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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa062.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Catch-22-film-by-Nichols","crawl_time":1776275383,"first_indexed_time":1512449235,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,britannica!www,\/topic\/Catch-22-film-by-Nichols s443","src_root_hash":"5455945239613777662","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Catch-22 | film by Nichols [1970] | Britannica","meta_descriptions":["Other articles where Catch-22 is discussed: Catch-22: Analysis: A 1970 film version, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Alan Arkin as Yossarian, contributed to the novel’s growing fame."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Top Questions\nWho is Martin Sheen?\nWhat kind of work is Martin Sheen known for?\nWhat are some famous movies or TV shows Martin Sheen has appeared in?\nHas Martin Sheen won any awards for his acting?\nHow did Martin Sheen’s background influence his career?\nMartin Sheen\n(born August 3, 1940,\nDayton\n,\nOhio\n, U.S.) is an American actor best known for playing Capt. Benjamin L. Willard in the epic\nVietnam War\nfilm\nApocalypse Now\n(1979) and for portraying the U.S.\npresident\nJosiah Bartlet in the political\ndrama\ntelevision\nseries\nThe West Wing\n(1999–2006). He is the father of actors\nCharlie Sheen\n, Emilio Estevez, Ramon Estevez, and Renée Estevez.\nEarly life\nSheen\nwas born to a Spanish father, Francisco Estévez, and an Irish mother, Mary-Ann Phelan, both of whom were devout members of the\nRoman Catholic Church\n. His father worked in a\nfactory\nas a machine inspector, and his mother was a homemaker. He was the seventh of 10 children (nine boys and one girl), and the large family squeezed into a three-bedroom house. His mother died when he was 11 years old, which put additional financial stress on his father, who had to support a large family on a meager salary. Sheen worked as a\ngolf\ncaddy to help supplement the family income. He also served as an altar boy at church, and he considered careers in the priesthood,\nacting\n, and law enforcement before settling on acting. His father wanted him to get a\ncollege\neducation, but Sheen, who was set on becoming an actor, deliberately failed the\nUniversity of Dayton\nentrance exam.\nCareer\nHe moved to\nNew York City\nafter\nhigh school\n, auditioning for acting roles during the day and working as a stock clerk at night. Concerned that he would be typecast because of his\nSpanish\nname, he adopted the professional name Martin Sheen after Bishop\nFulton J. Sheen\n, whom he admired. He never changed his name legally, and his official personal documents and identification cards still list his name as Ramón Estévez. In a\n2022 interview with\nCloser Weekly\nmagazine\n, Sheen called the decision to change his name “one of my regrets.”\nIn 1961 he married actress and producer Janet Templeton, who was an art student at the time. In that same year, he made his New York City stage debut in the\nplay\nThe Connection\n, which he continued with when it was later also staged in\nLondon\n. Sheen landed his first significant television role in 1963 alongside actor\nGeorge C. Scott\nin the drama series\nEast Side\/West Side\n. In 1964 he made his\nBroadway\ndebut in the play\nNever Live over a Pretzel Factory\n, and later that year he starred in the play\nThe Subject Was Roses\n, for which he received a\nTony Award\nnomination. He also starred in the film\nadaptation\nof\nThe Subject Was Roses\n, which was released in 1968.\nBadlands\nMartin Sheen (foreground left) and Sissy Spacek (right) in a scene from the film\nBadlands\n(1973).\nIn 1970 he portrayed the emotionally unstable copilot Dobbs in the film adaptation of\nJoseph Heller\n’s satirical war\nnovel\nCatch-22\n(1961). Sheen’s breakout film role came in 1973 when he portrayed a killer on the run with actress\nSissy Spacek\nin director\nTerrence Malick\n’s crime drama\nBadlands\n. In 1979 he landed his most prominent movie role, in\nFrancis Ford Coppola\n’s landmark war film\nApocalypse Now\n, which is loosely based on\nJoseph Conrad\n’s novella\nHeart of Darkness\n(1902). Sheen, a last-minute replacement for\nHarvey Keitel\n, played Capt. Benjamin L. Willard, who is tasked with finding and assassinating a rogue\nGreen Beret\ncolonel\nnamed Kurtz (played by\nMarlon Brando\n), who has set up a\nrenegade\narmy in\nCambodia\n.\nThe rigors of filming\nApocalypse Now\ntook a toll on Sheen’s mental and physical health. He cut his hand open while punching a mirror in a scene. He also suffered a\nheart attack\nwhile filming on location in the\nPhilippines\nand had to be airlifted to a hospital in\nManila\n. Additionally, he suffered a nervous breakdown, telling\nRolling Stone\nmagazine\nin a\n1979 interview\n, “I completely fell apart. My spirit was exposed. I cried and cried. I turned completely gray—my eyes, my beard—all gray.” After filming ended, he started drinking heavily and fell into a deep\ndepression\n.\nSheen has appeared in several other prominent films, including playing journalist Vince Walker in the biopic\nGandhi\n(1982) and portraying\nWhite House Chief of Staff\nA.J. MacInerney in the comedy-drama\nThe American President\n(1995). He went on to play the district attorney Roger Strong in the crime biopic\nCatch Me If You Can\n(2002) and the\npolice\ncaptain Oliver Queenan in\nMartin Scorsese\n’s\norganized crime\nthriller\nThe Departed\n(2006).\nTrusted knowledge for those who want to know more.\nSUBSCRIBE\nHe has performed in a handful of films with his family members. He teamed up with his son\nCharlie\nin the 1987 drama\nWall Street\nafter Charlie suggested to director\nOliver Stone\nthat Martin play Carl Fox, the father of Charlie’s character, Bud Fox. He joined an all-star cast (which included\nAnthony Hopkins\n,\nDemi Moore\n, and\nHarry Belafonte\n) in the biographical drama\nBobby\n(2006), about the assassination of U.S. senator and 1968 presidential candidate\nRobert F. Kennedy\n, which was written and directed by his son\nEmilio\n. He also worked with family members in\nThe Way\n(2010), playing an ophthalmologist who walks the\nCamino de Santiago\n(a Christian\npilgrimage\nroute in\nFrance\nand Spain) to honor his late son. “It was a family affair,” he\ntold\nYahoo! Entertainment\nin 2022\n. “Janet produced it, Renée appeared in it, Ramon appeared in it and Emilio wrote and directed it…I think it’s the best thing I ever did.”\nThe West Wing\nActors (from left) Martin Sheen, Richard Schiff, and Rob Lowe in a scene from the political drama series\nThe West Wing\n.\nIn 1999 director\nAaron Sorkin\ncast Sheen as Pres. Josiah Bartlet in the political serial drama\nThe West Wing\n. Sorkin initially\nenvisioned\nSheen appearing in only four or five episodes per season, but, after the show’s pilot episode aired, Sorkin decided that Sheen should be a regular cast member. Sheen later portrayed Robert Hanson, the ex-husband of\nentrepreneur\nGrace Hanson (played by\nJane Fonda\n), in the television comedy series\nGrace and Frankie\n(2015–2022).\nQuick Facts\nByname of:\nRamón Antonio Gerardo Estévez\nAwards And Honors:\nGolden Globe Award\nEmmy Award\nEmmy Award (1994): Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series\nGolden Globe Award (2001): Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama\nMarried To:\nJanet Sheen (1961–present)\nMovies\/Tv Shows (Acted In):\n\"Spawn\" (1997)\n\"The Streets of San Francisco\" (1973)\n\"The Believers\" (1987)\n\"Nobody's Heroes\" (1983)\n\"Cade's County\" (1971)\n\"A Letter from Death Row\" (1998)\n\"The Catholic Hour\" (1967)\n\"Columbo\" (1973)\n\"Cold Front\" (1989)\n\"Beyond the Stars\" (1989)\n\"Murphy Brown\" (1993)\n\"Boca\" (1994)\n\"Hawk\" (1966)\n\"N.Y.P.D.\" (1968)\n\"Love, American Style\" (1973)\n\"Beverly Hills Brats\" (1989)\n\"Screen One\" (1997)\n\"Queen\" (1993)\n\"Enigma\" (1982)\n\"The Cassandra Crossing\" (1976)\n\"When the Line Goes Through\" (1973)\n\"The Interns\" (1971)\n\"As the World Turns\" (1956)\n\"The Simpsons\" (1997)\n\"Badge of Honor\" (2015)\n\"Shadrach\" (1998)\n\"Badlands\" (1973)\n\"Gunfighter\" (1999)\n\"Milost mora\" (2003)\n\"The War at Home\" (1996)\n\"Gettysburg\" (1993)\n\"Ghost Story\" (1973)\n\"Ooops! Noah Is Gone...\" (2015)\n\"The Way\" (2010)\n\"The Subject Was Roses\" (1968)\n\"Princess of the Row\" (2019)\n\"The Dead Zone\" (1983)\n\"Judgment in Berlin\" (1988)\n\"Spin City\" (2002)\n\"Blind Ambition\" (1979)\n\"Los reyes magos\" (2003)\n\"The Incident\" (1967)\n\"Toma\" (1973)\n\"Lost & Found\" (1999)\n\"Another Time, Another Place\" (1992)\n\"Gun\" (1997)\n\"The Atlanta Child Murders\" (1985)\n\"My Home, My Prison\" (1993)\n\"Grace and Frankie\" (2015–2020)\n\"A Texas Funeral\" (1999)\n\"In the King of Prussia\" (1983)\n\"The F.B.I.\" (1968–1973)\n\"Fortunes of War\" (1994)\n\"No Drums, No Bugles\" (1972)\n\"Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys\" (1995)\n\"Trigger Fast\" (1994)\n\"Eagle's Wing\" (1979)\n\"Two and a Half Men\" (2005)\n\"Dr. Simon Locke\" (1973)\n\"The Defenders\" (1961–1964)\n\"The Young Lawyers\" (1970)\n\"ITV Saturday Night Theatre\" (1973)\n\"Lancer\" (1969)\n\"Truth or Consequences, N.M.\" (1997)\n\"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip\" (2007)\n\"Rules Don't Apply\" (2016)\n\"Apocalypse Now\" (1979)\n\"Pickup on 101\" (1972)\n\"The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island\" (2018)\n\"Medical Center\" (1970–1973)\n\"A Stranger in the Kingdom\" (1999)\n\"The Vessel\" (2016)\n\"Firestarter\" (1984)\n\"That Championship Season\" (1982)\n\"Gandhi\" (1982)\n\"The Legend of Earl Durand\" (1974)\n\"We the People\" (2002)\n\"Ironside\" (1970)\n\"Love Story\" (1973)\n\"The Devil Has a Name\" (2019)\n\"Cadence\" (1990)\n\"Hawaii Five-O\" (1970)\n\"The Double\" (2011)\n\"Camera Three\" (1968)\n\"Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain\" (2014)\n\"Freedom: A History of US\" (2003)\n\"The West Wing\" (1999–2006)\n\"Route 66\" (1961)\n\"Loophole\" (1981)\n\"Arrugas\" (2011)\n\"Siesta\" (1987)\n\"The Edge of Night\" (1956)\n\"Rage\" (1972)\n\"Love Happens\" (2009)\n\"Da\" (1988)\n\"Cannon\" (1972–1973)\n\"Ninth Street\" (1999)\n\"The Mod Squad\" (1971)\n\"Amazonia\" (2013)\n\"Bracken's World\" (1970)\n\"Stella Days\" (2011)\n\"East Side\/West Side\" (1963–1964)\n\"Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping\" (2016)\n\"Sacred Cargo\" (1995)\n\"Chamaco\" (2009)\n\"Hear No Evil\" (1993)\n\"Dan August\" (1971)\n\"Catch Me If You Can\" (2002)\n\"Running Wild\" (1995)\n\"For the People\" (1965)\n\"The Elevator\" (1996)\n\"Man in the Mirror\" (2008)\n\"Alfred Hitchcock Presents\" (1985)\n\"Kennedy\" (1983)\n\"Sarge\" (1971)\n\"Chicken Soup for the Soul\" (1999)\n\"The United States Steel Hour\" (1962–1963)\n\"Naked City\" (1962)\n\"Free Money\" (1998)\n\"Then Came Bronson\" (1969)\n\"No Code of Conduct\" (1998)\n\"Flipper\" (1967)\n\"The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century\" (1996)\n\"CBS Schoolbreak Special\" (1987)\n\"The Trials of O'Brien\" (1965)\n\"O\" (2001)\n\"Ask Me Anything\" (2014)\n\"Wall Street\" (1987)\n\"The Boxcar Children\" (2014)\n\"Trash\" (2014)\n\"Seeking a Friend for the End of the World\" (2012)\n\"A State of Emergency\" (1986)\n\"The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane\" (1976)\n\"The Break\" (1995)\n\"Stories from My Childhood\" (1998)\n\"Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story\" (1996)\n\"Mission: Impossible\" (1969)\n\"The Nurses\" (1963–1964)\n\"Catch-22\" (1970)\n\"Matt Lincoln\" (1970)\n\"Total Recall 2070\" (1999)\n\"Bordertown\" (2007)\n\"The Final Countdown\" (1980)\n\"Grey Knight\" (1993)\n\"The Commission\" (2003)\n\"Imagine That\" (2009)\n\"Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law\" (1973)\n\"Gospa\" (1995)\n\"Harry O\" (1973)\n\"Mannix\" (1972)\n\"Man, Woman and Child\" (1983)\n\"Jerusalemski sindrom\" (2004)\n\"Anger Management\" (2012–2014)\n\"Talk to Me\" (2007)\n\"The Rookies\" (1973)\n\"The Departed\" (2006)\n\"When the Bough Breaks\" (1994)\n\"Arrest and Trial\" (1963)\n\"Monument Ave.\" (1998)\n\"The Amazing Spider-Man\" (2012)\n\"Conflict\" (1973)\n\"The Wide World of Mystery\" (1973)\n\"The Outer Limits\" (1963)\n\"Come Sunday\" (2018)\n\"Hits!\" (1994)\n\"Tales from the Crypt\" (1993)\n\"Insight\" (1970–1980)\n\"The American President\" (1995)\n\"My Three Sons\" (1964)\n\"Echelon Conspiracy\" (2009)\n\"Armstrong Circle Theatre\" (1962–1963)\n\"Bobby\" (2006)\n\"Captain Planet and the Planeteers\" (1990–1992)\nMovies\/Tv Shows (Directed):\n\"CBS Schoolbreak Special\" (1986)\n\"Cadence\" (1990)\nSheen won a Primetime\nEmmy Award\nfor outstanding guest actor in a comedy series for his performance in a 1994 episode of the\nsituation comedy\nMurphy Brown\n. Additionally, he earned a Daytime Emmy Award for acting in 1981 and for directing in 1986, and he was honored with a star on the\nHollywood\nWalk of Fame in 1989. He won a\nGolden Globe Award\nfor best performance by an actor in a television series in 2001 for his work in\nThe West Wing\n. Sheen authored the book\nAlong the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son\nwith his son Emilio in 2012.","attrs_markdown":"[![Encyclopedia Britannica](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/mendel\/eb-logo\/MendelNewThistleLogo.png)](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/)\n\n[![Encyclopedia Britannica](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/mendel\/eb-logo\/MendelNewThistleLogo.png)](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/)\n\n[SUBSCRIBE](https:\/\/premium.britannica.com\/premium-membership\/?utm_source=premium&utm_medium=global-nav&utm_campaign=blue-evergreen)\n\n[SUBSCRIBE](https:\/\/premium.britannica.com\/premium-membership\/?utm_source=premium&utm_medium=global-nav-mobile&utm_campaign=blue-evergreen)\n\nLogin\n\nhttps:\/\/premium.britannica.com\/premium-membership\/?utm\\_source=premium\\&utm\\_medium=nav-login-box\\&utm\\_campaign=evergreen\n\n[SUBSCRIBE](https:\/\/premium.britannica.com\/premium-membership\/?utm_source=premium&utm_medium=hamburger-menu&utm_campaign=blue)\n\n[Ask the Chatbot](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/chatbot)\n\n[Games & Quizzes](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/quiz\/browse) [History & Society](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/History-Society) [Science & Tech](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/Science-Tech) [Biographies](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/Biographies) [Animals & Nature](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/Animals-Nature) [Geography & Travel](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/Geography-Travel) [Arts & Culture](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/Arts-Culture) [ProCon](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/procon) [Money](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/money) [Videos](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/videos)\n\n[Catch-22](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Catch-22-film-by-Nichols)\n\n[References](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Catch-22-film-by-Nichols)\n\n![Britannica AI Icon](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/mendel-resources\/3-179\/images\/chatbot\/star-ai.svg?v=3.179.9)\n\nContents\n\nAsk Anything\n\n# Catch-22\nfilm by Nichols \\[1970\\]\n\nHomework Help\n\n![Britannica AI Icon](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/mendel-resources\/3-179\/images\/chatbot\/star-ai.svg?v=3.179.9) Britannica AI\n\nAsk Anything\n## **Learn about this topic** in these articles:\n### Assorted References\n- **“Catch-22” - novel**\n  - ![Joseph Heller](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/70\/133670-050-4DE9EE8C\/Joseph-Heller-1986.jpg?w=300)\n    In [Catch-22: Analysis](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Catch-22-novel-by-Heller#ref1263213:~:text=A%201970%20film%20version%2C%20directed%20by%20Mike%20Nichols%20and%20starring%20Alan%20Arkin%20as%20Yossarian%2C%20contributed%20to%20the%20novel%E2%80%99s%20growing%20fame.)