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| birth_name = Ramón
| birth_date = {{birth date and age
| birth_place = [[Dayton, Ohio]], U.S.
| years_active = 1960–present
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
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| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|activist}}
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Janet Sheen|Janet Templeton]]|December 23, 1961}}
| children = {{
| [[Emilio Estevez]] | [[Ramon Estevez]] | [[Charlie Sheen]] | [[Renée Estevez]] }} | relations = [[Joe Estevez]] (brother)
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'''Ramón
Sheen rose to prominence in his breakthrough roles in [[Terrence Malick]]'s crime drama ''[[Badlands (film)|Badlands]]'' (1973) and [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s [[Vietnam War]] drama ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' (1979). Sheen is also known for such notable films as ''[[The Subject Was Roses (film)|The Subject Was Roses]]'' (1968), ''[[Catch-22 (film)|Catch-22]]'' (1970), ''[[The California Kid]]'' (1974), ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' (1982), ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]'' (1987), ''[[Gettysburg (1993 film)|Gettysburg]]'' (1993), ''[[The American President]]'' (1995), ''[[Catch Me If You Can]]'' (2002), ''[[The Departed]]'', ''[[Bobby (2006 film)|Bobby]]'' (both 2006
He is also known for portraying [[Robert F. Kennedy]] in ''[[The Missiles of October]]'' (1974), [[Eddie Slovik]] in ''[[The Execution of Private Slovik]]'' (1974), [[John Dean]] in ''[[Blind Ambition (miniseries)|Blind Ambition]]'' (1979), and [[John F. Kennedy]] in ''[[Kennedy (1983 miniseries)|Kennedy]]'' (1983). He received the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]] for his role in ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' (1994). He played President [[Jed Bartlet]] in ''[[The West Wing]]'', for which he received six Emmy nominations. He played Robert Hanson in the Netflix series ''[[Grace and Frankie]]'' (2015–2022).
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During the 1960s and early 1970s Sheen appeared as a guest star in many popular television series, including ''[[Insight (American TV series)|Insight]]'' (1960s–1980s), ''[[My Three Sons]]'' (1964), ''[[Flipper (1964 TV series)|Flipper]]'' (1967), ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]'' (1968), ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'' (1969), ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' (1970), ''[[Dan August]]'' (1971), ''[[The Rookies]]'', ''[[Columbo]]'', and ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'' (all 1973). He also had a recurring role as Danny Morgan in ''[[Mod Squad]]'' (1970–1971).<ref name=TVGuide>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/martin-sheen/credits/164917/ |title=Martin Sheen |website=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=November 4, 2018}}</ref> By the early 1970s Sheen was increasingly focusing on [[television film]]s and motion pictures. He portrayed Dobbs in [[Catch-22 (film)|the 1970 film adaptation]] of ''[[Catch-22]]''. He then co-starred in the controversial [[Emmy Award]]-winning 1972 [[television film]] ''[[That Certain Summer]]'', said to be the first television movie in America to portray homosexuality in a sympathetic light.
His next important feature film role was in 1973
Sheen's performance led to [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s casting him in a lead role as U.S. Army Captain [[Benjamin L. Willard]] in 1979's ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'', gaining him wide recognition. Filming in the [[Philippines|Philippine]] jungle in the [[typhoon]] season of 1976, Sheen later said that he was not in good physical condition and was drinking heavily.<ref name="actors"/> For the film's opening sequence in a [[Ho Chi Minh City|Saigon]] hotel room, Sheen's portrayal of Willard as heavily intoxicated was aided by Sheen's celebrating his 36th birthday on-set that day, and being actually drunk.<ref name="T"/> Twelve months into filming, Sheen suffered a minor [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] and had to crawl out to a road for help.<ref name="actors"/> While he was recovering, his younger brother [[Joe Estevez]] stood in for him in a number of long shots and in some of the voice-overs.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/lR80zXPE5i4 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131213231809/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR80zXPE5i4 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR80zXPE5i4 |title=Joe Estevez shares an incredible story |author=Shane Devins |date=June 2, 2008 |website=YouTube |access-date=June 3, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Sheen was able to resume filming a few weeks later.<ref name="T">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8385806/The-Way-interview-with-Martin-Sheen-and-Emilio-Estevez.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8385806/The-Way-interview-with-Martin-Sheen-and-Emilio-Estevez.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=The Way: interview with Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez |last=McLean |first=Craig |date=March 21, 2011 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=March 26, 2011 |location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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Sheen played fictional Democratic president [[Josiah Bartlet|Josiah "Jed" Bartlet]] in the [[NBC]] television drama, ''[[The West Wing]]''.<ref name="actors"/> For his performance he earned a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama]] in 2000 and was nominated six times for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]].
