Editing Martin Sheen

{{short description|American actor (born 1940)}}
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| caption            = Sheen at [[GalaxyCon]] Richmond in 2025
| birth_name         = Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1940|8|3}}
| birth_place        = [[Dayton, Ohio]], U.S.
| years_active       = 1961–present
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* United States
* Ireland<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/president-sheen-returns-to-his-holy-land-25947908.html |title=President Sheen returns to his 'holy land' |first=Eugene |last=Hogan |date=May 21, 2003 |newspaper=[[Irish Independent]] |access-date=February 14, 2018}}</ref>
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| works              = [[Martin Sheen filmography|Full list]]
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Martin Sheen|Full list]]
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Janet Sheen|Janet Templeton]]|December 23, 1961}}
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| [[Emilio Estevez]]
| [[Ramon Estevez]]
| [[Charlie Sheen]]
| [[Renée Estevez]]
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| relations          = [[Joe Estevez]] (brother)
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'''Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez''' (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as '''Martin Sheen''', is an American actor. [[Martin Sheen filmography|His work]] spans over six decades of television and film, and [[List of awards and nominations received by Martin Sheen|his accolades]] include three [[Emmy Awards]], a [[Golden Globe Award]], and four [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]].

Sheen rose to prominence in his breakthrough roles in [[Terrence Malick]]'s crime drama ''[[Badlands (film)|Badlands]]'' (1973) and [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s [[Vietnam War]] drama ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' (1979). Sheen is also known for such notable films as ''[[The Subject Was Roses (film)|The Subject Was Roses]]'' (1968), ''[[Catch-22 (film)|Catch-22]]'' (1970), ''[[The California Kid]]'' (1974), ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' (1982), ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]'' (1987), ''[[Gettysburg (1993 film)|Gettysburg]]'' (1993), ''[[The American President]]'' (1995), ''[[Catch Me If You Can]]'' (2002), ''[[The Departed]]'', ''[[Bobby (2006 film)|Bobby]]'' (both 2006), and ''[[Judas and the Black Messiah]]'' (2021). He also portrayed [[Uncle Ben]] in ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (film)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' (2012).

He is also known for portraying [[Robert F. Kennedy]] in ''[[The Missiles of October]]'' (1974), [[Eddie Slovik]] in ''[[The Execution of Private Slovik]]'' (1974), [[John Dean]] in ''[[Blind Ambition (miniseries)|Blind Ambition]]'' (1979), and [[John F. Kennedy]] in ''[[Kennedy (1983 miniseries)|Kennedy]]'' (1983). He received the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]] for his role in ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' (1994). He played President [[Jed Bartlet]] in ''[[The West Wing]]'' (1999–2006), for which he received six nominations for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]] tying the record for most nominations without a win in the category. He played Robert Hanson in the Netflix series ''[[Grace and Frankie]]'' (2015–2022).

Born and raised in the United States by a Spanish father and an Irish mother, he adopted the stage name Martin Sheen to help him gain acting parts.<ref name=nyt22Feb2010>{{cite news |last=Belcher |first=David |title=Sheen's Circle, From Son to Father |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/theater/23sheen.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 22, 2010 |access-date=April 14, 2011}}</ref> He is the father of four children, all of whom are actors. Sheen has directed one film, ''[[Cadence (film)|Cadence]]'' (1990), in which he appears alongside his sons [[Charlie Sheen|Charlie]] and [[Ramon Estevez|Ramón]]. He has narrated, produced, and directed documentary projects and has been active in [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal politics]].

==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>

==Career==

=== 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).

=== 1980–1998: Established actor ===
[[File:Martin Sheen Cannes.jpg|right|thumb|Sheen at the [[1990 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
In the early 1980s he had roles in the science fiction war film ''[[The Final Countdown (film)|The Final Countdown]]'' (1980), the biographical epic ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' (1982), the sports drama ''[[That Championship Season (1982 film)|That Championship Season]]'' (1982), and the drama film ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]'' (1987) starring [[Michael Douglas]], and his son [[Charlie Sheen]]. He played Captain Hollister in ''[[Firestarter (1984 film)|Firestarter]]'' (1984) opposite [[Drew Barrymore]] and [[David Keith (actor)|David Keith]].

Sheen portrayed [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] in the miniseries ''[[Kennedy (1983 miniseries)|Kennedy]]'' (1983) for which he received nominations for the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor]] and the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film]]. He also portrayed [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[Robert F. Kennedy]] in the television special ''[[The Missiles of October]]'' (1974), [[White House Chief of Staff]] A.J. McInnerney in ''[[The American President (film)|The American President]]'' (1995), White House Counsel [[John Dean]] in the television mini-series ''[[Blind Ambition (TV miniseries)|Blind Ambition]]'' (1979) for which he was nominated for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama]]. In 1991 he narrated the [[Oliver Stone]] biographical film ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]'' (1991).

Other roles include the sinister would-be president [[Greg Stillson]] in ''[[The Dead Zone (film)|The Dead Zone]]'', the President in the [[Lori Loughlin]]-[[Chris Noth]] television mini-series, ''Medusa's Child'', the president in the short film ''Family Attraction''. In 1993, Sheen's sympathetic portrayal of General Robert E. Lee in the Ronald Maxwell film ''[[Gettysburg (1993 film)|Gettysburg]]'' (1993) met with acclaim.
Sheen has performed voice-over work as the narrator for the ''[[Eyewitness (1994 TV series)|Eyewitness]]'' series in the US for the first and second seasons and as the "real" [[Seymour Skinner]] in the controversial ''[[The Simpsons|Simpsons]]'' episode "[[The Principal and the Pauper]]".

