Acting · Dayton, Ohio, USA · Born August 3, 1940
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.
TVThe American Experiment
2026
as George Washington
MovieLost & Found in Cleveland
2025
as Dr. Austin Raybourne
TVaka Charlie Sheen
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MovieVigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen
2024
as Presenter
MovieThe Little Pageant That Could
2024
as Self (archive footage)
TVWild Cards
2024
as Jonathan Ashford
Movie23 Seconds to Eternity
2023
as Narrator
MovieDownwind
2023
as Self Narrator
TVThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
MovieBenedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
2021
as Narrator
Movie12 Mighty Orphans
2021
as Doc Hall
MovieJudas and the Black Messiah
2021
as J. Edgar Hoover
MovieThe Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
2020
as Self
MovieCan Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture
2020
as Self
MoviePrincess of the Row
2020
as John Austin
MovieA West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020
as Josiah Bartlet
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRevolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story
2020
as Self
MovieThe Devil Has a Name
2019
as Ralph
MovieThe Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
2018
as James Alden (voice)
TVAmerican Dynasties: The Kennedys
2018
as Narrator (voice)
MovieCome Sunday
2018
as Oral Roberts
MovieCitizen Clark... A Life of Principle
2017
as Narrator
MovieAnne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
2017
as Matthew Cuthbert
MovieAnne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
2017
as Matthew Cuthbert
TVIs O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence
2017
as Narrator (voice)
MovieDreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem
2017
as Narrator
MovieRules Don't Apply
2016
as Noah Dietrich
MovieThe Vessel
2016
as Father Douglas
MoviePopstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
as Martin Sheen
Back to the Lane
2016
MovieAnne of Green Gables
2016
as Matthew Cuthbert
MovieBadge of Honor
2015
as Captain Daniel Richards
MovieRobert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
2015
as Self
MovieUnity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
TVGrace and Frankie
2015
as Robert Hanson
MovieSelma
2014
as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
MovieA Prayer for Rain
2014
as Warren Anderson
MovieTrash
2014
as Padre Juilliard
MovieMarlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
MovieThe Boxcar Children
2014
as Grandfather Alden (voice)
MovieHolbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014
as Self
TVLast Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Self
MovieAsk Me Anything
2014
MovieThe Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
as Uncle Ben (uncredited)
MovieThe Whale
2013
as Tom Nickerson
MovieAmazonia
2013
as Narrator
MovieThe Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2013
as Narrator
MovieJerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth
2013
as Narrator (voice)
MovieSalinger
2013
as Self - Actor
MovieMaking Badlands
2013
as Self
MovieDefending Gideon
2013
as Narrator
MovieTales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013
as Self
MovieRite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn
2012
as Self
MovieDeath By China
2012
as Narrator
TVAnger Management
2012
as Martin Goodson
MovieThe Amazing Spider-Man
2012
as Uncle Ben
MovieSeeking a Friend for the End of the World
2012
as Frank Petersen
MovieStella Days
2012
as Fr. Daniel Barry
MovieBrothers on the Line
2012
as Narrator
Movie8
2012
as Theodore Olson
MovieThe Double
2011
as Tom Highland
MovieHoly Man: The USA vs. Douglas White
2011
as Narrator
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up
2011
as Self
MovieSharkwise
2011
as Narrator
MovieMiller's Tale
2011
as Self
MovieHalfway Home
2011
as Narrator(voice)
MovieThe Kennedy Detail
2010
as Narrator
MovieThe Way
2010
as Tom
MovieA Conversation with Martin Sheen
2010
as Self
TVWho Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self
MovieGloves of Stone
2009
as Dr. Frank Irwin
MovieLove Happens
2009
as Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
MovieImagine That
2009
as Dante D'Enzo
MovieFranz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience
2009
as Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
TVSöndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
2009
TVThe Meaning of Life
2009
as Self
MovieEchelon Conspiracy
2009
as Raymond Burke
MovieWhite House Revealed
2009
as Self- Narrator (voice)
MovieMan in the Mirror
2008
as Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
MovieVietnam: American Holocaust
2008
as Voice
MovieDean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
2008
as Self
MoviePirate for the Sea
2008
as Self
MovieThe End of Poverty?
