Editing Martin Sheen (section)

==Awards and honors==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Martin Sheen}}

In film, Sheen has won the Best Actor award at the [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]] for his performance as Kit Carruthers in ''Badlands''. Sheen's portrayal of [[Benjamin L. Willard|Capt. Willard]] in ''Apocalypse Now'' earned a nomination for the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best Actor]]. In television, Sheen has won a [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] and two [[Screen Actors Guild Award|Screen Actors Guild]] awards for playing the role of President [[Josiah Bartlet]] in ''The West Wing'', and an [[Emmy Award|Emmy]] for guest starring in the sitcom ''[[Murphy Brown]]''. Sheen received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 1989.

In the spring of 1989, Sheen was named honorary mayor of [[Malibu, California]]. He promptly marked his appointment with a decree proclaiming the area "a nuclear-free zone, a sanctuary for aliens and the homeless, and a protected environment for all life, wild and tame".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/206188/president-left/andrew-stuttaford |title=The President of The Left |last=Stuttaford |first=Andrew |date=March 14, 2003 |newspaper=[[National Review]] |access-date=July 20, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020201134/http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/206188/president-left/andrew-stuttaford |archive-date=October 20, 2012}}</ref> Some local citizens were angered by the decree, and the Malibu Chamber of Commerce met in June of that year to consider revoking his title, but voted unanimously to retain him.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE3D61F3DF931A25755C0A96F948260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fS%2fSheen%2c%20Martin |title=Malibu Keeping Sheen as Honorary Mayor |date=June 12, 1989 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref>

[[File:Martin Sheen 1987.jpg|upright|thumb|Sheen in 1987]]
While Sheen claims he deliberately failed the entrance exam for the [[University of Dayton]] so that he could pursue his acting career, he still has an affinity for [[University of Dayton|UD]], and is seen drinking from a "[[Dayton Flyers]]" coffee mug during several episodes of ''The West Wing.'' Sheen also developed an ongoing relationship with [[Wright State University]], where he performed ''[[Love Letters (play)|Love Letters]]'' as a benefit for scholarships in the Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures, and hosted a trip of donors to the set of ''[[The West Wing]]'' with the department's chair, W. Stuart McDowell, in September 2001. The Sheen/Estevez & Augsburger Scholarship Fund has since attracted over $100,000 in scholarships in the arts for students in need at WSU since its inception in 2000.<ref name="U">''Community: The Magazine of Wright State University,'' Fall, 2000.</ref> Sheen also has a great affinity for the [[University of Notre Dame]] and in 2008 was awarded the [[Laetare Medal]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.nd.edu/research/facts/laetare.html |title=ND Quick Facts: Laetare Medal Recipients |website=University of Notre Dame |access-date=June 13, 2009}}</ref> the highest honor bestowed on American Catholics, in May 2008 at the school's commencement.

Sheen received six [[Emmy Award]] nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance on ''The West Wing,'' for which he won a [[Golden Globe Award]] for Best Performance by an Actor in TV-Drama, as well as two [[Screen Actors Guild|SAG]] Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series, and was part of the cast that received two SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

In his acting career, Sheen has been nominated for ten [[Emmy Award]]s, winning one. He has also earned eight nominations for [[Golden Globe Award]]s. Sheen has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], at 1500 Vine Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/martin-sheen |title=Martin Sheen |date=August 25, 1989 |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref>

In 2001 Sheen won a [[TV Guide Award]] for 'Actor of the Year in a Drama Series' for ''The West Wing''.<ref>{{cite book |title=TV Guide Book of Lists |url=https://archive.org/details/tvguidebookoflis0000unse |url-access=registration |year=2007 |publisher=Running Press |isbn=978-0-7624-3007-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/tvguidebookoflis0000unse/page/42 42]}}</ref> In the animated [[Nickelodeon]] movie, TV show and TV spin-off of ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]'', there is a character named [[Sheen Estevez]], which is Sheen's original last name – Estévez – and working last name, Sheen.

Sheen was the 2003 recipient of the [[Marquette University]] Degree of [[Doctor of Letters]], [[honoris causa]] for his work on social and Catholic issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marquette.edu/about/allfamous.shtml |title=Famous Faces Quiz Answers |date=2013 |website=Marquette University |access-date=June 3, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104220519/http://www.marquette.edu/about/allfamous.shtml |archive-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref> In 2011, he was awarded an honorary life membership in the Law Society of [[University College Dublin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.universityobserver.ie/2011/03/01/the-spark-of-sheen/ |title=The spark of Sheen |first=Killian |last=Woods |date=March 1, 2011 |work=University Observer |access-date=May 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022053059/http://www.universityobserver.ie/2011/03/01/the-spark-of-sheen/ |archive-date=October 22, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On May 3, 2015, Sheen received an honorary Doctor of Human Letters degree from the University of Dayton for his lifelong commitment to peace, social justice and human rights exemplifying the Catholic, Marianist university's missions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.udayton.edu/news/articles/2015/04/martin_sheen_to_receive_honorary_doctorate_at_spring_graduation.php |title=That's Dr. Estévez |date=April 29, 2015 |work=University of Dayton |access-date=June 3, 2019 |archive-date=April 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418180251/https://udayton.edu/news/articles/2015/04/martin_sheen_to_receive_honorary_doctorate_at_spring_graduation.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On May 6, 2023, Loyola Marymount University conferred an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, upon Sheen for symbolizing in an "outstanding" manner a record of "service that contributes to the public good," for his "significant contributions to igniting a brighter world," and for serving as an "exemplar" of "Catholic, Jesuit, and Marymount traditions."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/lmula/videos/254434107094234 | title=2023 LMU Undergraduate Commencement| date=May 6, 2023 | work=Loyola Marymount University | access-date=May 7, 2023}}</ref>