=== 1999–2006: ''The West Wing'' ===
Sheen played fictional Democratic president [[Josiah Bartlet|Josiah "Jed" Bartlet]] in the [[NBC]] television drama, ''[[The West Wing]]''.<ref name="actors"/> For his performance he earned a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama]] in 2000 and was nominated six times for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]].

During this time he played Roger Strong in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s crime film ''[[Catch Me If You Can]]'' (2002), Captain Oliver Queenan in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s crime film ''[[The Departed]]'' (2006), and Jack Stevens in the biographical film ''[[Bobby (2006 film)|Bobby]]'' (2006). He was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]] for his role in ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'' in 2005. He also appeared in the [[sitcom]] ''[[Spin City]]'' in 2002 and in ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]'' (2007).

=== 2007–present ===
Sheen played the role of the [[Illusive Man]] in the video game ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', and the sequel, ''[[Mass Effect 3]]''. In addition, he voiced the role of Emilio in the English language version of the 2011 animated film ''[[Arrugas]] ''(Wrinkles).

In 2009, Sheen travelled to [[Mexico City]] to star in ''[[Chamaco]]'' with [[Kirk Harris]], Alex Perea, [[Gustavo Sánchez Parra]] and [[Michael Madsen]]. Sheen appeared in [[Martin Scorsese's]] ''[[The Departed]]'' as Captain Oliver Queenan, a commanding officer who is watching an undercover cop ([[Leonardo DiCaprio]]). Sheen and his son [[Ramon Estevez]] combined both their real and stage names to create the [[Warner Bros.]]-affiliated company, Estevez Sheen Productions. In November 2010, Sheen was cast as [[Uncle Ben]] in Sony's 2012 reboot of the [[Spider-Man in film|''Spider-Man'' film series]], ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (film)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', directed by [[Marc Webb]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2010/11/04/spider-man-reboot-taps-martin-sheen-to-play-peter-parkers-uncle-ben/ |title='Spider-Man' reboot taps Martin Sheen to play Peter Parker's Uncle Ben |first=Jeff |last=Jensen |date=November 4, 2010 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref>

In 2010 the company released ''[[The Way (2010 film)|The Way]]'', written and directed by Sheen's son [[Emilio Estevez]], who also stars in the film. (Martin's daughter [[Renée Estevez|Renée]] also has a part in the film.)  Martin plays an American doctor, whose son, played by Estevez, dies while hiking the [[Camino de Santiago]]. Driven by sadness, Martin's character leaves his Californian life and embarks on the {{Convert|800|km|abbr=on}} pilgrimage from the [[French Pyrenees]] to Spain's [[Santiago de Compostela]], taking his son's ashes with him. ''The Way'' premiered at the [[2010 Toronto International Film Festival]].

In 2010, Sheen filmed ''[[Stella Days]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Martin-Sheen-set-to-film-Stella-Days-in-Tipperary-106505908.html |title=Martin Sheen set to film 'Stella Days' in Tipperary |first=Cathy |last=Hayes |date=November 2, 2010 |website=Irish Central |access-date=May 13, 2013}}</ref> in [[County Tipperary]], Ireland, near the birthplace of his mother. [[Thaddeus O'Sullivan]] directed and Irish actor [[Stephen Rea]] starred,<ref name="stelladays">{{cite web |url=http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4283433&tpl=archnews&force=1 |title=Martin Sheen & Stephen Rea Lead 'Stella Days' |date=October 14, 2010 |website=[[Irish Film and Television Network]] |access-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref> along with [[Irish Film and Television Awards|IFTA]] award-winning actress [[Amy Huberman]]. Sheen plays parish priest Daniel Barry, whose love of movies leads him to help set up a cinema in [[Borrisokane]].<ref name="stelladays"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4283921&tpl=archnews&force=1 |title='Stella Days', 'Earthbound' & 'Superhero' Get MEDIA i2i Funds |date=May 25, 2011 |website=[[Irish Film and Television Network]] |access-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref>

In 2016, Sheen starred in the film ''[[The Vessel (film)|The Vessel]]'', performing his role in both the English- and Spanish-language versions.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Della Gatta |first1=Carla |title=Latinx Shakespeares: Staging US Intracultural Theater |date=2023 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |location=Ann Arbor |isbn=978-0-472-05577-7 |page=209 |url=https://www.press.umich.edu/12253912/latinx_shakespeares}}</ref>

Sheen played a starring role in [[Netflix]]'s ''[[Grace and Frankie]]'' (2015–2022). In December 2019 Sheen signed on to play legendary FBI director [[J. Edgar Hoover]] alongside [[Lakeith Stanfield]], [[Jesse Plemons]], and [[Daniel Kaluuya]] in ''[[Judas and the Black Messiah]]''. Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film was released in 2021. It was directed by [[Shaka King]] and chronicles the death of [[Black Panther Party]] leader [[Fred Hampton]] in Chicago on December 4, 1969.<ref name=CorderoAugust2020>{{Cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/movies/judas-and-the-black-messiah-trailer-daniel-kaluuya-fred-hampton/ |title=See Daniel Kaluuya as Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in ''Judas and the Black Messiah'' trailer |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=August 6, 2020 |access-date=August 6, 2020 }}</ref>

