Martin Sheen Filmography

Born:: August 3, 1940 in Dayton, OH
Occupation:: Actor
Birth name:: Ramon Estevez
Biography:: Martin Sheen has appeared in a wide variety of films ranging from the embarrassing to the sublime. In addition to appearing in numerous productions on stage, screen, and television, Sheen is the father of a modern dynasty of actors and a tireless activist for social and environmental causes...Read More

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NowhereLand

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church, Nicole Ari Parker, Ronny Cox, Martin Sheen

Synopsis: A powerful financial executive whose career was sent spiraling down the drain due to sudden lack of confidence finds the answers to his inexplicable setback in an imaginary world dreamt up by his young daughter in a fantasy comedy starring Eddie Murphy and co-scripted by Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson Read More

6/12/09
They Killed Sister Dorothy

Actors: Martin Sheen

Synopsis: Sister Dorothy Stang was a nun from Ohio who was seventy-three years old when she was murdered in Brazil. Stang was part of a group of Christian activists who were working with natives in the Brazilian rainforests to create sustainable agricultural projects to help the locals support themselves Read More

2008
Talk to Me

Actors: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Mike Epps

Synopsis: Don Cheadle stars as outspoken ex-convict and iconic radio personality Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene in a powerful biopic detailing the life and career of a media figure whose voice instilled the black community with hope during the turbulent 1960s. After talking his way onto the Washington, D.C. Read More

7/13/07
Bordertown

Actors: Maya Zapata, Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas, Sonia Braga, Martin Sheen

Synopsis: The celebrated Latino director Gregory Nava (American Family) helmed, scripted, and co-produced (with star Jennifer Lopez) Bordertown - a suspense thriller with an A-list Hispanic cast. Lopez portrays Lauren Adrian, an American correspondent from a Chicago newspaper, who longs to cover the U.S. Read More

2007
Confessions of an Innocent Man

Actors: Martin Sheen

2007
South Central Farm: Oasis in a Concrete Desert

Actors: Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, Willie Nelson, Tom Morello, Julia Butterfly Hill

2007
Father G and the Homeboys

Actors: Martin Sheen

Synopsis: Narrated by esteemed screen veteran Martin Sheen, director John Bohm's socially conscious documentary details the efforts of Los Angeles-based Jesuit priest Father Greg Boyle in helping to redirect the troubled lives of four gang-bangers living in the battle scarred area of Boyle Heights. Read More

2007
Bobby

Actors: Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Sharon Stone, Emilio Estevez, Laurence Fishburne

Synopsis: Twenty-two people become unwitting participants in a tragic and defining moment of the 1960's in this period drama from actor and director Emilio Estevez. It's early June in 1968, and the California presidential primary elections are occupying the minds of many in the Golden State, with Robert F. Read More

11/17/06
The Departed

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen

Synopsis: Legendary director Martin Scorsese takes the helm for this tale of questionable loyalties and blurring identities set in the South Boston organized crime scene and inspired by the wildly popular 2002 Hong Kong crime film Infernal Affairs. As the police force attempts to reign in the increasingly Read More

10/6/06
Who Killed the Electric Car?

Actors: Greg "Gadget" Abbott, Dave Barthmuss, Ed Begley, Jr., Jim Boyd and His Men of the West, Alec N. Brooks

Synopsis: Filmmaker Chris Payne explores the many factors that played into the ultimate failure of the electric car to catch on with consumers, even as gas prices began to skyrocket, in a thoughtful meditation on the increasingly important role that renewable energy plays in modern society. Introduced as a Read More

6/26/06
NFL: America's Game - The Super Bowl Champions, 1999 St. Louis Rams - Super Bowl XXXIV

Actors: Kurt Warner, Torry Holt, Isaac Bruce, Marshall Faulk, Dick Vermeil

Synopsis: This program documents the culmination of the historic season of the St. Louis Rams, a team that had little optimism when the season began due to a season ending injury to their starting quarterback. Back-up Kurt Warner went on to have one of the greatest seasons in NFL history, leading the team Read More

