Editing Martin Sheen (section)

=== 1963–1979: Rise to prominence ===
[[File:Irene Dailey-Martin Sheen in The Subject Was Roses.jpg|thumb|Sheen with [[Irene Dailey]] in the stage play ''[[The Subject Was Roses]]'' in 1965]]
Sheen was greatly influenced by the actor [[James Dean]].<ref name="actors"/> Speaking of the impact Dean had on him, Sheen stated, "All of his movies had a profound effect on my life, in my work and all of my generation. He transcended cinema acting. It was no longer acting, it was human behavior."<ref>{{cite web |title=Friends of James Dean remember iconic star |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/friends-james-dean-remember-iconic-star-wbna6937414 |website=today.com|date=February 9, 2005 |language=en}}</ref> Sheen developed a theatre company with other actors in hopes that a production would earn him recognition. In 1963, he made an appearance in "[[Nightmare (1963 The Outer Limits)|Nightmare]]", an episode of the television science fiction series ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''. In 1964, he co-starred in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] play ''[[The Subject Was Roses]]''; he later reprised his role in the 1968 [[The Subject Was Roses (film)|film]] of the same name, and was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture|Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1969/all#category-1892 |title=Winners & Nominees 1969 |website=[[Golden Globe Award]]s |access-date=November 4, 2018 |archive-date=January 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106165147/https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1969/all#category-1892 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Sheen also starred in the television production ''Ten Blocks on the Camino Real'' (1966), an adaptation of [[Tennessee Williams]]' play ''[[Camino Real (play)|Camino Real]]'' directed by [[Jack Landau (director)|Jack Landau]] and presented by [[National Educational Television|NET]], a PBS predecessor. In 1968, he played the titular role in ''[[Hamlet]]'', directed by [[Joseph Papp]] at [[The Public Theater]], with dialogue mostly in English and some in Spanish as Hamlet's alter ego.<ref>{{cite book |last=Della Gatta |first=Carla |title=Latinx Shakespeares: Staging US Intracultural Theater |date=2023 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |location=Ann Arbor, MI |isbn=978-0-472-05577-7 |page=27 |url=https://www.press.umich.edu/12253912/latinx_shakespeares}}</ref>

During the 1960s and early 1970s Sheen appeared as a guest star in many popular television series, including ''[[Insight (American TV series)|Insight]]'' (1960s–1980s), ''[[My Three Sons]]'' (1964), ''[[Flipper (1964 TV series)|Flipper]]'' (1967), ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]'' (1968), ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'' (1969), ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' (1970), ''[[Dan August]]'' (1971), ''[[The Rookies]]'', ''[[Columbo]]'', and ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'' (all 1973). He also had a recurring role as Danny Morgan in ''[[Mod Squad]]'' (1970–1971).<ref name=TVGuide>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/martin-sheen/credits/164917/ |title=Martin Sheen |website=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=November 4, 2018}}</ref> By the early 1970s Sheen was increasingly focusing on [[television film]]s and motion pictures. He portrayed Dobbs in [[Catch-22 (film)|the 1970 film adaptation]] of ''[[Catch-22]]''. He then co-starred in the controversial [[Emmy Award]]-winning 1972 [[television film]] ''[[That Certain Summer]]'', said to be the first television movie in America to portray homosexuality in a sympathetic light.

His next important feature film role was in 1973 when he starred with [[Sissy Spacek]] in the [[crime film|crime drama]] ''[[Badlands (film)|Badlands]]'', playing an antisocial multiple murderer. Sheen has stated that his role in ''Badlands'' was one of his two favorites, the other being his role as a U.S. Army special operations officer in ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''.<ref name="actors"/><ref name="progressive"/> Also in 1973, Sheen appeared opposite [[David Janssen]] in "Such Dust As Dreams Are Made On", the first pilot for the television series ''[[Harry O]]''. In 1974, Sheen portrayed a [[hot rod]] driver in the [[television film]] ''[[The California Kid]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sema.org/sema-news/2011/03/the-california-kid |title=The California Kid |last=Hardin |first=Drew |website=[[SEMA (association)|SEMA]] (Specialty Equipment Market Association) |date=March 2011 |access-date=November 5, 2018 |archive-date=November 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105110755/https://www.sema.org/sema-news/2011/03/the-california-kid |url-status=dead }}</ref> and that same year received an [[Emmy Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/martin-sheen |title=Martin Sheen |work=Television Academy |access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref> nomination for Best Actor in a television drama for his portrayal of [[Eddie Slovik|Pvt. Eddie Slovik]] in the television film ''[[The Execution of Private Slovik]]''.<ref name="actors"/> Based on an incident that occurred during [[World War II]], the film told the story of the only U.S. soldier to be executed for desertion since the [[American Civil War]].

Sheen's performance led to [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s casting him in a lead role as U.S. Army Captain [[Benjamin L. Willard]] in 1979's ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'', gaining him wide recognition. Filming in the [[Philippines|Philippine]] jungle in the [[typhoon]] season of 1976, Sheen later said that he was not in good physical condition and was drinking heavily.<ref name="actors"/> For the film's opening sequence in a [[Ho Chi Minh City|Saigon]] hotel room, Sheen's portrayal of Willard as heavily intoxicated was aided by Sheen's celebrating his 36th birthday on-set that day, and being actually drunk.<ref name="T"/> Twelve months into filming, Sheen suffered a minor [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] and had to crawl out to a road for help.<ref name="actors"/> While he was recovering, his younger brother [[Joe Estevez]] stood in for him in a number of long shots and in some of the voice-overs.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/lR80zXPE5i4 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131213231809/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR80zXPE5i4 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR80zXPE5i4 |title=Joe Estevez shares an incredible story |author=Shane Devins |date=June 2, 2008 |website=YouTube |access-date=June 3, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Sheen was able to resume filming a few weeks later.<ref name="T">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8385806/The-Way-interview-with-Martin-Sheen-and-Emilio-Estevez.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8385806/The-Way-interview-with-Martin-Sheen-and-Emilio-Estevez.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=The Way: interview with Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez |last=McLean |first=Craig |date=March 21, 2011 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=March 26, 2011 |location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
In 1976, he participated in ''[[The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane]]'' as Frank Hallet, the [[antagonist]] with bad intentions towards teenager [[protagonist]] Rynn Jacobs ([[Jodie Foster]]). Frank was the son of landlady Cora Hallet ([[Alexis Smith]]). In 1979, Sheen acted in ''[[The Final Countdown (film)|The Final Countdown]]'' with [[Kirk Douglas]], another actor with family connections to Bermuda ([[Diana Douglas|Diana Dill]], Douglas's first wife and the mother of their sons [[Michael Douglas]] and [[Joel Douglas]] was a Bermudian).