\n    A 1970 film version, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Alan Arkin as Yossarian, contributed to the novel’s growing fame.\n    [Read More](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Catch-22-novel-by-Heller#ref1263213:~:text=A%201970%20film%20version%2C%20directed%20by%20Mike%20Nichols%20and%20starring%20Alan%20Arkin%20as%20Yossarian%2C%20contributed%20to%20the%20novel%E2%80%99s%20growing%20fame.)\n- **discussed in biography**\n  - ![EGOT winner](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/83\/181583-050-6C49F41A\/film-Mike-Nichols-TV.jpg?w=300)\n    In [Mike Nichols: Early films: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Graduate, and Carnal Knowledge](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Mike-Nichols#ref918953:~:text=Joseph%20Heller%E2%80%99s%20antiwar%20cult%20classic%2C%20Catch-22.%20Perhaps%20expectations%20for%20Nichols%E2%80%99s%20screen%20version%20were%20unrealistically%20high%2C%20but%20it%20did%20not%20fare%20well%20when%20it%20was%20released%20in%201970%2C%20failing%20to%20please%20either%20fans%20of%20the%20novel%20or%20casual%20moviegoers%2C%20who%20may%20have%20been%20put%20off%20by%20the%20picture%E2%80%99s%20surfeit%20of%20surrealistic)\n    …Joseph Heller’s antiwar cult classic, *Catch-22*. Perhaps expectations for Nichols’s screen version were unrealistically high, but it did not fare well when it was released in 1970, failing to please either fans of the novel or casual moviegoers, who may have been put off by the picture’s surfeit of surrealistic…\n    [Read More](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Mike-Nichols#ref918953:~:text=Joseph%20Heller%E2%80%99s%20antiwar%20cult%20classic%2C%20Catch-22.%20Perhaps%20expectations%20for%20Nichols%E2%80%99s%20screen%20version%20were%20unrealistically%20high%2C%20but%20it%20did%20not%20fare%20well%20when%20it%20was%20released%20in%201970%2C%20failing%20to%20please%20either%20fans%20of%20the%20novel%20or%20casual%20moviegoers%2C%20who%20may%20have%20been%20put%20off%20by%20the%20picture%E2%80%99s%20surfeit%20of%20surrealistic)\n\n### role of\n- **Arkin**\n  - ![Argo](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/55\/166055-050-D2E7A245\/John-Goodman-Alan-Arkin-Argo-Ben-Affleck.jpg?w=300)\n    In [Alan Arkin](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Alan-Arkin#ref1251339:~:text=played%20Captain%20Yossarian%20in%20Nichols%E2%80%99s%20Catch-22%20%281970%29%2C%20based%20on%20the%201961%20novel%20by%20Joseph%20Heller.%20Arkin%20directed%20and%20acted%20in%20the%20film%20Little%20Murders%20%281971%29%2C%20having%20earlier%20%281969%29%20directed%20an%20Off-Broadway%20revival%20of%20that%20play%2C%20written%20by%20Jules%20Feiffer.%20He%20later%20received%20a%20Tony%20Award%20%281973%29%20for%20his%20staging%20of)\n    …played Captain Yossarian in Nichols’s *Catch-22* (1970), based on the 1961 novel by Joseph Heller. Arkin directed and acted in the film *Little Murders* (1971), having earlier (1969) directed an Off-Broadway revival of that play, written by Jules Feiffer. He later received a Tony Award (1973) for his staging of…\n    [Read More](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Alan-Arkin#ref1251339:~:text=played%20Captain%20Yossarian%20in%20Nichols%E2%80%99s%20Catch-22%20%281970%29%2C%20based%20on%20the%201961%20novel%20by%20Joseph%20Heller.%20Arkin%20directed%20and%20acted%20in%20the%20film%20Little%20Murders%20%281971%29%2C%20having%20earlier%20%281969%29%20directed%20an%20Off-Broadway%20revival%20of%20that%20play%2C%20written%20by%20Jules%20Feiffer.%20He%20later%20received%20a%20Tony%20Award%20%281973%29%20for%20his%20staging%20of)\n- **Garfunkel**\n  - ![Art Garfunkel](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/17\/244917-050-AE731ADE\/Art-Garfunkel-1975-London.jpg?w=300)\n    In [Art Garfunkel: Acting career](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Art-Garfunkel#ref1313646:~:text=in%20the%20subsequent%20Nichols%20films%20Catch-22%20%281970%29%20and%20Carnal%20Knowledge%20%281971%29.%20Garfunkel%20also%20appeared%20in%20Nicolas%20Roeg%E2%80%99s%20Bad%20Timing%2FA%20Sensual%20Obsession%20%281980%29%20and%20in%20Good%20to%20Go%20%281986%29%20and%20Boxing%20Helena%20%281993%29.)\n    …in the subsequent Nichols films *Catch-22* (1970) and *Carnal Knowledge* (1971). Garfunkel also appeared in Nicolas Roeg’s *Bad Timing\/A Sensual Obsession* (1980) and in *Good to Go* (1986) and *Boxing Helena* (1993).\n    [Read More](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Art-Garfunkel#ref1313646:~:text=in%20the%20subsequent%20Nichols%20films%20Catch-22%20%281970%29%20and%20Carnal%20Knowledge%20%281971%29.%20Garfunkel%20also%20appeared%20in%20Nicolas%20Roeg%E2%80%99s%20Bad%20Timing%2FA%20Sensual%20Obsession%20%281980%29%20and%20in%20Good%20to%20Go%20%281986%29%20and%20Boxing%20Helena%20%281993%29.)\n- **Newhart**\n  - ![Bob Newhart](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/22\/259722-050-652F8C71\/Bob-Newhart-comedian-in-his-home-office-1972.jpg?w=300)\n    In [Bob Newhart](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Bob-Newhart#ref1283605:~:text=the%20comedies%20Hot%20Millions%20%281968%29%2C%20Catch-22%20%281970%29%2C%20In%20%26%20Out%20%281997%29%2C%20and%20Elf%20%282003%29%20and%20a%20lead%20performance%20in%20the%20political%20farce%20First%20Family%20%281980%29.%20In%20addition%2C%20he%20supplied%20the%20voice%20of%20Bernard%20the%20mouse%20in%20the%20animated%20film%20The%20Rescuers%20%281977%29%20and%20its%201990%20sequel.%20Newhart%20received%20the%20Mark)\n    …the comedies *Hot Millions* (1968), *Catch-22* (1970), *In & Out* (1997), and *Elf* (2003) and a lead performance in the political farce *First Family* (1980). In addition, he supplied the voice of Bernard the mouse in the animated film *The Rescuers* (1977) and its 1990 sequel. Newhart received the Mark…\n    [Read More](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Bob-Newhart#ref1283605:~:text=the%20comedies%20Hot%20Millions%20%281968%29%2C%20Catch-22%20%281970%29%2C%20In%20%26%20Out%20%281997%29%2C%20and%20Elf%20%282003%29%20and%20a%20lead%20performance%20in%20the%20political%20farce%20First%20Family%20%281980%29.%20In%20addition%2C%20he%20supplied%20the%20voice%20of%20Bernard%20the%20mouse%20in%20the%20animated%20film%20The%20Rescuers%20%281977%29%20and%20its%201990%20sequel.%20Newhart%20received%20the%20Mark)\n- **Perkins**\n  - ![Psycho](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/77\/161677-050-87094DAA\/Vera-Miles-John-Gavin-Psycho-Anthony-Perkins.jpg?w=300)\n    In [Anthony Perkins](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Anthony-Perkins#ref1266523:~:text=films%20as%20Pretty%20Poison%20%281968%29%2C%20Catch-22%20%281970%29%2C%20and%20WUSA%20%281970%29.%20Some%20of%20his%20other%20screen%20credits%20include%20The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20Judge%20Roy%20Bean%20%281972%29%2C%20Murder%20on%20the%20Orient%20Express%20%281974%29%2C%20and%20Edge%20of%20Sanity%20%281989%29.%20Perkins%20also%20appeared%20in%20such%20plays%20as%20Look%20Homeward%2C%20Angel%3B%20Harold%3B%20Steambath%3B%20and)\n    …films as *Pretty Poison* (1968), *Catch-22* (1970), and *WUSA* (1970). Some of his other screen credits include *The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean* (1972), *Murder on the Orient Express* (1974), and *Edge of Sanity* (1989). Perkins also appeared in such plays as *Look Homeward,* *Angel;* *Harold;* *Steambath;* and…\n    [Read More](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Anthony-Perkins#ref1266523:~:text=films%20as%20Pretty%20Poison%20%281968%29%2C%20Catch-22%20%281970%29%2C%20and%20WUSA%20%281970%29.%20Some%20of%20his%20other%20screen%20credits%20include%20The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20Judge%20Roy%20Bean%20%281972%29%2C%20Murder%20on%20the%20Orient%20Express%20%281974%29%2C%20and%20Edge%20of%20Sanity%20%281989%29.%20Perkins%20also%20appeared%20in%20such%20plays%20as%20Look%20Homeward%2C%20Angel%3B%20Harold%3B%20Steambath%3B%20and)\n- **Voight**\n  - ![Midnight Cowboy](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/95\/77095-050-BAAFF876\/Jon-Voight-Dustin-Hoffman-Midnight-Cowboy.jpg?w=300)\n    In [Jon Voight](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Jon-Voight#ref1300156:~:text=in%20Mike%20Nichols%E2%80%99s%20war%20comedy%20Catch-22%20and%20starred%20as%20an%20angry%20young%20man%20in%20The%20Revolutionary%2C%20both%20in%201970.%20He%20delivered%20a%20memorable%20performance%20as%20a%20city%20businessman%20forced%20to%20fight%20for%20his%20life%20in%20Deliverance%20%281972%29%2C%20and%20he%20portrayed%20the%20writer%20Pat%20Conroy%20in%20the%20film%20memoir%20Conrack%20%281974%29.)\n    …in Mike Nichols’s war comedy *Catch-22* and starred as an angry young man in *The Revolutionary*, both in 1970. He delivered a memorable performance as a city businessman forced to fight for his life in *Deliverance* (1972), and he portrayed the writer Pat Conroy in the film memoir *Conrack* (1974).…\n    [Read More](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Jon-Voight#ref1300156:~:text=in%20Mike%20Nichols%E2%80%99s%20war%20comedy%20Catch-22%20and%20starred%20as%20an%20angry%20young%20man%20in%20The%20Revolutionary%2C%20both%20in%201970.%20He%20delivered%20a%20memorable%20performance%20as%20a%20city%20businessman%20forced%20to%20fight%20for%20his%20life%20in%20Deliverance%20%281972%29%2C%20and%20he%20portrayed%20the%20writer%20Pat%20Conroy%20in%20the%20film%20memoir%20Conrack%20%281974%29.)\n\n![Britannica AI Icon](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/mendel-resources\/3-179\/images\/chatbot\/star-ai.svg?v=3.179.9)Britannica AI\n\n*chevron\\_right*\n\nCatch-22\n\n*close*\n\n[AI-generated answers](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/about-britannica-ai) from Britannica articles. 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Benjamin L. Willard in the epic [Vietnam War](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Vietnam-War) [film](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/film) *Apocalypse Now* (1979) and for portraying the U.S. [president](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/president-government-official) Josiah Bartlet in the political [drama](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/theatre-art) [television](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/technology\/television-technology) series [*The West Wing*](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/The-West-Wing) (1999–2006). He is the father of actors [Charlie Sheen](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Charlie-Sheen), Emilio Estevez, Ramon Estevez, and Renée Estevez.\n\n## Early life\n[Sheen](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/dictionary\/Sheen) was born to a Spanish father, Francisco Estévez, and an Irish mother, Mary-Ann Phelan, both of whom were devout members of the [Roman Catholic Church](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/catholic). His father worked in a [factory](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/technology\/factory) as a machine inspector, and his mother was a homemaker. He was the seventh of 10 children (nine boys and one girl), and the large family squeezed into a three-bedroom house. His mother died when he was 11 years old, which put additional financial stress on his father, who had to support a large family on a meager salary. Sheen worked as a [golf](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/sports\/golf) caddy to help supplement the family income. He also served as an altar boy at church, and he considered careers in the priesthood, [acting](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/acting), and law enforcement before settling on acting. His father wanted him to get a [college](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/college-education) education, but Sheen, who was set on becoming an actor, deliberately failed the [University of Dayton](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/University-of-Dayton) entrance exam.\n\n## Career\nHe moved to [New York City](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/New-York-City) after [high school](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/high-school), auditioning for acting roles during the day and working as a stock clerk at night. Concerned that he would be typecast because of his [Spanish](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Spanish-language) name, he adopted the professional name Martin Sheen after Bishop [Fulton J. Sheen](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Fulton-J-Sheen), whom he admired. He never changed his name legally, and his official personal documents and identification cards still list his name as Ramón Estévez. In a [2022 interview with *Closer Weekly* magazine](https:\/\/www.closerweekly.com\/posts\/martin-sheen-regrets-changing-his-name-for-acting-career\/), Sheen called the decision to change his name “one of my regrets.”