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Charlie Sheen - Career awards, Filmography

Film actor, born in New York City, USA. He made his first film appearance at the age of nine in his father's film The Execution of Private Slovik (1972). His adult film debut was in Red Dawn (1984), but it was the Oscar-winning film Platoon (1986), about the war in Vietnam, which proved to be his breakthrough picture. Later films include Wall Street (1987), Hot Shots! and its sequel (1991, 1993), The Three Musketeers (1993), Money Talks (1997), Being John Malkovich (1999), Rated X (2000), and The Big Bounce (2004). He is the son of Martin Sheen.

Charlie Sheen
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Birth name Carlos Irwin Estévez
Born September 3, 1965
New York City, New York
Height 5'10 (178 cm)


Charles Irwin Sheen, (born Carlos Irwin Estévez on September 3, 1965) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy nominated actor.

Career awards

Year Result Award Category Show
2006 Nominated Primetime Emmy Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series "Two and a Half Men" (2006)
2002 Nominated ALMA Award Outstanding Actor in a Television Series "Spin City" (1996)
2001 Nominated ALMA Award Outstanding Actor in a Television Series "Spin City" (1996)
2006 Nominated Golden Globe Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy "Two and a Half Men" (2003)
2005 Nominated Golden Globe Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy "Two and a Half Men" (2003)
2002 Won Golden Globe Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy "Spin City" (1996)
2005 Nominated Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series "Two and a Half Men" (2006)
1994 Awarded Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture At 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
1989 Won Bronze Wrangler Western Heritage Awards - Theatrical Motion Picture

Filmography

Red Dawn (1984) The Boys Next Door (1985 film) (1985) A Life in the Day (1986) (short subject) Lucas (1986) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) The Wraith (1986) Platoon (1986) Wisdom (1986) Grizzly II: The Predator (1987) (unreleased) Three for the Road (1987) No Man's Land (1987) Wall Street (1987) Never on Tuesday (1988) Young Guns (1988) Eight Men Out (1988) Tale of Two Sisters (1989) (narrator) (also writer) Comicitis (1989) (short subject) (also producer) Major League (1989) Catchfire (1990) Cadence (1990) Courage Mountain (1990) Navy SEALs (1990) Men at Work (1990) The Rookie (1990) Hot Shots! (1991) Beyond the Law (1992) Deadfall (1993) National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) (Cameo) Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) The Three Musketeers (1993) The Chase (1994) (also executive producer) Major League II (1994) Terminal Velocity (1994) Loose Women (1996) (Cameo) Frame by Frame (1996) All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996) (voice) Friends (1996) (cameo) The Arrival (1996) Bad Day on the Block (1997) Shadow Conspiracy (1997) Money Talks (1997) Postmortem (1998) Junket Whore (1998) (documentary) A Letter from Death Row (1998) (Cameo) Free Money (1998) No Code of Conduct (1999) (also executive producer and writer) Five Aces (1999) Being John Malkovich (1999) Rated X (2000) Famous (2000) (Cameo) Good Advice (2001) Last Party 2000 (2001) (documentary) The Making of Bret Michaels (2002) (documentary) Deeper Than Deep (2003) Scary Movie 3 (2003) Two and a Half Men (2003–Present) (TV Series) The Big Bounce (2004) Spelling Bee (2004) (short subject) Scary Movie 4 (2006)

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