Martin Sheen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 3, 1940
- Birthplace
- Dayton, Ohio, USA
Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. He first became known for his roles in the films The Subject Was Roses (1968) and Badlands (1973), and later achieved wide recognition for his leading role as Captain Benjamin Willard in Apocalypse Now (1979), as U.S. President Josiah Bartlet in the television series The West Wing (1999–2006), and as Robert Hanson in the Netflix television series Grace and Frankie (2015–2022). In film, Sheen has won the Best Actor award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for his performance as Kit Carruthers in Badlands. Sheen's portrayal of Capt. Willard in Apocalypse Now earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. Sheen has worked with a wide variety of film directors, including Richard Attenborough, Francis Ford Coppola, Terrence Malick, David Cronenberg, Mike Nichols, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Oliver Stone. Sheen received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989. In television, Sheen has won a Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild awards for playing the role of President Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing, and an Emmy for guest starring in the sitcom Murphy Brown. In 2012, he portrayed Uncle Ben in The Amazing Spider-Man directed by Marc Webb. Born and raised in the United States by a Spanish father and an Irish mother, he adopted the stage name Martin Sheen to help him gain acting parts. He is the father of four children, all of whom are actors. Sheen has directed one film, Cadence (1990), in which he appears alongside his sons Charlie and Ramón. He has narrated, produced, and directed documentary television, earning two Daytime Emmy awards in the 1980s, and has been active in liberal politics.
Filmography
The Gettysburg Book: A Father, Son & The Killer Angels TBA
as Self
- The Made-for-TV Election
The Made-for-TV Election TBA
as Host
- KITÁ
KITÁ TBA
as Narrator
The One 2026
as Jefferson
American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story 2026
as Narrator
Lost & Found in Cleveland 2025
as Dr. Austin Raybourne
Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen 2024
as Presenter, Executive Producer
The Little Pageant That Could 2024
as Self (archive footage)
23 Seconds to Eternity 2023
as Narrator
Vigilante 2023
Executive Producer
Downwind 2023
as Self Narrator
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed 2021
as Narrator
12 Mighty Orphans 2021
as Doc Hall
Judas and the Black Messiah 2021
as J. Edgar Hoover
The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous 2020
as Self
Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture 2020
as Self
Princess of the Row 2020
as John Austin
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote 2020
as Josiah Bartlet
Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story 2020
as Self
The Devil Has a Name 2019
as Ralph
The Map to Paradise 2019
Producer
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island 2018
as James Alden (voice)
Come Sunday 2018
as Oral Roberts
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle 2017
as Narrator
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew 2017
as Matthew Cuthbert
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars 2017
as Matthew Cuthbert
Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem 2017
as Narrator
Rules Don't Apply 2016
as Noah Dietrich
The Vessel 2016
as Father Douglas
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 2016
as Martin Sheen
- Back to the Lane
Back to the Lane 2016
as Self
Anne of Green Gables 2016
as Matthew Cuthbert
Badge of Honor 2015
as Captain Daniel Richards
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy 2015
as Self
Unity 2015
as Narrator (voice)
Selma 2014
as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
A Prayer for Rain 2014
as Warren Anderson
Trash 2014
as Padre Juilliard
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire 2014
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Boxcar Children 2014
as Grandfather Alden (voice)
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey 2014
as Self
Ask Me Anything 2014
Actor
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2014
as Uncle Ben (uncredited)
The Whale 2013
as Tom Nickerson
Amazonia 2013
as Narrator
Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth 2013
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz 2013
as Narrator
Salinger 2013
as Self - Actor
Making Badlands 2013
as Self
Defending Gideon 2013
as Narrator
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot 2013
as Self
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn 2012
as Self
Death By China 2012
as Narrator
The Amazing Spider-Man 2012
as Uncle Ben
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World 2012
as Frank Petersen
Joe Papp in Five Acts 2012
as Self
Stella Days 2012
as Fr. Daniel Barry
Brothers on the Line 2012
as Narrator
8 2012
as Theodore Olson
The Double 2011
as Tom Highland
Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White 2011
as Narrator
