The Amazing Spider-Man2012
As Uncle Ben
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Martin Sheen
Born
Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. He first became known for his roles in the films The Subject Was Roses (1968) and Badlands (1973), and later achieved wide recognition for his leading role as Captain Benjamin Willard in Apocalypse Now (1979), as U.S. President Josiah Bartlet in the television series The West Wing (1999–2006), and as Robert Hanson in the Netflix television series Grace and Frankie (2015–2022). 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 Capt. Willard in Apocalypse Now earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. 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. Sheen received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989. In television, Sheen has won a Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild awards for playing the role of President Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing, and an Emmy for guest starring in the sitcom Murphy Brown. In 2012, he portrayed Uncle Ben in The Amazing Spider-Man directed by Marc Webb. 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. He is the father of four children, all of whom are actors. Sheen has directed one film, Cadence (1990), in which he appears alongside his sons Charlie and Ramón. He has narrated, produced, and directed documentary television, earning two Daytime Emmy awards in the 1980s, and has been active in liberal politics.
Filmography (268)
The Amazing Spider-Man 22014
As Uncle Ben (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Departed2006
As Queenan
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Catch Me If You Can2002
As Roger Strong
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Apocalypse Now1979
As Captain Benjamin Willard
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Marlon Brando: The Wild One1994
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Wall Street1987
As Carl Fox
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Dead Zone1983
As Greg Stillson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hot Shots! Part Deux1993
As Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
JFK1991
As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Gandhi1982
As Vince Walker
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Final Countdown1980
As Warren Lasky
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Flatland2007
As Arthur Square (voice)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Spawn1997
As Jason Wynn
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Judas and the Black Messiah2021
As J. Edgar Hoover
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Imagine That2009
As Dante D'Enzo
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Badlands1973
As Kit Carruthers
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Catch-221970
As 1st Lt. Dobbs
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Love Happens2009
As Burke's Father-in-Law
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The American President1995
As A.J. MacInerney
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping2016
As Martin Sheen
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Way2010
As Tom
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Double2011
As Tom Highland
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Gettysburg1993
As Gen. Robert E. Lee
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Trash2014
As Padre Juilliard
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Cassandra Crossing1976
As Robby Navarro
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Echelon Conspiracy2009
As Raymond Burke
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Dead Presidents1995
As The Judge
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Rules Don't Apply2016
As Noah Dietrich
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Selma2014
As Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Miracle of Medjugorje1995
As Father Jozo Zovko
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Firestarter1984
As Captain Hollister
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Bordertown2007
As George Morgan
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World2012
As Frank Petersen
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Believers1987
As Cal Jamison
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Project: ALF1996
As Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane1976
As Frank Hallet
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Cadence1990
As MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
TMDb 6.7 / 10
12 Mighty Orphans2021
As Doc Hall
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Amazonia2013
As Narrator
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Bobby2006
As Jack Stevens
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Halfway Home2011
As Narrator(voice)
O2001
As Coach Duke Goulding
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Hostile Waters1997
As Aurora Skipper
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Taxi!!1978
As Taxi Driver
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Ask Me Anything2014
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Unity2015
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Babylon 5: The River of Souls1998
As Soul Hunter
TMDb 6.4 / 10
No Code of Conduct1999
As Bill Peterson
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Free Money1998
As Guard
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Maid1991
As Anthony Wayne
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Hear No Evil1993
As Lt. Brock
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Lost & Found1999
As Millstone
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire2014
As Self - Actor (archive footage)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Enigma1982
As Alex Holbeck
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Defending Gideon2013
As Narrator
The Devil Has a Name2019
As Ralph
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Fourth Wise Man1985
As Artaban
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Nightbreaker1989
As Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse1991
As Self
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Roswell1994
As Townsend
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Boca1994
As Jesse James Montgomery
TMDb 3.6 / 10
Badge of Honor2015
As Captain Daniel Richards
TMDb 4.9 / 10
When the Bough Breaks1994
As Captain Swaggert
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Vessel2016
As Father Douglas
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Salinger2013
As Self - Actor
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Execution of Private Slovik1974
As Eddie Slovik
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The California Kid1974
As Michael McCord
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Incident1967
As Artie Connors
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Anne of Green Gables2016
As Matthew Cuthbert
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Da1988
As Charlie
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Guilty Until Proven Innocent1991
As Harold Hohne
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Princess of the Row2020
As John Austin
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Gloves of Stone2009
