdalen Islands over 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. In 2000, Sheen got involved in support of gun control after the National Shooting Sports Foundation hired his politically conservative brother, actor Joe Estevez who sounds like Sheen, to do a voice over for a pro-gunmaker commercial earlier in the year. In early 2003 Sheen signed the "Not in My Name" declaration opposing the invasion of Iraq (along with prominent figures such as Noam Chomsky and Susan Sarandon); the declaration appeared in the magazine The Nation. On August 28, 2005, he visited anti-Iraq War activist Cindy Sheehan at Camp Casey. He prayed with her and spoke to her supporters. He began his remarks by stating, "At least you've got the acting president of the United States," referring to his role as fictional president Josiah Bartlet on The West Wing. Cindy Sheehan had been demanding a second meeting with the President, George W. Bush.

Sheen endorsed marches and walkouts called by the civil rights group By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) to force the state of California to honor the Cesar Chavez holiday. On the day of the protests (March 30), thousands of students, primarily Latino from California and elsewhere, walked out of school in support of the demand. Sheen also stated that he participated in the large-scale immigration marches in Los Angeles in 2006 and 2007.

On April 10, 2006, the New York Times reported that members of the Democratic Party in Ohio had contacted Sheen, attempting to persuade him to run for the United States Senate in Ohio. Sheen declined the offer, stating, "I'm just not qualified. You're mistaking celebrity for credibility." On November 26, 2006, the Sunday Times in Ireland, where Sheen was then living as a result of his enrolment in NUI Galway, reported on his speaking out against mushroom farmers exploiting foreign workers by paying them as little as €2.50 an hour in a country where the minimum wage was €7.65.

Sheen's latest activism includes attendances at meetings of the environmentalist group Earth First! and speaking appearances at youth empowerment events called We Day on behalf of Free The Children, an international charity and educational partner. 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. 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."

Sheen has also endorsed and supported Help Darfur Now, a student-run organization to help aid victims of the genocide in Darfur, the western region in Sudan. He also appears in the recent anti-fur documentary "Skin Trade."

Sheen has appeared in television and radio ads urging Washington State residents to vote 'no' on Initiative 1000, a proposed assisted suicide law before voters in the 2008 election.

Sheen initially endorsed New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, and helped raise funds for his campaign. After Richardson dropped out of the campaign, Sheen stated in a BBC Two interview with Graham Norton that he was supporting Barack Obama.

In March 2012, Sheen was featured with George Clooney in a performance of Dustin Lance Black's play, '8'—a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage—as attorney Theodore Olson. The production was held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre and broadcast on YouTube to raise money for the American Foundation for Equal Rights.

In September 2012, Sheen reunited with the cast of The West Wing to produce a video tasked with explaining Michigan's ballot and its partisan and nonpartisan sections. The video doubled as a campaign ad for Bridget McCormack, who was running as a nonpartisan candidate for Michigan's Supreme Court.

In 2015, it was announced that Sheen narrated the trailer for a proposed documentary film about the controversial prosecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman.

Personal life

Family

Sheen married Janet Templeton on December 23, 1961, and they have four children, three sons and a daughter, all of whom are actors: Emilio, Ramón, Carlos, and Renée. All but one decided to keep their own names when they began acting - Carlos, calling himself Charlie Sheen, made the decision to Anglicize his first name and take his surname from his father's stage name.

Charlie and his father jointly parodied their respective previous roles in the 1993 movie Hot Shots! Part Deux their river patrol boats passed each other, at which point they both shouted, "I loved you in Wall Street!" a film they both starred in as father and son in 1987.

