Martin Sheen

As of 2015, he has appeared in five films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Apocalypse Now (1979), Gandhi (1982), JFK (1991) The Departed (2006) and Selma (2014). Of those, Gandhi (1982) and The Departed (2006) are winners in the category.

On Who Do You Think You Are? (2010), he found some interesting things about his family. He traced some of his fathers ancestors in Spain and found out his fourth great-grandfather was a Don who had an extramarital affair with Martin's fourth great-grandmother and had six kids with her. After doing some more digging, they found out he was a judge and found a court case he tried about a girl who had an affair with a cleric and had an abortion. Unbelievably, while doing the genealogy, this turned out that the girl was also his fourth great-grandmother. 150 years after the court case, their second great-grandchildren married each other and became Martin's grandparents.

An opponent of euthanasia, he taped an ad in 2008 urging residents of Washington State to vote no on Initiative 1000, which would allow doctor assisted suicide of terminally ill patients. The initiative passed.

In 2006, the actor played ill-fated cop Oliver Queenan in Martin Scorsese's Academy Award-winning film The Departed (2006) opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg and Alec Baldwin.

The same year, Sheen joined another all-star ensemble cast for the highly acclaimed feature Bobby (2006), written and directed by his son, Emilio Estevez. Bobby 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.

In 2006, Sheen was again nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series; this time for the CBS hit comedy Two and a Half Men (2003), starring his son Charlie Sheen. In addition to series television, Sheen has appeared in several important made-for-television movies and mini-series including playing President John F.

In 2004, he was listed as an endorser of March for Women's Lives. After learning about this, Feminists for Life, an organization that named him as a "Remarkable Pro-Life Man" in 2001, brought this to his attention, informing him that March for Women's Lives was a pro-choice group. At his request, March for Women's Lives removed his name from their list.

Received an honorary degree (Doctor of Letters) from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2003), during the dedication of the school's new library (according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website).

Stumped in Florida for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Janet Reno in her unsuccessful campaign against sitting Governor Jeb Bush, June 2002. Reno also Drew Major support from Rosie O'Donnell and Elton John.

He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor TV Series Drama in 2001.

Martin was one of 22 people arrested for crossing over a line established by the Air Force in an anti-militarization protest at California's Vandenberg Air Force base. He was charged with trespassing. [October 2000]

For television audiences, Sheen is best recognized for his six-time Emmy nominated performance as President Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing (1999). Sheen won six of his eight Golden Globe nominations as well as an ALMA Award; and two individual SAG Awards; for the White House series.

Is a strong advocate for the closing of the School of the Americas, a military base that trains Latin American soldiers (allegedly teaching techniques of torture and political terror). Has been involved in a large protest every year since 1998.

He was considered for the recurring role of Luther Sloan on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), which went to William Sadler.

He was considered for the role of Sgt. Max Greevey on Law & Order (1990), which went to George Dzundza.

Of his ten Primetime Emmy nominations, Sheen won for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series on the long-running sitcom Murphy Brown (1988) (starring Candice Bergen) in 1994. In addition, he has garnered a Daytime Emmy Award for directing and another for performance.

Other notable credits include Wall Street (1987) (with son Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas), Academy Award-winning film Gandhi (1982) (with Sir Ben Kingsley), Catch Me If You Can (2002) (with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks), The American President (1995) (with Michael Douglas and Annette Bening) and a Golden Globe nominated breakthrough performance as Timmy Cleary in The Subject Was Roses (1968), a role he originated on Broadway and for which he received a Tony Award nomination as Best Featured Actor.

Multiple Emmy- and Golden Globe-winner Martin Sheen is one of America's most celebrated, colorful, and accomplished actors. Moving flawlessly between artistic mediums, Sheen's acting range is striking. Sheen was born Ramón Antonio Gerard Estevez in Dayton, Ohio, to Mary-Ann (Phelan), an Irish immigrant (from Borrisokane, County Tipperary), and Francisco Estevez, a Spanish-born factory worker and machinery inspector (from Parderrubias, Galicia). On the big screen, Sheen has appeared in more than 65 feature films including a star turn as Army Captain Benjamin L. Willard in Francis Ford Coppola's landmark film Apocalypse Now (1979), which brought Sheen worldwide recognition. The film also starred Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper and Robert Duvall.

Has played both Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in The Missiles of October (1974) and President John F. Kennedy in the miniseries Kennedy (1983), and is one of only three actors to portray both brothers. The other two are Cliff De Young and Kevin Anderson.

Auditioned for the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972). He was also considered for Tom Hagen.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1965 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "The Subject Was Roses", a role that he recreated in the film version of the same name, The Subject Was Roses (1968).

He has two roles in common with Cliff Robertson: (1) Robertson played John F. Kennedy in PT 109 (1963) while Sheen played him in Kennedy (1983) and (2) Robertson played Ben Parker in Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007) while Sheen played him in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014).