2008
as Self - Narrator
MovieThey Killed Sister Dorothy
2008
as Narrator
MovieNotes on an American Film Director at Work
2008
as Self
MovieEyewitness DVD: Weather
2007
as Narrator
MovieTalk to Me
2007
as E.G. Sonderling
MovieAndrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
2007
as Narrator
TVDiners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
as Self
MovieBordertown
2007
as George Morgan
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MovieFlatland
2007
as Arthur Square (voice)
MovieConfessions Of An Innocent Man
2007
as Self - Narrator
Father G and the Homeboys
2007
as Narrator
TVAmerica's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Departed
2006
as Queenan
The Politics of the Dead Zone
2006
as Self
TVStudio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
as Radio Host
MovieBobby
2006
as Jack Stevens
MovieWho Killed the Electric Car?
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie50 Films to See Before You Die
2006
as Self
TV10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
2006
TVThe Colbert Report
2005
MovieJames Dean: Forever Young
2005
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Friday Night Project
2005
as Self - Host
MovieHappy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
as Self
MovieWinning New Hampshire
2004
as Self
MovieThe Nomi Song
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJerusalem Syndrome
2004
MovieTell Them Who You Are
2004
as Self
TVCelebrity Poker Showdown
2003
as Self
MovieThe Commission
2003
as Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
MovieHidden in Plain Sight
2003
as Narrator (voice)
TVTwo and a Half Men
2003
as Harvey
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self - Guest
Mercy of the Sea
2003
as Frederik
MovieAbsence of Malick
2003
as Self
TVThe Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color
2003
as Narrator
MovieCatch Me If You Can
2002
as Roger Strong
MovieStraight Up: Helicopters in Action
2002
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
2002
as Self
MovieBringing Down a Dictator
2002
as Narrator (voice)
MovieNational Geographic: Inside the Vatican
2001
as Narrator
Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace
2001
as Narrator
Enemies of War
2001
as Narrator
MovieO
2001
as Coach Duke Goulding
MovieOn Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight
2000
as Narrator
Crossing the Line
1999
as self
MovieThe Twelve Apostles
1999
as Narrator (voice)
MovieA Stranger in the Kingdom
1999
as Sigurd Moulton
MovieThe Time Shifters
1999
as Grifasi
MovieIn Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
1999
as Self
MovieForget Me Never
1999
as Jack
MovieD.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
as J.W. Garrison
TVThe West Wing
1999
as Josiah Bartlet
MovieStorm
1999
as General James Roberts
Chicken Soup for the Soul
1999
MovieLost & Found
1999
as Millstone
MovieNo Code of Conduct
1999
as Bill Peterson
MovieGunfighter
1999
as The Stranger
MovieThe Darklings
1999
as Ira Everett
Ninth Street
1999
as Father Frank
TVTotal Recall 2070
1999
MovieA Texas Funeral
1999
as Grandpa Sparta
MovieBabylon 5: The River of Souls
1998
as Soul Hunter
MovieFree Money
1998
as Guard
MovieA Letter from Death Row
1998
as Michael's Father
MovieMonument Ave.
1998
as Hanlon
MovieShadrach
1998
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Elevator
1998
as Sarge
MovieVoyage of Terror
1998
as Henry Northcutt
MovieHoles in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War
1998
as Self - Narrator
MovieMedusa's Child
1997
as President
MovieHostile Waters
1997
as Aurora Skipper
MovieEyewitness: Monster
1997
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieSpawn
1997
as Jason Wynn
The Making of 'Spawn'
1997
as Self
MovieTruth or Consequences, N.M.
1997
as Sir
MovieAn Act of Conscience
1997
as Narrator
TVGun
1997
as Van Guinness
MovieTitanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
1997
as Narrator
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians
1997
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe War at Home
1996
as Bob Collier
MovieEntertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
1996
as Peter Maurin
TVSpin City
1996
as Ray Harris / Ray Crawford
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self
MovieSacred Cargo
1996
as Father Andrew Kanvesky
TVThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
MovieMexico
1996
as Narrator (voice)
MovieBlacklist: Hollywood on Trial
1996
as Dalton Trumbo
MovieProject: ALF
1996
as Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
MovieThe American President
1995
as A.J. MacInerney
MovieCaptain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
1995
as Jeff Snyder
MovieVirgin Mary
1995
as Father Jozo Zovko
The Making of Eyewitness
1995
as Narrator
MovieDead Presidents
1995
as The Judge
MovieBorn Wild
1995
as Dan Walker
MovieThe Break
1995
as Gil Robbins
MovieDillinger and Capone
1995
as John Dillinger
TVEyewitness
1995
as Narrator
MovieOne Hundred and One Nights
1995
as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
MovieThe Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas
1995
as Voice of Marcos
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994
as Narrator
MovieFortunes of War
1994
as Francis Labeck
MovieHits!