He has played the father of sons Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen in various projects: he played Emilio's father in The War at Home, In the Custody of Strangers and The Way, and Charlie's father in Wall Street, No Code of Conduct, two episodes of Spin City, and Anger Management. He also appeared as a guest star in one episode of Two and a Half Men playing the father of Charlie's neighbor Rose (Melanie Lynskey), and another as guest star Denise Richards's father; at the time that episode aired, Richards was still married to Charlie. Martin also played a "future" version of Charlie in a VISA TV commercial. Martin has played other characters with his children. He starred in the film Bobby, which was directed by Emilio, who also starred in the movie alongside his father. Renée had a supporting role in The West Wing, as one of President Josiah Bartlet's (Sheen) secretaries. Emilio also appeared, uncredited, in an episode of The West Wing portraying his father's character, President Bartlet, in home movie footage.

Sheen became a grandfather at age 43 when his son Emilio had a son named Taylor Levi with his girlfriend, Carey Salley. Sheen has a total of ten grandchildren, the other nine being: Paloma Rae (from Emilio), Cassandra, Sam J, Lola Rose, Bob and Max (from Charlie) and Katherine, Luis Jr. and Christopher (from Ramon) and one great-granddaughter Luna (from Cassandra).

He celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary in 2011.

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

Academic pursuits

After the end of filming of The West Wing, Sheen announced plans to further his education: "My plan is to read English literature, philosophy and theology in Galway, Ireland, where my late mother came from and where I'm also a citizen." 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 the National 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 NUIG, he attended lectures like everyone else. Speaking the week after filming his last episode of The 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!" On September 1, 2006, Sheen was among the first to register as a student at NUI Galway. He left the University after completing a semester.

Sheen maintains links with Galway and "heartily" supported Michael D. Higgins in the Irish presidential election, 2011, having become a "dear friend" of Higgins while studying there.

Protests

In a speech at Oxford University in 2009, Sheen admitted to having been arrested 66 times for protesting and acts of civil disobedience. He was described by human rights activist Craig Kielburger as having "a rap sheet almost as long as his list of film credits."

On April 1, 2007, Sheen was arrested, with 38 other activists, for trespassing at the Nevada Test Site at a Nevada Desert Experience event protesting against the site.

Religion

Sheen is a Roman Catholic, having had his faith restored by a series of meaningful conversations in Paris in 1981 with Terrence Malick, the director of Sheen’s breakthrough film, Badlands (1973). He is a supporter of the Catholic Worker movement. He stated in 2012 that he supports same-sex marriage, unlike the Catholic Church's position on the matter.

Family life and abortion stance

He discussed his views on abortion in a 2011 interview with RTÉ in which he said his wife was conceived through a rape and he says had her mother aborted her, or dumped her in the Ohio River as she had considered, his wife would not exist. He also talked about three of his grandchildren who 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 of joy in our lives." He has also stated his empathy for women facing unexpected pregnancy and that he didn't oppose their right to abortion:

I cannot make a choice for a women, particularly a black or brown or poor pregnant woman. I would not make a judgment in the case. As a father and a grandfather, I have had experience with children who don't always come when they are planned, and I have experienced the great joy of God's presence in my children, so I'm inclined to be against abortion of any life. But I am equally against the death penalty or war - anywhere people are sacrificed for some end justifying a means. I don't think abortion is a good idea. 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.

Awards and honors

In the spring of 1989, Sheen was named honorary mayor of Malibu, 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". 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.

While Sheen claims he deliberately failed the entrance exam for the University of Dayton so that he could pursue his acting career, he still has an affinity for UD, and is seen drinking from a "Dayton Flyers" coffee mug during several episodes of The West Wing. Sheen also developed an ongoing relationship with Wright State University, where he performed Love Letters as a benefit for scholarships in the Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures, and hosted a trip of donors to the set of The West Wing with 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. Sheen also has a great affinity for the University of Notre Dame and in 2008 was awarded the Laetare Medal, the highest honor bestowed on American Catholics, in May 2008 at the school's commencement.

Sheen received six Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance on The West Wing, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in TV-Drama, as well as two SAG Awards 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 ten Emmy Awards, winning one. He has also earned eight nominations for Golden Globe Awards. Sheen has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1500 Vine Street.

