Martin Sheen

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Martin Sheen , real name Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940 in Dayton , Ohio ), is an American film actor . His breakthrough came in 1979 with the lead role in Apocalypse Now . Since then he has been a sought-after actor in television and cinema productions.

Family and life

Martin Sheen with his son Emilio

Sheen is the son of a Galician father and an Irish mother. He is married to Janet Sheen (real name: Janet Estevez, nee Templeton) and the father of Emilio Estevez (* 1962), Ramón Estevez (* 1963), Charlie Sheen (* 1965, real name Carlos Estévez) and Renée Estevez (* 1967) as well the older brother of Joe Estevez (* 1946), also an actor. As he struggled with racist prejudice at the beginning of his career, he took the name "Martin Sheen" while his brother kept his maiden name. The avowed Catholic chose his stage name in honor of the American Archbishop Fulton John Sheen . He was Bishop of Rochester and one of the first television preachers in the United States.

Initially, Sheen was active on the theater stage and in supporting film roles. 1979 saw his international breakthrough with Apocalypse Now . He got the role because the portrayal of the original lead actor Harvey Keitel still unsatisfied director Francis Ford Coppola after two weeks of shooting.

Sheen is politically active and protested a. a. in the 1980s against the military plans and nuclear facilities under the Ronald Reagan administration and against the 2003 Iraq war . His public criticism of US President George W. Bush attracted attention not least because Sheen in the role of President Josiah Bartlet in the successful TV series The West Wing - In the Center of Power at the same time enjoyed great popularity. He is also actively involved in environmental protection and supports the marine conservation organization Sea Shepherd Conservation Society . On October 18, 2014 it was announced that Sea Shepherd's fleet had been expanded to include a sailing ship ( ketch ) bearing the name Martin Sheen . In 2008 he was awarded the Laetare Medal for his humanitarian commitment . Sheen also stands up for the German citizen Jens Soering , arrested in 1990 for double murder , of whose innocence he is convinced.

In Germany, Sheen is mostly dubbed by Christian Brückner .