- 9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up 2011
as Self
Sharkwise 2011
as Narrator
Miller's Tale 2011
as Self
Halfway Home 2011
as Narrator(voice)
The Kennedy Detail 2010
as Narrator
The Way 2010
as Tom
A Conversation with Martin Sheen 2010
as Self
Gloves of Stone 2009
as Dr. Frank Irwin
Love Happens 2009
as Burke's Father-in-Law
Imagine That 2009
as Dante D'Enzo
Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience 2009
as Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
Echelon Conspiracy 2009
as Raymond Burke
White House Revealed 2009
as Self- Narrator (voice)
Man in the Mirror 2008
as Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
Vietnam: American Holocaust 2008
as Voice
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary 2008
as Self
Pirate for the Sea 2008
as Self
The End of Poverty? 2008
as Self - Narrator
They Killed Sister Dorothy 2008
as Narrator
Notes on an American Film Director at Work 2008
as Self
Eyewitness DVD: Weather 2007
as Narrator
Talk to Me 2007
as E.G. Sonderling
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency 2007
as Narrator
Bordertown 2007
as George Morgan
Flatland 2007
as Arthur Square (voice)
- Father G and the Homeboys
Father G and the Homeboys 2007
as Narrator
Confessions Of An Innocent Man 2007
as Self - Narrator
The Departed 2006
as Queenan
- The Politics of the Dead Zone
The Politics of the Dead Zone 2006
as Self
Bobby 2006
as Jack Stevens
Who Killed the Electric Car? 2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
50 Films to See Before You Die 2006
as Self
James Dean: Forever Young 2005
as Narrator (voice)
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde 2004
as Self
Winning New Hampshire 2004
as Self
The Nomi Song 2004
as Self (archive footage)
Jerusalem Syndrome 2004
Actor
Tell Them Who You Are 2004
as Self
Hidden in Plain Sight 2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Commission 2003
as Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
- Mercy of the Sea
Mercy of the Sea 2003
as Frederik
Absence of Malick 2003
as Self
Catch Me If You Can 2002
as Roger Strong
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action 2002
as Narrator (voice)
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick 2002
as Self
Bringing Down a Dictator 2002
as Narrator (voice)
National Geographic: Inside the Vatican 2001
as Narrator
- Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace
Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace 2001
as Narrator
- Enemies of War
Enemies of War 2001
as Narrator
O 2001
as Coach Duke Goulding
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight 2000
as Narrator
- Crossing the Line
Crossing the Line 1999
as self
The Twelve Apostles 1999
as Narrator (voice)
A Stranger in the Kingdom 1999
as Sigurd Moulton
The Time Shifters 1999
as Grifasi
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story 1999
as Self
Forget Me Never 1999
as Jack
D.R.E.A.M. Team 1999
as J.W. Garrison
Storm 1999
as General James Roberts
Lost & Found 1999
as Millstone
No Code of Conduct 1999
as Bill Peterson
Gunfighter 1999
as The Stranger
The Darklings 1999
as Ira Everett
- Ninth Street
Ninth Street 1999
as Father Frank
A Texas Funeral 1999
as Grandpa Sparta
Babylon 5: The River of Souls 1998
as Soul Hunter
Free Money 1998
as Guard
A Letter from Death Row 1998
as Michael's Father
Monument Ave. 1998
as Hanlon
Shadrach 1998
as Narrator (voice)
The Elevator 1998
as Sarge
Voyage of Terror 1998
as Henry Northcutt
- Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War 1998
as Self - Narrator
Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology 1998
as Narrator (voice)
Medusa's Child 1997
as President
Hostile Waters 1997
as Aurora Skipper
Eyewitness: Monster 1997
as Narrator (voice)
Spawn 1997
as Jason Wynn
- The Making of 'Spawn'
The Making of 'Spawn' 1997
as Self
Truth or Consequences, N.M. 1997
as Sir
An Act of Conscience 1997
as Narrator
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster 1997
as Narrator
- Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians 1997
as Narrator (voice)
The War at Home 1996
as Bob Collier
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story 1996
as Peter Maurin
Sacred Cargo 1996
as Father Andrew Kanvesky
Mexico 1996
as Narrator (voice)
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial 1996
as Dalton Trumbo
Project: ALF 1996
as Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
The American President 1995
as A.J. MacInerney
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys 1995
as Jeff Snyder
The Miracle of Medjugorje 1995
as Father Jozo Zovko
- The Making of Eyewitness
The Making of Eyewitness 1995
as Narrator
Dead Presidents 1995
as The Judge
The Break 1995
as Gil Robbins
Born Wild 1995
as Dan Walker
Dillinger and Capone 1995
as John Dillinger
One Hundred and One Nights 1995
as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas 1995
as Voice of Marcos
- Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' 1994
as Narrator
Fortunes of War 1994
as Francis Labeck
Hits! 1994
as Kelly
Guns of Honor 1994
as Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
Boca 1994
as Jesse James Montgomery
Marlon Brando: The Wild One 1994