In 2001 Sheen won a TV Guide Award for 'Actor of the Year in a Drama Series' for The West Wing. In the animated Nickelodeon movie, TV show and TV spin-off of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, there is a character named Sheen Estevez, which is Sheen's original last name - Estévez - and working last name, Sheen.

Sheen was the 2003 recipient of the Marquette University Degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa for his work on social and Catholic issues. In 2011, he was awarded an honorary life membership in the Law Society of University College Dublin. On May 3, 2015 Sheen received an honorary degree Doctor of Human Letters from the University of Dayton for his lifelong commitment to peace, social justice and human rights exemplifying the Catholic, Marianist university's missions.

Filmography

Motion pictures

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1967	Incident, TheThe Incident	Artie Connors	Larry Peerce
1968	Subject Was Roses, TheThe Subject Was Roses	Timmy Cleary	Ulu Grosbard	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
1970	Catch-22	1st Lt. Dobbs	Mike Nichols
1972	No Drums, No Bugles	Ashby Gatrell	Clyde Ware
	Pickup on 101	Les	John Florea
	Rage	Maj. Holliford	George C. Scott
	That Certain Summer	Gary McClain	Lamont Johnson
1973	When the Line Goes Through	Bluff Jackson	Clyde Ware
	Badlands	Kit Carruthers	Terrence Malick
	The Conflict (Catholics)	Father Kinsella	Jack Gold
1974	Legend of Earl Durand, TheThe Legend of Earl Durand	Luther Sykes	John Patterson
	California Kid, TheThe California Kid	Michael McCord	Richard T. Heffron
	Missiles of October, TheThe Missiles of October	Robert F. Kennedy	Anthony Page
	Execution of Private Slovik, TheThe Execution of Private Slovik	Eddie Slovik	Lamont Johnson
1975	Last Survivors, TheThe Last Survivors	Alexander William Holmes	Lee H. Katzin
	Sweet Hostage	Leonard Hatch	Lee Phillips
1976	Cassandra Crossing, TheThe Cassandra Crossing	Robby Navarro	George P. Cosmatos
	Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, TheThe Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane	Frank Hallet	Nicolas Gessner
1979	Apocalypse Now	Captain Benjamin L. Willard	Francis Ford Coppola	Nominated — American Movie Award for Best Actor Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
	Eagle's Wing	Pike	Anthony Harvey
1980	Final Countdown, TheThe Final Countdown	Warren Lasky	Don Taylor
1981	Loophole	Stephen Booker	John Quested
1982	Gandhi	Vince Walker	Richard Attenborough
	That Championship Season	Tom Daley	Jason Miller
	In the Custody of Strangers	Frank	Robert Greenwald
	Enigma	Alex Holbeck	Jeannot Szwarc
1983	In the King of Prussia	Judge Samuel Salus II	Emile de Antonio
	Man, Woman and Child	Robert Beckwith	Dick Richards
	Dead Zone, TheThe Dead Zone	Greg Stillson	David Cronenberg
1984	Firestarter	Captain Hollister	Mark L. Lester
1985	Fourth Wise Man, TheThe Fourth Wise Man	Artaban	Michael Ray Rhodes
1986	State of Emergency, AA State of Emergency	Dr. Alex Carmody	Richard C. Bennett
	Shattered Spirits	Lyle Mollencamp	Robert Greenwald
1987	Believers, TheThe Believers	Cal Jamison	John Schlesinger
	Siesta	Del	Mary Lambert
	Wall Street	Carl Fox	Oliver Stone
1988	Da	Charlie	Matt Clark
	Judgment in Berlin	Herbert Jay Stern	Leo Penn
1989	Marked for Murder	Man in park	Rick Sloane
	Cold Front	John Hyde	Allan A. Goldstein
	Beverly Hills Brats	Dr. Jeffrey Miller	Jim Sotos
	Nightbreaker	Dr. Alexander Brown	Peter Markle
	Beyond the Stars	Paul Andrews	David Saperstein
1990	Cadence	MSgt. Otis V. McKinney	Martin Sheen
1991	Touch and Die	Frank	Piernico Solinas
	Maid, TheThe Maid	Anthony Wayne	Ian Toynton
	JFK	Narrator	Oliver Stone
1992	Running Wild	Dan Walker	Duncan McLachlan
	Original Intent	Joe	Robert Marcarelli
1993	When the Bough Breaks	Captain Swaggert	Michael Cohn
	My Home, My Prison	Narrator	Susana Blaustein Muñoz
	Ghost Brigade (aka The Killing Box)	Gen. Haworth	George Hickenlooper
