Actor
Martin Sheen
Born 3 August 1940 · Dayton, Ohio, USA
Martin Sheen (born Ramón Estévez) is an American actor whose career spans film and television. He is best known for Captain Willard in Apocalypse Now, a breakthrough in Badlands, and President Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing. He has worked with directors such as Coppola, Malick, Attenborough and Stone.
Key films
Badlands (1973)
Early breakthrough as killer Kit Carruthers in Terrence Malick's debut, a landmark of 1970s American cinema.
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Led Coppola's Vietnam War epic as Captain Willard, his most celebrated film performance.
Gandhi (1982)
Supporting role in Richard Attenborough's Oscar-winning biographical epic.
Wall Street (1987)
Played the principled union man Carl Fox, father of Charlie Sheen's character, in Oliver Stone's drama.
The American President (1995)
Played the chief of staff in a political romance, foreshadowing his later White House role on television.
Key awards
- 2001 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a TV Drama, The West Wing
- Two Screen Actors Guild Awards for The West Wing
- 1989 Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 267
- 1966Ten Blocks on the Camino Real · as KilroyActor
- 1967The Incident · as Artie ConnorsActor
- 1967The Price of a Life · as Edward Miles LaytonActor
- 1968The Subject Was Roses · as Timmy ClearyActor
- 1968Pat Neal Is Back · as SelfActor
- 1969Then Came Bronson · as Nick OreskoActor
- 1970Catch-22 · as 1st Lt. DobbsActor
- 1970The Andersonville Trial · as Captain WilliamsActor
- 1971Mongo's Back in Town · as GordonActor
- 1971MontserratActor
- 1971Goodbye, Raggedy Ann · as Jules WorthmanActor
- 1972Rage · as Maj. HollifordActor
- 1972Pursuit · as Timothy DrewActor
- 1972That Certain Summer · as Gary McCainActor
- 1972Pickup on 101 · as Lester BaumgartnerActor
- 1972When the Line Goes Through · as Bluff JacksonActor
- 1972Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol · as GraytakActor
- 1972No Drums, No Bugles · as Ashby GatrellActor
- 1973Badlands · as Kit CarruthersActor
- 1973The Catholics · as Father KinsellaActor
- 1973Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On · as Harlan GarrisonActor
- 1973Message to My Daughter · as John ThatcherActor
- 1973Letters from Three Lovers · as VincentActor
- 1973Crime Club · as Deputy WilsonActor
- 1973A Prowler in the Heart · as Tony ParrishActor
- 1974The California Kid · as Michael McCordActor
- 1974The Execution of Private Slovik · as Eddie SlovikActor
- 1974The Missiles of October · as Attorney General Robert F. KennedyActor
- 1974The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd · as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' FloydActor
- 1974The Legend of Earl Durand · as Luther SykesActor
- 1975Sweet Hostage · as Leonard HatchActor
- 1975The Last Survivors · as Alexander William HolmesActor
- 1976The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane · as Frank HalletActor
- 1976The Cassandra Crossing · as Robby NavarroActor
- 1977Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary · as SelfActor
- 1978Taxi!! · as Taxi DriverActor
- 1979Apocalypse Now · as Captain Benjamin WillardActor
- 1979Eagle's Wing · as PikeActor
- 1980The Final Countdown · as Warren LaskyActor
- 1981Loophole · as Stephen BookerActor
- 1982Gandhi · as Vince WalkerActor
- 1982Enigma · as Alex HolbeckActor
- 1982In the Custody of Strangers · as Frank CaldwellActor
- 1982That Championship Season · as Tom DaleyActor
- 1982Centralia Fire · as NarratorActor
- 1982I Love Liberty · as SelfActor
- 1983The Dead Zone · as Greg StillsonActor
- 1983Man, Woman and Child · as Robert BeckwithActor
- 1983Choices of the Heart · as Father PhilanActor
- 1983In the King of Prussia · as Judge Samuel Salus IIActor
- 1983No Place to Hide · as NarratorActor
- 1983Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi · as SelfActor
- 1984Firestarter · as Captain HollisterActor
- 1984The Guardian · as Charlie HyattActor
- 1985The Fourth Wise Man · as ArtabanActor
- 1985Consenting Adult · as Ken LyndActor
- 1985Broken Rainbow · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1985Out of the Darkness · as Eddie ZigoActor
- 1985In the Name of the People · as NarratorActor
- 1985The Real Thing · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1985Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile · as NarratorActor
- 1986Shattered Spirits · as Lyle MollencampActor
- 1986Secrets of the Titanic · as Self - NarratorActor
- 1986A State of Emergency · as Alex CarmodyActor
- 1986News at Eleven · as Frank KenleyActor
- 1986Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story · as Mitch SnyderActor
- 1987Wall Street · as Carl FoxActor
- 1987The Believers · as Cal JamisonActor
- 1987Siesta · as DelActor
- 1987Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam · as Alan (voice)Actor
- 1987The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun · as NarratorActor
- 1987Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 · as James Marion HuntActor
- 1988Judgment in Berlin · as Herbert J. SternActor
- 1988Da · as CharlieActor
- 1988Promises to Keep · as SelfActor
- 1988Walking After Midnight · as SelfActor
- 1989Beyond the Stars · as Paul AndrewsActor
- 1989Beverly Hills Brats · as Dr. Jeffrey MillerActor
- 1989Cold Front · as John HydeActor
- 1989Nightbreaker · as Dr. Alexander Brown - PresentActor
- 1989Marked for Murder · as Man in ParkActor