\n\nIn 1961 he married actress and producer Janet Templeton, who was an art student at the time. In that same year, he made his New York City stage debut in the [play](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/play-behavior) *The Connection*, which he continued with when it was later also staged in [London](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/London). Sheen landed his first significant television role in 1963 alongside actor [George C. Scott](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/George-C-Scott) in the drama series *East Side\/West Side*. In 1964 he made his [Broadway](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Broadway-street-and-district-New-York-City) debut in the play *Never Live over a Pretzel Factory*, and later that year he starred in the play *The Subject Was Roses*, for which he received a [Tony Award](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/Tony-Awards) nomination. He also starred in the film [adaptation](https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/adaptation) of *The Subject Was Roses*, which was released in 1968.\n\n[![Badlands](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/62\/213262-050-53F00C10\/Movie-still-Martin-Sheen-Sissy-Spacek-Badlands-1973.jpg?w=300)](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/62\/213262-050-53F00C10\/Movie-still-Martin-Sheen-Sissy-Spacek-Badlands-1973.jpg)\n\n[*Badlands*](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/62\/213262-050-53F00C10\/Movie-still-Martin-Sheen-Sissy-Spacek-Badlands-1973.jpg)Martin Sheen (foreground left) and Sissy Spacek (right) in a scene from the film *Badlands* (1973).\n\n(more)\n\nIn 1970 he portrayed the emotionally unstable copilot Dobbs in the film adaptation of [Joseph Heller](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Joseph-Heller)’s satirical war [novel](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/novel) [*Catch-22*](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Catch-22-novel-by-Heller) (1961). Sheen’s breakout film role came in 1973 when he portrayed a killer on the run with actress [Sissy Spacek](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Sissy-Spacek) in director [Terrence Malick](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Terrence-Malick)’s crime drama *[Badlands](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Badlands-film-by-Malick)*. In 1979 he landed his most prominent movie role, in [Francis Ford Coppola](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Francis-Ford-Coppola)’s landmark war film *[Apocalypse Now](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Apocalypse-Now)*, which is loosely based on [Joseph Conrad](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Joseph-Conrad)’s novella [*Heart of Darkness*](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Heart-of-Darkness) (1902). Sheen, a last-minute replacement for [Harvey Keitel](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Harvey-Keitel), played Capt. Benjamin L. Willard, who is tasked with finding and assassinating a rogue [Green Beret](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Green-Berets) [colonel](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/colonel) named Kurtz (played by [Marlon Brando](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Marlon-Brando)), who has set up a [renegade](https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/renegade) army in [Cambodia](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Cambodia).\n\nThe rigors of filming *Apocalypse Now* took a toll on Sheen’s mental and physical health. He cut his hand open while punching a mirror in a scene. He also suffered a [heart attack](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/heart-attack) while filming on location in the [Philippines](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Philippines) and had to be airlifted to a hospital in [Manila](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Manila). Additionally, he suffered a nervous breakdown, telling [*Rolling Stone*](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Rolling-Stone) [magazine](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/magazine-publishing) in a [1979 interview](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/martin-sheen-heart-of-darkness-heart-of-gold-80879\/), “I completely fell apart. My spirit was exposed. I cried and cried. I turned completely gray—my eyes, my beard—all gray.” After filming ended, he started drinking heavily and fell into a deep [depression](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/depression-psychology).\n\nSheen has appeared in several other prominent films, including playing journalist Vince Walker in the biopic *[Gandhi](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Gandhi)* (1982) and portraying [White House Chief of Staff](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/White-House-Chief-of-Staff) A.J. MacInerney in the comedy-drama *The American President* (1995). He went on to play the district attorney Roger Strong in the crime biopic *[Catch Me If You Can](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Catch-Me-If-You-Can-film-by-Spielberg)* (2002) and the [police](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/police) captain Oliver Queenan in [Martin Scorsese](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Martin-Scorsese)’s [organized crime](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/organized-crime) thriller *[The Departed](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/The-Departed)* (2006).\n\nExplore Britannica Premium\\!\n\nTrusted knowledge for those who want to know more.\n\n[SUBSCRIBE](https:\/\/premium.britannica.com\/premium-membership\/?utm_source=premium&utm_medium=inline-cta&utm_campaign=shorter-2026)\n\n![Penguin, ship, mountain, atlas](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/marketing\/inline-left.webp)\n\n![shohei ohtani, plants, andy wharhol art](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/marketing\/inline-right.webp)\n\n![Mobile](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/marketing\/inline-mobile.webp?w=400)\n\nHe has performed in a handful of films with his family members. He teamed up with his son [Charlie](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Charlie-Sheen) in the 1987 drama *[Wall Street](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Wall-Street-film-by-Stone)* after Charlie suggested to director [Oliver Stone](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Oliver-Stone) that Martin play Carl Fox, the father of Charlie’s character, Bud Fox. He joined an all-star cast (which included [Anthony Hopkins](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Anthony-Hopkins), [Demi Moore](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Demi-Moore), and [Harry Belafonte](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Harry-Belafonte)) in the biographical drama [*Bobby*](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Bobby-2006-film) (2006), about the assassination of U.S. senator and 1968 presidential candidate [Robert F. Kennedy](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Robert-F-Kennedy), which was written and directed by his son [Emilio](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Emilio-Estevez). He also worked with family members in *The Way* (2010), playing an ophthalmologist who walks the [Camino de Santiago](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Camino-de-Santiago) (a Christian [pilgrimage](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/pilgrimage-religion) route in [France](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/France) and Spain) to honor his late son. “It was a family affair,” he [told *Yahoo! Entertainment* in 2022](https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/martin-sheen-badlands-apocalypse-now-wall-street-west-wing-the-departed-role-recall-160718574.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAH6xieZMxIQyODeJxUP-abmf8AcjaiYa7gCx2kvo_nxkbi-gvEB70kDzKECY883JoPvoa08ocju2Is5LayjKVYJrKYRQIKFKK_kP95aeKo8s65hq1PSpET8GlTCmiDMcbg3Y2n7CTENZUPwGlyz9hktKD7Yk9ZcFpeuFoDZ-KcPe). “Janet produced it, Renée appeared in it, Ramon appeared in it and Emilio wrote and directed it…I think it’s the best thing I ever did.”\n\n[![The West Wing](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/18\/193918-050-5E13FBD2\/Josiah-Bartlet-The-West-Wing-Martin-Sheen.jpg?w=300)](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/18\/193918-050-5E13FBD2\/Josiah-Bartlet-The-West-Wing-Martin-Sheen.jpg)\n\n[*The West Wing*](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/18\/193918-050-5E13FBD2\/Josiah-Bartlet-The-West-Wing-Martin-Sheen.jpg)Actors (from left) Martin Sheen, Richard Schiff, and Rob Lowe in a scene from the political drama series *The West Wing*.\n\n(more)\n\nIn 1999 director [Aaron Sorkin](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Aaron-Sorkin) cast Sheen as Pres. Josiah Bartlet in the political serial drama *[The West Wing](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/The-West-Wing)*. Sorkin initially [envisioned](https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/envisioned) Sheen appearing in only four or five episodes per season, but, after the show’s pilot episode aired, Sorkin decided that Sheen should be a regular cast member. Sheen later portrayed Robert Hanson, the ex-husband of [entrepreneur](https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/entrepreneur) Grace Hanson (played by [Jane Fonda](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Jane-Fonda)), in the television comedy series *[Grace and Frankie](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Grace-and-Frankie-comedy)* (2015–2022).\n\nQuick Facts\n\nByname of:\n\nRamón Antonio Gerardo Estévez\n\n*(Show more)*\n\nBorn:\n\nAugust 3, 1940, [Dayton](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Dayton-Ohio), [Ohio](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Ohio-state), U.S. (age 85)\n\n*(Show more)*\n\nAwards And Honors:\n\n[Golden Globe Award](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/Golden-Globe-Award)\n\n[Emmy Award](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/Emmy-Award)\n\nEmmy Award (1994): Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series\n\nGolden Globe Award (2001): Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama\n\n*(Show more)*\n\nNotable Family Members:\n\nson [Charlie Sheen](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Charlie-Sheen)\n\n*(Show more)*\n\nMarried To:\n\nJanet Sheen (1961–present)\n\n*(Show more)*\n\nMovies\/Tv Shows (Acted In):\n\n\"Spawn\" (1997)\n\n\"The Streets of San Francisco\" (1973)\n\n\"The Believers\" (1987)\n\n\"Nobody's Heroes\" (1983)\n\n\"Cade's County\" (1971)\n\n\"A Letter from Death Row\" (1998)\n\n\"The Catholic Hour\" (1967)\n\n\"Columbo\" (1973)\n\n\"Cold Front\" (1989)\n\n\"Beyond the Stars\" (1989)\n\n\"Murphy Brown\" (1993)\n\n\"Boca\" (1994)\n\n\"Hawk\" (1966)\n\n\"N.Y.P.D.\" (1968)\n\n\"Love, American Style\" (1973)\n\n\"Beverly Hills Brats\" (1989)\n\n\"Screen One\" (1997)\n\n\"Queen\" (1993)\n\n\"Enigma\" (1982)\n\n\"The Cassandra Crossing\" (1976)\n\n\"When the Line Goes Through\" (1973)\n\n\"The Interns\" (1971)\n\n\"As the World Turns\" (1956)\n\n\"The Simpsons\" (1997)\n\n\"Badge of Honor\" (2015)\n\n\"Shadrach\" (1998)\n\n\"Badlands\" (1973)\n\n\"Gunfighter\" (1999)\n\n\"Milost mora\" (2003)\n\n\"The War at Home\" (1996)\n\n\"Gettysburg\" (1993)\n\n\"Ghost Story\" (1973)\n\n\"Ooops! Noah Is Gone...\" (2015)\n\n\"The Way\" (2010)\n\n\"The Subject Was Roses\" (1968)\n\n\"Princess of the Row\" (2019)\n\n\"The Dead Zone\" (1983)\n\n\"Judgment in Berlin\" (1988)\n\n\"Spin City\" (2002)\n\n\"Blind Ambition\" (1979)\n\n\"Los reyes magos\" (2003)\n\n\"The Incident\" (1967)\n\n\"Toma\" (1973)\n\n\"Lost & Found\" (1999)\n\n\"Another Time, Another Place\" (1992)\n\n\"Gun\" (1997)\n\n\"The Atlanta Child Murders\" (1985)\n\n\"My Home, My Prison\" (1993)\n\n\"Grace and Frankie\" (2015–2020)\n\n\"A Texas Funeral\" (1999)\n\n\"In the King of Prussia\" (1983)\n\n\"The F.B.I.\" (1968–1973)\n\n\"Fortunes of War\" (1994)\n\n\"No Drums, No Bugles\" (1972)\n\n\"Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys\" (1995)\n\n\"Trigger Fast\" (1994)\n\n\"Eagle's Wing\" (1979)\n\n\"Two and a Half Men\" (2005)\n\n\"Dr. Simon Locke\" (1973)\n\n\"The Defenders\" (1961–1964)\n\n\"The Young Lawyers\" (1970)\n\n\"ITV Saturday Night Theatre\" (1973)\n\n\"Lancer\" (1969)\n\n\"Truth or Consequences, N.M.\" (1997)\n\n\"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip\" (2007)\n\n\"Rules Don't Apply\" (2016)\n\n\"Apocalypse Now\" (1979)\n\n\"Pickup on 101\" (1972)\n\n\"The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island\" (2018)\n\n\"Medical Center\" (1970–1973)\n\n\"A Stranger in the Kingdom\" (1999)\n\n\"The Vessel\" (2016)\n\n\"Firestarter\" (1984)\n\n\"That Championship Season\" (1982)\n\n\"Gandhi\" (1982)\n\n\"The Legend of Earl Durand\" (1974)\n\n\"We the People\" (2002)\n\n\"Ironside\" (1970)\n\n\"Love Story\" (1973)\n\n\"The Devil Has a Name\" (2019)\n\n\"Cadence\" (1990)\n\n\"Hawaii Five-O\" (1970)\n\n\"The Double\" (2011)\n\n\"Camera Three\" (1968)\n\n\"Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain\" (2014)\n\n\"Freedom: A History of US\" (2003)\n\n\"The West Wing\" (1999–2006)\n\n\"Route 66\" (1961)\n\n\"Loophole\" (1981)\n\n\"Arrugas\" (2011)\n\n\"Siesta\" (1987)\n\n\"The Edge of Night\" (1956)\n\n\"Rage\" (1972)\n\n\"Love Happens\" (2009)\n\n\"Da\" (1988)\n\n\"Cannon\" (1972–1973)\n\n\"Ninth Street\" (1999)\n\n\"The Mod Squad\" (1971)\n\n\"Amazonia\" (2013)\n\n\"Bracken's World\" (1970)\n\n\"Stella Days\" (2011)\n\n\"East Side\/West Side\" (1963–1964)\n\n\"Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping\" (2016)\n\n\"Sacred Cargo\" (1995)\n\n\"Chamaco\" (2009)\n\n\"Hear No Evil\" (1993)\n\n\"Dan August\" (1971)\n\n\"Catch Me If You Can\" (2002)\n\n\"Running Wild\" (1995)\n\n\"For the People\" (1965)\n\n\"The Elevator\" (1996)\n\n\"Man in the Mirror\" (2008)\n\n\"Alfred Hitchcock Presents\" (1985)\n\n\"Kennedy\" (1983)\n\n\"Sarge\" (1971)\n\n\"Chicken Soup for the Soul\" (1999)\n\n\"The United States Steel Hour\" (1962–1963)\n\n\"Naked City\" (1962)\n\n\"Free Money\" (1998)\n\n\"Then Came Bronson\" (1969)\n\n\"No Code of Conduct\" (1998)\n\n\"Flipper\" (1967)\n\n\"The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century\" (1996)\n\n\"CBS Schoolbreak Special\" (1987)\n\n\"The Trials of O'Brien\" (1965)\n\n\"O\" (2001)\n\n\"Ask Me Anything\" (2014)\n\n\"Wall Street\" (1987)\n\n\"The Boxcar Children\" (2014)\n\n\"Trash\" (2014)\n\n\"Seeking a Friend for the End of the World\" (2012)\n\n\"A State of Emergency\" (1986)\n\n\"The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane\" (1976)\n\n\"The Break\" (1995)\n\n\"Stories from My Childhood\" (1998)\n\n\"Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story\" (1996)\n\n\"Mission: Impossible\" (1969)\n\n\"The Nurses\" (1963–1964)\n\n\"Catch-22\" (1970)\n\n\"Matt Lincoln\" (1970)\n\n\"Total Recall 2070\" (1999)\n\n\"Bordertown\" (2007)\n\n\"The Final Countdown\" (1980)\n\n\"Grey Knight\" (1993)\n\n\"The Commission\" (2003)\n\n\"Imagine That\" (2009)\n\n\"Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law\" (1973)\n\n\"Gospa\" (1995)\n\n\"Harry O\" (1973)\n\n\"Mannix\" (1972)\n\n\"Man, Woman and Child\" (1983)\n\n\"Jerusalemski sindrom\" (2004)\n\n\"Anger Management\" (2012–2014)\n\n\"Talk to Me\" (2007)\n\n\"The Rookies\" (1973)\n\n\"The Departed\" (2006)\n\n\"When the Bough Breaks\" (1994)\n\n\"Arrest and Trial\" (1963)\n\n\"Monument Ave.