	Fortunes of War	Francis Labeck	Thierry Notz
	Hear No Evil	Lt. Brock	Robert Greenwald
	Hot Shots! Part Deux	Capt. Benjamin L. Willard	Jim Abrahams
	Gettysburg	Robert E. Lee	Ronald F. Maxwell
	Matter of Justice, AA Matter of Justice	Jack Brown	Michael Switzer
1994	Guns of Honor	Jackson Baines Hardin	David Lister
	Hits!	Kelly	William R. Greenblatt
	Grey Knight	General	George Hickenlooper
	Boca	Jesse James Montgomery	Walter Avancini, Zalman King
1995	American President, TheThe American President	Chief of Staff A.J. McInnerney	Rob Reiner
	Sacred Cargo	Father Andrew Kanvesky	Aleksandr Buravsky
	Dillinger and Capone	John Dillinger	Jon Purdy
	Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys	Jeff Snyder	Charles Gale
	Hundred and One Nights, AA Hundred and One Nights	Himself	Agnès Varda
	Break, TheThe Break	Gil Robbins	Lee H. Katzin
	Dead Presidents	The Judge	Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
	Gospa	father Jozo Zovko	Jakov Sedlar
1996	War at Home, TheThe War at Home	Bob Collier	Emilio Estevez	Nominated — ALMA Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Crossover Role in a Feature Film
	Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story	Peter Maurin	Michael Ray Rhodes
	Project ALF	Colonel Gilbert Milfoil	Dick Lowry
1997	Truth or Consequences, N.M	Sir	Kiefer Sutherland
	Act of Conscience, AnAn Act of Conscience	Narrator	Robbie Leppzer
	Hostile Waters	Aurora Skipper	David Drury	Television movie; BBC/HBO
	Spawn	Jason Wynn	Mark A.Z. Dippé
1998	Family Attraction	President	Brian Hecker
	Stranger in the Kingdom	Sigurd Moulton	Jay Craven
	Gunfighter	Stranger, TheThe Stranger	Christopher Coppola
	Monument Ave.	Hanlon	Ted Demme
	Shadrach	Narrator	Susanna Styron
	Letter from Death Row, AA Letter from Death Row	Michael's Father	Marvin Baker, Bret Michaels
	Free Money	New Warden	Yves Simoneau
	No Code of Conduct	Bill Peterson	Bret Michaels
	Thin Red Line, TheThe Thin Red Line	Thanks	Terrence Malick
1999	Ninth Street	Father Frank	Tim Rebman, Kevin Willmott
	Lost & Found	Millstone	Jeff Pollack
	Storm	General James Roberts	Harris Done
	A Texas Funeral	Grandpa Sparta	W. Blake Herron
2001	O	Coach Duke Goulding	Tim Blake Nelson
2002	Catch Me if You Can	Roger Strong	Steven Spielberg
2003	Mercy of the Sea	Frederik	Dominik Sedlar, Jakov Sedlar
	The Commission	Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach	Mark Sobel
2004	Jerusalemski sindrom		Dominik Sedlar, Jakov Sedlar
2006	Departed, TheThe Departed	Oliver Queenan	Martin Scorsese
	Bobby	Jack Stevens	Emilio Estevez
2007	Talk to Me	E.G. Sonderling	Kasi Lemmons
	Bordertown	George Morgan	Gregory Nava
	Flatland: The Movie	Arthur Square	Dano Johnson, Jeffrey Travis
2008	Single Woman, AA Single Woman	Voice	Kamala Lopez
2009	Echelon Conspiracy	Raymond Burke	Greg Marcks
	Love Happens	Burke's Father-in-Law	Brandon Camp
	Imagine That	Dante D'Enzo	Karey Kirkpatrick
	The Kid: Camacho	Dr. Frank Irwin	Miguel Necoechea
2010	Way, TheThe Way	Thomas Avery	Emilio Estevez
2011	Stella Days	Daniel Barry	Thaddeus O'Sullivan	Nominated — Irish Film and Television Award for Actor in a Lead Role - Film
	Double, TheThe Double	Tom Highland	Michael Brandt
2012	Seeking a Friend for the End of the World	Frank Petersen	Lorene Scafaria
	Amazing Spider-Man, TheThe Amazing Spider-Man	Ben Parker	Marc Webb
2014	Bhopal: Prayer for Rain	Warren Anderson	Ravikumar
	Selma	Frank Minis Johnson	Ava DuVernay
	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	Ben Parker	Marc Webb	Archive footage; Cameo only
	Ask Me Anything	Glenn Warburg	Allison Burnett
2015	Trash	Father Juilliard	Stephen Daldry
	Unity	Narrator	Shaun Monson	Documentary
	Badge of Honor	Captain Richards	Agustin
	The Vessel	Father Douglas	Julio Quintana
2016	Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping		Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone
	Rules Don't Apply	Noah Dietrich	Warren Beatty

