Martin Sheen

ActorProducerDirectorWriter Aug 3 (age 85) Dayton, Ohio, USA 1944–2025 (81 year career)

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Biography

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 fil…

Known For

Film

The Departed

Queenan

Film

Catch Me If You Can

Roger Strong

Film

Apocalypse Now

Captain Benjamin Willard

Film

The Amazing Spider-Man

Uncle Ben

Film

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Uncle Ben (uncredited)

Film

Gandhi

Vince Walker

Film

JFK

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Film

Selma

Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (348)

Movies (265)

Lost & Found in Cleveland

2025

as Dr. Austin Raybourne

5.0

The Little Pageant That Could

2024

as Self (archive footage)

Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen

2024

as Presenter

8.7

23 Seconds to Eternity

as Narrator

Downwind

as Self Narrator

Judas and the Black Messiah

as J. Edgar Hoover

12 Mighty Orphans

as Doc Hall

Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed

2021

as Narrator

6.0

The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous

2020

as Self

Princess of the Row

2020

as John Austin

5.9

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

2020

as President Josiah Bartlet

8.0

Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture

2020

as Self

The Devil Has a Name

as Ralph

Bench

Come Sunday

as Oral Roberts

The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island

2018

as James Alden (voice)

6.2

Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem

2017

as Narrator

Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle

2017

as Narrator

10.0

Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars

2017

as Matthew Cuthbert

6.3

Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew

as Matthew Cuthbert

Rules Don't Apply

as Noah Dietrich

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

as Martin Sheen

Anne of Green Gables

as Matthew Cuthbert

The Vessel

as Father Douglas

Back to the Lane

Unity

as Narrator (voice)

Badge of Honor

as Captain Daniel Richards

4.8

Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy

2015

as Self

10.0

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

2014

as Uncle Ben (uncredited)

A Prayer for Rain

as Warren Anderson

Trash

as Padre Juilliard

Selma

as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)

7.4

Ask Me Anything

2014

5.6

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

2014

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

7.3

The Boxcar Children

2014

as Grandfather Alden (voice)

7.7

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

2014

as Self

7.0

Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth

as Narrator (voice)

Amazonia

as Narrator

Salinger

as Self - Actor

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

as Self

The Whale

as Tom Nickerson

Defending Gideon

as Narrator

The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

as Narrator

Making Badlands

as Self

The Amazing Spider-Man

2012

as Uncle Ben

6.7

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

as Frank Petersen

as Theodore Olson

Stella Days

as Fr. Daniel Barry

Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn

as Self

Death By China

as Narrator

Brothers on the Line

as Narrator

The Double

as Tom Highland

9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up

as Self

Sharkwise

as Narrator

Halfway Home

as Narrator(voice)

Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White

2011

as Narrator

Miller's Tale

as Self

The Kennedy Detail

as Narrator

The Way

as Tom

A Conversation with Martin Sheen

2010

as Self

Echelon Conspiracy

as Raymond Burke

Imagine That

as Dante D'Enzo

Love Happens

as Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law

5.8

Gloves of Stone

2009

as Dr. Frank Irwin

4.3

Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience

2009

as Franz Jagerstätter (voice)

6.0

White House Revealed

2009

as Self- Narrator (voice)

5.3

Notes on an American Film Director at Work

as Self

The End of Poverty?

as Self - Narrator

Vietnam: American Holocaust

as Voice

Pirate for the Sea

as Self

They Killed Sister Dorothy

2008

as Narrator

Man in the Mirror

2008

as Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black

6.0

Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary

2008

as Self

Bordertown

2007

as George Morgan

6.3

Flatland

2007

as Arthur Square (voice)

5.8

Confessions Of An Innocent Man

2007

as Self - Narrator

6.2

Father G and the Homeboys

2007

as Narrator

Talk to Me

2007

as E.G. Sonderling

6.8

Eyewitness DVD: Weather

2007

as Narrator

Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency

2007

as Narrator

The Departed

as Queenan

Bobby

as Jack Stevens

The Politics of the Dead Zone

2006

as Self

6.0

Who Killed the Electric Car?