During this time he played Roger Strong in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s crime film ''[[Catch Me If You Can]]'' (2002), Captain Oliver Queenan in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s crime film ''[[The Departed]]'' (2006), and Jack Stevens in the biographical film ''[[Bobby (2006 film)|Bobby]]'' (2006). He was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]] for his role in ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'' in 2005. He also appeared in the [[sitcom]] ''[[Spin City]]'' in 2002 and in ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]'' (2007).
=== 2007–present ===
Sheen played the role of the [[Illusive Man]] in the video game ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', and the sequel, ''[[Mass Effect 3]]''. In addition, he voiced the role of Emilio in the English language version of the 2011 animated film ''[[Arrugas]] ''(Wrinkles).
In 2009, Sheen travelled to [[Mexico City]] to star in ''[[Chamaco]]'' with [[Kirk Harris]], Alex Perea, [[Gustavo Sánchez Parra]] and [[Michael Madsen]]. Sheen appeared in [[Martin Scorsese's]] ''[[The Departed]]'' as Captain Oliver Queenan, a commanding officer who is watching an undercover cop ([[Leonardo DiCaprio]]). Sheen and his son [[Ramon Estevez]] combined both their real and stage names to create the [[Warner Bros.]]-affiliated company, Estevez Sheen Productions. In November 2010, Sheen was cast as [[Uncle Ben]] in Sony's 2012 reboot of the [[Spider-Man in film| ''Spider-Man'' film series]], ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (film)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', directed by [[Marc Webb]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2010/11/04/spider-man-reboot-taps-martin-sheen-to-play-peter-parkers-uncle-ben/ |title='Spider-Man' reboot taps Martin Sheen to play Peter Parker's Uncle Ben |first=Jeff |last=Jensen |date=November 4, 2010 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref>
In 2010 the company released ''[[The Way (2010 film)|The Way]]'', written and directed by Sheen's son [[Emilio Estevez]], who also stars in the film. (Martin’s daughter [[Renée Estevez|Renée]] also has a part in the film.) Martin plays an American doctor, whose son, played by Estevez, dies while hiking the [[Camino de Santiago]]. Driven by sadness, Martin's character leaves his Californian life and embarks on the {{Convert|800|km|abbr=on}} pilgrimage from the [[French Pyrenees]] to Spain's [[Santiago de Compostela]], taking his son's ashes with him. ''The Way'' premiered at the [[2010 Toronto International Film Festival]].
In 2010,
In 2016, Sheen starred in the film ''[[The Vessel (film)|The Vessel]]'', performing his role in both the English- and Spanish-language versions.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Della Gatta |first1=Carla |title=Latinx Shakespeares: Staging US Intracultural Theater |date=2023 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |location=Ann Arbor |isbn=978-0-472-05577-7 |page=209 |url=https://www.press.umich.edu/12253912/latinx_shakespeares}}</ref>
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In 2006, when Sheen was living in Ireland as a result of his enrollment in [[NUI Galway]], he criticised Irish mushroom farmers for exploiting foreign workers by paying them as little as €2.50 an hour - way below the country's [[minimum wage]] of €7.65.<ref>{{cite news |date=Nov 27, 2006 |last=MacConnell |first=Sean |title=Migrant mushroom workers call for end to exploitation |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/migrant-mushroom-workers-call-for-end-to-exploitation-1.1264363 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=October 2022}}
From 2008 to 2013, Sheen's activism included
Sheen appeared in television and radio ads urging Washington state residents to vote
Sheen first spoke to 18,000 young student activists at [[Free The Children]]'s 2010 [[We Day]]. "While acting is what I do for a living, activism is what I do to stay alive," he said.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/p8_6xGzDTSo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140121030651/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8_6xGzDTSo Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8_6xGzDTSo |title=Martin Sheen - Activism is what I do to stay alive |author=WE |date=August 30, 2011 |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=June 3, 2019 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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[[File:Martin_Sheen_and_Jon-Adrian_Velazquez_in_Sing_Sing_Prison.jpg|thumb|Sheen with [[Jon-Adrian Velazquez]] in Sing Sing Prison, 2011]]
On December 5, 2011, at [[Sing Sing Correctional Facility]], Sheen met with [[Jon-Adrian Velazquez]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.com/news/martin-sheen-aids-ny-mans-wrongful-conviction-bid-wbna45559603|title='Martin Sheen aids NY man's wrongful conviction bid'|date=December 5, 2011 }}</ref> now a legal reform activist who was wrongfully convicted for a 1998 murder of a retired police officer in Harlem. Velazquez was serving
In March 2012, Sheen and [[George Clooney]] performed in [[Dustin Lance Black]]'s play, ''[[8 (play)|