==Activism==
Sheen has been active in numerous nonviolent acts of civil disobedience, and has been arrested 66 times demonstrating for numerous liberal causes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/04/04/martin-sheen/|title=How Martin Sheen Came to be the Most Arrested Man in Hollywood|date=April 4, 2019|author-first1=Samantha|author-last1=Flaum|website=The Vintage News}}</ref> Although he did not attend college, Sheen credited the [[Society of Mary (Marianists)|Marianists]] at [[University of Dayton]] as a major influence on his public activism, as well as [[Archbishop Desmond Tutu]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/craig-and-marc-kielburger/martin-sheen-free-the-children_b_2447637.html |title=Star Power: Martin Sheen's Fight for Justice |first1=Craig |last1=Kielburger |first2=Marc |last2=Kielburger |date=October 1, 2013 |work=The Huffington Post |access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref> Sheen is known for his outspoken support of [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] political causes, such as opposition to United States military actions and a hazardous-waste incinerator in [[East Liverpool, Ohio]]. Sheen has dismissed calls for him to run for office, saying: "There's no way that I could be the President. You can't have a [[pacifism|pacifist]] in the [[White House]].... I'm an actor. This is what I do for a living."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.enquirer.com/columns/kiese/1999/10/17/jki_for_pacifist_martin.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908045312/http://www.enquirer.com/columns/kiese/1999/10/17/jki_for_pacifist_martin.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 8, 2012 |title=For a pacifist, Martin Sheen plays a pretty good president |date=October 17, 1999 |newspaper=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]}}</ref> Sheen is an honorary [[trustee]] of the [[Dayton International Peace Museum]].

He supported the 1965 farm worker movement with [[Cesar Chavez]] in [[Delano, California]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kmph.com/story/12800947/martin-sheen-urges-governor-to-support-farmworker-overtime-measure?redirected=true |title=Martin Sheen Urges Governor To Support Farmworker Overtime Measure |date=July 13, 2010 |website=[[KMPH-TV]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927220426/http://www.kmph.com/story/12800947/martin-sheen-urges-governor-to-support-farmworker-overtime-measure?redirected=true |archive-date=September 27, 2011}}</ref> Sheen endorsed marches and walkouts called by the activist group [[BAMN|By Any Means Necessary]] (BAMN) to force the State of [[California]] to introduce a holiday in memory of Cesar Chavez. On the day of the protests (March 30), thousands of students, primarily Latino ones from California and elsewhere, walked out of school in support of the demand. Sheen has said he also participated in the large-scale immigration marches in [[Los Angeles]] in 2006 and 2007.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK1-JdQ3m9E |title=Martin Sheen - March to MacArthur Park - Part 1 |date=May 18, 2007 |website=YouTube |access-date=March 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213230437/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK1-JdQ3m9E |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfTJqytx_JI |title=Martin Sheen - March to MacArthur Park - Part 2 |date=May 18, 2007 |website=YouTube |access-date=March 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213230819/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfTJqytx_JI |archive-date=December 13, 2013 }}</ref>{{citation needed |date=March 2011}}

[[File:Martin Sheen meets Hiroshima bombing survivor.jpeg|thumb|Sheen with a [[Hiroshima bombing]] survivor, 1995]]

According to [[W. James Antle III]], writing in ''[[The American Conservative]]'', Sheen is a follower of the [[consistent life ethic]], which opposes [[abortion]], [[euthanasia]], [[capital punishment]] and [[war]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/beyond-abortion/ |title=Beyond Abortion |first=W. James |last=Antle III |date=September 12, 2005 |work=[[The American Conservative]] |access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref> Sheen articulated his view in an interview with ''[[The Progressive]]'': "I'm inclined to be against abortion of any life. But I am equally against the [[Capital punishment|death penalty]] or war." He also stated at the same occasion: "I personally am opposed to abortion, but I will not judge anybody else's right in that regard because I am not a woman and I could never face the actual reality of it."<ref name="progressive">{{cite web |url=http://www.progressive.org/mag_intvsheen |title=Martin Sheen Interview |first=David |last=Kupfer |date=July 1, 2003 |work=[[The Progressive]] |access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref> He also supports the [[Democrats for Life of America]]'s [[Pregnant Women Support Act]].<ref name="PWSA">{{cite web |url=http://www.house.gov/lincolndavis/releaseseptember202006.htm |title=Davis Introduces Comprehensive Proposal to Reduce Abortions in America |date=September 20, 2006 |author=Rep. Lincoln Davis |access-date=January 24, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070111160710/http://www.house.gov/lincolndavis/releaseseptember202006.htm |archive-date=January 11, 2007}}</ref>

Sheen starred in [[Jakov Sedlar]]'s religious drama ''[[Gospa]]'' in 1995. He also narrated several movies for the Croatian director during the 1990s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fisher |first1=Sharon |title=Political Change in Post-Communist Slovakia and Croatia: From Nationalist to Europeanist |date=September 3, 2006 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-23060-088-1 |page=112 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PGuHDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA112}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Titles with Martin Sheen & Jakov Sedlar |url=https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?roles=nm0000640,nm0781341&title_type=feature,tv_episode,video,tv_movie,tv_special,mini_series,documentary,game,short |website=IMDb}}</ref>