2006

as Narrator (voice)

7.2

50 Films to See Before You Die

2006

as Self

8.5

James Dean: Forever Young

as Narrator (voice)

Jerusalem Syndrome

Tell Them Who You Are

2004

as Self

5.9

Winning New Hampshire

2004

as Self

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

2004

as Self

2.0

The Nomi Song

2004

as Self (archive footage)

6.2

Hidden in Plain Sight

as Narrator (voice)

Mercy of the Sea

as Frederik

Absence of Malick

as Self

The Commission

as Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach

1.0

Catch Me If You Can

2002

as Roger Strong

8.0

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

2002

as Self

6.7

Bringing Down a Dictator

2002

as Narrator (voice)

Straight Up: Helicopters in Action

2002

as Narrator (voice)

7.0

2001

as Coach Duke Goulding

5.9

National Geographic: Inside the Vatican

2001

as Narrator

8.5

Enemies of War

2001

as Narrator

Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace

2001

as Narrator

On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight

as Narrator

The Time Shifters

as Grifasi

Storm

as General James Roberts

The Darklings

as Ira Everett

A Texas Funeral

as Grandpa Sparta

Lost & Found

as Millstone

No Code of Conduct

as Bill Peterson

Forget Me Never

as Jack

Gunfighter

as The Stranger

In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story

1999

as Self

5.8

Crossing the Line

1999

as self

D.R.E.A.M. Team

as J.W. Garrison

The Twelve Apostles

as Narrator (voice)

Ninth Street

as Father Frank

A Stranger in the Kingdom

as Sigurd Moulton

Free Money

as Guard

Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology

1998

as Narrator (voice)

6.5

A Letter from Death Row

as Michael's Father

Shadrach

as Narrator (voice)

Monument Ave.

as Hanlon

Babylon 5: The River of Souls

as Soul Hunter

Voyage of Terror

as Henry Northcutt

The Elevator

as Sarge

Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War

1998

as Self - Narrator

Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster

as Narrator

Spawn

as Jason Wynn

Medusa's Child

as President

Hostile Waters

as Aurora Skipper

Truth or Consequences, N.M.

1997

as Sir

6.2

An Act of Conscience

1997

as Narrator

The Making of 'Spawn'

1997

as Self

7.7

Eyewitness: Monster

1997

as Narrator (voice)

Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians

1997

as Narrator (voice)

The War at Home

1996

as Bob Collier

6.9

Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story

1996

as Peter Maurin

4.8

Sacred Cargo

1996

as Father Andrew Kanvesky

Project: ALF

1996

as Colonel Gilbert Milfoil

5.9

Mexico

1996

as Narrator (voice)

5.2

Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial

1996

as Dalton Trumbo

Dead Presidents

1995

as The Judge

6.7

The American President

1995

as A.J. MacInerney

6.5

One Hundred and One Nights

1995

as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)

6.0

The Making of Eyewitness

1995

as Narrator

Born Wild

as Dan Walker

Virgin Mary

as Father Jozo Zovko

Dillinger and Capone

as John Dillinger

The Break

as Gil Robbins

Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys

1995

as Jeff Snyder

7.4

The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas

as Voice of Marcos

Roswell

as Townsend

National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania

1994

as Narrator

Hits!

