Martin Sheen - Biography, Political activism, Personal life, Filmography

Film actor, born in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He worked in the theatre before beginning a film career in Catch 22 (1970). Later films include Apocalypse Now (1979), Wall Street (1983), The American President (1995), and Lost and Found (1999). Known for his support of liberal causes, he narrated Broken Arrow (1985), an Oscar-winning documentary about the Navajo nation, and helped narrate the letter-from-Vietnam documentary Dear America (1987). He played the liberal president Josiah Bartlet in the television series The West Wing (1999–2006), for which he received a Best Actor Golden Globe award in 2001. Set in the West Wing of the White House, the show won Emmy Awards for best TV drama in four successive years and has the record for most Emmys in a single season, with nine in its first year. He is the father of Charlie Sheen.

Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen as American President Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing (TV).
Birth name	Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez
Born	August 3, 1940 (age 66) Dayton, Ohio, USA
Height	5' 7" (1.70 m)
Notable roles	Captain Benjamin L. Willard in Apocalypse Now President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet in The West Wing (TV)
Spouse(s)	Janet Templeton

Martin Sheen (born Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez on August 3, 1940) is an American actor, best known for his roles in the film Apocalypse Now and, most recently, as President Josiah Bartlet on the acclaimed television drama The West Wing.

Biography

Sheen was born in Dayton, Ohio.

He has said that he was greatly influenced by the actor James Dean, and Sheen developed a theater company with other actors in hopes that a production would earn him notice.

In 1974, Sheen received an Emmy Award nomination for Best Actor in a television drama for his portrayal of Pvt.

Awards

Sheen received six Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance on The West Wing, for which he won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in TV-Drama, as well as two SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series, and was part of the cast that received two SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

NUI Galway

In light of the end of filming of "The West Wing", Sheen announced plans to further his education.

Political activism

Martin Sheen is no stranger to politics, both professionally and in real life. McInnerney in The American President, sinister future president Greg Stillson in The Dead Zone, and fictional Democratic president Josiah Bartlet in the acclaimed television drama The West Wing.

Although he didn't attend college, Sheen credited the Marianists at University of Dayton as a major influence on his public activism. He began his remarks by stating, "At least you've got the acting President of the United States", referring to his role as fictional President Josiah Bartlet on The West Wing.

On 10 April 2006, the New York Times reported that members of the Democratic Party in Ohio had contacted Sheen, attempting to persuade him to run for the U.S. Senate in Ohio.

Because of his activism, Sheen was one of many political celebrities spoofed in Team America: World Police.

Personal life

Sheen married art student Janet Templeton in 1961, and they have four children, 3 boys and a girl, all of whom act:

Charlie Sheen Emilio Estevez Ramón Luis Estevez Renée Estevez

Filmography

The Incident (1967) The Subject Was Roses (1968) Catch-22 (1970) No Drums, No Bugles (1972) Pickup on 101 (1972) Rage (1972) When the Line Goes Through (1973) Harry O: Such Dust As Dreams Are Made On (1973) Badlands (1973) The Execution of Private Slovik (1974) The Missiles of October (1974) The Legend of Earl Durand (1974) Sweet Hostage (1975) The Cassandra Crossing (1976) The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) Apocalypse Now (1979) Eagle's Wing (1979) The Final Countdown (1980) Loophole (1981) No Place to Hide (1982) In the King of Prussia (1982) Gandhi (1982) That Championship Season (1982) Enigma (1983) The Dead Zone (1983) Man, Woman and Child (1983) Firestarter (1984) A State of Emergency (1986) The Believers (1987) Siesta (1987) Wall Street (1987) Da (1988) Judgment in Berlin (1988) Cold Front (1989) Beverly Hills Brats (1989) Beyond the Stars (1989) Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990-92) (voice of Sly Sludge) Cadence (1990) Touch and Die (1991) The Maid (1991) Running Wild (1992) When the Bough Breaks (1993) The Killing Box (1993) Fortunes of War (1993) Hot Shots!: Part Deux (1993), opposite his son Charlie, and spoofing his role in Apocalypse Now Hear No Evil (1993) Gettysburg (1993), as Gen. Lee Alive: 20 Years Later (1993) (narrator) Roswell (1994) as Townsend Trigger Fast (1994) Hits! (1994) Boca (1994) Sacred Cargo (1995) Dillinger and Capone (1995) Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1995) The Break (1995) Gospa (1995) The American President (1995) The Elevator (1996) The War at Home (1996) Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996) Project: Alf (1996) Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997) Spawn (1997) Stranger in the Kingdom (1998) Gunfighter (1998) Family Attraction (1998) Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998) Snitch (1998) A Letter from Death Row (1998) Free Money (1998) No Code of Conduct (1998) Ninth Street (1999) Lost & Found (1999) Storm (1999) A Texas Funeral (1999) O (2001) We The People (2002) Catch Me If You Can (2002) The Commission (2003) The West Wing (1999-2006) Who Killed the Electric Car? (narration)(2006) The Departed (2006)