Sheen and [[Paul Watson]] (from the non-profit environmental organization [[Sea Shepherd Conservation Society]]) were confronted on May 16, 1995, by a number of Canadian sealers in a hotel on [[Magdalen Islands]] over Sea Shepherd's history of attacks on sealing and whaling ships. Sheen negotiated with the sealers while Watson was escorted to the airport by police.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seashepherd.org/seals/seals_sscs_history.html#newspaper |title=Seals SSCS History |website=Sea Shepherd Conservation Society |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061129180652/http://www.seashepherd.org/seals/seals_sscs_history.html#newspaper |archive-date=November 29, 2006}}</ref> Sheen became involved with [[gun control]] in 2000 after the [[National Shooting Sports Foundation]] hired his [[Conservatism in the United States|politically conservative]] brother, actor [[Joe Estevez]] who sounds like Sheen, to do a voice-over for a pro-gunmaker commercial earlier in the year.<ref name=SFC101000>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/I-m-Not-a-President-But-I-Play-One-3315397.php |title=I'm Not a President But I Play One |last=Garchik |first=Leah |date=October 10, 2000 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=January 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name=NJ2000>{{cite web |url=http://www3.nationaljournal.com/members/adspotlight/2000/12/1221yearinreview.htm |title=2000 Political Ads Year In Review |date=December 21, 2000 |website=National Journal |access-date=January 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216122128/http://www3.nationaljournal.com/members/adspotlight/2000/12/1221yearinreview.htm |archive-date=February 16, 2013 }}</ref>

In 1997, Sheen volunteered his time to narrate the documentary film ''[[An Act of Conscience]]'', which follows [[war tax resister]]s [[Randy Kehler]] and Betsy Corner, who, as a protest against war and military spending, openly refused to pay their federal income taxes, prompting the [[Internal Revenue Service]] (IRS) to seize their house.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mellen|first=Kathleen|date=September 21, 2005|title=Documentary filmmaker focuses on area 'Peace Patriots'|url=https://newspapers.com/article/daily-hampshire-gazette/140430755/|newspaper=[[Daily Hampshire Gazette]]|location=Northampton, Massachusetts|page=C2|access-date=February 7, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Anderson|first=John|date=May 4, 1998|title=The IRS Plays Tax and Consequences|url=https://newspapers.com/article/newsday/140135927/|newspaper=[[Newsday]]|location=New York, New York|page=B7|access-date=February 7, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

[[File:Martin sheen.jpg|thumb|right|Sheen at an anti-war protest in October 2007]]
In early 2003, Sheen signed the "Not in My Name" declaration opposing the invasion of Iraq (along with prominent figures such as [[Noam Chomsky]] and [[Susan Sarandon]]); the declaration appeared in the [[magazine]] ''[[The Nation]].'' Sheen visited [[Camp Casey, Crawford, Texas|Camp Casey]] on August 28, 2005, to pray with anti-[[Iraq War]] activist [[Cindy Sheehan]], who had demanded a second meeting with U.S. President [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/worn-out-welcome-cindy-sheehan-no-longer-on-tips-of-everyones-tongues |title=Worn Out Welcome? Cindy Sheehan No Longer on Tips of Everyone's Tongues |last=Beaucar Vlahos |first=Kelley |date=December 28, 2006 |website=Fox News |access-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref> Addressing Sheehan's supporters, Sheen said: "At least you've got the acting president of the United States", referring to his role as president [[Josiah Bartlet]] on ''[[The West Wing]].''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125317535478_72/?hub=World |title=Martin Sheen visits Sheehan's anti-war camp |date=August 29, 2005 |website=CTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629034937/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125317535478_72/?hub=World |archive-date=June 29, 2006}}</ref>

During the [[1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries]], he supported Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] and gave multiple speeches supporting him in Florida.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45597339/the-palm-beach-post/ |title=Actor Sheen Glad To Be In Ted Kennedy's Corner |date=February 26, 1980 |work=The Palm Beach Post |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225154249/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45597339/the-palm-beach-post/ |archive-date=February 25, 2020 |page=26 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=February 25, 2020 }}</ref> Sheen endorsed Democratic presidential candidate [[Jesse Jackson]] in the [[1988 United States presidential election|1988 presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-07-ca-3918-story.html|title=Campaign '88 Gets the Star Treatment|first=Nina J.|last=Easton|date=June 7, 1988|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Sheen campaigned with [[Rob Reiner]] for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] presidential candidates [[Howard Dean]] and [[John Kerry]] in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Snyder|first=Gabriel|date=2004-01-12|title=Inside Move: Duo hit road for Dean|url=https://variety.com/2004/biz/markets-festivals/inside-move-duo-hit-road-for-dean-1117898199/|access-date=2021-10-27|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> Members of the Democratic Party in [[Ohio]] reportedly contacted Sheen in 2006 to persuade him to run for the [[United States Senate]]. Sheen declined the offer, stating, "I'm just not qualified. You're mistaking [[celebrity]] for credibility."<ref name="norton">{{cite news |url=http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/martin-sheen-tells-graham-norton-who-he-backs-as-president/ |title=Martin Sheen tells Graham Norton who he backs as President |date=April 24, 2008 |website=Unreality TV |access-date=April 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080428233452/http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/martin-sheen-tells-graham-norton-who-he-backs-as-president/ |archive-date=April 28, 2008}}</ref> In the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 U.S. Presidential Election]], Sheen initially endorsed [[New Mexico Governor]] [[Bill Richardson]] and helped raise funds for his campaign.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://thepage.time.com/richardson-release-on-sheen-endorsement/ |title=Richardson release on Sheen endorsement |date=December 27, 2007 |magazine=TIME |access-date=April 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228191118/http://thepage.time.com/richardson-release-on-sheen-endorsement/ |archive-date=February 28, 2008 }}</ref> After Richardson dropped out of the campaign, Sheen supported [[Barack Obama]].<ref name="norton" />

