Editing Martin Sheen (section)

==Early life and education ==
Sheen was born in [[Dayton, Ohio]], on August 3, 1940, to Mary-Ann (née Phelan) and Francisco Estévez Martínez.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Monitor |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=August 9, 2013 |issue=1271 |page=22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/charlies/index.html |title=Ancestry of Charlie Sheen |date=March 7, 2002 |website=[[Genealogy.com]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926164850/http://genealogy.com/famousfolks/charlies/index.html |archive-date=September 26, 2010}}</ref> During birth, Sheen's left arm was crushed by [[forceps]], giving him limited lateral movement of that arm ([[Erb's palsy]]) and resulting in the arm being {{convert|3|in|cm|0|spell=in}} shorter than his right.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/martin-sheen-the-elder-statesman |title=Martin Sheen: The Elder Statesman |first=David |last=Thomson |date=March 17, 2008 |work=More Intelligent Life |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100720054219/http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/martin-sheen-the-elder-statesman |archive-date=July 20, 2010}}</ref> Both of Sheen's parents were immigrants; his mother was Irish, from [[Borrisokane]], [[County Tipperary]], and his father, who was Spanish, was born in [[Salceda de Caselas]], [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Zagursky |first=Erin |title=Pilgrimage brings together Hollywood stars, academics |url=http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2011/pilgrimage-brings-together-hollywood-stars,-academics-123.php |publisher=[[College of William and Mary]] |date=February 24, 2011 |access-date=March 19, 2011}}</ref><ref name="actors"/> After moving to Dayton in the 1930s, his father was a factory worker/machinery inspector at the [[National Cash Register Company]].<ref name="g">{{cite news |last=Moorhead |first=Joanna |title=Martin Sheen: Being a dad |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/mar/25/martin-sheen-emilio-estevez-charlie-sheen |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=March 25, 2011 |access-date=March 26, 2011}}</ref> Sheen's maternal uncle, Michael Phelan, fought in the [[Irish Civil War]] as a volunteer in the [[Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)|Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army]], and was imprisoned in [[Kilmainham Gaol]], [[Dublin]].<ref name=bbc>{{cite news |title= Martin Sheen 'proud' of uncle's IRA past |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16875750 |work= [[BBC News]] |date=3 February 2012 |accessdate=21 November 2024}}</ref> Sheen grew up on Brown Street in the [[South Park Historic District (Dayton, Ohio)|South Park]] neighborhood, the seventh of ten children (nine boys and a girl).<ref name="actors"/> Due to his father's work, the family lived on the island of [[Bermuda]] on St. John's Road, [[Pembroke Parish]], where five of his brothers were born. Martin was the first child to be born in Dayton, Ohio, after the family returned from Bermuda.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/Martin-Sheen/biography/ |title=Martin Sheen Biography |website=Monsters and Critics |access-date=May 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105095713/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/Martin-Sheen/biography/ |archive-date=November 5, 2013}}</ref>{{Citation needed|reason=Source claims to cite Wikipedia |date=April 2018}} Sheen contracted [[polio]] as a child and had to remain bedridden for a year. His doctor's treatment using [[Elizabeth Kenny#Polio treatment|Sister Kenny]]'s method helped him regain use of his legs.<ref name="actors"/>

When he was ten years old, Sheen's mother died, and the children faced the possibility of living in an [[orphanage]] or [[Foster care|foster homes]]. The family was able to remain together with the assistance of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Dayton.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/news/local/activism-is-what-i-do-to-stay-alive/nmCxd/?icmp=daytondaily_internallink_textlink_apr2013_daytondailystubtomydaytondaily_launch#16bce8e4.3970211.735729 |title=Arch interviews Martin Sheen: 'Activism is what I do to stay alive' |last=Archdeacon |first=Tom |newspaper=[[Dayton Daily News]] |date=May 9, 2015 |access-date=May 13, 2015}}</ref> Raised as a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], he graduated from [[Chaminade-Julienne High School|Chaminade High School]] (now Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School).<ref name="actors"/><ref name=lat>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-chamaco-20100825,0,2597362.story |title='Chamaco' a one-two punch of boxing, bilingualism |date=August 25, 2010 |first=Reed |last=Johnson |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=September 9, 2010 |quote=The actor born Ramón Antonio Gerard Estévez is a devout Roman Catholic}}</ref> At fourteen years old he organized a strike of golf caddies while working at a private golf club in Dayton, Ohio. He complained about the golfers, saying: "They often used obscene language in front of us... we were little boys and they were abusive... anti-Semitic.... And they, for the most part, were upstanding members of the community."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/25/martin-sheen-the-activist-and-actor/ |title=Martin Sheen, the Activist and Actor |first=Alison |last=van Diggelen |date=November 25, 2008 |website=Fresh Dialogues |access-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref>

Sheen was drawn to acting at a young age, but his father disapproved of his interest in the field. Despite his father's opposition, Sheen borrowed money from a Catholic priest and moved to New York City in his early twenties, hoping to make it as an actor.<ref name="g"/> He spent two years in the [[Living Theatre]] company. It was in New York that he met Catholic activist [[Dorothy Day]]. Working with her [[Catholic Worker Movement]], he began his commitment to [[social justice]],<ref name="actors"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2007/09/29/ |title=A Prairie Home Companion |date=September 29, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704143620/http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2007/09/29/ |archive-date=July 4, 2008}}</ref> and would one day go on to play [[Peter Maurin]], cofounder of the [[Catholic Worker Movement]], in ''[[Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story]]''. Sheen deliberately failed the entrance examination for the [[University of Dayton]] so that he could pursue his acting career.<ref name="U"/>

He adopted his [[stage name]], Martin Sheen, from a combination of the [[CBS]] casting director, Robert Dale Martin, who gave him his first big break, and Catholic archbishop and broadcaster, [[Fulton J. Sheen]].<ref name="LM">{{cite web |url=http://www.latina.com/entertainment/buzz/true-identity-charlie-sheen-tracing-roots-estevez-family |title=The True Identity of Charlie Sheen: Tracing The Roots of The Estevez Family |first=Erika |last=Ramirez |date=28 February 2011 |work=[[Latina (magazine)|Latina]] |access-date=28 February 2011}}</ref> In a 2003 ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'' interview, Sheen explained, <blockquote>Whenever I would call for an appointment, whether it was a job or an apartment, and I would give my name, there was always that hesitation and when I'd get there, it was always gone. So I thought, I got enough problems trying to get an acting job, so I invented Martin Sheen. It's still Estevez officially. I never changed it officially. I never will. It's on my driver's license and passport and everything. I started using Sheen, I thought I'd give it a try, and before I knew it, I started making a living with it and then it was too late. In fact, one of my great regrets is that I didn't keep my name as it was given to me. I knew it bothered my dad.<ref name="actors">Stated in interview on ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'', May 18, 2003.</ref><ref name="g"/><ref name="LM"/><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_oMkQY2ico |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902200930/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_oMkQY2ico&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2013-09-02 |url-status=dead|title=Martin Sheen on Why He Changed His Name & Emilio Estevez on Why He Didn't Change His Name |author=[[Hudson Union Society]] |date=June 4, 2012 |website=YouTube |access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref></blockquote>