\" (1998)\n\n\"The Amazing Spider-Man\" (2012)\n\n\"Conflict\" (1973)\n\n\"The Wide World of Mystery\" (1973)\n\n\"The Outer Limits\" (1963)\n\n\"Come Sunday\" (2018)\n\n\"Hits!\" (1994)\n\n\"Tales from the Crypt\" (1993)\n\n\"Insight\" (1970–1980)\n\n\"The American President\" (1995)\n\n\"My Three Sons\" (1964)\n\n\"Echelon Conspiracy\" (2009)\n\n\"Armstrong Circle Theatre\" (1962–1963)\n\n\"Bobby\" (2006)\n\n\"Captain Planet and the Planeteers\" (1990–1992)\n\n*(Show more)*\n\nMovies\/Tv Shows (Directed):\n\n\"CBS Schoolbreak Special\" (1986)\n\n\"Cadence\" (1990)\n\n*(Show more)*\n\n[See all related content](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/facts\/Martin-Sheen)\n\nShow More\n\nSheen won a Primetime [Emmy Award](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/Emmy-Award) for outstanding guest actor in a comedy series for his performance in a 1994 episode of the [situation comedy](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/situation-comedy) *[Murphy Brown](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Murphy-Brown)*. Additionally, he earned a Daytime Emmy Award for acting in 1981 and for directing in 1986, and he was honored with a star on the [Hollywood](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Hollywood-California) Walk of Fame in 1989. He won a [Golden Globe Award](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/Golden-Globe-Award) for best performance by an actor in a television series in 2001 for his work in *The West Wing*. Sheen authored the book *Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son* with his son Emilio in 2012.\n\n[Fred Frommer](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/contributor\/fred-frommer\/12877342)\n\n![Britannica AI Icon](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/mendel-resources\/3-179\/images\/chatbot\/star-ai.svg?v=3.179.9)Britannica AI\n\n*chevron\\_right*\n\nMartin Sheen\n\n*close*\n\n[AI-generated answers](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/about-britannica-ai) from Britannica articles. 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Accessed 15 April 2026.\n\nCopy Citation\n\nShare\n\nShare to social media\n\n[Facebook](https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BRITANNICA\/) [X](https:\/\/x.com\/britannica)\n\nURL\n\n<https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Martin-Sheen>\n\nExternal Websites\n\n- [Texas Archive of the Moving Image - Martin Sheen Interview (1987)](https:\/\/texasarchive.org\/2015_01651)\n- [NPR - Martin Sheen's 'West Wing' Fantasy](https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2003\/01\/28\/942641\/martin-sheens-west-wing-fantasy)\n- [CBS News - Martin Sheen finds his \"Way\"](https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/martin-sheen-finds-his-way\/)\n- [The Guardian - Martin Sheen: Being a dad](https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2011\/mar\/25\/martin-sheen-emilio-estevez-charlie-sheen)\n- [Robert F. 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Willard in the epic [Vietnam War](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Vietnam-War) [film](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/film) *Apocalypse Now* (1979) and for portraying the U.S. [president](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/president-government-official) Josiah Bartlet in the political [drama](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/theatre-art) [television](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/technology\/television-technology) series [*The West Wing*](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/The-West-Wing) (1999–2006). He is the father of actors [Charlie Sheen](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Charlie-Sheen), Emilio Estevez, Ramon Estevez, and Renée Estevez.\n\n## Early life\n[Sheen](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/dictionary\/Sheen) was born to a Spanish father, Francisco Estévez, and an Irish mother, Mary-Ann Phelan, both of whom were devout members of the [Roman Catholic Church](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/catholic). His father worked in a [factory](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/technology\/factory) as a machine inspector, and his mother was a homemaker. He was the seventh of 10 children (nine boys and one girl), and the large family squeezed into a three-bedroom house. His mother died when he was 11 years old, which put additional financial stress on his father, who had to support a large family on a meager salary. Sheen worked as a [golf](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/sports\/golf) caddy to help supplement the family income. He also served as an altar boy at church, and he considered careers in the priesthood, [acting](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/acting), and law enforcement before settling on acting. His father wanted him to get a [college](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/college-education) education, but Sheen, who was set on becoming an actor, deliberately failed the [University of Dayton](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/University-of-Dayton) entrance exam.\n\n## Career\nHe moved to [New York City](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/New-York-City) after [high school](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/high-school), auditioning for acting roles during the day and working as a stock clerk at night. Concerned that he would be typecast because of his [Spanish](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Spanish-language) name, he adopted the professional name Martin Sheen after Bishop [Fulton J. Sheen](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Fulton-J-Sheen), whom he admired. He never changed his name legally, and his official personal documents and identification cards still list his name as Ramón Estévez. In a [2022 interview with *Closer Weekly* magazine](https:\/\/www.closerweekly.com\/posts\/martin-sheen-regrets-changing-his-name-for-acting-career\/), Sheen called the decision to change his name “one of my regrets.”\n\nIn 1961 he married actress and producer Janet Templeton, who was an art student at the time. In that same year, he made his New York City stage debut in the [play](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/play-behavior) *The Connection*, which he continued with when it was later also staged in [London](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/London). Sheen landed his first significant television role in 1963 alongside actor [George C. Scott](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/George-C-Scott) in the drama series *East Side\/West Side*. In 1964 he made his [Broadway](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Broadway-street-and-district-New-York-City) debut in the play *Never Live over a Pretzel Factory*, and later that year he starred in the play *The Subject Was Roses*, for which he received a [Tony Award](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/Tony-Awards) nomination. He also starred in the film [adaptation](https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/adaptation) of *The Subject Was Roses*, which was released in 1968.\n\n[*Badlands*](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/62\/213262-050-53F00C10\/Movie-still-Martin-Sheen-Sissy-Spacek-Badlands-1973.jpg)Martin Sheen (foreground left) and Sissy Spacek (right) in a scene from the film *Badlands* (1973).\n\nIn 1970 he portrayed the emotionally unstable copilot Dobbs in the film adaptation of [Joseph Heller](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Joseph-Heller)’s satirical war [novel](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/novel) [*Catch-22*](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Catch-22-novel-by-Heller) (1961). Sheen’s breakout film role came in 1973 when he portrayed a killer on the run with actress [Sissy Spacek](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Sissy-Spacek) in director [Terrence Malick](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Terrence-Malick)’s crime drama *[Badlands](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Badlands-film-by-Malick)*. In 1979 he landed his most prominent movie role, in [Francis Ford Coppola](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Francis-Ford-Coppola)’s landmark war film *[Apocalypse Now](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Apocalypse-Now)*, which is loosely based on [Joseph Conrad](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Joseph-Conrad)’s novella [*Heart of Darkness*](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Heart-of-Darkness) (1902). Sheen, a last-minute replacement for [Harvey Keitel](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Harvey-Keitel), played Capt. Benjamin L. Willard, who is tasked with finding and assassinating a rogue [Green Beret](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Green-Berets) [colonel](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/colonel) named Kurtz (played by [Marlon Brando](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Marlon-Brando)), who has set up a [renegade](https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/renegade) army in [Cambodia](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Cambodia).\n\nThe rigors of filming *Apocalypse Now* took a toll on Sheen’s mental and physical health. He cut his hand open while punching a mirror in a scene. He also suffered a [heart attack](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/heart-attack) while filming on location in the [Philippines](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Philippines) and had to be airlifted to a hospital in [Manila](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Manila). Additionally, he suffered a nervous breakdown, telling [*Rolling Stone*](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Rolling-Stone) [magazine](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/magazine-publishing) in a [1979 interview](https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/martin-sheen-heart-of-darkness-heart-of-gold-80879\/), “I completely fell apart. My spirit was exposed. I cried and cried. I turned completely gray—my eyes, my beard—all gray.” After filming ended, he started drinking heavily and fell into a deep [depression](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/depression-psychology).\n\nSheen has appeared in several other prominent films, including playing journalist Vince Walker in the biopic *[Gandhi](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Gandhi)* (1982) and portraying [White House Chief of Staff](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/White-House-Chief-of-Staff) A.J. MacInerney in the comedy-drama *The American President* (1995). He went on to play the district attorney Roger Strong in the crime biopic *[Catch Me If You Can](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Catch-Me-If-You-Can-film-by-Spielberg)* (2002) and the [police](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/police) captain Oliver Queenan in [Martin Scorsese](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Martin-Scorsese)’s [organized crime](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/organized-crime) thriller *[The Departed](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/The-Departed)* (2006).\n\nTrusted knowledge for those who want to know more.\n\n[SUBSCRIBE](https:\/\/premium.britannica.com\/premium-membership\/?utm_source=premium&utm_medium=inline-cta&utm_campaign=shorter-2026)\n\n![Penguin, ship, mountain, atlas](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/marketing\/inline-left.webp)\n\n![shohei ohtani, plants, andy wharhol art](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/marketing\/inline-right.webp)\n\n![Mobile](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/marketing\/inline-mobile.webp?w=400)\n\nHe has performed in a handful of films with his family members. He teamed up with his son [Charlie](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Charlie-Sheen) in the 1987 drama *[Wall Street](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Wall-Street-film-by-Stone)* after Charlie suggested to director [Oliver Stone](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Oliver-Stone) that Martin play Carl Fox, the father of Charlie’s character, Bud Fox. He joined an all-star cast (which included [Anthony Hopkins](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Anthony-Hopkins), [Demi Moore](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Demi-Moore), and [Harry Belafonte](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Harry-Belafonte)) in the biographical drama [*Bobby*](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Bobby-2006-film) (2006), about the assassination of U.S. senator and 1968 presidential candidate [Robert F. Kennedy](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Robert-F-Kennedy), which was written and directed by his son [Emilio](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Emilio-Estevez). He also worked with family members in *The Way* (2010), playing an ophthalmologist who walks the [Camino de Santiago](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Camino-de-Santiago) (a Christian [pilgrimage](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/pilgrimage-religion) route in [France](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/France) and Spain) to honor his late son. “It was a family affair,” he [told *Yahoo! Entertainment* in 2022](https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/martin-sheen-badlands-apocalypse-now-wall-street-west-wing-the-departed-role-recall-160718574.