as Self
Roswell 1994
as Townsend
Trigger Fast 1994
as Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
One of Her Own 1994
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
When the Bough Breaks 1994
as Captain Swaggert
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania 1994
as Narrator
Eyewitness: Shark 1994
as Narrator (voice)
Eyewitness: Dinosaur 1994
as Narrator (voice)
Alive: 20 Years Later 1993
as Narrator (voice)
Gettysburg 1993
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story 1993
as William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
Hot Shots! Part Deux 1993
as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology 1993
Actor
Hear No Evil 1993
as Lt. Brock
Grey Knight 1993
as Gen. Haworth
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream 1993
as Self / The Kralahome (voice)
Braving Alaska 1993
as Narrator, as Narrator (voice)
The Water Engine 1992
as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Original Intent 1992
as Homeless Joe
JFK 1991
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 1991
as Self
Guilty Until Proven Innocent 1991
as Harold Hohne
The Maid 1991
as Anthony Wayne
The Rites Of Mu 1991
as Narrator
Touch and Die 1991
as Frank Magenta
Cadence 1990
as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney, Director, Writer
Another Time, Another Place 1989
as Richard Conley
Beverly Hills Brats 1989
as Dr. Jeffrey Miller
Cold Front 1989
as John Hyde
Beyond the Stars 1989
as Paul Andrews
Nightbreaker 1989
as Dr. Alexander Brown - Present, Executive Producer
Marked for Murder 1989
as Man in Park
Judgment in Berlin 1988
as Herbert J. Stern, Executive Producer
Da 1988
as Charlie
Promises to Keep 1988
as Self
Walking After Midnight 1988
as Self
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun 1987
as Narrator
Wall Street 1987
as Carl Fox
Siesta 1987
as Del
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam 1987
as Alan (voice)
The Believers 1987
as Cal Jamison
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 1987
as James Marion Hunt
A State of Emergency 1986
as Alex Carmody
Secrets of the Titanic 1986
as Self - Narrator
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story 1986
as Mitch Snyder
News at Eleven 1986
as Frank Kenley
Shattered Spirits 1986
as Lyle Mollencamp
Out of the Darkness 1985
as Eddie Zigo
Broken Rainbow 1985
as Narrator (voice)
The Fourth Wise Man 1985
as Artaban
Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile 1985
as Narrator
In the Name of the People 1985
as Narrator
Consenting Adult 1985
as Ken Lynd
- The Real Thing
The Real Thing 1985
as Narrator (voice)
The Guardian 1984
as Charlie Hyatt
Firestarter 1984
as Captain Hollister
- Choices of the Heart
Choices of the Heart 1983
as Father Philan
The Dead Zone 1983
as Greg Stillson
Man, Woman and Child 1983
as Robert Beckwith
In the King of Prussia 1983
as Judge Samuel Salus II
- No Place to Hide
No Place to Hide 1983
as Narrator
- Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi 1983
as Self
That Championship Season 1982
as Tom Daley
Gandhi 1982
as Vince Walker
Enigma 1982
as Alex Holbeck
- Centralia Fire
Centralia Fire 1982
as Narrator
In the Custody of Strangers 1982
as Frank Caldwell
I Love Liberty 1982
as Self
Loophole 1981
as Stephen Booker
The Final Countdown 1980
as Warren Lasky
Eagle's Wing 1979
as Pike
Apocalypse Now 1979
as Captain Benjamin Willard
Taxi!! 1978
as Taxi Driver
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary 1977
as Self
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane 1976
as Frank Hallet
The Cassandra Crossing 1976
as Robby Navarro
Sweet Hostage 1975
as Leonard Hatch
The Last Survivors 1975
as Alexander William Holmes
The Missiles of October 1974
as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
The Legend of Earl Durand 1974
as Luther Sykes
The California Kid 1974
as Michael McCord
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd 1974
as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
The Execution of Private Slovik 1974
as Eddie Slovik
Message to My Daughter 1973
as John Thatcher
The Catholics 1973
as Father Kinsella
Badlands 1973
as Kit Carruthers
Letters from Three Lovers 1973
as Vincent
A Prowler in the Heart 1973
as Tony Parrish
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On 1973
as Harlan Garrison
Crime Club 1973
as Deputy Wilson
Pursuit 1972
as Timothy Drew
Rage 1972
as Maj. Holliford
That Certain Summer 1972
as Gary McCain
When the Line Goes Through 1972
as Bluff Jackson
Pickup on 101 1972
as Lester Baumgartner
No Drums, No Bugles 1972
as Ashby Gatrell
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol 1972
as Graytak
Mongo's Back in Town 1971
as Gordon
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann 1971
as Jules Worthman
Montserrat 1971
Actor
Catch-22 1970
as 1st Lt. Dobbs
The Andersonville Trial 1970
as Captain Williams
Then Came Bronson 1969
as Nick Oresko
The Subject Was Roses 1968
as Timmy Cleary
- Pat Neal Is Back
Pat Neal Is Back 1968
as Self
The Incident 1967
as Artie Connors
The Price of a Life 1967
as Edward Miles Layton
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real 1966
as Kilroy
Credits from TMDB.