- 1989Another Time, Another Place · as Richard ConleyActor
- 1990CadenceDirector
- 1990Cadence · as MSgt. Otis V. McKinneyActor
- 1991JFK · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 1991Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse · as SelfActor
- 1991The Maid · as Anthony WayneActor
- 1991Guilty Until Proven Innocent · as Harold HohneActor
- 1991Touch and Die · as Frank MagentaActor
- 1991The Rites Of Mu · as NarratorActor
- 1992The Water Engine · as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 1992Original Intent · as Homeless JoeActor
- 1993Hot Shots! Part Deux · as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)Actor
- 1993Gettysburg · as Gen. Robert E. LeeActor
- 1993Hear No Evil · as Lt. BrockActor
- 1993Grey Knight · as Gen. HaworthActor
- 1993Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's ApologyActor
- 1993Alive: 20 Years Later · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1993The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story · as William F.(Ike) EisenbraunActor
- 1993Braving Alaska · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1993The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream · as Self / The Kralahome (voice)Actor
- 1994Roswell · as TownsendActor
- 1994When the Bough Breaks · as Captain SwaggertActor
- 1994Boca · as Jesse James MontgomeryActor
- 1994Guns of Honor · as Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)Actor
- 1994Trigger Fast · as Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole DevilActor
- 1994Fortunes of War · as Francis LabeckActor
- 1994One of Her Own · as Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete MarescaActor
- 1994Hits! · as KellyActor
- 1994Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' · as NarratorActor
- 1994Marlon Brando: The Wild One · as SelfActor
- 1994Eyewitness: Dinosaur · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1994National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania · as NarratorActor
- 1994Eyewitness: Shark · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1995The American President · as A.J. MacInerneyActor
- 1995Dead Presidents · as The JudgeActor
- 1995One Hundred and One Nights · as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)Actor
- 1995Dillinger and Capone · as John DillingerActor
- 1995The Miracle of Medjugorje · as Father Jozo ZovkoActor
- 1995Born Wild · as Dan WalkerActor
- 1995The Break · as Gil RobbinsActor
- 1995Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys · as Jeff SnyderActor
- 1995The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas · as Voice of MarcosActor
- 1995The Making of Eyewitness · as NarratorActor
- 1996Project: ALF · as Colonel Gilbert MilfoilActor
- 1996The War at Home · as Bob CollierActor
- 1996Mexico · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1996Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story · as Peter MaurinActor
- 1996Sacred Cargo · as Father Andrew KanveskyActor
- 1996Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial · as Dalton TrumboActor
- 1997Spawn · as Jason WynnActor
- 1997Truth or Consequences, N.M. · as SirActor
- 1997Hostile Waters · as Aurora SkipperActor
- 1997Medusa's Child · as PresidentActor
- 1997The Making of 'Spawn' · as SelfActor
- 1997Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster · as NarratorActor
- 1997An Act of Conscience · as NarratorActor
- 1997Eyewitness: Monster · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1997Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1998Babylon 5: The River of Souls · as Soul HunterActor
- 1998Free Money · as GuardActor
- 1998Monument Ave. · as HanlonActor
- 1998Shadrach · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1998Voyage of Terror · as Henry NorthcuttActor
- 1998A Letter from Death Row · as Michael's FatherActor
- 1998The Elevator · as SargeActor
- 1998Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1998Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War · as Self - NarratorActor
- 1999Lost & Found · as MillstoneActor
- 1999The Time Shifters · as GrifasiActor
- 1999No Code of Conduct · as Bill PetersonActor
- 1999Storm · as General James RobertsActor
- 1999A Texas Funeral · as Grandpa SpartaActor
- 1999Forget Me Never · as JackActor
- 1999D.R.E.A.M. Team · as J.W. GarrisonActor
- 1999In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story · as SelfActor
- 1999A Stranger in the Kingdom · as Sigurd MoultonActor
- 1999Gunfighter · as The StrangerActor
- 1999The Darklings · as Ira EverettActor
- 1999Ninth Street · as Father FrankActor
- 1999The Twelve Apostles · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1999Crossing the Line · as selfActor
- 2000On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight · as NarratorActor
- 2001O · as Coach Duke GouldingActor
- 2001National Geographic: Inside the Vatican · as NarratorActor
- 2001Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace · as NarratorActor
- 2001Enemies of War · as NarratorActor
- 2002Catch Me If You Can · as Roger StrongActor
- 2002Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick · as SelfActor
- 2002Straight Up: Helicopters in Action · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2002Bringing Down a Dictator · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2003Mercy of the Sea · as FrederikActor
- 2003Absence of Malick · as SelfActor
- 2003The Commission · as Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas KatzenbachActor
- 2003Hidden in Plain Sight · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2004The Nomi Song · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2004Tell Them Who You Are · as SelfActor
- 2004Jerusalem SyndromeActor
- 2004Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde · as SelfActor
- 2004Winning New Hampshire · as SelfActor
- 2005James Dean: Forever Young · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2006The Departed · as QueenanActor
- 2006Bobby · as Jack StevensActor
- 2006Who Killed the Electric Car? · as Self - Narrator (voice)Actor
- 200650 Films to See Before You Die · as SelfActor
- 2006The Politics of the Dead Zone · as SelfActor
- 2007Bordertown · as George MorganActor
- 2007Talk to Me · as E.G. SonderlingActor
- 2007Flatland · as Arthur Square (voice)Actor
- 2007Confessions Of An Innocent Man · as Self - NarratorActor
- 2007Father G and the Homeboys · as NarratorActor
- 2007Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency · as NarratorActor
- 2007Eyewitness DVD: Weather · as NarratorActor
- 2008The End of Poverty? · as Self - NarratorActor
- 2008Notes on an American Film Director at Work · as SelfActor
- 2008Vietnam: American Holocaust · as VoiceActor
- 2008Man in the Mirror · as Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in BlackActor
- 2008Pirate for the Sea · as SelfActor
- 2008They Killed Sister Dorothy · as NarratorActor
- 2008Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary · as SelfActor
- 2009Love Happens · as Burke's Father-in-LawActor
- 2009Imagine That · as Dante D'EnzoActor
- 2009Echelon Conspiracy · as Raymond BurkeActor
- 2009Gloves of Stone · as Dr. Frank IrwinActor
- 2009White House Revealed · as Self- Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2009Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience · as Franz Jagerstätter (voice)Actor
- 2010The Way · as TomActor
- 2010The Kennedy Detail · as NarratorActor
- 2010A Conversation with Martin Sheen · as SelfActor
- 2011The Double · as Tom HighlandActor
- 2011Miller's Tale · as SelfActor
- 20119/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up · as SelfActor
- 2011Sharkwise · as NarratorActor
- 2011Halfway Home · as Narrator(voice)Actor
- 2011Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White · as NarratorActor
- 2012The Amazing Spider-Man · as Uncle BenActor
- 2012Seeking a Friend for the End of the World · as Frank PetersenActor
- 2012Stella Days · as Fr. Daniel BarryActor
- 2012Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn · as SelfActor
- 2012Death By China · as NarratorActor
- 20128 · as Theodore OlsonActor
- 2012Brothers on the Line · as NarratorActor
- 2013Salinger · as Self - ActorActor
- 2013Amazonia · as NarratorActor
- 2013The Whale · as Tom NickersonActor
- 2013Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot · as SelfActor
- 2013The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz · as NarratorActor
- 2013Making Badlands · as SelfActor
- 2013Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2013Defending Gideon · as NarratorActor
- 2014The Amazing Spider-Man 2 · as Uncle Ben (uncredited)Actor
- 2014Selma · as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)Actor
- 2014Trash · as Padre JuilliardActor
- 2014Ask Me AnythingActor
- 2014A Prayer for Rain · as Warren AndersonActor
- 2014The Boxcar Children · as Grandfather Alden (voice)Actor
- 2014Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire · as Self - Actor (archive footage)Actor
- 2014Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey · as SelfActor
- 2015Badge of Honor · as Captain Daniel RichardsActor
- 2015Unity · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2015Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy · as SelfActor
- 2016Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping · as Martin SheenActor
- 2016Rules Don't Apply · as Noah DietrichActor
- 2016Anne of Green Gables · as Matthew CuthbertActor
- 2016The Vessel · as Father DouglasActor
- 2016Back to the LaneActor
- 2017Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars · as Matthew CuthbertActor
- 2017Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew · as Matthew CuthbertActor
- 2017Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem · as NarratorActor
- 2017Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle · as NarratorActor
- 2018Come Sunday · as Oral RobertsActor
- 2018The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island · as James Alden (voice)Actor
- 2019The Devil Has a Name · as RalphActor
- 2020A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote · as Josiah BartletActor
- 2020Princess of the Row · as John AustinActor
- 2020Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture · as SelfActor
- 2020Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story · as SelfActor
- 2020The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous · as SelfActor
- 2021Judas and the Black Messiah · as J. Edgar HooverActor
- 202112 Mighty Orphans · as Doc HallActor
- 2021Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed · as NarratorActor
- 2023Downwind · as Self NarratorActor
- 202323 Seconds to Eternity · as NarratorActor
- 2024Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen · as PresenterActor
- 2024The Little Pageant That Could · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2025Lost & Found in Cleveland · as Dr. Austin RaybourneActor
- 2026American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story · as NarratorActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.