Sheen reunited with the cast of ''The West Wing'' in September 2012 to produce a video explaining [[Michigan]]'s ballot and its partisan and nonpartisan sections. The video doubled as a campaign ad for [[Bridget McCormack]], who was running as a nonpartisan candidate for [[Michigan Supreme Court|Michigan's Supreme Court]]. McCormack's sister, actress [[Mary McCormack]], co-starred with Sheen on ''The West Wing'' in its final three seasons.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/21/a-brief-west-wing-reunion/ |title=A Brief 'West Wing' Reunion |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=September 21, 2012 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref>
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Sheen donated $1000 to Irish political party [[Sinn Fein]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hollywood stars among Sinn Fein donors who pledged $12m to party |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/news/hollywood-stars-among-sinn-fein-donors-who-pledged-12m-to-party-31043008.html |work=Irish Independent}}</ref>
== Political views ==▼
In a speech at [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]] in 2009, Sheen stated that he had been arrested 66 times for protesting and acts of civil disobedience.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/5287861/Martin-Sheen-I-dont-have-the-aptitude-for-real-life-politics.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/5287861/Martin-Sheen-I-dont-have-the-aptitude-for-real-life-politics.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Martin Sheen: 'I don't have the aptitude for real
On April 1, 2007, Sheen was arrested, with 38 other activists, for trespassing at the [[Nevada Test Site]] at a [[Nevada Desert Experience]] event protesting against the site.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lasvegas.staughton.indypgh.org/news/2007/04/8313.php |title=39 peace activists arrested at the Nevada Test Site |author=Treehugger |date=April 2, 2007 |website=Las Vegas Indymedia Center |access-date=July 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927234803/http://lasvegas.staughton.indypgh.org/news/2007/04/8313.php |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>▼
He has a long association with [[Sea Shepherd]] and that [[Conservation (ethic)|conservation]] organization has named a ship, the {{RV|Martin Sheen}} to recognize his commitment and support.▼
In a 2011 interview with [[RTÉ]], Sheen stated that his wife was conceived through [[rape]], and if her mother had aborted her, or dumped her in the [[Ohio River]] as she had considered, his wife would not exist. He also
==Personal life==
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Charlie and his father parodied their roles in the 1993 movie ''[[Hot Shots! Part Deux]]''; when their river patrol boats pass, each shouts, "I loved you in ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]''!" a film they starred in as father and son in 1987.
He has played the father of sons Emilio and
Sheen became a grandfather at age 43 when Emilio had a son with his girlfriend, Carey Salley. Sheen has a total of ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/07/17/charlie-sheen-grandpa-grandchild-cassandra-estevez |title=Charlie Sheen Officially a Grandpa -- It's a 'Wondrous Day' |date=July 17, 2013 |website=[[TMZ]] |access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref><ref name="aimster">{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20084379,00.html |title=Emilio Estevez acts up, and no one's prouder than his father, Martin Sheen |last=Buchalter |first=Gail |date=February 28, 1983 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=March 26, 2011 |archive-date=March 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110331025613/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20084379,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,410161,00.html |title=Charlie Sheen, New Wife Have Baby On the Way |date=August 25, 2008 |website=Fox News |access-date=September 20, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080826094549/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,410161,00.html |archive-date=August 26, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://a11news.com/559/cassandra-sheen/ |title=Cassandra Sheen |date=August 25, 2008 |website=A11news.com |access-date=March 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114140420/http://a11news.com/559/cassandra-sheen/ |archive-date=January 14, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,627858,00.html |title=Sheen, Richards Welcome a Baby Girl |first=Stephen M. |last=Silverman |author-link=Stephen M. Silverman |date=March 16, 2004 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=June 1, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001001417/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,627858,00.html |archive-date=October 1, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/gallery/0,,1066791,00.html |title=Denise Welcomes Baby Lola! |first=Caryn |last=Midler |date=June 2, 2005 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=June 1, 2007 |archive-date=May 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504084851/http://www.people.com/people/gallery/0,,1066791,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20203278,00.html |title=Charlie Sheen & Brooke Mueller Get Married |first=Ulrica |last=Wihlborg |date=May 30, 2008 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=July 17, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b140223_charlies_got_newlywed_sheen.html |title=Charlie's Got That Newlywed Sheen |first=Natalie |last=Finn |date=May 30, 2008 |work=[[E! Online]] |access-date=July 17, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/03/71806/index.html |title=Charlie Sheen and His Wife Welcome Twins |date=March 15, 2009 |work=[[E! Online]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228005903/http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/03/71806/index.html |archive-date=December 28, 2009}}</ref>