In 2006, when Sheen was living in Ireland as a result of his enrollment in [[NUI Galway]], he criticized Irish mushroom farmers for exploiting foreign workers by paying them as little as €2.50 an hour—way below the country's [[minimum wage]] of €7.65.<ref>{{cite web |date=Nov 27, 2006 |last=MacConnell |first=Sean |title=Migrant mushroom workers call for end to exploitation |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/migrant-mushroom-workers-call-for-end-to-exploitation-1.1264363 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] }}</ref>

From 2008 to 2013, Sheen's activism included attendance at meetings of the [[environmentalist]] group [[Earth First!]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.looktothestars.org/news/581-martin-sheen-to-receive-two-humanitarian-awards |title=Martin Sheen support to Earth First |first=Tim |last=Saunders |date=March 5, 2008 |website=Look To The Stars |access-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref> and speaking appearances at youth empowerment events called [[We Day]] on behalf of [[Free the Children]], an international charity and educational partner.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.straight.com/article-353206/vancouver/we-day-rally-vancouver-draws-al-gore-martin-sheen-and-thousands-globally-minded-youth |title=We Day rally in Vancouver draws Al Gore, Martin Sheen and thousands of globally minded youth |last=Thomson |first=Stephen |date=October 15, 2010 |work=[[The Georgia Straight]] |access-date=May 13, 2013}}</ref> Sheen has been named an ambassador of Free The Children and has supported such initiatives as the We are Silent campaign, a 24-hour pledge of silence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freethechildren.com/about-us/our-team/celebrity-ambassadors/ |title=Free The Children - Celebrity Ambassadors |website=Free The Children |access-date=February 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203142805/http://www.freethechildren.com/about-us/our-team/celebrity-ambassadors/ |archive-date=February 3, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Speaking about his work with Free The Children, Sheen has said, "I'm hooked! I told them whenever I could offer some insight or energy or whatever I had, I'd be delighted if they would call on me, and they have."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Martin+Sheen+high+praise+charity+expands+Calgary/6691365/story.html |title=Martin Sheen has high praise for charity as it expands to Calgary |first=Thandi |last=Fletcher |date=April 24, 2008 |work=[[Calgary Herald]] |access-date=May 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530031117/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Martin+Sheen+high+praise+charity+expands+Calgary/6691365/story.html#ixzz2IGst5Lx7 |archive-date=May 30, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sheen championed Help Darfur Now, a student-run organization to help aid victims of the genocide in [[Darfur]], the western region in [[Sudan]]. He also appeared in the 2009 anti-fur documentary ''Skin Trade''.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/uQHx8NQ2bKU Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20091210094357/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQHx8NQ2bKU Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQHx8NQ2bKU |title=Skin Trade Theatrical Trailer |author=Uncaged Films |date=September 28, 2009 |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=May 13, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Also in 2009, while walking the [[Camino de Santiago]] while filming the 2010 movie ''[[The Way (2010 film)|The Way]]'', Sheen met Gary and Elizabeth Jewson, a married couple from Australia who had lost their 18-year-old daughter Melanie in a car accident in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-11 |title=Melanie {{!}} The Melanie Jewson Foundation |url=https://mjf.org.au/about-us/melanie/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-10-11 |title=Patrons {{!}} The Melanie Jewson Foundation |url=https://mjf.org.au/about-us/patrons/# |access-date=2024-11-20 |language=en-AU}}</ref> Inspired by the touching story of Melanie's ambitions prior to her untimely death, Sheen became a patron of the foundation when it launched in 2012, and it has since raised more than [[Australian dollar|A$]]250,000 for helping serve [[Vanuatu]]'s under-resourced health and education systems.<ref name=":0" />

Sheen appeared in television and radio ads urging Washington state residents to vote "no" on [[Initiative 1000]], a proposed [[assisted suicide]] law before voters in the 2008 election.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yakima-herald.com/blogs/valley-vox/posts/8018 |title=Martin Sheen to appear in ads against I-1000 |date=September 29, 2008 |work=[[Yakima Herald-Republic]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110522190737/http://www.yakima-herald.com/blogs/valley-vox/posts/8018 |archive-date=May 22, 2011 |access-date=December 12, 2008 }}</ref>

Sheen first spoke to 18,000 young student activists at [[Free The Children]]'s 2010 [[We Day]]. "While acting is what I do for a living, activism is what I do to stay alive," he said.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/p8_6xGzDTSo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140121030651/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8_6xGzDTSo Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8_6xGzDTSo |title=Martin Sheen - Activism is what I do to stay alive |author=WE |date=August 30, 2011 |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=June 3, 2019 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[File:Martin_Sheen_and_Jon-Adrian_Velazquez_in_Sing_Sing_Prison.jpg|thumb|Sheen with [[Jon-Adrian Velazquez]] in Sing Sing Prison, 2011]]

