Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen (*
3. August 1940 als
Ramon Estevez in
Dayton,
Ohio) ist ein US-amerikanischer Filmschauspieler. Seinen Durchbruch erlebte er mit der Hauptrolle in
Apocalypse Now. Seither ist er einer der profiliertesten Charakterdarsteller des US-Kinos und des Fernsehens.
Familie und Leben
Verheiratet mit Janet Estevez (geborene Templeton) und Vater von Emilio Estevez (12. Mai 1962), Ramon Estevez (3. August 1963), Charles "Charlie" Sheen (eigentlich Carlos Estevez 3. September 1965) und Renée Estevez (1967).
Martin Sheen ist politisch aktiv, protestierte gegen die Star-Wars Pläne der Reagan-Administration, gegen atomare Anlagen und gegen den Irak-Feldzug der US-Regierung 2003. Seine öffentliche Kritik am US-Präsidenten George W. Bush fand nicht zuletzt Aufmerksamkeit, weil Sheen gleichzeitig in der Rolle des Präsidenten in der erfolgreichen TV-Serie "West Wing" Popularität genoß.
Filme
- A Letter From Death Row (1998)
- Ambrose Chapel (1998)
- No Code of Conduct (1998)
- Monument Ave. (1998)
- Spawn (1997)
- Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)
- 187: Documented (1997)
- The Elevator (1996)
- Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996)
- The War at Home (1996)
- The American President (1995)
- Gospa (1995)
- Dead Presidents (1995)
- Les Cent et une nuits (1995) (aka A Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema)
- The Break (1995)
- Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1995)
- Dillinger and Capone (1995)
- Sacred Cargo (1995)
- Boca (1994)
- Hits! (1994)
- Trigger Fast (1994)
- Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
- Fortunes of War (1993)
- Gettysburg (1993)
- Hear No Evil (1993)
- The Killing Box (1993)
- When the Bough Breaks (1993)
- Original Intent (1992)
- Running Wild (1992)
- Cadence (1991) (Director)
- Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
- The Maid (1991)
- Touch and Die (1991)
- Beverly Hills Brats (1989)
- Beyond the Stars (1989)
- Cold Front (1989)
- Da (1988) (Executive Producer)
- Judgment in Berlin (1988)
- The Believers (1987)
- Siesta (1987)
- Wall Street (1987)
- The State of Emergency (1986)
- Firestarter (1984)
- The Dead Zone (1983)
- Man, Woman and Child (1983)
- Enigma (1983)
- Gandhi (1982)
- In the King of Prussia (1982)
- That Championship Season (1982)
- The Final Countdown (1980)
- Loophole (1980)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Eagle's Wing (1979)
- The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
- The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
- The Legend of Earl Durand (1974)
- Badlands (1973)
- Pickup on 101 (1972)
- Rage (1972)
- No Drums, No Bugles (1971)
- Catch-22 (1970)
- The Subject Was Roses (1968)
- The Incident (1967)(Film Debut)
Fernsehfilme
- Hostile Waters (1997)
- Project: ALF (1996)
- Marlon Brando: The Wild One (1996)
- Roswell (1994)
- One of Her Own (1994)
- Guns of Honor (1994)
- A Matter of Justice (1993)
- The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story (1993)
- The Water Engine (1992)
- Guilty Until Proven Innocent (1991)
- Nightbreaker (1989) (Executive Producer)
- Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987)
- News at Eleven (1986)
- Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986)
- Shattered Spirits (1986)
- The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
- Consenting Adults (1985)
- The Fourth Wise Man (1985)
- Out of the Darkness (1985)
- Babies Having Babies (1985) (Director)
- The Guardian (1984)
- Choices of the Heart (1983)
- In the Custody of Strangers (1982)
- The Last Survivors (1975)
- Sweet Hostage (1975)
- The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974)
- The Execution of Private Slovik (1974)
- The California Kid (1974)
- The Missiles of October (1974)
- Catholics (1973)
- Crime Club (1973)
- Letters from Three Lovers (1973)
- Message to My Daughter (1973)
- Pursuit (1972)
- That Certain Summer (1972)
- Mongo's Back in Town (1971)
- Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (1971)
- Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1971)
- The Andersonville Trial (1970)
- Then Came Bronson (1969)
Erzählungen
- Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster (1997)
- Tudjman (1997)
- My Home, My Prison (1993)
- JFK (1991)
- In the Name of the People (1984)
Bühne
- The Crucible (1992)
- Julius Ceaser (1988)
- Mr. Roberts (1979)
- Death of a Salesman (1975)
- The Happiness Cage (1970)
- Hello and Goodbye (1969)
- Romeo and Juliet (1968)
- The Wicked Crooks (1967)
- Hamlet (1967)
- The Subject was Roses (1964 - 1966)
- Never Live Over a Pretzel Factory (1964)
- The Connection (1953)
Weblinks