1994
as Kelly
MovieGuns of Honor
1994
as Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
MovieBoca
1994
as Jesse James Montgomery
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MovieMarlon Brando: The Wild One
1994
as Self
MovieRoswell
1994
as Townsend
MovieTrigger Fast
1994
as Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
MovieOne of Her Own
1994
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
MovieWhen the Bough Breaks
1994
as Captain Swaggert
MovieNational Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania
1994
as Narrator
MovieEyewitness: Dinosaur
1994
as Narrator (voice)
MovieEyewitness: Shark
1994
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAlive: 20 Years Later
1993
as Narrator (voice)
TVA Matter of Justice
1993
MovieGettysburg
1993
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
1993
as William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
MovieHot Shots! Part Deux
1993
as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
MovieHearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
1993
MovieHear No Evil
1993
as Lt. Brock
MovieGrey Knight
1993
as Gen. Haworth
MovieThe King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream
1993
MovieBraving Alaska
1993
as Narrator
TVAlex Haley's Queen
1993
as James Jackson Sr.
The Water Engine
1992
as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MovieOriginal Intent
1992
as Homeless Joe
MovieJFK
1991
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MovieHearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
as Self
MovieGuilty Until Proven Innocent
1991
as Harold Hohne
MovieThe Maid
1991
as Anthony Wayne
MovieThe Rites Of Mu
1991
as Narrator
MovieTouch and Die
1991
as Frank Magenta
MovieCadence
1990
as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
TVCaptain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
as Sly Sludge (voice)
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Real Seymour Skinner (voice)
MovieAnother Time, Another Place
1989
as Richard Conley
MovieBeverly Hills Brats
1989
as Dr. Jeffrey Miller
MovieCold Front
1989
as John Hyde
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Kraygen / Thomas Miller / Zorbin the Magnificent
MovieBeyond the Stars
1989
as Paul Andrews
MovieNightbreaker
1989
as Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
MovieMarked for Murder
1989
as Man in Park
MovieJudgment in Berlin
1988
as Herbert J. Stern
MovieDa
1988
as Charlie
MovieWalking After Midnight
1988
as Self
MoviePromises to Keep
1988
as Self
MovieThe China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
1987
as Narrator
MovieWall Street
1987
as Carl Fox
MovieSiesta
1987
as Del
MovieDear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as Alan (voice)
MovieThe Believers
1987
as Cal Jamison
MovieConspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
1987
as James Marion Hunt
MovieA State of Emergency
1986
as Alex Carmody
MovieSecrets of the Titanic
1986
as Self - Narrator
MovieSamaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
1986
as Mitch Snyder
MovieNews at Eleven
1986
as Frank Kenley
MovieShattered Spirits
1986
as Lyle Mollencamp
MovieOut of the Darkness
1985
as Eddie Zigo
TVThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Paul Dano
Spaceflight
1985
MovieBroken Rainbow
1985
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Fourth Wise Man
1985
as Artaban
MovieNative Sons: Palestinians In Exile
1985
as Narrator
MovieIn the Name of the People
1985
as Narrator
TVThe Atlanta Child Murders
1985
as Chet Dettlinger
MovieConsenting Adult
1985
as Ken Lynd
The Real Thing
1985
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Guardian
1984
as Charlie Hyatt
MovieFirestarter
1984
as Captain Hollister
Choices of the Heart
1983
as Father Philan
TVKennedy
1983
as John F. Kennedy
MovieThe Dead Zone
1983
as Greg Stillson
MovieMan, Woman and Child
1983
as Robert Beckwith
MovieIn the King of Prussia
1983
as Judge Samuel Salus II
No Place to Hide
1983
as Narrator
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
1983
as Self
MovieThat Championship Season
1982
as Tom Daley
MovieGandhi
1982
as Vince Walker
MovieEnigma
1982
as Alex Holbeck
TVNature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
Centralia Fire
1982
as Narrator
MovieIn the Custody of Strangers
1982
as Frank Caldwell
MovieI Love Liberty
1982
as Self
MovieLoophole
1981
as Stephen Booker
MovieThe Final Countdown
1980
as Warren Lasky
MovieEagle's Wing
1979
as Pike
TVBlind Ambition
1979
as John Dean
MovieApocalypse Now
1979
as Captain Benjamin Willard
MovieTaxi!!
