Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen as Willard in Miramax's Apocalypse Now Redux - 2001

Biography

Born 08/03/1940

One of the busiest, most conscientious actors who ever worked in Hollywood, Martin Sheen put together a Herculean body of work – though much of it forgettable – that contained enough highlights to consider him to be among the great actors of his generation. After establishing himself as a youth...
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Awards

  • In 2006, received National Board of Review Award for Best Ensemble
  • In 2002, received Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
  • In 2002, received Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Highlights

  • In 2009, Played Aaron Eckhart's father-in-law in the romantic drama, "Love Happens"
  • In 2007, Co-starred in "Talk to Me," a film about D.C. radio personality Ralph 'Petey' Greene
  • In 2006, Co-starred in his son, Emilio Estevez's directorial debut, "Bobby," an ensemble centered around the night of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination

Family & Companions

  • Francisco Estevez: father (Spanish; immigrated to Cuba where he worked a couple of years in the sugarcane fields before coming to the US)
  • Mary Ann Estevez: mother (Irish; sent to the US for her safety because of her family's connections to the Irish Republican Army; died when Sheen was 11 years old)
  • siblings: Had nine; eight brothers and one sister

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