History Creator / MartinSheen

** Plays against his "father figure" character type in the TV 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.

** Plays against his "father figure" character type in the TV series "Anger Management" 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.

* JohnFKennedy: Is one of a couple actors to have played both John (in the miniseries ''Kennedy'') and Robert (In the TV movie ''The Missiles of October'') Kennedy.

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 ''TheSubjectWasRoses'', ''Film/{{Badlands}}'', ''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.

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 ''TheSubjectWasRoses'', ''Film/{{Badlands}}'', ''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. He will also reportedly be in the sequel out next year despite, you know, Uncle Ben being dead.

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 EmilioEstevez. He has appeared with his children in a couple of films, most notably as Charlie's father in ''WallStreet'' and starred in ''Film/TheWay'' which is directed by Emilio. His daughter Renee Estevez has a recurring minor role on ''The West Wing'' as the president's secretary.

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 ''TheSubjectWasRoses'', ''Film/{{Badlands}}'', ''TheAmericanPresident'' (an earlier Creator/AaronSorkin work where he played the White House Chief of Staff character instead of the President) and ''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. He will also reportedly be in the sequel out next year despite, you know, Uncle Ben being dead.

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 ''TheSubjectWasRoses'', ''Badlands'', ''TheAmericanPresident'' (an earlier Creator/AaronSorkin work where he played the White House Chief of Staff character instead of the President) and ''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. He will also reportedly be in the sequel out next year despite, you know, Uncle Ben being dead.

* 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 liberal activist.

* PlayingAgainstType: These days, he usually portrays father-figures, mentors, or morally-upstanding politicians. But his best known role aside from ''TheWestWing'' is as Captain Benjamin Willard in ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' - a morally conflicted assassin with nihilist tendencies working form Army Intelligence during the VietnamWar. Other exceptions include:

Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez (born 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 ''MurphyBrown'' in the early 1990s.

* PlayingAgainstType: These days, he usually portrays father-figures, mentors, or morally-upstanding politicians. But his best known role aside from ''TheWestWing'' is as Captain Benjamin Willard in ''ApocalypseNow'' - a morally conflicted assassin with nihilist tendencies working form Army Intelligence during the VietnamWar. Other exceptions include:

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 ''TheSubjectWasRoses'', ''{{Badlands}}'', ''TheAmericanPresident'' (an earlier Creator/AaronSorkin work where he played the White House Chief of Staff character instead of the President) and ''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. He will also reportedly be in the sequel out next year despite, you know, Uncle Ben being dead.

* CelebrityResemblance: in ''Badlands'' with Alain Delon young and JamesDean, which is [[LampshadeHanding lampshaded]].

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

** Plays against his "father figure" character type in the TV series "Anger Management" 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 non of his other kids wanted anything to do with him.

** In the ''MassEffect'' series he plays the [[TheChessmaster scheming]] MagnificentBastard, The Illusive Man, head of the pro-human terrorist organization known as Cerberus. [[RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor Sheen maintains that The Illusive Man is]] [[TakeThatMe untrustworthy and a horrible human being.]] If only he knew...

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 ''TheSubjectWasRoses'', ''{{Badlands}}'', ''TheAmericanPresident'' (an earlier Creator/AaronSorkin work where he played the White House Chief of Staff character instead of the President) and ''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.

* PlayingAgainstType: Usually portrays father-figures, mentors, or morally-upstanding politicians. But in the ''MassEffect'' series he plays the [[TheChessmaster scheming]] MagnificentBastard, The Illusive Man, head of the pro-human terrorist organization known as Cerberus.
** [[RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor Sheen maintains that The Illusive Man is]] [[TakeThatMe untrustworthy and a horrible human being.]] If only he knew...

** His signature role gets inverted in hindsight in the 1983 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.

* CelebrityResemblance: in ''Badlands'' with Alain Delon young and JamesDean.

* CelebrityResemblance: in ''Badlands'' with Alain Delon young.

Sheen is also known as the father of a number of other actors, most notably CharlieSheen (who, alone of his siblings, makes use of his father's stage surname) and EmilioEstevez. He has appeared with his children in a couple of films, most notably as Charlie's father in ''WallStreet''. His daughter Renee Estevez has a recurring minor role on ''The West Wing'' as the president's secretary.