1978
as Taxi Driver
MovieRolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
1977
as Self
MovieThe Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1976
as Frank Hallet
MovieThe Cassandra Crossing
1976
as Robby Navarro
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
MovieSweet Hostage
1975
as Leonard Hatch
MovieThe Last Survivors
1975
as Alexander William Holmes
MovieThe Missiles of October
1974
as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
MovieThe Legend of Earl Durand
1974
as Luther Sykes
MovieThe California Kid
1974
as Michael McCord
TVThe Missiles of October
1974
as Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
MovieThe Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
1974
as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
MovieThe Execution of Private Slovik
1974
as Eddie Slovik
MovieBadlands
1974
as Kit Carruthers
MovieMessage to My Daughter
1973
as John Thatcher
MovieThe Catholics
1973
as Father Kinsella
TVToma
1973
as Eddie Siatti
MovieLetters from Three Lovers
1973
as Vincent
Love Story (US)
1973
as Frank Randolph
MovieA Prowler in the Heart
1973
as Tony Parrish
MovieSuch Dust as Dreams Are Made On
1973
as Harlan Garrison
MovieCrime Club
1973
as Deputy Wilson
MoviePursuit
1972
as Timothy Drew
MovieRage
1972
as Maj. Holliford
MovieThat Certain Summer
1972
as Gary McCain
MovieWhen the Line Goes Through
1972
as Bluff Jackson
TVThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
TVGhost Story
1972
as Frank
TVThe Rookies
1972
MoviePickup on 101
1972
as Lester Baumgartner
MovieNo Drums, No Bugles
1972
as Ashby Gatrell
MovieWelcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
as Graytak
MovieMongo's Back in Town
1971
as Gordon
Film '72
1971
as Self
MovieGoodbye, Raggedy Ann
1971
as Jules Worthman
TVColumbo
1971
as Karl Lessing
TVCannon
1971
MovieMontserrat
1971
Matt Lincoln
1970
as Charles
TVDan August
1970
as Norman Sayles
TVThe Young Lawyers
1970
as Reverend Jimmy Haines
MovieCatch-22
1970
as 1st Lt. Dobbs
MovieThe Andersonville Trial
1970
as Captain Williams
TVLove, American Style
1969
as Dr. Art Parmel
TVMedical Center
1969
as Glen
MovieThen Came Bronson
1969
as Nick Oresko
TVITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Father Kinsella
MovieThe Subject Was Roses
1968
as Timmy Cleary
TVLancer
1968
TVThe Mod Squad
1968
as Danny Morgan
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Eddie Calhao
Pat Neal Is Back
1968
as Self
MovieThe Incident
1967
as Artie Connors
TVMannix
1967
TVIronside
1967
as Johnny
MovieThe Price of a Life
1967
as Edward Miles Layton
MovieTen Blocks on the Camino Real
1966
as Kilroy
TVNET Playhouse
1966
as Kilroy
TVMission: Impossible
1966
as Lieutenant Albert Brocke
TVHawk
1966
as Peter Janus
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Norman Gretzler
For the People
1965
as Louis Cahane
TVFlipper
1964
as Phil Adams
TVThe Outer Limits
1963
as Pvt. Arthur Dix
TVArrest and Trial
1963
as Dale Beatty
TVThe Nurses
1962
as Saunders
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVThe Defenders
1961
as Arnold McCabe
TVRoute 66
1960
TVPolice Surgeon
1960
as Ben Grover
TVNaked City
1958
as Phillip Kosnik
TVThe Edge of Night
1956
as Roy Sanders
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Taxi Driver
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self
MovieThe One
as Jefferson