1994

as Kelly

10.0

When the Bough Breaks

1994

as Captain Swaggert

5.8

One of Her Own

1994

as Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca

6.5

Boca

1994

as Jesse James Montgomery

3.1

Guns of Honor

1994

as Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)

3.1

Fortunes of War

1994

as Francis Labeck

3.3

Marlon Brando: The Wild One

as Self

Eyewitness: Dinosaur

as Narrator (voice)

Eyewitness: Shark

as Narrator (voice)

Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'

1994

as Narrator

6.0

Trigger Fast

1994

as Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil

2.0

Hot Shots! Part Deux

1993

as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)

6.5

The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story

1993

as William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun

3.5

Gettysburg

1993

as Gen. Robert E. Lee

Hear No Evil

as Lt. Brock

Grey Knight

as Gen. Haworth

Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology

1993

5.5

Braving Alaska

1993

as Narrator

Alive: 20 Years Later

1993

as Narrator (voice)

7.5

The Water Engine

1992

as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)

5.2

Original Intent

1992

as Homeless Joe

3.5

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

1991

as Harold Hohne

6.9

JFK

1991

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

7.6

The Maid

1991

as Anthony Wayne

6.0

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1991

as Self

7.9

The Rites Of Mu

1991

as Narrator

Touch and Die

1991

as Frank Magenta

3.3

Cadence

1990

as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney

6.7

Nightbreaker

1989

as Dr. Alexander Brown - Present

Beyond the Stars

as Paul Andrews

Beverly Hills Brats

as Dr. Jeffrey Miller

Marked for Murder

as Man in Park

Cold Front

as John Hyde

Another Time, Another Place

as Richard Conley

as Charlie

Walking After Midnight

1988

as Self

Judgment in Berlin

as Herbert J. Stern

Promises to Keep

as Self

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

as Alan (voice)

Wall Street

as Carl Fox

The Believers

as Cal Jamison

Siesta

as Del

The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

1987

as Narrator

6.3

Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8

as James Marion Hunt

Shattered Spirits

as Lyle Mollencamp

A State of Emergency

as Alex Carmody

News at Eleven

as Frank Kenley

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

1986

as Mitch Snyder

Secrets of the Titanic

1986

as Self - Narrator

7.0

Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile

1985

as Narrator

Consenting Adult

1985

as Ken Lynd

5.9

The Real Thing

1985

as Narrator (voice)

The Fourth Wise Man

as Artaban

Out of the Darkness

as Eddie Zigo

Broken Rainbow

as Narrator (voice)

In the Name of the People

as Narrator

Firestarter

as Captain Hollister

The Guardian

as Charlie Hyatt

Choices of the Heart

as Father Philan

The Dead Zone

as Greg Stillson

Man, Woman and Child

as Robert Beckwith

Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

1983

as Self

In the King of Prussia

1983

as Judge Samuel Salus II

5.5

No Place to Hide

1983

as Narrator

Gandhi

as Vince Walker

Enigma

as Alex Holbeck

In the Custody of Strangers

1982

as Frank Caldwell

6.3

Centralia Fire

1982

as Narrator

I Love Liberty

1982

as Self

That Championship Season

as Tom Daley

Loophole

as Stephen Booker

The Final Countdown

as Warren Lasky

Apocalypse Now

as Captain Benjamin Willard

Eagle's Wing

as Pike

Taxi!!