On December 5, 2011, at [[Sing Sing Correctional Facility]], Sheen met with [[Jon-Adrian Velazquez]],<ref name="today.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.com/news/martin-sheen-aids-ny-mans-wrongful-conviction-bid-wbna45559603|title='Martin Sheen aids NY man's wrongful conviction bid'|date=December 5, 2011 }}</ref> now a legal reform activist who was wrongfully convicted for a 1998 murder of a retired police officer in Harlem. Velazquez was serving 25 years to a life prison sentence. Later that day, Sheen held a press conference at a Manhattan courthouse for Velazquez, advocating for his release. Sheen stated that the case "cries out for justice".<ref name="today.com"/> After meeting Velazquez, Sheen said that it "confirmed my belief that [[Jon-Adrian Velazquez]] is an innocent man".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/martin-sheen-latino-man-wrongly-convicted-of-murder|title='Martin Sheen: Latino Man Wrongly Convicted of Murder'|website=[[Fox News]] |date=December 10, 2016 }}</ref>

In March 2012, Sheen and [[George Clooney]] performed in [[Dustin Lance Black]]'s play ''[[8 (play)|8]]''—a staged reenactment of the [[Perry v. Brown|federal trial]] that overturned California's [[Proposition 8|Prop 8 ban]] on [[Same-sex marriage in California|same-sex marriage]]—as attorney [[Theodore Olson]].<ref name="8 the play">{{cite web |url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2012/03/05/martin_sheen_honored_to_be_part_of_pro |title=Martin Sheen Honored To Be Part Of Prop 8 Play |date=March 5, 2012 |website=Starpulse |access-date=March 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130710115028/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2012/03/05/martin_sheen_honored_to_be_part_of_pro |archive-date=July 10, 2013}}</ref> The production was held at the [[Wilshire Ebell Theatre]] and broadcast on YouTube to raise money for the [[American Foundation for Equal Rights]].<ref name="8 play video">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/qlUG8F9uVgM Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120301195722/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlUG8F9uVgM&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlUG8F9uVgM |title="8": A Play about the Fight for Marriage Equality |author=American Foundation for Equal Rights |date=March 3, 2012 |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=March 17, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/03/01/youtube-to-broadcast-proposition-8-play-live/ |title=YouTube to broadcast Proposition 8 play live |first=Stephen |last=Gray |date=March 1, 2012 |work=[[PinkNews]] |access-date=March 15, 2012}}</ref>

Sheen reunited with the cast of ''The West Wing'' in September 2012 to produce a video explaining [[Michigan]]'s ballot and its partisan and nonpartisan sections. The video doubled as a campaign ad for [[Bridget McCormack]], who was running as a nonpartisan candidate for [[Michigan Supreme Court|Michigan's Supreme Court]]. McCormack's sister, actress [[Mary McCormack]], co-starred with Sheen on ''The West Wing'' in its final three seasons.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/21/a-brief-west-wing-reunion/ |title=A Brief 'West Wing' Reunion |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=September 21, 2012 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref>

When the film ''[[Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain]]'' premiered in 2014, Sheen advocated for [[Amnesty International]]'s campaign ''Justice for Bhopal''.<ref>{{cite AV media |url =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZTDq4Vwhzw|title=Martin Sheen for Amnesty International: Justice for Bhopal survivors|publisher=YouTube|access-date=10 November 2019}}</ref>

Sheen narrated the trailer for a proposed documentary film about the prosecution of former [[Alabama]] governor [[Don Siegelman]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gofundme.com/DonSiegelmanFilm |title=Don Siegelman Documentary |date=December 19, 2014 |website=[[GoFundMe]] |access-date=February 14, 2018}}</ref>  

Sheen narrated the feature-length documentary film based on the [[Peter Navarro]] book ''[[Death by China]]'', released in 2012. The documentary was financed by [[Nucor]] steel corporation, and has been endorsed by [[Donald Trump]].

Sheen donated $1000 to Irish political party [[Sinn Féin]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hollywood stars among Sinn Fein donors who pledged $12m to party |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/news/hollywood-stars-among-sinn-fein-donors-who-pledged-12m-to-party-31043008.html |work=Irish Independent}}</ref>

== Political views ==
In a speech at [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]] in 2009, Sheen stated that he had been arrested 66 times for protesting and acts of civil disobedience.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/5287861/Martin-Sheen-I-dont-have-the-aptitude-for-real-life-politics.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/5287861/Martin-Sheen-I-dont-have-the-aptitude-for-real-life-politics.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Martin Sheen: 'I don't have the aptitude for real-life politics' |first=Murray |last=Wardrop |date=May 7, 2009 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=February 4, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He was described by human rights activist [[Craig Kielburger]] as having "a rap sheet almost as long as his list of film credits."<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/rM4egdsmN8A Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150707022748/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM4egdsmN8A Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM4egdsmN8A |title=Shameless Idealists - Martin Sheen |author=WE |date=July 1, 2011 |website=YouTube |access-date=February 4, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On April 1, 2007, Sheen was arrested, with 38 other activists, for trespassing at the [[Nevada Test Site]] at a [[Nevada Desert Experience]] event protesting against the site.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lasvegas.staughton.indypgh.org/news/2007/04/8313.php |title=39 peace activists arrested at the Nevada Test Site |author=Treehugger |date=April 2, 2007 |website=Las Vegas Indymedia Center |access-date=July 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927234803/http://lasvegas.staughton.indypgh.org/news/2007/04/8313.php |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He has a long association with [[Sea Shepherd]] and that [[Conservation (ethic)|conservation]] organization has named a ship, the {{RV|Martin Sheen}} to recognize his commitment and support.