Documentaries

Year	Film	Role	Director
1968	Pat Neal Is Back	Himself	Edward Beyer
1985	Broken Rainbow	Narrator	Maria Florio, Victoria Mudd
	In the Name of the People	Narrator	Frank Christopher
	Spaceflight	Narrator	Blaine Baggett
1986	Secrets of the Titanic	Narrator	Robert Ballard
1988	Walking After Midnight	Himself	Jonathon Kay
1991	Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse	Himself	Fax Bahr / George Hickenlooper
1994-6	Eyewitness	Narrator (U.S. version)
1997	187: Documented	Narrator	Timothy Fong
	Tudjman	Narrator	Jakov Sedlar, Joe Tripician
1998	Taylor's Campaign	Narrator	Richard Cohen
	Holes in Heaven	Narrator	Wendy Robbins
2001	Papp Project, TheThe Papp Project	Himself	Tracie Holder, Karen Thorsen
	SOA: Guns and Greed	Himself	Robert Richter
	Stockpile	Narrator	Stephen Trombley
	Inside the Vatican	Narrator	John B. Bredar
2002	Cuba: The 40 Years War	Narrator	Peter Melaragno
	Making of Bret Michaels, TheThe Making of Bret Michaels	Himself
	Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion	Narrator	Tom Piozet
	Straight Up: Helicopters in Action	Narrator	David Douglas
2003	Hidden in Plain Sight	Narrator	John Smihula
	All the Presidents' Movies	Narrator	Brett Hudson
2004	Learning to Sea	Narrator	Ziggy Livnat
	Winning New Hampshire	Himself	Aram Fischer, Mark Lynch, William Rabbe
	Tell Them Who You Are	Narrator	Mark Wexler
2005	On the Line: Dissent in an Age of Terrorism	Himself	Peter Glenn, Jason A. Schmidt
	James Dean: Forever Young	Narrator	Michael J. Sheridan
2006	Who Killed the Electric Car?	Narrator	Chris Paine
	Between Iraq and a Hard Place	Narrator	Rex J. Pratt
2007	Searching for George Washington	George Washington
2008	Flower in the Gun Barrel	Narrator	Gabriel Cowan
	They Killed Sister Dorothy	Narrator	Daniel Junge
	Vietnam-American Holocaust	Narrator	Clay Claiborne
2009	One Water	Narrator	Sanjeev Chatterjee and Ali Habashi
	End of Poverty?, TheThe End of Poverty?	Narrator	Philippe Diaz
2010	Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space	Himself	Denis Delestrac
	Return to El Salvador	Narrator	Jamie Moffett
	Spirit, TheThe Spirit	"The Octopuss"	Pondy Doorcan
	Kennedy Detail, TheThe Kennedy Detail	Narrator
2011	Curiosity	Host
2012	Who Do You Think You Are?	Himself
	Death by China	Narrator	Peter Navarro
2013	The Second Cooler	Narrator	Ellin Jimmerson
	Salinger	Himself	Shane Salerno
	Messenger of the Truth	Narrator	Tony Haines
2015	American Hercules: Babe Ruth	Narrator	Josh Oshinsky
2017	O.J. Is Innocent	Narrator