particularities

Sheen's left arm was broken by forceps during delivery . Therefore, he cannot fully stretch it, and it is 7.5 cm shorter than the right one. This is also the reason for his characteristic way of putting on the jacket, which is often seen in The West Wing .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1966: Route 66 (TV series, episode 2x12 … And the Cat Jumped Over the Moon )
  • 1967: Incident ... and they had no mercy (The Incident)
  • 1968: Cobra, Take Over ( Mission Impossible , TV series, episode 3x18)
  • 1968: Roses for the Lady (The Subject Was Roses)
  • 1969: Then Came Bronson (TV series, episode 1x01 Pilot )
  • 1970: Catch-22 - The Bad Trick (Catch-22)
  • 1970: The Andersonville Trial (TV movie)
  • 1970: Hawaii Five-Zero ( Hawaii Five-O , TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 1971: No Drums, No Bugles
  • 1971: Mongo's Back in Town (TV movie)
  • 1971: Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (TV movie)
  • 1972: Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol ( Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol , Movie made for TV)
  • 1972: Pursuit (TV movie)
  • 1972: Pickup on 101
  • 1972: Vengeance is mine (Rage)
  • 1972: That Certain Summer (Movie)
  • 1973: Cannon (TV series, episode 1x17 Der Teufelsspielplatz (Devil's Playground), 3x03 Order from a Dead (Memo From A Dead Man))
  • 1973: Columbo (TV series, episode 3x01 Lovely But Lethal )
  • 1973: Badlands (Badlands)
  • 1973: ITV Saturday Night Theater (TV series, episode 6x09 Catholics )
  • 1973: The Streets of San Francisco ( The Streets of San Francisco , television series, Episode 2x02 Betrayed )
  • 1973: Crime Club (TV movie)
  • 1973: Letters from Three Lovers (TV movie)
  • 1973: Message to My Daughter (TV movie)
  • 1974: The Legend of Earl Durand
  • 1974: The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (TV movie)
  • 1974: The Execution of Private Slovik (TV movie)
  • 1974: California Kid ( The California Kid , Movie made for TV)
  • 1974: The Missiles of October (TV movie)
  • 1975: The Last Survivors (TV movie)
  • 1975: Beloved Geisel ( Sweet Hostage , TV movie)
  • 1976: Meeting Point Death Bridge (The Cassandra Crossing)
  • 1976: The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane)
  • 1979: Apocalypse Now
  • 1979: Eagle Wings (Eagle's Wing)
  • 1980: A Perfect Break (Loophole)
  • 1980: The Final Countdown (The Final Countdown)
  • 1982: Gandhi
  • 1982: In the King of Prussia
  • 1982: Champions (That Championship Season)
  • 1982: Under the eyes of Justice ( In the Custody of Strangers , TV movie)
  • 1982: Enigma
  • 1983: Dead Zone - The assassin (The Dead Zone)
  • 1983: Hearts in Turmoil (Man, Woman and Child)
  • 1983: Choices of the Heart (TV movie)
  • 1984: The Firestarter
  • 1984: The Guardian ( The Guardian , Movie made for TV)
  • 1985: The Atlanta Child Murders (four-part television series, all episodes)
  • 1985: How do I tell my parents ( Consenting Adults , TV movie)
  • 1985: The Fourth Wise Man (TV movie)
  • 1985: Night When the Killer Comes ( Out of the Darkness , TV movie)
  • 1986: A State of Emergency
  • 1986: Headline - Character Assassination ( News at Eleven , Movie made for TV)
  • 1986: Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (TV movie)
  • 1986: Shattered Spirits (TV movie)
  • 1987: Dear America : Letters Home from Vietnam (voice of Alan )
  • 1987: The Ritual (The Believers)
  • 1987: Siesta
  • 1987: Wall Street
  • 1987: Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (TV movie)
  • 1988: There
  • 1988: A Judge for Berlin (Judgment in Berlin)
  • 1989: Beverly Hills Brats
  • 1989: Moon Trek (Beyond the Stars)
  • 1989: Cold Front - A killer runs amok (Cold Front)
  • 1989: Operation Nightbreaker ( Nightbreaker , TV movie)
  • 1990: A Strange Sound (Cadence)
  • 1991: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
  • 1991: Anthony the Nanny (The Maid)
  • 1991: Danger to life if touched (Touch and Die)
  • 1991: Charged Innocent ( Guilty Until Proven Innocent , TV movie)
  • 1992: Original Intent
  • 1992: Under Arrest ( The Last POW? The Bobby Garwood Story , Movie made for TV)
  • 1992: The Water Engine (TV movie)
  • 1993: A Matter of Justice , Movie made for TV
  • 1993: Hot Shots! The second attempt (Hot Shots! Part Deux)
  • 1993: Fortunes of War
  • 1993: Gettysburg
  • 1993: Hear No Evil
  • 1993: The Killing Box
  • 1993: Assassinated July 16 (When the Bough Breaks)
  • 1994: Visitors from Another World ( Roswell , TV movie)
  • 1994: Abused and Betrayed ( One of Her Own , TV movie)
  • 1994: Trigger Fast
  • 1994: Boca
  • 1994: Cool Killers (hits!)
  • 1994: Trigger Fast
  • 1995: Leopards in Danger (Running Wild)
  • 1995: Hello, Mr. President (The American President)
  • 1995: Gospa
  • 1995: Dead Presidents
  • 1995: One Hundred and One Nights (Les Cent et une nuits)
  • 1995: The Break
  • 1995: The Bomber Boys (Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys)
  • 1995: Dillinger and Capone (Dillinger and Capone)
  • 1995: Blood trail through St. Petersburg (Sacred Cargo)
  • 1996: Marlon Brando: The Wild One (documentary)
  • 1996: The Elevator
  • 1996: Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
  • 1996: The War at Home
  • 1996: Alf - Der Film ( Project: ALF , TV film)
  • 1997: Spawn
  • 1997: Hostile Waters - A Submarine Thriller ( Hostile Waters , TV movie)
  • 1997: Medusa's Child - atomic bomb aboard the 737
  • 1997: Place of Truth (Truth or Consequences, NM)
  • 1998: Death Row - A Letter From Death Row
  • 1998: Murderous double game (No Code of Conduct)
  • 1998: The Orion Star's Voyage of Terror
  • 1998: Free Money
  • 1998: Monument Ave. (Snitch)
  • 1999: Storm
  • 1999: Babylon 5: The River of Souls
  • 1999: Time Travel to Disaster (The Time Shifters)
  • 1999: Get The Dog (Lost & Found)
  • 1999: Texas Story (A Texas Funeral)
  • 1999–2006 The West Wing ( The West Wing , TV series, 154 episodes)
  • 2001: O - trust, seduction, betrayal
  • 2002: Chaos City ( Spin City , TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 2002: Catch Me If You Can
  • 2003: The Kings of the Orient (voice) (The 3 Wise Men)
  • 2003: The Commission
  • 2003: Freedom: A History of Us (documentary)
  • 2005: Two and a Half Men (TV series, episode 3x07)
  • 2006: Bordertown
  • 2006: Bobby
  • 2006: Departed - The Departed (The Departed)
  • 2007: Talk to Me
  • 2007: Flatland: The Movie (short film)
  • 2008: Nope Not Lost (short film)
  • 2009: The Echelon Conspiracy
  • 2009: Love Happens
  • 2009: The magic is loose at home (Imagine That)
  • 2009: Chamaco
  • 2010: Your Way (The Way)
  • 2011: The Double - Eiskaltes Duell (The Double)
  • 2011: Stella Days
  • 2012: The Amazing Spider-Man
  • 2012: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World)
  • 2012–2014: Anger Management (TV series)
  • 2013: Salinger
  • 2014: The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
  • 2014: The Boxcar Children (voice)
  • 2014: Trash
  • 2014: Selma
  • 2014: Katie's Blog (Ask Me Anything)
  • since 2015: Grace and Frankie (TV series)
  • 2016: Anne of Green Gables ( Anne of Green Gables , Movie made for TV)
  • 2016: Rules do not matter (Rules Do not Apply)
  • 2018: Come Sunday