In a 2011 interview with [[RTÉ]], Sheen stated that his wife was conceived through [[rape]], and if her mother had aborted her, or dumped her in the [[Ohio River]] as she had considered, his wife would not exist. He also noted that three of his grandchildren were conceived out of wedlock, saying his sons "were not happy at the time but they came to love these children. We have three grown grandchildren, two of them are married, they're some of the greatest source [sic] of joy in our lives."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1095221 |title=RTÉ Player - Catch up with your favourite TV programmes online |work=rte.ie |access-date=April 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820094004/http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1095221 |archive-date=August 20, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He supported [[Joe Biden]] in the [[2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patten |first=Dominic |date=2024-01-04 |title=Martin Sheen Not Going To RFK Jr. Gala, 'West Wing' Cast Says; Organizers Insist Fictional POTUS' Reps Confirmed Attendance – Update |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/robert-f-kennedy-gala-west-wing-martin-sheen-1235695374/ |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kurtz |first=Judy |date=2024-01-04 |title=Martin Sheen taps 'West Wing' co-star Bradley Whitford to help deny support for RFK Jr |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4389949-martin-sheen-west-wing-bradley-whitford-rfk-jr/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240628081319/https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4389949-martin-sheen-west-wing-bradley-whitford-rfk-jr/ |archive-date=2024-06-28 |access-date=2025-05-06 |work=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Emilio Estevez and Martin Sheen.jpg|thumb|right|Sheen with son [[Emilio Estevez]] at the [[British Film Institute|BFI]] premiere of his film ''[[The Way (2010 film)|The Way]]'' in London February 2011]]

===Family===
Sheen married [[Janet Sheen|Janet Templeton]] on December 23, 1961, and they have three sons and a daughter, all of whom are actors: [[Emilio Estevez|Emilio]], [[Ramon Estevez|Ramón]], [[Charlie Sheen|Carlos]], and [[Renée Estevez|Renée]]. Carlos, however, decided to change his name when he began acting, calling himself Charlie Sheen<ref name="actors"/> after making the decision to anglicize his first name and take his surname from his father's stage name, although he was already known only as Charlie throughout his elementary school years.

Charlie and his father parodied their roles in the 1993 movie ''[[Hot Shots! Part Deux]]''; when their river patrol boats pass, each shouts, "I loved you in ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]''!" a film they starred in as father and son in 1987.

He has played the father of sons Emilio and Charlie in various projects: he played Emilio's father in ''[[The War at Home (1996 film)|The War at Home]]'', ''[[In the Custody of Strangers]]'' and ''[[The Way (2010 film)|The Way]]'', and Charlie's father in ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]'', ''[[No Code of Conduct]]'', two episodes of ''[[Spin City]],'' and ''[[Anger Management (TV series)|Anger Management]].'' He also appeared as a guest star in one episode of ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'' playing the father of Charlie's neighbor Rose ([[Melanie Lynskey]]), and another as a guest star [[Denise Richards]]'s father; at the time that episode aired, Richards was married to Charlie. Martin also played a "future" version of Charlie in a Visa commercial. Martin has played other characters with his children. He starred in the film ''[[Bobby (2006 film)|Bobby]]'', which was directed by Emilio, who also starred in the movie alongside his father. Renée had a supporting role in ''[[The West Wing]]'', as a [[White House]] staff secretary. Emilio also appeared, uncredited, in [[Twenty Five (The West Wing)|an episode]] of ''The West Wing'' portraying his father's character, President Bartlet, in-home movie footage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyedge.ie/west-wing-cameos-766056-Jan2013/#slide-slideshow9 |title=5 Stars you didn't know were in The West Wing |date=January 23, 2013 |website=[[The Daily Edge]] |access-date=February 3, 2016}}</ref>

Sheen became a grandfather at age 43 when Emilio had a son with his girlfriend, Carey Salley. Sheen has a total of ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/07/17/charlie-sheen-grandpa-grandchild-cassandra-estevez |title=Charlie Sheen Officially a Grandpa -- It's a 'Wondrous Day' |date=July 17, 2013 |website=[[TMZ]] |access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref><ref name="aimster">{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20084379,00.html |title=Emilio Estevez acts up, and no one's prouder than his father, Martin Sheen |last=Buchalter |first=Gail |date=February 28, 1983 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=March 26, 2011 |archive-date=March 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110331025613/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20084379,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/charlie-sheen-new-wife-have-baby-on-the-way |title=Charlie Sheen, New Wife Have Baby On the Way |date=August 25, 2008 |website=Fox News |access-date=September 20, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080826094549/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,410161,00.html |archive-date=August 26, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://a11news.com/559/cassandra-sheen/ |title=Cassandra Sheen |date=August 25, 2008 |website=A11news.com |access-date=March 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114140420/http://a11news.com/559/cassandra-sheen/ |archive-date=January 14, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,627858,00.html |title=Sheen, Richards Welcome a Baby Girl |first=Stephen M. |last=Silverman |author-link=Stephen M. Silverman |date=March 16, 2004 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=June 1, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001001417/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,627858,00.html |archive-date=October 1, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/gallery/0,,1066791,00.html |title=Denise Welcomes Baby Lola! |first=Caryn |last=Midler |date=June 2, 2005 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=June 1, 2007 |archive-date=May 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504084851/http://www.people.com/people/gallery/0,,1066791,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20203278,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601025354/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20203278,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 1, 2008 |title=Charlie Sheen & Brooke Mueller Get Married |first=Ulrica |last=Wihlborg |date=May 30, 2008 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=July 17, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b140223_charlies_got_newlywed_sheen.html |title=Charlie's Got That Newlywed Sheen |first=Natalie |last=Finn |date=May 30, 2008 |work=[[E! Online]] |access-date=July 17, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/03/71806/index.html |title=Charlie Sheen and His Wife Welcome Twins |date=March 15, 2009 |work=[[E! Online]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228005903/http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/03/71806/index.html |archive-date=December 28, 2009}}</ref>

In 2012, Sheen was a guest on the U.S. version of ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S. TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', tracing his Irish and Galician ancestry.

