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.
Lost & Found in Cleveland
Dr. Austin Raybourne
Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen
Presenter
The Little Pageant That Could
Self (archive footage)
23 Seconds to Eternity
Narrator
Downwind
Self Narrator
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
Narrator
12 Mighty Orphans
Doc Hall
Judas and the Black Messiah
J. Edgar Hoover
The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
Self
Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture
Self
Princess of the Row
John Austin
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
President Josiah Bartlet
The Devil Has a Name
Ralph
Bench
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
James Alden (voice)
Come Sunday
Oral Roberts
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle
Narrator
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
Matthew Cuthbert
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
Matthew Cuthbert
Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem
Narrator
Rules Don't Apply
Noah Dietrich
The Vessel
Father Douglas
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Martin Sheen
Back to the Lane
Anne of Green Gables
Matthew Cuthbert
Badge of Honor
Captain Daniel Richards
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
Self
Unity
Narrator (voice)
Selma
Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
A Prayer for Rain
Warren Anderson
Trash
Padre Juilliard
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Boxcar Children
Grandfather Alden (voice)
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
Ask Me Anything
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Uncle Ben (uncredited)
The Whale
Tom Nickerson
Amazonia
Narrator
Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth
Narrator (voice)
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Narrator
Salinger
Self - Actor
Making Badlands
Self
Defending Gideon
Narrator
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Self
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn
Self
Death By China
Narrator
The Amazing Spider-Man
Uncle Ben
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Frank Petersen
Stella Days
Fr. Daniel Barry
Brothers on the Line
Narrator
8
Theodore Olson
The Double
Tom Highland
Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White
Narrator
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up
Self
Sharkwise
Narrator
Miller's Tale
Self
Halfway Home
Narrator(voice)
The Kennedy Detail
Narrator
The Way
Tom
A Conversation with Martin Sheen
Self
Gloves of Stone
Dr. Frank Irwin
Love Happens
Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
Imagine That
Dante D'Enzo
Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience
Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
Echelon Conspiracy
Raymond Burke
White House Revealed
Self- Narrator (voice)
Man in the Mirror
Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
Vietnam: American Holocaust
Voice
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
Self
Pirate for the Sea
Self
The End of Poverty?
Self - Narrator
They Killed Sister Dorothy
Narrator
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Self
Eyewitness DVD: Weather
Narrator
Talk to Me
E.G. Sonderling
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
Narrator
Bordertown
George Morgan
Flatland
Arthur Square (voice)
Father G and the Homeboys
Narrator
Confessions Of An Innocent Man
Self - Narrator
The Departed
Queenan
The Politics of the Dead Zone
Self
Bobby
Jack Stevens
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Self - Narrator (voice)
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
James Dean: Forever Young
Narrator (voice)
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Self
Winning New Hampshire
Self
The Nomi Song
Self (archive footage)
Jerusalem Syndrome
Tell Them Who You Are
Self
Hidden in Plain Sight
Narrator (voice)
The Commission
Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
Mercy of the Sea
Frederik
Absence of Malick
Self
Catch Me If You Can
Roger Strong
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action
Narrator (voice)
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
Bringing Down a Dictator
Narrator (voice)
National Geographic: Inside the Vatican
Narrator
Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace
Narrator
Enemies of War
Narrator
O
Coach Duke Goulding
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight
Narrator
Crossing the Line
self
The Twelve Apostles
Narrator (voice)
A Stranger in the Kingdom
Sigurd Moulton
The Time Shifters
Grifasi
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
Self
Forget Me Never
Jack
D.R.E.A.M. Team
J.W. Garrison
Storm
General James Roberts
Lost & Found
Millstone
No Code of Conduct
Bill Peterson
Gunfighter
The Stranger
The Darklings
Ira Everett
Ninth Street
Father Frank
A Texas Funeral
Grandpa Sparta
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
Soul Hunter
Free Money
Guard
A Letter from Death Row
Michael's Father
Monument Ave.