As Dr. Frank Irwin
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Time Shifters1999
As Grifasi
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Vietnam: American Holocaust2008
As Voice
TMDb 8.8 / 10
Truth or Consequences, N.M.1997
As Sir
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Come Sunday2018
As Oral Roberts
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Monument Ave.1998
As Hanlon
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Guardian1984
As Charlie Hyatt
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Loophole1981
As Stephen Booker
TMDb 6.3 / 10
One Hundred and One Nights1995
As Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Original Intent1992
As Homeless Joe
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Out of the Darkness1985
As Eddie Zigo
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Grey Knight1993
As Gen. Haworth
TMDb 4.7 / 10
One of Her Own1994
As Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sweet Hostage1975
As Leonard Hatch
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The OneRelease date TBA
As Jefferson
Talk to Me2007
As E.G. Sonderling
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Gunfighter1999
As The Stranger
TMDb 3.8 / 10
The Nomi Song2004
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The War at Home1996
As Bob Collier
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Shattered Spirits1986
As Lyle Mollencamp
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Born Wild1995
As Dan Walker
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Consenting Adult1985
As Ken Lynd
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Dillinger and Capone1995
As John Dillinger
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Man, Woman and Child1983
As Robert Beckwith
TMDb 5.7 / 10
A Texas Funeral1999
As Grandpa Sparta
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Eagle's Wing1979
As Pike
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Medusa's Child1997
As President
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Pirate for the Sea2008
As Self
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Jerusalem Syndrome2004
TMDb 3.7 / 10
The Boxcar Children2014
As Grandfather Alden (voice)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew2017
As Matthew Cuthbert
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Who Killed the Electric Car?2006
As Self - Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Missiles of October1974
As Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
TMDb 7.5 / 10
82012
As Theodore Olson
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Beyond the Stars1989
As Paul Andrews
TMDb 5.1 / 10
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote2020
As Josiah Bartlet
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Siesta1987
As Del
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Tell Them Who You Are2004
As Self
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot2013
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Lost & Found in Cleveland2025
As Dr. Austin Raybourne
TMDb 5.0 / 10
I Love Liberty1982
As Self
50 Films to See Before You Die2006
As Self
TMDb 8.4 / 10
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story1996
As Peter Maurin
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story1986
As Mitch Snyder
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn2012
As Self
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol1972
As Graytak
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Eyewitness: Dinosaur1994
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Break1995
As Gil Robbins
TMDb 6.1 / 10
That Championship Season1982
As Tom Daley
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Elevator1998
As Sarge
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency2007
As Narrator
Judgment in Berlin1988
As Herbert J. Stern
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Downwind2023
As Self Narrator
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Pursuit1972
As Timothy Drew
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde2004
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
News at Eleven1986
As Frank Kenley
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Man in the Mirror2008
As Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black
TMDb 6.0 / 10
D.R.E.A.M. Team1999
As J.W. Garrison
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Storm1999
As General James Roberts
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Touch and Die1991
As Frank Magenta
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island2018
As James Alden (voice)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars2017
As Matthew Cuthbert
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Fortunes of War1994
As Francis Labeck
TMDb 4.2 / 10
The Whale2013
As Tom Nickerson
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream1993
As Self / The Kralahome (voice)
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story1999
As Self
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Little Pageant That Could2024
As Self (archive footage)
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up
9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up2011
As Self
TMDb 5.8 / 10
A State of Emergency1986
As Alex Carmody
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Guns of Honor1994
As Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil)
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Subject Was Roses1968
As Timmy Cleary
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun1987
As Narrator
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story1993
As William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
TMDb 5.0 / 10
No Drums, No Bugles1972
As Ashby Gatrell
TMDb 6.5 / 10
KITÁ
KITÁRelease date TBA
As Narrator
White House Revealed2009
As Self- Narrator (voice)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Message to My Daughter1973
As John Thatcher
TMDb 8.0 / 10
James Dean: Forever Young2005
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey2014
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Braving Alaska1993
As Narrator, Narrator (voice)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy2015
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Water Engine1992
As Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Hits!1994
As Kelly
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Cold Front1989
As John Hyde
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys1995
As Jeff Snyder
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Catholics1973
As Father Kinsella
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary1977
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Stella Days2012
As Fr. Daniel Barry
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Shadrach1998
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology1993
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed2021
As Narrator
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Trigger Fast1994
As Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil
TMDb 3.0 / 10
The Andersonville Trial1970
As Captain Williams
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Last Survivors1975
As Alexander William Holmes
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Crime Club1973
As Deputy Wilson
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Making of 'Spawn'