Television

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1961	Route 66	Gang leader Packy	Elliot Silverstein
1962	Naked City, TheThe Naked City	Phil Kasnick	Elliot Silverstein
1963	Outer Limits, TheThe Outer Limits	Private Arthur Dix	John Erman
	Arrest and Trial	Dale	David Lowell Rich
1966	NET Playhouse	Kilroy	Jac Venza
	Flipper	Philip Adams
1969	Mission: Impossible	Albert	Stuart Hagmann
	Then Came Bronson	Nick Oresko
1970	Hawaii Five-O	Eddie Calhao	Paul Stanley
		Arthur Dixon	John Llewellyn Moxey
1972	Cannon	Jerry
1973	Columbo	Karl Lessing, a chemist who became the murder victim	Jeannot Szwarc
1973	Circle of Fear	Frank	Herschel Daugherty
1974	The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd	Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd	Clyde Ware	Television film
1979	Blind Ambition	John Dean	George Schaefer	Miniseries
1983	Kennedy	John F. Kennedy	Jim Goddard	Miniseries
1984	The Guardian	Charles Hyatt	David Greene	Television film
1985	Consenting Adult	Ken Lynd	Gilbert Cates	Television film
1986	News at Eleven	Frank Kenley	Mike Robe	Television film
1992	The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story	William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun	Georg Stanford Brown	Television film
1993	Alex Haley's Queen	James Jackson Sr.	John Erman	Miniseries
1993	Murphy Brown	Nick Brody, former 1960s radical	Peter Bonerz
1994	Roswell	Townsend	Jeremy Kagan	Television film
1994	One of Her Own	Asst. D.A. Pete Maresca	Armand Mastroianni	Television film
1996	The Crystal Cave: Lessons from the Teachings of Merlin	King Arthur	(Created by Deepak Chopra)	Television film
1997	Simpsons, TheThe Simpsons	Seymour Skinner		Guest star (Episode: "The Principal and the Pauper")
1998	Babylon 5: The River of Souls	A Soul Hunter	Janet Greek
1999	Total Recall 2070	Praxis	Mark Sobel
1999-2006	West Wing, TheThe West Wing	President Josiah Bartlet	Various (Created by Aaron Sorkin)	Series regular, 140 episodes, (Season 1-7)
2002	Spin City	Charlie's Father	Ted Wass
2005	Two and a Half Men	Harvey, Rose's father	Gary Halvorson
2007	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Radio Host	Timothy Busfield
2009	Sunday Night Project, TheThe Sunday Night Project	Guest host	Steve Smith
2012	Flash Pop	Guest appearance
2012-2014	Anger Management	Martin Goodson
2014	The Whale	Thomas Nickerson	Alrick Riley	Television film
2015-present	Grace and Frankie	Robert Hanson		Main cast, 26 episodes
2015	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Himself
2016	L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables	Matthew Cuthbert	John Kent Harrison	Television film

Radio

First appearing on A Prairie Home Companion on November 11, 2004, Sheen has since become a frequent guest performer, with over a dozen episodes since 2007.

