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Apr 23, 2024 · Martin Sheen (born August 3, 1940, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.) American actor best known for playing Capt. Benjamin L. Willard in the epic Vietnam War film Apocalypse Now (1979) and for portraying the U.S. president Josiah Bartlet in the political drama television series The West Wing (1999–2006).
Martin Sheen (born August 3, 1940) is a Spanish - Irish - American actor. He is best known for his role as Captain Willard in the film Apocalypse Now and, most recently, as President Josiah Bartlet on the acclaimed and long-running television drama series The West Wing.
Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. In a career spanning six decades he received numerous accolades including three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Feb 6, 2015 · First Introduced to Acting. Born Carlos Irwin Estevez to Ramon ( Martin Sheen) and Janet Estevez on September 3, 1965, in New York City, the ability to entertain was something that all the Estevez clan seemed to inherit. Sheen's siblings also became entertainers — Emilio Estevez and Renee Estevez were also actors and Ramon Estevez was a songwriter.
Martin Sheen is a Spanish-Irish-American actor. He is best known for his role as Captain Willard in the film Apocalypse Now and, most recently, as President Josiah Bartlet on the acclaimed and long-running television drama series The West Wing.
Never one to sit idle, Sheen was named honorary Mayor of Malibu, California, in 1989, nominated for ten Emmy awards and eight Golden Globes during his career, and even received a coveted star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Born Ramon Estevez on August 3, 1940, he was the seventh of ten children of a Spanish immigrant father and an Irish mother. Growing up in Dayton, OH, Sheen wanted to be an actor so badly that he purposely flunked an entrance exam to the University of Dayton so he could start his career instead.
