Martin Sheen:
Is an American actor
Birth Name:  Ramon  Antonio Gerardo Estevez

Born: August 3, 1940 (age 75), Dayton, Ohio, United States.

who got his start on the New York stage, earning a Tony award nomination for his role in The Subject Was Roses (1965). After reprising his role in the television adaptation he moved on to TV and film, making his big screen debut in 1967's The Incident. He is perhaps best known for his role as Captain Willard in the highly-acclaimed film Apocalypse Now (1979). In 1999, he landed the role of President Bartlet on the TV series The West Wing, for which he won numerous awards. Sheen recently starred in the Netflix series Grace and Frankie.

Early Life:

In Dayton, Ohio. During his impressive acting career, Sheen has played all types of characters, from killers to world leaders. He discovered his love of acting while in high school. Never formally trained, he learned from experience while performing on the New York stage.

Film Career:

 Earned a Tony Award nomination in 1965 for his work in The Subject Was Roses (he reprised his role for the 1968 film adaptation). After appearing in such television shows as Route 66, The Outer Limits, My Three Sons and The Nurses, he made his film debut in 1967's The Incident, playing a teenager thug who takes over a subway car.

In the 1970s, gave several great performances in such films as the adaptation of Joseph Heller's best-selling novel Catch-22 (1970), the spree killer Charles Starkweather-inspired Badlands (1973), and Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War masterpiece Apocalypse Now, Apocalipsis now (1979), also starred Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper and Robert Duvall. He went to give strong performances in Gandhi (1982) academy Award-winning film Gandhi. Wall Street (1987), The American President, Mi querido presidente  (1995) and Catch Me if You Can, Atrápame si puedes  (2002). In 2006, the actor played ill-fated cop Oliver Queenan in Martin Scorsese's Academy Award-winning film Los infiltrados, The Departed  (2006) opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg and Alec Baldwin.  In the same year  he also had a role in his son Emilio Estevez's film about the Robert F. Kennedy assassination, Bobby (2006), was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award; and starred Anthony Hopkins, Harry Belafonte, Laurence Fishburne, Sharon Stone, William H. Macy, Elijah Wood, Demi Moore and Heather Graham.. 

During the 1960s and early 1970s, Sheen honed his skills as a guest star on a number of popular television series, including My Three Sons (1964), Flipper (1967), The F.B.I. (1968), Mission: Impossible (1969), Hawaii Five-O (1970), Dan August (1971), The Rookies (1973), Columbo (1973), and The Streets of San Francisco (1973). He also had a recurring role as "Danny Morgan" on Mod Squad (1970–1971). By the early 1970s, Sheen was increasingly focusing on television films and motion Pictures.

Tv Career:

Sheen found success on the small screen with the political drama The West Wing, which debuted in 1999.
Took on the leading role of President Josiah Bartlet and for which he received a Best Actor Golden Globe Award in 2001 and then he was nominated for an Emmy Award six times for his work on the show, including for the show's final 2005-2006 season

Later Roles:

Worked with son Charlie on his latest sitcom Anger Management. He made several guest appearances during the show's run from 2012 to 2014. The following year, Sheen took on a starring role in the Netflix sitcom Grace and Frankie.  His character, Robert, is leaving his wife Grace (played by Jane Fonda) for another man (Sam Waterston.

Awards and Honors:

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 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 Awards, winning one. He has also earned eight nominations for Golden Globe Awards. Sheen has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1500 Vine Street. In 2001 Sheen won a TV Guide Award for 'Actor of the Year in a Drama Series' for The West Wing.


Personal Life:

Sheen married Janet Templeton  on December 23, 1961, and they have four children, three sons and a daughter, all of whom are actors: Emilio, Ramón, Carlos, and Renée. All but one decided to keep their own names when they began acting – Carlos, calling himself Charlie Sheen, made the decision to Anglicize his first name and take his surname from his father's stage name.