• 2004: November 11
• 2007: June 9, September 29
• 2008: June 7
• 2009: June 6, December 12
• 2010: January 2
• 2011: March 12
• 2012: March 17, May 19, July 14
• 2013: June 8

Video games

Year	Game	Role	Notes
2010	World of Warcraft: Cataclysm	Nozdormu	Voice
2010	Mass Effect 2	Illusive Man, TheThe Illusive Man	Voice and Likeness
2012	Mass Effect 3	Illusive Man, TheThe Illusive Man	Voice and Likeness

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1969	Golden Globe Award	Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture	The Subject Was Roses	Nominated
1974	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	The Execution of Private Slovik	Nominated
1978	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Taxi!!!	Nominated
1980	British Academy Film Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Apocalypse Now	Nominated
1980	Golden Globe Award	Best Actor - Television Series Drama	Blind Ambition	Nominated
1981	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Religious Programming	Insight	Won
1984	British Academy Television Awards	Best Actor	Kennedy	Nominated
1984	Golden Globe Award	Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film	Kennedy	Nominated
1985	CableACE Awards	Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	The Guardian	Nominated
1986	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Children's Special	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Nominated
1986	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Won
1989	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Nominated
1990	CableACE Awards	Best Movie or Miniseries	Nightbreaker	Nominated
1994	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Murphy Brown	Won
1999	ALMA Award	Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie	Babylon 5: The River of Souls	Nominated
1999	ALMA Award	Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film	Monument Ave.	Nominated
2000	ALMA Award	Outstanding Actor in a Television Series	The West Wing	Nominated
2000	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor - Television Series Drama	The West Wing	Nominated
2000	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	The West Wing	Nominated
2000	Satellite Award	Best Actor - Television Series Drama	The West Wing	Won
2000	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	The West Wing	Nominated
2000	TCA Awards	Individual Achievement in Drama	The West Wing	Nominated
2000	Viewers for Quality Television	Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series	The West Wing	Won
2001	ALMA Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Television Series	The West Wing	Won
2001	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor - Television Series Drama	The West Wing	Won
2001	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	The West Wing	Nominated
2001	Satellite Award	Best Actor - Television Series Drama	The West Wing	Nominated
2001	TCA Awards	Individual Achievement in Drama	The West Wing	Nominated
2001	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The West Wing	Won
2001	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	The West Wing	Won
2002	ALMA Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Television Series	The West Wing	Nominated
2002	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor - Television Series Drama	The West Wing	Nominated
2002	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	The West Wing	Nominated
2002	Satellite Award	Best Actor - Television Series Drama	The West Wing	Nominated
2002	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The West Wing	Won
2002	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	The West Wing	Won
2002	TCA Awards	Individual Achievement in Drama	The West Wing	Nominated
2003	Golden Globe Award	Best Actor - Television Series Drama	The West Wing	Nominated
2003	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	The West Wing	Nominated
2003	Satellite Award	Best Actor - Television Series Drama	The West Wing	Nominated
2003	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The West Wing	Nominated
2003	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	The West Wing	Nominated
2004	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor - Television Series Drama	The West Wing	Nominated
2004	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	The West Wing	Nominated
2004	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The West Wing	Nominated
2004	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	The West Wing	Nominated
2005	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The West Wing	Nominated
2006	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	The West Wing	Nominated
2006	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Two and a Half Men	Nominated
2006	Satellite Award	Best Cast - Motion Picture	The Departed	Won
2006	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The West Wing	Nominated
2007	Critics' Choice Movie Award	Best Cast	Bobby	Nominated
2007	Critics' Choice Movie Award	Best Cast	The Departed	Nominated
2007	Gotham Awards	Best Ensemble Cast	Talk to Me	Won
2007	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Bobby	Nominated
2007	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	The Departed	Nominated
2012	ALMA Awards	Favorite Movie Actor	The Way	Nominated
2012	Irish Film & Television Academy	Best Actor - Film	Stella Days	Nominated

Charities

Martin Sheen supports the following charitable causes: Animals, Human Rights, Children, Homeless, Environment.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]