History Creator / MartinSheen

Not to be confused with British actor Creator/MichaelSheen.

Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez (born August 3, 1940), better known by his StageName as Martin Sheen, is an acclaimed American actor, best known for his portrayal of President Jed Bartlet on ''Series/TheWestWing'', which earned him several Emmy nominations, a Golden Globe, and two SAG Awards. He has one Emmy, for, of all things, a guest appearance on ''Series/MurphyBrown'' in the early 1990s.

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* LifeImitatesArt: Averted; despite repeated entreaties, he has turned down attempts to get him to run for public office in RealLife, saying that despite playing one on TV, he really doesn't have the experience for that sort of thing. Though this hasn't stopped him from being a prominent pro-life liberal activist.[[note]]Although he's not in favour of abortion, he doesn't campaign against it because he feels that it's not for him as a man to tell women what to do with their bodies.[[/note]]

** His signature role gets inverted in hindsight in the 1983 film ''Film/TheDeadZone'', were he plays a trigger-happy American President whose destiny is to doom the world after an unnecessary nuclear strike. It's worth pointing out that ''Series/TheWestWing'' includes on rare occassion similar tendencies, but in the end he tends to remain reasonable.

** Plays against his "father figure" character type in the TV series ''Series/AngerManagement'' by playing Martin Goodson, a distant, uninvolved father who got back in his son's life because he didn't want to be alone after divorcing his current wife and none of his other kids wanted anything to do with him.
** Portrays an [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled]], [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]], and [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals sadistic]] [[DirtyOldMan child sex predator]] [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty leering lasciviously]] after Creator/JodieFoster in ''Film/TheLittleGirlWhoLivesDownTheLane''.
* RealLifeRelative: Has made numerous appearances in his children's projects.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: All of his male relatives bear a ridiculous degree of resemblance to him, his brother Joe is practically a clone of him (and actually filled in for his brother a few times during the [[TroubledProduction nightmarish ordeal]] that was the filming of ''Film/ApocalypseNow'').

Sheen is also known as the father of a number of other actors, most notably Creator/CharlieSheen (who, alone of his siblings, makes use of his father's stage surname) and Creator/EmilioEstevez. He has appeared with his children in a couple of films, most notably as Charlie's father in ''Film/WallStreet'' and starred in ''Film/TheWay2010'' which is directed by Emilio, and eventually co-starred with Charlie on his FX sitcom ''Series/AngerManagement''. His daughter Renee Estevez had a recurring minor role on ''The West Wing'' as the president's secretary.

* 1997: ''Film/{{Spawn}}'' as Jason Wynn

* CoolOldGuy: Since ''Series/TheWestWng'', this has been his usual role.

Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez (born August 3, 1940 in Dayton, Ohio), better known by his StageName as Martin Sheen, is an acclaimed American actor, best known for his portrayal of President Jed Bartlet on ''Series/TheWestWing'', which earned him several Emmy nominations, a Golden Globe, and two SAG Awards. He has one Emmy, for, of all things, a guest appearance on ''Series/MurphyBrown'' in the early 1990s.

Prior to ''The West Wing'', Sheen had a lengthy career in film and television, with his most famous role undoubtedly being the lead in ''Film/ApocalypseNow''. Other notable parts include ''The Subject Was Roses'', ''Film/{{Badlands}}'', ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'', ''Film/TheAmericanPresident'' (an earlier Creator/AaronSorkin work where he played the White House Chief of Staff character instead of the President) and ''Film/TheDeparted''. He also voices (and [[InkSuitActor supplies the appearance of]]) The Illusive Man of the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series. Most recently he played Uncle Ben in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' reboot series.

* 2014: ''Film/{{Selma}} as Judge Frank Minis Johnson

** Portrays an [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled]], [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]], and [[KickTheDog sadistic]] [[DirtyOldMan child sex predator]] [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty leering lasciviously]] after Creator/JodieFoster in ''Film/TheLittleGirlWhoLivesDownTheLane''.

** Portrays an [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled]], [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]], and [[UnsexySadist sadistic]] [[DirtyOldMan child sex predator]] [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty leering lasciviously]] after Creator/JodieFoster in ''Film/TheLittleGirlWhoLivesDownTheLane''.

** Portrays an entitled, manipulative, and sadistic [[DirtyOldMan child sex predator]] leering lasciviously after Creator/JodieFoster in ''Film/TheLittleGirlWhoLivesDownTheLane''.

** Portrays an entitled, manipulative, and sadistic child sex predator leering lasciviously after Creator/JodieFoster in ''Film/TheLittleGirlWhoLivesDownTheLane''.