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Sheen maintains links with Galway and "heartily" supported [[Michael D. Higgins]] (himself an alumnus of NUI Galway) in the [[2011 Irish presidential election]], having become a "dear friend" of Higgins while studying there.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.galwaynews.ie/21331-president%E2%80%99-sheen-adds-lustre-michael-d-bid-%C3%A1ras |title='President' Sheen adds lustre to Michael D bid for Áras |last=Ní Fhlatharta |first=Bernie |date=September 2, 2011 |newspaper=[[Galway City Tribune]] |access-date=June 3, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826035032/http://www.galwaynews.ie/21331-president%E2%80%99-sheen-adds-lustre-michael-d-bid-%C3%A1ras |archive-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref>
▲== Political views ==
▲In a speech at [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]] in 2009, Sheen stated that he had been arrested 66 times for protesting and acts of civil disobedience.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/5287861/Martin-Sheen-I-dont-have-the-aptitude-for-real-life-politics.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/5287861/Martin-Sheen-I-dont-have-the-aptitude-for-real-life-politics.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Martin Sheen: 'I don't have the aptitude for real life politics' |first=Murray |last=Wardrop |date=May 7, 2009 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=February 4, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He was described by human rights activist [[Craig Kielburger]] as having "a rap sheet almost as long as his list of film credits."<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/rM4egdsmN8A Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150707022748/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM4egdsmN8A Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM4egdsmN8A |title=Shameless Idealists - Martin Sheen |author=WE |date=July 1, 2011 |website=YouTube |access-date=February 4, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
▲On April 1, 2007, Sheen was arrested, with 38 other activists, for trespassing at the [[Nevada Test Site]] at a [[Nevada Desert Experience]] event protesting against the site.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lasvegas.staughton.indypgh.org/news/2007/04/8313.php |title=39 peace activists arrested at the Nevada Test Site |author=Treehugger |date=April 2, 2007 |website=Las Vegas Indymedia Center |access-date=July 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927234803/http://lasvegas.staughton.indypgh.org/news/2007/04/8313.php |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
▲He has a long association with [[Sea Shepherd]] and that [[Conservation (ethic)|conservation]] organization has named a ship, the {{RV|Martin Sheen}} to recognize his commitment and support.
▲In a 2011 interview with [[RTÉ]], Sheen stated that his wife was conceived through [[rape]], and if her mother had aborted her, or dumped her in the [[Ohio River]] as she had considered, his wife would not exist. He also disclosed that three of his grandchildren were conceived out of wedlock, saying his sons "were not happy at the time but they came to love these children. We have three grown grandchildren, two of them are married, they're some of the greatest source [sic] of joy in our lives."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1095221 |title=RTÉ Player - Catch up with your favourite TV programmes online |work=rte.ie |access-date=April 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820094004/http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1095221 |archive-date=August 20, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Religious beliefs ==
Sheen is [[Catholic]], having had his faith restored during conversations in [[Paris]] in 1981 with [[Terrence Malick]], director of Sheen's breakthrough film, ''[[Badlands (film)|Badlands]]'' (1973).<ref name=lat/><ref name="progressive"/><ref name="T"/> Sheen stated in a 1983 interview with ''[[The Varsity (newspaper)|The Varsity]]'' that he is a Catholic on a "spiritual level" and that he "couldn't care less about [[religion]]."<ref name="Varsity">{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/details/thevarsity103/page/n489|title=Martin Sheen's Spiritual Journey|first=Aaron|last=Shuster|date=February 4, 1983|work=[[The Varsity (newspaper)|The Varsity]] |access-date=December 8, 2021}}</ref> Sheen also stated that he believed in [[reincarnation]].<ref name="Varsity"/> He is a supporter of the [[Catholic Worker movement]].<ref>{{cite web |url=
==Filmography==
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