as Taxi Driver

Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary

1977

as Self

8.0

The Cassandra Crossing

1976

as Robby Navarro

6.2

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

as Frank Hallet

Sweet Hostage

as Leonard Hatch

The Last Survivors

as Alexander William Holmes

Badlands

as Kit Carruthers

The California Kid

as Michael McCord

The Legend of Earl Durand

1974

as Luther Sykes

5.0

The Missiles of October

1974

as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy

7.5

The Execution of Private Slovik

1974

as Eddie Slovik

7.2

The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd

1974

as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd

4.0

Message to My Daughter

as John Thatcher

The Catholics

as Father Kinsella

Letters from Three Lovers

1973

as Vincent

6.0

A Prowler in the Heart

1973

as Tony Parrish

Crime Club

1973

as Deputy Wilson

Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On

1973

as Harlan Garrison

6.0

When the Line Goes Through

as Bluff Jackson

That Certain Summer

as Gary McCain

Pursuit

as Timothy Drew

Rage

as Maj. Holliford

No Drums, No Bugles

as Ashby Gatrell

Pickup on 101

as Lester Baumgartner

3.5

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

1972

as Graytak

8.0

Goodbye, Raggedy Ann

1971

as Jules Worthman

Montserrat

Mongo's Back in Town

as Gordon

Catch-22

as 1st Lt. Dobbs

The Andersonville Trial

as Captain Williams

Then Came Bronson

as Nick Oresko

The Subject Was Roses

as Timmy Cleary

Pat Neal Is Back

as Self

The Incident

as Artie Connors

The Price of a Life

as Edward Miles Layton

Ten Blocks on the Camino Real

1966

as Kilroy

The One

as Jefferson

Television (83)

aka Charlie Sheen

2025

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Wild Cards

2024

as Jonathan Ashford

7.1

The Jennifer Hudson Show

2022

5.6

American Dynasties: The Kennedys

2018

as Narrator (voice)

5.5

Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence

as Narrator (voice)

Grace and Frankie

as Robert Hanson

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

as Self

Anger Management

as Martin Goodson

Curiosity

as Himself - Narrator

7.1

Who Do You Think You Are?

2010

as Self

6.6

Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik

2009

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

2007

as Self

6.8

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

2006

as Radio Host

7.4

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

2006

as Narrator (voice)

8.0

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America

The Colbert Report

The Friday Night Project

as Self - Host

Two and a Half Men

as Harvey

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

as Self - Guest

5.6

Celebrity Poker Showdown

2003

as Self

The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color

as Narrator

The West Wing

as Josiah Bartlet

Chicken Soup for the Soul

Total Recall 2070

LateLine

The View

as Self

Gun

as Van Guinness

Spin City

as Ray Harris / Ray Crawford

7.1

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996

as Self - Guest

3.9

E! True Hollywood Story

as Self

Eyewitness

as Narrator

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

7.5

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Alex Haley's Queen

as James Jackson Sr.

A Matter of Justice

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

1990

as Sly Sludge (voice)

6.8

The Simpsons

1989

as Real Seymour Skinner (voice)

8.0

Tales from the Crypt

1989

as Kraygen / Thomas Miller / Zorbin the Magnificent

8.0

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1985

as Paul Dano

7.2

The Atlanta Child Murders

as Chet Dettlinger

Spaceflight

Kennedy

as John F. Kennedy

Nature

as Narrator (voice)

Blind Ambition

as John Dean

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

The Missiles of October

1974

as Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy

Toma

as Eddie Siatti

Love Story (US)

as Frank Randolph

The Streets of San Francisco

The Rookies

Ghost Story

as Frank

Columbo

as Karl Lessing

Cannon

Dan August

as Norman Sayles

Matt Lincoln

as Charles

The Young Lawyers

as Reverend Jimmy Haines

Love, American Style

as Dr. Art Parmel

Medical Center

as Glen

Then Came Bronson

as Nick Oresko

Hawaii Five-O

as Eddie Calhao

Lancer

The Mod Squad

as Danny Morgan

Ironside

as Johnny

Mannix

Mission: Impossible

as Lieutenant Albert Brocke

7.6

Hawk

1966

as Peter Janus

The F.B.I.

as Norman Gretzler

For the People

as Louis Cahane

The Nurses

as Saunders

Flipper

as Phil Adams

The Outer Limits

as Pvt. Arthur Dix

Arrest and Trial

as Dale Beatty

The Nurses

as Saunders

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Defenders

as Arnold McCabe

Route 66

Police Surgeon

as Ben Grover

Naked City

as Phillip Kosnik

The Edge of Night

as Roy Sanders

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Taxi Driver

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

Crew (7)

Movies (7)

Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen

Executive Producer

Vigilante

Executive Producer

The Map to Paradise

Producer

Cadence

Director

Cadence

Writer

Nightbreaker

Executive Producer

Judgment in Berlin

Executive Producer