teller

stage

Martin Sheen at a demonstration in front of the main gate to the “ Nevada Test Site ”, summer 1988
  • 1992: The Crucible
  • 1988: Julius Caesar
  • 1979: Mr. Roberts
  • 1975: Death of a Salesman (Death of a Salesman)
  • 1970: The Happiness Cage
  • 1969: Hello and Goodbye
  • 1968: Romeo and Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)
  • 1967: The Wicked Crooks
  • 1967: Hamlet
  • 1964–1966: The Subject was Roses
  • 1964: Never Live Over a Pretzel Factory
  • 1953: The Connection

Video games

Discography

Awards (selection)

Sheen was recognized for his role in the television series The West Wing in the 2000 Satellite Awards . The following year he received a Golden Globe Award for the same role .

During his career he was nominated for an Emmy several times , in 1994 he won this award for an appearance on the television series Murphy Brown . Martin Sheen was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .

In 2010 he was selected for the Nuclear-Free Future Award in the Lifetime Achievement category. In 2012 Sheen received the Thomas Merton Award .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A political Hollywood star - for his 70th birthday on news.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.news.de  
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  3. ↑ Sea Shepherd Conservation Society: Martin Sheen presents Sea Shepherd's newest ship, which bears his name in his honor. Retrieved November 6, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Der Tagesspiegel: "The promise" - new hope for Jens Soering. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Sheen, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Estévez, Ramón Gerardo Antonio (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Dayton , Ohio , USA