Hanlon
Shadrach
Narrator (voice)
The Elevator
Sarge
Voyage of Terror
Henry Northcutt
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War
Self - Narrator
Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology
Narrator (voice)
Medusa's Child
President
Hostile Waters
Aurora Skipper
Eyewitness: Monster
Narrator (voice)
Spawn
Jason Wynn
The Making of 'Spawn'
Self
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Sir
An Act of Conscience
Narrator
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
Narrator
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians
Narrator (voice)
The War at Home
Bob Collier
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Peter Maurin
Sacred Cargo
Father Andrew Kanvesky
Mexico
Narrator (voice)
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Dalton Trumbo
Project: ALF
Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
The American President
A.J. MacInerney
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
Jeff Snyder
Virgin Mary
Father Jozo Zovko
The Making of Eyewitness
Narrator
Dead Presidents
The Judge
The Break
Gil Robbins
Born Wild
Dan Walker
Dillinger and Capone
John Dillinger
One Hundred and One Nights
Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas
Voice of Marcos
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Narrator
Fortunes of War
Francis Labeck
Hits!
Kelly
Guns of Honor
Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
Boca
Jesse James Montgomery
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Self
Roswell
Townsend
Trigger Fast
Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
One of Her Own
Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
When the Bough Breaks
Captain Swaggert
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania
Narrator
Eyewitness: Shark
Narrator (voice)
Eyewitness: Dinosaur
Narrator (voice)
Alive: 20 Years Later
Narrator (voice)
Gettysburg
Gen. Robert E. Lee
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
Hear No Evil
Lt. Brock
Grey Knight
Gen. Haworth
Braving Alaska
Narrator (voice)
Braving Alaska
Narrator
The Water Engine
Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Original Intent
Homeless Joe
JFK
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Harold Hohne
The Maid
Anthony Wayne
The Rites Of Mu
Narrator
Touch and Die
Frank Magenta
Cadence
MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
Another Time, Another Place
Richard Conley
Beverly Hills Brats
Dr. Jeffrey Miller
Cold Front
John Hyde
Beyond the Stars
Paul Andrews
Nightbreaker
Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
Marked for Murder
Man in Park
Judgment in Berlin
Herbert J. Stern
Da
Charlie
Promises to Keep
Self
Walking After Midnight
Self
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
Narrator
Wall Street
Carl Fox
Siesta
Del
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Alan (voice)
The Believers
Cal Jamison
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
James Marion Hunt
A State of Emergency
Alex Carmody
Secrets of the Titanic
Self - Narrator
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Mitch Snyder
News at Eleven
Frank Kenley
Shattered Spirits
Lyle Mollencamp
Out of the Darkness
Eddie Zigo
Broken Rainbow
Narrator (voice)
The Fourth Wise Man
Artaban
Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile
Narrator
In the Name of the People
Narrator
Consenting Adult
Ken Lynd
The Real Thing
Narrator (voice)
The Guardian
Charlie Hyatt
Firestarter
Captain Hollister
Choices of the Heart
Father Philan
The Dead Zone
Greg Stillson
Man, Woman and Child
Robert Beckwith
In the King of Prussia
Judge Samuel Salus II
No Place to Hide
Narrator
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Self
That Championship Season
Tom Daley
Gandhi
Vince Walker
Enigma
Alex Holbeck
Centralia Fire
Narrator
In the Custody of Strangers
Frank Caldwell
I Love Liberty
Self
Loophole
Stephen Booker
The Final Countdown
Warren Lasky
Eagle's Wing
Pike
Apocalypse Now
Captain Benjamin Willard
Taxi!!
Taxi Driver
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Self
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Frank Hallet
The Cassandra Crossing
Robby Navarro
Sweet Hostage
Leonard Hatch
The Last Survivors
Alexander William Holmes
The Missiles of October
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
The Legend of Earl Durand
Luther Sykes
The California Kid
Michael McCord
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
The Execution of Private Slovik
Eddie Slovik
Badlands
Kit Carruthers
Message to My Daughter
John Thatcher
The Catholics
Father Kinsella
Letters from Three Lovers
Vincent
A Prowler in the Heart
Tony Parrish
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
Harlan Garrison
Crime Club
Deputy Wilson
Pursuit
Timothy Drew
Rage
Maj. Holliford
That Certain Summer
Gary McCain
When the Line Goes Through
Bluff Jackson
Pickup on 101
Lester Baumgartner
No Drums, No Bugles
Ashby Gatrell
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Graytak
Mongo's Back in Town
Gordon
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Jules Worthman
Montserrat
Catch-22
1st Lt. Dobbs
The Andersonville Trial
Captain Williams
Then Came Bronson
Nick Oresko
The Subject Was Roses
Timmy Cleary
Pat Neal Is Back
Self
The Incident
Artie Connors
The Price of a Life
Edward Miles Layton
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
Kilroy