Martin Sheen: Quick Facts

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News •

Martin Sheen vouches for patriotism and hope in dark times with ‘American Mosaic’ • Nov. 3, 2026, 6:00 AM ET (Los Angeles Times)

Martin Sheen urges World Food Prize to revive USAID program • Oct. 22, 2026, 3:00 AM ET (Des Moines Register)

Facts

Also Known As	Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez • Ramon Antonio Gerard Estevez
Born	August 3, 1940 (age 86) • Dayton • Ohio
Awards And Honors	Golden Globe Award • Emmy Award • Emmy Award (1994): Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series • Golden Globe Award (2001): Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Notable Family Members	son Charlie Sheen
Married To	Janet Sheen (1961–present)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Spawn" (1997) • "The Streets of San Francisco" (1973) • "The Believers" (1987) • "Nobody's Heroes" (1983) • "Cade's County" (1971) • "A Letter from Death Row" (1998) • "The Catholic Hour" (1967) • "Columbo" (1973) • "Cold Front" (1989) • "Beyond the Stars" (1989) • "Murphy Brown" (1993) • "Boca" (1994) • "Hawk" (1966) • "N.Y.P.D." (1968) • "Love, American Style" (1973) • "Beverly Hills Brats" (1989) • "Screen One" (1997) • "Queen" (1993) • "Enigma" (1982) • "The Cassandra Crossing" (1976) • "When the Line Goes Through" (1973) • "The Interns" (1971) • "As the World Turns" (1956) • "The Simpsons" (1997) • "Badge of Honor" (2015) • "Shadrach" (1998) • "Badlands" (1973) • "Gunfighter" (1999) • "Milost mora" (2003) • "The War at Home" (1996) • "Gettysburg" (1993) • "Ghost Story" (1973) • "Ooops! Noah Is Gone..." (2015) • "The Way" (2010) • "The Subject Was Roses" (1968) • "Princess of the Row" (2019) • "The Dead Zone" (1983) • "Judgment in Berlin" (1988) • "Spin City" (2002) • "Blind Ambition" (1979) • "Los reyes magos" (2003) • "The Incident" (1967) • "Toma" (1973) • "Lost & Found" (1999) • "Another Time, Another Place" (1992) • "Gun" (1997) • "The Atlanta Child Murders" (1985) • "My Home, My Prison" (1993) • "Grace and Frankie" (2015–2020) • "A Texas Funeral" (1999) • "In the King of Prussia" (1983) • "The F.B.I." (1968–1973) • "Fortunes of War" (1994) • "No Drums, No Bugles" (1972) • "Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys" (1995) • "Trigger Fast" (1994) • "Eagle's Wing" (1979) • "Two and a Half Men" (2005) • "Dr. Simon Locke" (1973) • "The Defenders" (1961–1964) • "The Young Lawyers" (1970) • "ITV Saturday Night Theatre" (1973) • "Lancer" (1969) • "Truth or Consequences, N.M." (1997) • "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (2007) • "Rules Don't Apply" (2016) • "Apocalypse Now" (1979) • "Pickup on 101" (1972) • "The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island" (2018) • "Medical Center" (1970–1973) • "A Stranger in the Kingdom" (1999) • "The Vessel" (2016) • "Firestarter" (1984) • "That Championship Season" (1982) • "Gandhi" (1982) • "The Legend of Earl Durand" (1974) • "We the People" (2002) • "Ironside" (1970) • "Love Story" (1973) • "The Devil Has a Name" (2019) • "Cadence" (1990) • "Hawaii Five-O" (1970) • "The Double" (2011) • "Camera Three" (1968) • "Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain" (2014) • "Freedom: A History of US" (2003) • "The West Wing" (1999–2006) • "Route 66" (1961) • "Loophole" (1981) • "Arrugas" (2011) • "Siesta" (1987) • "The Edge of Night" (1956) • "Rage" (1972) • "Love Happens" (2009) • "Da" (1988) • "Cannon" (1972–1973) • "Ninth Street" (1999) • "The Mod Squad" (1971) • "Amazonia" (2013) • "Bracken's World" (1970) • "Stella Days" (2011) • "East Side/West Side" (1963–1964) • "Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping" (2016) • "Sacred Cargo" (1995) • "Chamaco" (2009) • "Hear No Evil" (1993) • "Dan August" (1971) • "Catch Me If You Can" (2002) • "Running Wild" (1995) • "For the People" (1965) • "The Elevator" (1996) • "Man in the Mirror" (2008) • "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1985) • "Kennedy" (1983) • "Sarge" (1971) • "Chicken Soup for the Soul" (1999) • "The United States Steel Hour" (1962–1963) • "Naked City" (1962) • "Free Money" (1998) • "Then Came Bronson" (1969) • "No Code of Conduct" (1998) • "Flipper" (1967) • "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century" (1996) • "CBS Schoolbreak Special" (1987) • "The Trials of O'Brien" (1965) • "O" (2001) • "Ask Me Anything" (2014) • "Wall Street" (1987) • "The Boxcar Children" (2014) • "Trash" (2014) • "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World" (2012) • "A State of Emergency" (1986) • "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane" (1976) • "The Break" (1995) • "Stories from My Childhood" (1998) • "Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story" (1996) • "Mission: Impossible" (1969) • "The Nurses" (1963–1964) • "Catch-22" (1970) • "Matt Lincoln" (1970) • "Total Recall 2070" (1999) • "Bordertown" (2007) • "The Final Countdown" (1980) • "Grey Knight" (1993) • "The Commission" (2003) • "Imagine That" (2009) • "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law" (1973) • "Gospa" (1995) • "Harry O" (1973) • "Mannix" (1972) • "Man, Woman and Child" (1983) • "Jerusalemski sindrom" (2004) • "Anger Management" (2012–2014) • "Talk to Me" (2007) • "The Departed" (2006) • "The Rookies" (1973) • "When the Bough Breaks" (1994) • "Arrest and Trial" (1963) • "Monument Ave." (1998) • "The Amazing Spider-Man" (2012) • "Conflict" (1973) • "The Wide World of Mystery" (1973) • "The Outer Limits" (1963) • "Come Sunday" (2018) • "Hits!" (1994) • "Tales from the Crypt" (1993) • "Insight" (1970–1980) • "The American President" (1995) • "My Three Sons" (1964) • "Echelon Conspiracy" (2009) • "Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1962–1963) • "Bobby" (2006) • "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" (1990–1992)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"CBS Schoolbreak Special" (1986) • "Cadence" (1990)

Top Questions

When was Martin Sheen born?

Martin Sheen was born on August 3, 1940.

Where was Martin Sheen born?

Martin Sheen was born in Dayton, Ohio, United States.

Is Martin Sheen married?

Janet Sheen (1961–present)

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Martin Sheen wearing a black suit, white shirt, and patterned gray tie, facing forward with a neutral expression.

Martin Sheen in handcuffs and Sissy Spacek stand in the front row, surrounded by police officers and soldiers, in a scene from the film Badlands (1973).

Martin Sheen as President Josiah Bartlet stands at a desk on the phone, gesturing, with Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler and Rob Lowe as Sam Seaborn reviewing a folder beside him in the Oval Office on The West Wing.

Martin Sheen as President Josiah Bartlett in The West Wing, wearing a suit and holding a folder with a presidential seal, standing in an office with flags and a portrait behind him.

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Jennifer Garner

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