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAH6xieZMxIQyODeJxUP-abmf8AcjaiYa7gCx2kvo_nxkbi-gvEB70kDzKECY883JoPvoa08ocju2Is5LayjKVYJrKYRQIKFKK_kP95aeKo8s65hq1PSpET8GlTCmiDMcbg3Y2n7CTENZUPwGlyz9hktKD7Yk9ZcFpeuFoDZ-KcPe). “Janet produced it, Renée appeared in it, Ramon appeared in it and Emilio wrote and directed it…I think it’s the best thing I ever did.”\n\n[*The West Wing*](https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/18\/193918-050-5E13FBD2\/Josiah-Bartlet-The-West-Wing-Martin-Sheen.jpg)Actors (from left) Martin Sheen, Richard Schiff, and Rob Lowe in a scene from the political drama series *The West Wing*.\n\nIn 1999 director [Aaron Sorkin](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Aaron-Sorkin) cast Sheen as Pres. Josiah Bartlet in the political serial drama *[The West Wing](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/The-West-Wing)*. Sorkin initially [envisioned](https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/envisioned) Sheen appearing in only four or five episodes per season, but, after the show’s pilot episode aired, Sorkin decided that Sheen should be a regular cast member. Sheen later portrayed Robert Hanson, the ex-husband of [entrepreneur](https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/entrepreneur) Grace Hanson (played by [Jane Fonda](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Jane-Fonda)), in the television comedy series *[Grace and Frankie](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Grace-and-Frankie-comedy)* (2015–2022).\n\nQuick Facts\n\nByname of:\n\nRamón Antonio Gerardo Estévez\n\nAwards And Honors:\n\n[Golden Globe Award](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/Golden-Globe-Award)\n\n[Emmy Award](https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/Emmy-Award)\n\nEmmy Award (1994): Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series\n\nGolden Globe Award (2001): Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama\n\nMarried To:\n\nJanet Sheen (1961–present)\n\nMovies\/Tv Shows (Acted In):\n\n\"Spawn\" (1997)\n\n\"The Streets of San Francisco\" (1973)\n\n\"The Believers\" (1987)\n\n\"Nobody's Heroes\" (1983)\n\n\"Cade's County\" (1971)\n\n\"A Letter from Death Row\" (1998)\n\n\"The Catholic Hour\" (1967)\n\n\"Columbo\" (1973)\n\n\"Cold Front\" (1989)\n\n\"Beyond the Stars\" (1989)\n\n\"Murphy Brown\" (1993)\n\n\"Boca\" (1994)\n\n\"Hawk\" (1966)\n\n\"N.Y.P.D.\" (1968)\n\n\"Love, American Style\" (1973)\n\n\"Beverly Hills Brats\" (1989)\n\n\"Screen One\" (1997)\n\n\"Queen\" (1993)\n\n\"Enigma\" (1982)\n\n\"The Cassandra Crossing\" (1976)\n\n\"When the Line Goes Through\" (1973)\n\n\"The Interns\" (1971)\n\n\"As the World Turns\" (1956)\n\n\"The Simpsons\" (1997)\n\n\"Badge of Honor\" (2015)\n\n\"Shadrach\" (1998)\n\n\"Badlands\" (1973)\n\n\"Gunfighter\" (1999)\n\n\"Milost mora\" (2003)\n\n\"The War at Home\" (1996)\n\n\"Gettysburg\" (1993)\n\n\"Ghost Story\" (1973)\n\n\"Ooops! 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Top Questions Who is Martin Sheen? What kind of work is Martin Sheen known for? What are some famous movies or TV shows Martin Sheen has appeared in? Has Martin Sheen won any awards for his acting? How did Martin Sheen’s background influence his career? Martin Sheen (born August 3, 1940, Dayton , Ohio , U.S.) is an American actor best known for playing Capt. Benjamin L. Willard in the epic Vietnam War film Apocalypse Now (1979) and for portraying the U.S. president Josiah Bartlet in the political drama television series The West Wing (1999–2006). He is the father of actors Charlie Sheen , Emilio Estevez, Ramon Estevez, and Renée Estevez. Early life Sheen was born to a Spanish father, Francisco Estévez, and an Irish mother, Mary-Ann Phelan, both of whom were devout members of the Roman Catholic Church . His father worked in a factory as a machine inspector, and his mother was a homemaker. He was the seventh of 10 children (nine boys and one girl), and the large family squeezed into a three-bedroom house. His mother died when he was 11 years old, which put additional financial stress on his father, who had to support a large family on a meager salary. Sheen worked as a golf caddy to help supplement the family income. He also served as an altar boy at church, and he considered careers in the priesthood, acting , and law enforcement before settling on acting. His father wanted him to get a college education, but Sheen, who was set on becoming an actor, deliberately failed the University of Dayton entrance exam. Career He moved to New York City after high school , auditioning for acting roles during the day and working as a stock clerk at night. Concerned that he would be typecast because of his Spanish name, he adopted the professional name Martin Sheen after Bishop Fulton J. Sheen , whom he admired. He never changed his name legally, and his official personal documents and identification cards still list his name as Ramón Estévez. In a 2022 interview with Closer Weekly magazine , Sheen called the decision to change his name “one of my regrets.” In 1961 he married actress and producer Janet Templeton, who was an art student at the time. In that same year, he made his New York City stage debut in the play The Connection , which he continued with when it was later also staged in London . Sheen landed his first significant television role in 1963 alongside actor George C. Scott in the drama series East Side/West Side . In 1964 he made his Broadway debut in the play Never Live over a Pretzel Factory , and later that year he starred in the play The Subject Was Roses , for which he received a Tony Award nomination. He also starred in the film adaptation of The Subject Was Roses , which was released in 1968. Badlands Martin Sheen (foreground left) and Sissy Spacek (right) in a scene from the film Badlands (1973). In 1970 he portrayed the emotionally unstable copilot Dobbs in the film adaptation of Joseph Heller ’s satirical war novel Catch-22 (1961). Sheen’s breakout film role came in 1973 when he portrayed a killer on the run with actress Sissy Spacek in director Terrence Malick ’s crime drama Badlands . In 1979 he landed his most prominent movie role, in Francis Ford Coppola ’s landmark war film Apocalypse Now , which is loosely based on Joseph Conrad ’s novella Heart of Darkness (1902). Sheen, a last-minute replacement for Harvey Keitel , played Capt. Benjamin L. Willard, who is tasked with finding and assassinating a rogue Green Beret colonel named Kurtz (played by Marlon Brando ), who has set up a renegade army in Cambodia . The rigors of filming Apocalypse Now took a toll on Sheen’s mental and physical health. He cut his hand open while punching a mirror in a scene. He also suffered a heart attack while filming on location in the Philippines and had to be airlifted to a hospital in Manila . Additionally, he suffered a nervous breakdown, telling Rolling Stone magazine in a 1979 interview , “I completely fell apart. My spirit was exposed. I cried and cried. I turned completely gray—my eyes, my beard—all gray.” After filming ended, he started drinking heavily and fell into a deep depression . Sheen has appeared in several other prominent films, including playing journalist Vince Walker in the biopic Gandhi (1982) and portraying White House Chief of Staff A.J. MacInerney in the comedy-drama The American President (1995). He went on to play the district attorney Roger Strong in the crime biopic Catch Me If You Can (2002) and the police captain Oliver Queenan in Martin Scorsese ’s organized crime thriller The Departed (2006). Trusted knowledge for those who want to know more. SUBSCRIBE He has performed in a handful of films with his family members. He teamed up with his son Charlie in the 1987 drama Wall Street after Charlie suggested to director Oliver Stone that Martin play Carl Fox, the father of Charlie’s character, Bud Fox. He joined an all-star cast (which included Anthony Hopkins , Demi Moore , and Harry Belafonte ) in the biographical drama Bobby (2006), about the assassination of U.S. senator and 1968 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy , which was written and directed by his son Emilio . He also worked with family members in The Way (2010), playing an ophthalmologist who walks the Camino de Santiago (a Christian pilgrimage route in France and Spain) to honor his late son. “It was a family affair,” he told Yahoo! Entertainment in 2022 . “Janet produced it, Renée appeared in it, Ramon appeared in it and Emilio wrote and directed it…I think it’s the best thing I ever did.” The West Wing Actors (from left) Martin Sheen, Richard Schiff, and Rob Lowe in a scene from the political drama series The West Wing . In 1999 director Aaron Sorkin cast Sheen as Pres. Josiah Bartlet in the political serial drama The West Wing . Sorkin initially envisioned Sheen appearing in only four or five episodes per season, but, after the show’s pilot episode aired, Sorkin decided that Sheen should be a regular cast member. Sheen later portrayed Robert Hanson, the ex-husband of entrepreneur Grace Hanson (played by Jane Fonda ), in the television comedy series Grace and Frankie (2015–2022). Quick Facts Byname of: Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez Awards And Honors: Golden Globe Award Emmy Award Emmy Award (1994): Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Golden Globe Award (2001): Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama Married To: Janet Sheen (1961–present) Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In): "Spawn" (1997) "The Streets of San Francisco" (1973) "The Believers" (1987) "Nobody's Heroes" (1983) "Cade's County" (1971) "A Letter from Death Row" (1998) "The Catholic Hour" (1967) "Columbo" (1973) "Cold Front" (1989) "Beyond the Stars" (1989) "Murphy Brown" (1993) "Boca" (1994) "Hawk" (1966) "N.Y.P.D." 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(1997) "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (2007) "Rules Don't Apply" (2016) "Apocalypse Now" (1979) "Pickup on 101" (1972) "The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island" (2018) "Medical Center" (1970–1973) "A Stranger in the Kingdom" (1999) "The Vessel" (2016) "Firestarter" (1984) "That Championship Season" (1982) "Gandhi" (1982) "The Legend of Earl Durand" (1974) "We the People" (2002) "Ironside" (1970) "Love Story" (1973) "The Devil Has a Name" (2019) "Cadence" (1990) "Hawaii Five-O" (1970) "The Double" (2011) "Camera Three" (1968) "Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain" (2014) "Freedom: A History of US" (2003) "The West Wing" (1999–2006) "Route 66" (1961) "Loophole" (1981) "Arrugas" (2011) "Siesta" (1987) "The Edge of Night" (1956) "Rage" (1972) "Love Happens" (2009) "Da" (1988) "Cannon" (1972–1973) "Ninth Street" (1999) "The Mod Squad" (1971) "Amazonia" (2013) "Bracken's World" (1970) "Stella Days" (2011) "East Side/West Side" (1963–1964) "Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping" (2016) "Sacred Cargo" (1995) "Chamaco" (2009) "Hear No Evil" (1993) "Dan August" (1971) "Catch Me If You Can" (2002) "Running Wild" (1995) "For the People" (1965) "The Elevator" (1996) "Man in the Mirror" (2008) "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1985) "Kennedy" (1983) "Sarge" (1971) "Chicken Soup for the Soul" (1999) "The United States Steel Hour" (1962–1963) "Naked City" (1962) "Free Money" (1998) "Then Came Bronson" (1969) "No Code of Conduct" (1998) "Flipper" (1967) "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century" (1996) "CBS Schoolbreak Special" (1987) "The Trials of O'Brien" (1965) "O" (2001) "Ask Me Anything" (2014) "Wall Street" (1987) "The Boxcar Children" (2014) "Trash" (2014) "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World" (2012) "A State of Emergency" (1986) "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane" (1976) "The Break" (1995) "Stories from My Childhood" (1998) "Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story" (1996) "Mission: Impossible" (1969) "The Nurses" (1963–1964) "Catch-22" (1970) "Matt Lincoln" (1970) "Total Recall 2070" (1999) "Bordertown" (2007) "The Final Countdown" (1980) "Grey Knight" (1993) "The Commission" (2003) "Imagine That" (2009) "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law" (1973) "Gospa" (1995) "Harry O" (1973) "Mannix" (1972) "Man, Woman and Child" (1983) "Jerusalemski sindrom" (2004) "Anger Management" (2012–2014) "Talk to Me" (2007) "The Rookies" (1973) "The Departed" (2006) "When the Bough Breaks" (1994) "Arrest and Trial" (1963) "Monument Ave." (1998) "The Amazing Spider-Man" (2012) "Conflict" (1973) "The Wide World of Mystery" (1973) "The Outer Limits" (1963) "Come Sunday" (2018) "Hits!" (1994) "Tales from the Crypt" (1993) "Insight" (1970–1980) "The American President" (1995) "My Three Sons" (1964) "Echelon Conspiracy" (2009) "Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1962–1963) "Bobby" (2006) "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" (1990–1992) Movies/Tv Shows (Directed): "CBS Schoolbreak Special" (1986) "Cadence" (1990) Sheen won a Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding guest actor in a comedy series for his performance in a 1994 episode of the situation comedy Murphy Brown . Additionally, he earned a Daytime Emmy Award for acting in 1981 and for directing in 1986, and he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989. He won a Golden Globe Award for best performance by an actor in a television series in 2001 for his work in The West Wing . Sheen authored the book Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son with his son Emilio in 2012.