The Making of 'Spawn'1997
As Self
TMDb 7.7 / 10
In the Custody of Strangers1982
As Frank Caldwell
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam1987
As Alan (voice)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick2002
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Letter from Death Row1998
As Michael's Father
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Marked for Murder1989
As Man in Park
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On1973
As Harlan Garrison
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Mexico1996
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Absence of Malick2003
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Beverly Hills Brats1989
As Dr. Jeffrey Miller
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 81987
As James Marion Hunt
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd1974
As Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Rage1972
As Maj. Holliford
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann1971
As Jules Worthman
Broken Rainbow1985
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
A Prayer for Rain2014
As Warren Anderson
TMDb 6.3 / 10
National Geographic: Inside the Vatican2001
As Narrator
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Voyage of Terror1998
As Henry Northcutt
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Darklings1999
As Ira Everett
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Then Came Bronson1969
As Nick Oresko
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Miller's Tale2011
As Self
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Secrets of the Titanic1986
As Self - Narrator
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Stranger in the Kingdom1999
As Sigurd Moulton
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Sacred Cargo1996
As Father Andrew Kanvesky
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen2024
As Presenter
TMDb 8.7 / 10
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial1996
As Dalton Trumbo
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Choices of the Heart
Choices of the Heart1983
As Father Philan
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi1983
As Self
Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White2011
As Narrator
Another Time, Another Place1989
As Richard Conley
TMDb 9.5 / 10
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary2008
As Self
Mongo's Back in Town1971
As Gordon
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz2013
As Narrator
TMDb 10.0 / 10
No Place to Hide
No Place to Hide1983
As Narrator
TMDb 9.0 / 10
An Act of Conscience1997
As Narrator
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology1998
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
A Prowler in the Heart1973
As Tony Parrish
Pickup on 1011972
As Lester Baumgartner
TMDb 4.4 / 10
The Legend of Earl Durand1974
As Luther Sykes
TMDb 6.5 / 10
That Certain Summer1972
As Gary McCain
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Walking After Midnight1988
As Self
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Letters from Three Lovers1973
As Vincent
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Twelve Apostles1999
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
23 Seconds to Eternity2023
As Narrator
TMDb 7.3 / 10
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania1994
As Narrator
Mercy of the Sea
Mercy of the Sea2003
As Frederik
TMDb 3.3 / 10
The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas1995
As Voice of Marcos
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle2017
As Narrator
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Notes on an American Film Director at Work2008
As Self
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Winning New Hampshire2004
As Self
TMDb 9.0 / 10
A Conversation with Martin Sheen2010
As Self
Making Badlands2013
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
In the King of Prussia1983
As Judge Samuel Salus II
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Commission2003
As Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Pat Neal Is Back
Pat Neal Is Back1968
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story2026
As Narrator
Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth2013
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 9.5 / 10
Ninth Street
Ninth Street1999
As Father Frank
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Forget Me Never1999
As Jack
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Death By China2012
As Narrator
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous2020
As Self
Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience2009
As Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Confessions Of An Innocent Man2007
As Self - Narrator
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Rites Of Mu1991
As Narrator
Alive: 20 Years Later1993
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real1966
As Kilroy
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster1997
As Narrator
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Promises to Keep1988
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture2020
As Self
Eyewitness: Monster1997
As Narrator (voice)
The End of Poverty?2008
As Self - Narrator
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Sharkwise2011
As Narrator
TMDb 0.5 / 10
In the Name of the People1985
As Narrator
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'1994
As Narrator
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Montserrat1971
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Politics of the Dead Zone
The Politics of the Dead Zone2006
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians1997
As Narrator (voice)
They Killed Sister Dorothy2008
As Narrator
Bringing Down a Dictator2002
As Narrator (voice)
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action2002
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Kennedy Detail2010
As Narrator
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace
Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace2001
As Narrator
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Price of a Life1967
As Edward Miles Layton
When the Line Goes Through1972
As Bluff Jackson
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Eyewitness DVD: Weather2007
As Narrator
Brothers on the Line2012
As Narrator
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Enemies of War
Enemies of War2001
As Narrator
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War1998
As Self - Narrator
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem2017
As Narrator
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Real Thing
The Real Thing1985
As Narrator (voice)
Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile1985
As Narrator
Hidden in Plain Sight2003
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Back to the Lane
Back to the Lane2016
Eyewitness: Shark1994
As Narrator (voice)
The Making of Eyewitness
The Making of Eyewitness1995
As Narrator
Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story2020
As Self
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight2000
As Narrator
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Father G and the Homeboys
Father G and the Homeboys2007
As Narrator
Centralia Fire
Centralia Fire1982
As Narrator
Crossing the Line
Crossing the Line1999
As self
Filmography and biography: TMDb