He underwent a quadruple heart bypass operation in December 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/martin-sheen-recovering-heart-surgery/story?id=35839222 |title=Martin Sheen Recovering From Heart Surgery |first=Shane |last=Lou |date=December 18, 2015 |website=ABC News |access-date=February 14, 2018}}</ref>

===Academic pursuits===
After the end of filming of ''The West Wing,'' Sheen planned to further his education: "My plan is to read [[English literature]], [[philosophy]] and [[theology]] in [[Galway]], Ireland, where my late mother came from and where I'm also a citizen."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=138251744&p=y38z5z45x |title=Sheen to study in Galway |date=March 30, 2005 |website=Breaking News.ie |access-date=March 30, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122549/http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=138251744&p=y38z5z45x |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Speaking after an honorary arts doctorate was conferred on him by the National University of Ireland, Sheen joked that he would be the "oldest undergraduate" at the [[NUI Galway|National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway]], when he started his full-time studies there in the autumn of 2006. Although expressing concern that he might be a "distraction" to other students at NUI Galway, he attended lectures like everyone else. Speaking the week after filming his last episode of ''The West Wing,'' he said, "I'm very serious about it." He once said, "I never went to college when I was young and am looking forward to giving it a try... at age 65!"<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/front/2006/0408/2314898038HM1MARTINSHEEN.html |title='President Bartlett' retiring to new role at NUIG |date=April 4, 2006 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023165939/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/front/2006/0408/1142365532972.html |archive-date=October 23, 2012}}</ref> On September 1, 2006, Sheen was among the first to register as a student at NUI Galway, where he took classes in English literature, philosophy, and [[oceanography]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nuigalway.ie/news/main_press.php?p_id=345 |title=Martin Sheen among first to register as a student at NUI Galway, Ireland |date=September 1, 2006 |website=NUI Galway |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012112258/http://nuigalway.ie/news/main_press.php?p_id=345 |archive-date=October 12, 2007}}</ref>

Sheen maintains links with Galway and "heartily" supported [[Michael D. Higgins]] (himself an alumnus of NUI Galway) in the [[2011 Irish presidential election]], having become a "dear friend" of Higgins while studying there.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.galwaynews.ie/21331-president%E2%80%99-sheen-adds-lustre-michael-d-bid-%C3%A1ras |title='President' Sheen adds lustre to Michael D bid for Áras |last=Ní Fhlatharta |first=Bernie |date=September 2, 2011 |newspaper=[[Galway City Tribune]] |access-date=June 3, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826035032/http://www.galwaynews.ie/21331-president%E2%80%99-sheen-adds-lustre-michael-d-bid-%C3%A1ras |archive-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref>

== Religious beliefs ==
Sheen is [[Catholic]], having had his faith restored during conversations in [[Paris]] in 1981 with [[Terrence Malick]], director of Sheen's breakthrough film, ''[[Badlands (film)|Badlands]]'' (1973).<ref name=lat/><ref name="progressive"/><ref name="T"/> Sheen stated in a 1983 interview with ''[[The Varsity (newspaper)|The Varsity]]'' that he is a Catholic on a "spiritual level" and that he "couldn't care less about [[religion]]."<ref name="Varsity">{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/details/thevarsity103/page/n489|title=Martin Sheen's Spiritual Journey|first=Aaron|last=Shuster|date=February 4, 1983|work=[[The Varsity (newspaper)|The Varsity]] |access-date=December 8, 2021}}</ref> Sheen also stated that he believed in [[reincarnation]].<ref name="Varsity"/>  In an interview in 2023, Sheen said how important is the practice of his Catholic faith in his life: " .. I loved the sacraments — confession and the Eucharist and the Mass were of utmost importance to me. I reunited with that, and I found myself".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pemberton |first=Ryan J. |date=2021-06-23 |title=Why Martin Sheen Returned to Catholicism |url=https://sojo.net/articles/culture-opinion/why-martin-sheen-returned-catholicism |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Sojourners |language=EN}}</ref> He is a supporter of the [[Catholic Worker movement]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Pringle |first=Paul |date=March 25, 2007 |title=Catholic Worker altruism isn't deductible |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-mar-25-me-catholic25-story.html |access-date=May 13, 2013 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{{Main|Martin Sheen filmography}}

Sheen has worked with a wide variety of film directors, including [[Richard Attenborough]], [[Francis Ford Coppola]], [[Terrence Malick]], [[David Cronenberg]], [[Mike Nichols]], [[Martin Scorsese]], [[Steven Spielberg]], and [[Oliver Stone]]. In 2012, he portrayed [[Uncle Ben]] in ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (film)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' directed by [[Marc Webb]].

==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>

==See also==
* [[List of peace activists]]

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