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A 1970 film version, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Alan Arkin as Yossarian, contributed to the novel’s growing fame. [Read More](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Catch-22-novel-by-Heller#ref1263213:~:text=A%201970%20film%20version%2C%20directed%20by%20Mike%20Nichols%20and%20starring%20Alan%20Arkin%20as%20Yossarian%2C%20contributed%20to%20the%20novel%E2%80%99s%20growing%20fame.) - **discussed in biography** - ![EGOT winner](https://cdn.britannica.com/83/181583-050-6C49F41A/film-Mike-Nichols-TV.jpg?w=300) In [Mike Nichols: Early films: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Graduate, and Carnal Knowledge](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mike-Nichols#ref918953:~:text=Joseph%20Heller%E2%80%99s%20antiwar%20cult%20classic%2C%20Catch-22.%20Perhaps%20expectations%20for%20Nichols%E2%80%99s%20screen%20version%20were%20unrealistically%20high%2C%20but%20it%20did%20not%20fare%20well%20when%20it%20was%20released%20in%201970%2C%20failing%20to%20please%20either%20fans%20of%20the%20novel%20or%20casual%20moviegoers%2C%20who%20may%20have%20been%20put%20off%20by%20the%20picture%E2%80%99s%20surfeit%20of%20surrealistic) …Joseph Heller’s antiwar cult classic, *Catch-22*. Perhaps expectations for Nichols’s screen version were unrealistically high, but it did not fare well when it was released in 1970, failing to please either fans of the novel or casual moviegoers, who may have been put off by the picture’s surfeit of surrealistic… [Read More](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mike-Nichols#ref918953:~:text=Joseph%20Heller%E2%80%99s%20antiwar%20cult%20classic%2C%20Catch-22.%20Perhaps%20expectations%20for%20Nichols%E2%80%99s%20screen%20version%20were%20unrealistically%20high%2C%20but%20it%20did%20not%20fare%20well%20when%20it%20was%20released%20in%201970%2C%20failing%20to%20please%20either%20fans%20of%20the%20novel%20or%20casual%20moviegoers%2C%20who%20may%20have%20been%20put%20off%20by%20the%20picture%E2%80%99s%20surfeit%20of%20surrealistic) ### role of - **Arkin** - ![Argo](https://cdn.britannica.com/55/166055-050-D2E7A245/John-Goodman-Alan-Arkin-Argo-Ben-Affleck.jpg?w=300) In [Alan Arkin](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Arkin#ref1251339:~:text=played%20Captain%20Yossarian%20in%20Nichols%E2%80%99s%20Catch-22%20%281970%29%2C%20based%20on%20the%201961%20novel%20by%20Joseph%20Heller.%20Arkin%20directed%20and%20acted%20in%20the%20film%20Little%20Murders%20%281971%29%2C%20having%20earlier%20%281969%29%20directed%20an%20Off-Broadway%20revival%20of%20that%20play%2C%20written%20by%20Jules%20Feiffer.%20He%20later%20received%20a%20Tony%20Award%20%281973%29%20for%20his%20staging%20of) …played Captain Yossarian in Nichols’s *Catch-22* (1970), based on the 1961 novel by Joseph Heller. Arkin directed and acted in the film *Little Murders* (1971), having earlier (1969) directed an Off-Broadway revival of that play, written by Jules Feiffer. He later received a Tony Award (1973) for his staging of… [Read More](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Arkin#ref1251339:~:text=played%20Captain%20Yossarian%20in%20Nichols%E2%80%99s%20Catch-22%20%281970%29%2C%20based%20on%20the%201961%20novel%20by%20Joseph%20Heller.%20Arkin%20directed%20and%20acted%20in%20the%20film%20Little%20Murders%20%281971%29%2C%20having%20earlier%20%281969%29%20directed%20an%20Off-Broadway%20revival%20of%20that%20play%2C%20written%20by%20Jules%20Feiffer.%20He%20later%20received%20a%20Tony%20Award%20%281973%29%20for%20his%20staging%20of) - **Garfunkel** - ![Art Garfunkel](https://cdn.britannica.com/17/244917-050-AE731ADE/Art-Garfunkel-1975-London.jpg?w=300) In [Art Garfunkel: Acting career](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Art-Garfunkel#ref1313646:~:text=in%20the%20subsequent%20Nichols%20films%20Catch-22%20%281970%29%20and%20Carnal%20Knowledge%20%281971%29.%20Garfunkel%20also%20appeared%20in%20Nicolas%20Roeg%E2%80%99s%20Bad%20Timing%2FA%20Sensual%20Obsession%20%281980%29%20and%20in%20Good%20to%20Go%20%281986%29%20and%20Boxing%20Helena%20%281993%29.) …in the subsequent Nichols films *Catch-22* (1970) and *Carnal Knowledge* (1971). Garfunkel also appeared in Nicolas Roeg’s *Bad Timing/A Sensual Obsession* (1980) and in *Good to Go* (1986) and *Boxing Helena* (1993). [Read More](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Art-Garfunkel#ref1313646:~:text=in%20the%20subsequent%20Nichols%20films%20Catch-22%20%281970%29%20and%20Carnal%20Knowledge%20%281971%29.%20Garfunkel%20also%20appeared%20in%20Nicolas%20Roeg%E2%80%99s%20Bad%20Timing%2FA%20Sensual%20Obsession%20%281980%29%20and%20in%20Good%20to%20Go%20%281986%29%20and%20Boxing%20Helena%20%281993%29.) - **Newhart** - ![Bob Newhart](https://cdn.britannica.com/22/259722-050-652F8C71/Bob-Newhart-comedian-in-his-home-office-1972.jpg?w=300) In [Bob Newhart](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bob-Newhart#ref1283605:~:text=the%20comedies%20Hot%20Millions%20%281968%29%2C%20Catch-22%20%281970%29%2C%20In%20%26%20Out%20%281997%29%2C%20and%20Elf%20%282003%29%20and%20a%20lead%20performance%20in%20the%20political%20farce%20First%20Family%20%281980%29.%20In%20addition%2C%20he%20supplied%20the%20voice%20of%20Bernard%20the%20mouse%20in%20the%20animated%20film%20The%20Rescuers%20%281977%29%20and%20its%201990%20sequel.%20Newhart%20received%20the%20Mark) …the comedies *Hot Millions* (1968), *Catch-22* (1970), *In & Out* (1997), and *Elf* (2003) and a lead performance in the political farce *First Family* (1980). In addition, he supplied the voice of Bernard the mouse in the animated film *The Rescuers* (1977) and its 1990 sequel. Newhart received the Mark… [Read More](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bob-Newhart#ref1283605:~:text=the%20comedies%20Hot%20Millions%20%281968%29%2C%20Catch-22%20%281970%29%2C%20In%20%26%20Out%20%281997%29%2C%20and%20Elf%20%282003%29%20and%20a%20lead%20performance%20in%20the%20political%20farce%20First%20Family%20%281980%29.%20In%20addition%2C%20he%20supplied%20the%20voice%20of%20Bernard%20the%20mouse%20in%20the%20animated%20film%20The%20Rescuers%20%281977%29%20and%20its%201990%20sequel.%20Newhart%20received%20the%20Mark) - **Perkins** - ![Psycho](https://cdn.britannica.com/77/161677-050-87094DAA/Vera-Miles-John-Gavin-Psycho-Anthony-Perkins.jpg?w=300) In [Anthony Perkins](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anthony-Perkins#ref1266523:~:text=films%20as%20Pretty%20Poison%20%281968%29%2C%20Catch-22%20%281970%29%2C%20and%20WUSA%20%281970%29.%20Some%20of%20his%20other%20screen%20credits%20include%20The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20Judge%20Roy%20Bean%20%281972%29%2C%20Murder%20on%20the%20Orient%20Express%20%281974%29%2C%20and%20Edge%20of%20Sanity%20%281989%29.%20Perkins%20also%20appeared%20in%20such%20plays%20as%20Look%20Homeward%2C%20Angel%3B%20Harold%3B%20Steambath%3B%20and) …films as *Pretty Poison* (1968), *Catch-22* (1970), and *WUSA* (1970). Some of his other screen credits include *The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean* (1972), *Murder on the Orient Express* (1974), and *Edge of Sanity* (1989). Perkins also appeared in such plays as *Look Homeward,* *Angel;* *Harold;* *Steambath;* and… [Read More](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anthony-Perkins#ref1266523:~:text=films%20as%20Pretty%20Poison%20%281968%29%2C%20Catch-22%20%281970%29%2C%20and%20WUSA%20%281970%29.%20Some%20of%20his%20other%20screen%20credits%20include%20The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20Judge%20Roy%20Bean%20%281972%29%2C%20Murder%20on%20the%20Orient%20Express%20%281974%29%2C%20and%20Edge%20of%20Sanity%20%281989%29.%20Perkins%20also%20appeared%20in%20such%20plays%20as%20Look%20Homeward%2C%20Angel%3B%20Harold%3B%20Steambath%3B%20and) - **Voight** - ![Midnight Cowboy](https://cdn.britannica.com/95/77095-050-BAAFF876/Jon-Voight-Dustin-Hoffman-Midnight-Cowboy.jpg?w=300) In [Jon Voight](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jon-Voight#ref1300156:~:text=in%20Mike%20Nichols%E2%80%99s%20war%20comedy%20Catch-22%20and%20starred%20as%20an%20angry%20young%20man%20in%20The%20Revolutionary%2C%20both%20in%201970.%20He%20delivered%20a%20memorable%20performance%20as%20a%20city%20businessman%20forced%20to%20fight%20for%20his%20life%20in%20Deliverance%20%281972%29%2C%20and%20he%20portrayed%20the%20writer%20Pat%20Conroy%20in%20the%20film%20memoir%20Conrack%20%281974%29.) …in Mike Nichols’s war comedy *Catch-22* and starred as an angry young man in *The Revolutionary*, both in 1970. He delivered a memorable performance as a city businessman forced to fight for his life in *Deliverance* (1972), and he portrayed the writer Pat Conroy in the film memoir *Conrack* (1974).… [Read More](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jon-Voight#ref1300156:~:text=in%20Mike%20Nichols%E2%80%99s%20war%20comedy%20Catch-22%20and%20starred%20as%20an%20angry%20young%20man%20in%20The%20Revolutionary%2C%20both%20in%201970.%20He%20delivered%20a%20memorable%20performance%20as%20a%20city%20businessman%20forced%20to%20fight%20for%20his%20life%20in%20Deliverance%20%281972%29%2C%20and%20he%20portrayed%20the%20writer%20Pat%20Conroy%20in%20the%20film%20memoir%20Conrack%20%281974%29.) ![Britannica AI Icon](https://cdn.britannica.com/mendel-resources/3-179/images/chatbot/star-ai.svg?v=3.179.9)Britannica AI *chevron\_right* Catch-22 *close* [AI-generated answers](https://www.britannica.com/about-britannica-ai) from Britannica articles. AI makes mistakes, so verify using Britannica articles. 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(more) # Martin Sheen American actor Homework Help Also known as: Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez Written by [Fred Frommer Fred Frommer is a sports historian, author, and writer who has written for a host of national publications.](https://www.britannica.com/contributor/fred-frommer/12877342) Fred Frommer Fact-checked by [Britannica Editors Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree....](https://www.britannica.com/editor/The-Editors-of-Encyclopaedia-Britannica/4419) Britannica Editors [History](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Sheen/additional-info#history) ![Britannica AI Icon](https://cdn.britannica.com/mendel-resources/3-179/images/chatbot/star-ai.svg?v=3.179.9) Britannica AI Ask Anything Quick Summary Table of Contents Table of Contents Quick Summary Ask Anything Top Questions - Who is Martin Sheen? - What kind of work is Martin Sheen known for? - What are some famous movies or TV shows Martin Sheen has appeared in? - Has Martin Sheen won any awards for his acting? - How did Martin Sheen’s background influence his career? Show more Show less **Martin Sheen** (born August 3, 1940, [Dayton](https://www.britannica.com/place/Dayton-Ohio), [Ohio](https://www.britannica.com/place/Ohio-state), U.S.) is an American actor best known for playing Capt. Benjamin L. Willard in the epic [Vietnam War](https://www.britannica.com/event/Vietnam-War) [film](https://www.britannica.com/art/film) *Apocalypse Now* (1979) and for portraying the U.S. [president](https://www.britannica.com/topic/president-government-official) Josiah Bartlet in the political [drama](https://www.britannica.com/art/theatre-art) [television](https://www.britannica.com/technology/television-technology) series [*The West Wing*](https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-West-Wing) (1999–2006). He is the father of actors [Charlie Sheen](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charlie-Sheen), Emilio Estevez, Ramon Estevez, and Renée Estevez. ## Early life [Sheen](https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/Sheen) was born to a Spanish father, Francisco Estévez, and an Irish mother, Mary-Ann Phelan, both of whom were devout members of the [Roman Catholic Church](https://www.britannica.com/topic/catholic). His father worked in a [factory](https://www.britannica.com/technology/factory) as a machine inspector, and his mother was a homemaker. He was the seventh of 10 children (nine boys and one girl), and the large family squeezed into a three-bedroom house. His mother died when he was 11 years old, which put additional financial stress on his father, who had to support a large family on a meager salary. Sheen worked as a [golf](https://www.britannica.com/sports/golf) caddy to help supplement the family income. He also served as an altar boy at church, and he considered careers in the priesthood, [acting](https://www.britannica.com/art/acting), and law enforcement before settling on acting. His father wanted him to get a [college](https://www.britannica.com/topic/college-education) education, but Sheen, who was set on becoming an actor, deliberately failed the [University of Dayton](https://www.britannica.com/topic/University-of-Dayton) entrance exam. ## Career He moved to [New York City](https://www.britannica.com/place/New-York-City) after [high school](https://www.britannica.com/topic/high-school), auditioning for acting roles during the day and working as a stock clerk at night. Concerned that he would be typecast because of his [Spanish](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Spanish-language) name, he adopted the professional name Martin Sheen after Bishop [Fulton J. Sheen](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fulton-J-Sheen), whom he admired. He never changed his name legally, and his official personal documents and identification cards still list his name as Ramón Estévez. In a [2022 interview with *Closer Weekly* magazine](https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/martin-sheen-regrets-changing-his-name-for-acting-career/), Sheen called the decision to change his name “one of my regrets.” In 1961 he married actress and producer Janet Templeton, who was an art student at the time. In that same year, he made his New York City stage debut in the [play](https://www.britannica.com/topic/play-behavior) *The Connection*, which he continued with when it was later also staged in [London](https://www.britannica.com/place/London). Sheen landed his first significant television role in 1963 alongside actor [George C. Scott](https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-C-Scott) in the drama series *East Side/West Side*. In 1964 he made his [Broadway](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Broadway-street-and-district-New-York-City) debut in the play *Never Live over a Pretzel Factory*, and later that year he starred in the play *The Subject Was Roses*, for which he received a [Tony Award](https://www.britannica.com/art/Tony-Awards) nomination. He also starred in the film [adaptation](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adaptation) of *The Subject Was Roses*, which was released in 1968. [![Badlands](https://cdn.britannica.com/62/213262-050-53F00C10/Movie-still-Martin-Sheen-Sissy-Spacek-Badlands-1973.jpg?w=300)](https://cdn.britannica.com/62/213262-050-53F00C10/Movie-still-Martin-Sheen-Sissy-Spacek-Badlands-1973.jpg) [*Badlands*](https://cdn.britannica.com/62/213262-050-53F00C10/Movie-still-Martin-Sheen-Sissy-Spacek-Badlands-1973.jpg)Martin Sheen (foreground left) and Sissy Spacek (right) in a scene from the film *Badlands* (1973). (more) In 1970 he portrayed the emotionally unstable copilot Dobbs in the film adaptation of [Joseph Heller](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Heller)’s satirical war [novel](https://www.britannica.com/art/novel) [*Catch-22*](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Catch-22-novel-by-Heller) (1961). Sheen’s breakout film role came in 1973 when he portrayed a killer on the run with actress [Sissy Spacek](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sissy-Spacek) in director [Terrence Malick](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Terrence-Malick)’s crime drama *[Badlands](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Badlands-film-by-Malick)*. In 1979 he landed his most prominent movie role, in [Francis Ford Coppola](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francis-Ford-Coppola)’s landmark war film *[Apocalypse Now](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Apocalypse-Now)*, which is loosely based on [Joseph Conrad](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Conrad)’s novella [*Heart of Darkness*](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Heart-of-Darkness) (1902). Sheen, a last-minute replacement for [Harvey Keitel](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harvey-Keitel), played Capt. Benjamin L. Willard, who is tasked with finding and assassinating a rogue [Green Beret](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Green-Berets) [colonel](https://www.britannica.com/topic/colonel) named Kurtz (played by [Marlon Brando](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marlon-Brando)), who has set up a [renegade](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renegade) army in [Cambodia](https://www.britannica.com/place/Cambodia). The rigors of filming *Apocalypse Now* took a toll on Sheen’s mental and physical health. He cut his hand open while punching a mirror in a scene. He also suffered a [heart attack](https://www.britannica.com/science/heart-attack) while filming on location in the [Philippines](https://www.britannica.com/place/Philippines) and had to be airlifted to a hospital in [Manila](https://www.britannica.com/place/Manila). Additionally, he suffered a nervous breakdown, telling [*Rolling Stone*](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rolling-Stone) [magazine](https://www.britannica.com/topic/magazine-publishing) in a [1979 interview](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/martin-sheen-heart-of-darkness-heart-of-gold-80879/), “I completely fell apart. My spirit was exposed. I cried and cried. I turned completely gray—my eyes, my beard—all gray.” After filming ended, he started drinking heavily and fell into a deep [depression](https://www.britannica.com/science/depression-psychology). Sheen has appeared in several other prominent films, including playing journalist Vince Walker in the biopic *[Gandhi](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gandhi)* (1982) and portraying [White House Chief of Staff](https://www.britannica.com/topic/White-House-Chief-of-Staff) A.J. MacInerney in the comedy-drama *The American President* (1995). He went on to play the district attorney Roger Strong in the crime biopic *[Catch Me If You Can](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Catch-Me-If-You-Can-film-by-Spielberg)* (2002) and the [police](https://www.britannica.com/topic/police) captain Oliver Queenan in [Martin Scorsese](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Scorsese)’s [organized crime](https://www.britannica.com/topic/organized-crime) thriller *[The Departed](https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Departed)* (2006). Explore Britannica Premium\! Trusted knowledge for those who want to know more. [SUBSCRIBE](https://premium.britannica.com/premium-membership/?utm_source=premium&utm_medium=inline-cta&utm_campaign=shorter-2026) ![Penguin, ship, mountain, atlas](https://cdn.britannica.com/marketing/inline-left.webp) ![shohei ohtani, plants, andy wharhol art](https://cdn.britannica.com/marketing/inline-right.webp) ![Mobile](https://cdn.britannica.com/marketing/inline-mobile.webp?w=400) He has performed in a handful of films with his family members. He teamed up with his son [Charlie](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charlie-Sheen) in the 1987 drama *[Wall Street](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wall-Street-film-by-Stone)* after Charlie suggested to director [Oliver Stone](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oliver-Stone) that Martin play Carl Fox, the father of Charlie’s character, Bud Fox. He joined an all-star cast (which included [Anthony Hopkins](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anthony-Hopkins), [Demi Moore](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Demi-Moore), and [Harry Belafonte](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harry-Belafonte)) in the biographical drama [*Bobby*](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bobby-2006-film) (2006), about the assassination of U.S. senator and 1968 presidential candidate [Robert F. Kennedy](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-F-Kennedy), which was written and directed by his son [Emilio](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emilio-Estevez). He also worked with family members in *The Way* (2010), playing an ophthalmologist who walks the [Camino de Santiago](https://www.britannica.com/event/Camino-de-Santiago) (a Christian [pilgrimage](https://www.britannica.com/topic/pilgrimage-religion) route in [France](https://www.britannica.com/place/France) and Spain) to honor his late son. “It was a family affair,” he [told *Yahoo! Entertainment* in 2022](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/martin-sheen-badlands-apocalypse-now-wall-street-west-wing-the-departed-role-recall-160718574.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAH6xieZMxIQyODeJxUP-abmf8AcjaiYa7gCx2kvo_nxkbi-gvEB70kDzKECY883JoPvoa08ocju2Is5LayjKVYJrKYRQIKFKK_kP95aeKo8s65hq1PSpET8GlTCmiDMcbg3Y2n7CTENZUPwGlyz9hktKD7Yk9ZcFpeuFoDZ-KcPe). “Janet produced it, Renée appeared in it, Ramon appeared in it and Emilio wrote and directed it…I think it’s the best thing I ever did.” [![The West Wing](https://cdn.britannica.com/18/193918-050-5E13FBD2/Josiah-Bartlet-The-West-Wing-Martin-Sheen.jpg?w=300)](https://cdn.britannica.com/18/193918-050-5E13FBD2/Josiah-Bartlet-The-West-Wing-Martin-Sheen.jpg) [*The West Wing*](https://cdn.britannica.com/18/193918-050-5E13FBD2/Josiah-Bartlet-The-West-Wing-Martin-Sheen.jpg)Actors (from left) Martin Sheen, Richard Schiff, and Rob Lowe in a scene from the political drama series *The West Wing*. (more) In 1999 director [Aaron Sorkin](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aaron-Sorkin) cast Sheen as Pres. Josiah Bartlet in the political serial drama *[The West Wing](https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-West-Wing)*. Sorkin initially [envisioned](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/envisioned) Sheen appearing in only four or five episodes per season, but, after the show’s pilot episode aired, Sorkin decided that Sheen should be a regular cast member. Sheen later portrayed Robert Hanson, the ex-husband of [entrepreneur](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entrepreneur) Grace Hanson (played by [Jane Fonda](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jane-Fonda)), in the television comedy series *[Grace and Frankie](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Grace-and-Frankie-comedy)* (2015–2022). Quick Facts Byname of: Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez *(Show more)* Born: August 3, 1940, [Dayton](https://www.britannica.com/place/Dayton-Ohio), [Ohio](https://www.britannica.com/place/Ohio-state), U.S. (age 85) *(Show more)* Awards And Honors: [Golden Globe Award](https://www.britannica.com/art/Golden-Globe-Award) [Emmy Award](https://www.britannica.com/art/Emmy-Award) Emmy Award (1994): Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Golden Globe Award (2001): Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama *(Show more)* Notable Family Members: son [Charlie Sheen](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charlie-Sheen) *(Show more)* Married To: Janet Sheen (1961–present) *(Show more)* Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In): "Spawn" (1997) "The Streets of San Francisco" (1973) "The Believers" (1987) "Nobody's Heroes" (1983) "Cade's County" (1971) "A Letter from Death Row" (1998) "The Catholic Hour" (1967) "Columbo" (1973) "Cold Front" (1989) "Beyond the Stars" (1989) "Murphy Brown" (1993) "Boca" (1994) "Hawk" (1966) "N.Y.P.D." (1968) "Love, American Style" (1973) "Beverly Hills Brats" (1989) "Screen One" (1997) "Queen" (1993) "Enigma" (1982) "The Cassandra Crossing" (1976) "When the Line Goes Through" (1973) "The Interns" (1971) "As the World Turns" (1956) "The Simpsons" (1997) "Badge of Honor" (2015) "Shadrach" (1998) "Badlands" (1973) "Gunfighter" (1999) "Milost mora" (2003) "The War at Home" (1996) "Gettysburg" (1993) "Ghost Story" (1973) "Ooops! Noah Is Gone..." (2015) "The Way" (2010) "The Subject Was Roses" (1968) "Princess of the Row" (2019) "The Dead Zone" (1983) "Judgment in Berlin" (1988) "Spin City" (2002) "Blind Ambition" (1979) "Los reyes magos" (2003) "The Incident" (1967) "Toma" (1973) "Lost & Found" (1999) "Another Time, Another Place" (1992) "Gun" (1997) "The Atlanta Child Murders" (1985) "My Home, My Prison" (1993) "Grace and Frankie" (2015–2020) "A Texas Funeral" (1999) "In the King of Prussia" (1983) "The F.B.I." (1968–1973) "Fortunes of War" (1994) "No Drums, No Bugles" (1972) "Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys" (1995) "Trigger Fast" (1994) "Eagle's Wing" (1979) "Two and a Half Men" (2005) "Dr. Simon Locke" (1973) "The Defenders" (1961–1964) "The Young Lawyers" (1970) "ITV Saturday Night Theatre" (1973) "Lancer" (1969) "Truth or Consequences, N.M." (1997) "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (2007) "Rules Don't Apply" (2016) "Apocalypse Now" (1979) "Pickup on 101" (1972) "The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island" (2018) "Medical Center" (1970–1973) "A Stranger in the Kingdom" (1999) "The Vessel" (2016) "Firestarter" (1984) "That Championship Season" (1982) "Gandhi" (1982) "The Legend of Earl Durand" (1974) "We the People" (2002) "Ironside" (1970) "Love Story" (1973) "The Devil Has a Name" (2019) "Cadence" (1990) "Hawaii Five-O" (1970) "The Double" (2011) "Camera Three" (1968) "Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain" (2014) "Freedom: A History of US" (2003) "The West Wing" (1999–2006) "Route 66" (1961) "Loophole" (1981) "Arrugas" (2011) "Siesta" (1987) "The Edge of Night" (1956) "Rage" (1972) "Love Happens" (2009) "Da" (1988) "Cannon" (1972–1973) "Ninth Street" (1999) "The Mod Squad" (1971) "Amazonia" (2013) "Bracken's World" (1970) "Stella Days" (2011) "East Side/West Side" (1963–1964) "Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping" (2016) "Sacred Cargo" (1995) "Chamaco" (2009) "Hear No Evil" (1993) "Dan August" (1971) "Catch Me If You Can" (2002) "Running Wild" (1995) "For the People" (1965) "The Elevator" (1996) "Man in the Mirror" (2008) "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1985) "Kennedy" (1983) "Sarge" (1971) "Chicken Soup for the Soul" (1999) "The United States Steel Hour" (1962–1963) "Naked City" (1962) "Free Money" (1998) "Then Came Bronson" (1969) "No Code of Conduct" (1998) "Flipper" (1967) "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century" (1996) "CBS Schoolbreak Special" (1987) "The Trials of O'Brien" (1965) "O" (2001) "Ask Me Anything" (2014) "Wall Street" (1987) "The Boxcar Children" (2014) "Trash" (2014) "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World" (2012) "A State of Emergency" (1986) "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane" (1976) "The Break" (1995) "Stories from My Childhood" (1998) "Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story" (1996) "Mission: Impossible" (1969) "The Nurses" (1963–1964) "Catch-22" (1970) "Matt Lincoln" (1970) "Total Recall 2070" (1999) "Bordertown" (2007) "The Final Countdown" (1980) "Grey Knight" (1993) "The Commission" (2003) "Imagine That" (2009) "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law" (1973) "Gospa" (1995) "Harry O" (1973) "Mannix" (1972) "Man, Woman and Child" (1983) "Jerusalemski sindrom" (2004) "Anger Management" (2012–2014) "Talk to Me" (2007) "The Rookies" (1973) "The Departed" (2006) "When the Bough Breaks" (1994) "Arrest and Trial" (1963) "Monument Ave." (1998) "The Amazing Spider-Man" (2012) "Conflict" (1973) "The Wide World of Mystery" (1973) "The Outer Limits" (1963) "Come Sunday" (2018) "Hits!" (1994) "Tales from the Crypt" (1993) "Insight" (1970–1980) "The American President" (1995) "My Three Sons" (1964) "Echelon Conspiracy" (2009) "Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1962–1963) "Bobby" (2006) "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" (1990–1992) *(Show more)* Movies/Tv Shows (Directed): "CBS Schoolbreak Special" (1986) "Cadence" (1990) *(Show more)* [See all related content](https://www.britannica.com/facts/Martin-Sheen) Show More Sheen won a Primetime [Emmy Award](https://www.britannica.com/art/Emmy-Award) for outstanding guest actor in a comedy series for his performance in a 1994 episode of the [situation comedy](https://www.britannica.com/art/situation-comedy) *[Murphy Brown](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Murphy-Brown)*. Additionally, he earned a Daytime Emmy Award for acting in 1981 and for directing in 1986, and he was honored with a star on the [Hollywood](https://www.britannica.com/place/Hollywood-California) Walk of Fame in 1989. He won a [Golden Globe Award](https://www.britannica.com/art/Golden-Globe-Award) for best performance by an actor in a television series in 2001 for his work in *The West Wing*. Sheen authored the book *Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son* with his son Emilio in 2012. [Fred Frommer](https://www.britannica.com/contributor/fred-frommer/12877342) ![Britannica AI Icon](https://cdn.britannica.com/mendel-resources/3-179/images/chatbot/star-ai.svg?v=3.179.9)Britannica AI *chevron\_right* Martin Sheen *close* [AI-generated answers](https://www.britannica.com/about-britannica-ai) from Britannica articles. AI makes mistakes, so verify using Britannica articles. Load Next Page Feedback Thank you for your feedback Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. *print* Print Please select which sections you would like to print: *verified*Cite While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. 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Top Questions - Who is Martin Sheen? - What kind of work is Martin Sheen known for? - What are some famous movies or TV shows Martin Sheen has appeared in? - Has Martin Sheen won any awards for his acting? - How did Martin Sheen’s background influence his career? **Martin Sheen** (born August 3, 1940, [Dayton](https://www.britannica.com/place/Dayton-Ohio), [Ohio](https://www.britannica.com/place/Ohio-state), U.S.) is an American actor best known for playing Capt. Benjamin L. Willard in the epic [Vietnam War](https://www.britannica.com/event/Vietnam-War) [film](https://www.britannica.com/art/film) *Apocalypse Now* (1979) and for portraying the U.S. [president](https://www.britannica.com/topic/president-government-official) Josiah Bartlet in the political [drama](https://www.britannica.com/art/theatre-art) [television](https://www.britannica.com/technology/television-technology) series [*The West Wing*](https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-West-Wing) (1999–2006). He is the father of actors [Charlie Sheen](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charlie-Sheen), Emilio Estevez, Ramon Estevez, and Renée Estevez. ## Early life [Sheen](https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/Sheen) was born to a Spanish father, Francisco Estévez, and an Irish mother, Mary-Ann Phelan, both of whom were devout members of the [Roman Catholic Church](https://www.britannica.com/topic/catholic). His father worked in a [factory](https://www.britannica.com/technology/factory) as a machine inspector, and his mother was a homemaker. He was the seventh of 10 children (nine boys and one girl), and the large family squeezed into a three-bedroom house. His mother died when he was 11 years old, which put additional financial stress on his father, who had to support a large family on a meager salary. Sheen worked as a [golf](https://www.britannica.com/sports/golf) caddy to help supplement the family income. He also served as an altar boy at church, and he considered careers in the priesthood, [acting](https://www.britannica.com/art/acting), and law enforcement before settling on acting. His father wanted him to get a [college](https://www.britannica.com/topic/college-education) education, but Sheen, who was set on becoming an actor, deliberately failed the [University of Dayton](https://www.britannica.com/topic/University-of-Dayton) entrance exam. ## Career He moved to [New York City](https://www.britannica.com/place/New-York-City) after [high school](https://www.britannica.com/topic/high-school), auditioning for acting roles during the day and working as a stock clerk at night. Concerned that he would be typecast because of his [Spanish](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Spanish-language) name, he adopted the professional name Martin Sheen after Bishop [Fulton J. Sheen](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fulton-J-Sheen), whom he admired. He never changed his name legally, and his official personal documents and identification cards still list his name as Ramón Estévez. In a [2022 interview with *Closer Weekly* magazine](https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/martin-sheen-regrets-changing-his-name-for-acting-career/), Sheen called the decision to change his name “one of my regrets.” In 1961 he married actress and producer Janet Templeton, who was an art student at the time. In that same year, he made his New York City stage debut in the [play](https://www.britannica.com/topic/play-behavior) *The Connection*, which he continued with when it was later also staged in [London](https://www.britannica.com/place/London). Sheen landed his first significant television role in 1963 alongside actor [George C. Scott](https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-C-Scott) in the drama series *East Side/West Side*. In 1964 he made his [Broadway](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Broadway-street-and-district-New-York-City) debut in the play *Never Live over a Pretzel Factory*, and later that year he starred in the play *The Subject Was Roses*, for which he received a [Tony Award](https://www.britannica.com/art/Tony-Awards) nomination. He also starred in the film [adaptation](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adaptation) of *The Subject Was Roses*, which was released in 1968. [*Badlands*](https://cdn.britannica.com/62/213262-050-53F00C10/Movie-still-Martin-Sheen-Sissy-Spacek-Badlands-1973.jpg)Martin Sheen (foreground left) and Sissy Spacek (right) in a scene from the film *Badlands* (1973). In 1970 he portrayed the emotionally unstable copilot Dobbs in the film adaptation of [Joseph Heller](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Heller)’s satirical war [novel](https://www.britannica.com/art/novel) [*Catch-22*](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Catch-22-novel-by-Heller) (1961). Sheen’s breakout film role came in 1973 when he portrayed a killer on the run with actress [Sissy Spacek](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sissy-Spacek) in director [Terrence Malick](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Terrence-Malick)’s crime drama *[Badlands](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Badlands-film-by-Malick)*. In 1979 he landed his most prominent movie role, in [Francis Ford Coppola](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francis-Ford-Coppola)’s landmark war film *[Apocalypse Now](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Apocalypse-Now)*, which is loosely based on [Joseph Conrad](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Conrad)’s novella [*Heart of Darkness*](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Heart-of-Darkness) (1902). Sheen, a last-minute replacement for [Harvey Keitel](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harvey-Keitel), played Capt. Benjamin L. Willard, who is tasked with finding and assassinating a rogue [Green Beret](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Green-Berets) [colonel](https://www.britannica.com/topic/colonel) named Kurtz (played by [Marlon Brando](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marlon-Brando)), who has set up a [renegade](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renegade) army in [Cambodia](https://www.britannica.com/place/Cambodia). The rigors of filming *Apocalypse Now* took a toll on Sheen’s mental and physical health. He cut his hand open while punching a mirror in a scene. He also suffered a [heart attack](https://www.britannica.com/science/heart-attack) while filming on location in the [Philippines](https://www.britannica.com/place/Philippines) and had to be airlifted to a hospital in [Manila](https://www.britannica.com/place/Manila). Additionally, he suffered a nervous breakdown, telling [*Rolling Stone*](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rolling-Stone) [magazine](https://www.britannica.com/topic/magazine-publishing) in a [1979 interview](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/martin-sheen-heart-of-darkness-heart-of-gold-80879/), “I completely fell apart. My spirit was exposed. I cried and cried. I turned completely gray—my eyes, my beard—all gray.” After filming ended, he started drinking heavily and fell into a deep [depression](https://www.britannica.com/science/depression-psychology). Sheen has appeared in several other prominent films, including playing journalist Vince Walker in the biopic *[Gandhi](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gandhi)* (1982) and portraying [White House Chief of Staff](https://www.britannica.com/topic/White-House-Chief-of-Staff) A.J. MacInerney in the comedy-drama *The American President* (1995). He went on to play the district attorney Roger Strong in the crime biopic *[Catch Me If You Can](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Catch-Me-If-You-Can-film-by-Spielberg)* (2002) and the [police](https://www.britannica.com/topic/police) captain Oliver Queenan in [Martin Scorsese](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Scorsese)’s [organized crime](https://www.britannica.com/topic/organized-crime) thriller *[The Departed](https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Departed)* (2006). Trusted knowledge for those who want to know more. [SUBSCRIBE](https://premium.britannica.com/premium-membership/?utm_source=premium&utm_medium=inline-cta&utm_campaign=shorter-2026) ![Penguin, ship, mountain, atlas](https://cdn.britannica.com/marketing/inline-left.webp) ![shohei ohtani, plants, andy wharhol art](https://cdn.britannica.com/marketing/inline-right.webp) ![Mobile](https://cdn.britannica.com/marketing/inline-mobile.webp?w=400) He has performed in a handful of films with his family members. He teamed up with his son [Charlie](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charlie-Sheen) in the 1987 drama *[Wall Street](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wall-Street-film-by-Stone)* after Charlie suggested to director [Oliver Stone](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oliver-Stone) that Martin play Carl Fox, the father of Charlie’s character, Bud Fox. He joined an all-star cast (which included [Anthony Hopkins](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anthony-Hopkins), [Demi Moore](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Demi-Moore), and [Harry Belafonte](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harry-Belafonte)) in the biographical drama [*Bobby*](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bobby-2006-film) (2006), about the assassination of U.S. senator and 1968 presidential candidate [Robert F. Kennedy](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-F-Kennedy), which was written and directed by his son [Emilio](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emilio-Estevez). He also worked with family members in *The Way* (2010), playing an ophthalmologist who walks the [Camino de Santiago](https://www.britannica.com/event/Camino-de-Santiago) (a Christian [pilgrimage](https://www.britannica.com/topic/pilgrimage-religion) route in [France](https://www.britannica.com/place/France) and Spain) to honor his late son. “It was a family affair,” he [told *Yahoo! Entertainment* in 2022](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/martin-sheen-badlands-apocalypse-now-wall-street-west-wing-the-departed-role-recall-160718574.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAH6xieZMxIQyODeJxUP-abmf8AcjaiYa7gCx2kvo_nxkbi-gvEB70kDzKECY883JoPvoa08ocju2Is5LayjKVYJrKYRQIKFKK_kP95aeKo8s65hq1PSpET8GlTCmiDMcbg3Y2n7CTENZUPwGlyz9hktKD7Yk9ZcFpeuFoDZ-KcPe). “Janet produced it, Renée appeared in it, Ramon appeared in it and Emilio wrote and directed it…I think it’s the best thing I ever did.” [*The West Wing*](https://cdn.britannica.com/18/193918-050-5E13FBD2/Josiah-Bartlet-The-West-Wing-Martin-Sheen.jpg)Actors (from left) Martin Sheen, Richard Schiff, and Rob Lowe in a scene from the political drama series *The West Wing*. In 1999 director [Aaron Sorkin](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aaron-Sorkin) cast Sheen as Pres. Josiah Bartlet in the political serial drama *[The West Wing](https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-West-Wing)*. Sorkin initially [envisioned](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/envisioned) Sheen appearing in only four or five episodes per season, but, after the show’s pilot episode aired, Sorkin decided that Sheen should be a regular cast member. Sheen later portrayed Robert Hanson, the ex-husband of [entrepreneur](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entrepreneur) Grace Hanson (played by [Jane Fonda](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jane-Fonda)), in the television comedy series *[Grace and Frankie](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Grace-and-Frankie-comedy)* (2015–2022). Quick Facts Byname of: Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez Awards And Honors: [Golden Globe Award](https://www.britannica.com/art/Golden-Globe-Award) [Emmy Award](https://www.britannica.com/art/Emmy-Award) Emmy Award (1994): Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Golden Globe Award (2001): Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama Married To: Janet Sheen (1961–present) Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In): "Spawn" (1997) "The Streets of San Francisco" (1973) "The Believers" (1987) "Nobody's Heroes" (1983) "Cade's County" (1971) "A Letter from Death Row" (1998) "The Catholic Hour" (1967) "Columbo" (1973) "Cold Front" (1989) "Beyond the Stars" (1989) "Murphy Brown" (1993) "Boca" (1994) "Hawk" (1966) "N.Y.P.D." (1968) "Love, American Style" (1973) "Beverly Hills Brats" (1989) "Screen One" (1997) "Queen" (1993) "Enigma" (1982) "The Cassandra Crossing" (1976) "When the Line Goes Through" (1973) "The Interns" (1971) "As the World Turns" (1956) "The Simpsons" (1997) "Badge of Honor" (2015) "Shadrach" (1998) "Badlands" (1973) "Gunfighter" (1999) "Milost mora" (2003) "The War at Home" (1996) "Gettysburg" (1993) "Ghost Story" (1973) "Ooops! Noah Is Gone..." (2015) "The Way" (2010) "The Subject Was Roses" (1968) "Princess of the Row" (2019) "The Dead Zone" (1983) "Judgment in Berlin" (1988) "Spin City" (2002) "Blind Ambition" (1979) "Los reyes magos" (2003) "The Incident" (1967) "Toma" (1973) "Lost & Found" (1999) "Another Time, Another Place" (1992) "Gun" (1997) "The Atlanta Child Murders" (1985) "My Home, My Prison" (1993) "Grace and Frankie" (2015–2020) "A Texas Funeral" (1999) "In the King of Prussia" (1983) "The F.B.I." (1968–1973) "Fortunes of War" (1994) "No Drums, No Bugles" (1972) "Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys" (1995) "Trigger Fast" (1994) "Eagle's Wing" (1979) "Two and a Half Men" (2005) "Dr. Simon Locke" (1973) "The Defenders" (1961–1964) "The Young Lawyers" (1970) "ITV Saturday Night Theatre" (1973) "Lancer" (1969) "Truth or Consequences, N.M." 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He won a [Golden Globe Award](https://www.britannica.com/art/Golden-Globe-Award) for best performance by an actor in a television series in 2001 for his work in *The West Wing*. Sheen authored the book *Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son* with his son Emilio in 2012.

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