2006
The Homestead Strike (July 6, 1892)

2006
Tell Them Who You Are

Actors: Haskell Wexler, Mark S. Wexler, Peter Bart, James Becket, Verna Bloom

Synopsis: Mark Wexler is a successful photojournalist who has also distinguished himself as a documentary filmmaker, but in many ways he has spent much of his life in the shadow of his more famous father, Haskell Wexler. One of Hollywood's greatest cinematographers, Haskell is also known as a director (he Read More

5/13/05
James Dean: Forever Young

Synopsis: James Dean: Forever Young documents the brief but memorable career of the now iconic James Dean. The film focuses much attention on his early work for television, and utilizes a variety of archival footage in order to ale the tale of the young man who gained immortality with only three feature Read More

2005
The West Wing: Season 06

Actors: Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Janel Moloney, Dule Hill, Joshua Malina, Stockard Channing

Synopsis: The crises facing the various members of the Bartlet administration at the outset of The West Wing's sixth season include the ever-escalating hostilities between Israel and Palestine, with President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) refusing to exploit the situation by staging a preemptive strike against a Read More

2004
Hidden in Plain Sight

Actors: Father Roy Bourgeois, Noam Chomsky, Christopher Hitchens, Eduardo Galeano, Sandra Alvarez

Synopsis: An insightful examination of the controversial School of the Americas, director John Smihula's Hidden in Plain Sight offers a rare look inside the U.S.-based military training school where such notorious figures as Manuel Noriega learned their trade. Over the course of its history, the Fort Read More

11/7/03
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion

Actors: Martin Sheen

Synopsis: Shortly after graduating from the University of California at Santa Barbara, filmmaker Tom Peosay and his wife Sue (an Asian Studies major) set out on a tour of Asia that culminated in an extended stay in the Chinese-occupied nation of Tibet. With that formative visit, the Peosays became actively Read More

9/19/03
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action

Synopsis: From rescue missions to warfare, helicopters are some of the most versatile vehicles ever built by man. In this documentary from director David Douglas, actor Martin Sheen narrates as viewers follow skilled pilots and their fearless crews on a series of breathtaking missions and receive a crash Read More

2003
The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color [TV Documentary Series]

Actors: Martin Sheen

Synopsis: Throughout the late '90s and early 2000s, film archivists unearthed millions of feet of color footage shot by both professionals and amateurs during WWII but long tucked away and forgotten due to reasons of security and economics. Several TV series and specials were culled from these vivid color Read More

2003
All the President's Movies

Actors: Martin Sheen, Paul D. Fischer

Synopsis: Ever since President Woodrow Wilson attending a private presentation of The Birth of a Nation in 1915, special screenings of the latest motion pictures has been a regular part of life in the White House. Narrated by Martin Sheen, the cable-TV documentary All the President's Movies looks at the Read More

2003
Fate Did Not Let Me Go

Actors: Liv Ullmann, Martin Sheen

Synopsis: A long-lost letter transcends time and death in this moving tale of a mother's love and the strength of the human spirit. Days before her death in the Thereseinstadt concentration camp in World War II, Valli Ollendorf writes a heartfelt letter to her young son Ulrich, urging him to have faith in Read More

2003
The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color, Episode 4 - Triumph

2003
The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color, Episode 2 - Battlefronts

2003
3 Wise Men

2003
The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color, Episode 3 - Wrath

2003
The West Wing: Season 05

Actors: Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Janel Moloney, Dule Hill, Joshua Malina, Stockard Channing

Synopsis: The administration of President Jed Bartlet (Martin Sheen) is still technically in charge of the United States as The West Wing enters its fifth season (and its first without the services of longtime producer Aaron Sorkin), but Bartlet himself is no longer commander in chief -- at least, not at Read More

2003
The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color, Episode 1 - Infamy

2003
Catch Me If You Can

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye

Synopsis: A gifted forger and confidence man attempts to stay one step ahead of the lawman determined to bring him to justice in this comedy-drama from Steven Spielberg, based on a true story. Frank W. Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a 16-year-old high school student who finds himself emotionally cut Read More

12/25/02
The West Wing: Season 04

Actors: Rob Lowe, Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Dule Hill, Janel Moloney, Joshua Malina, Stockard Channing

Synopsis: Once the fourth season of The West Wing gets past its semi-serious two-part opener, in which White House staffers Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff), Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford), and Donna Moss (Janel Moloney) get lost somewhere in Indiana while campaigning for the re-election of President Jed Read More

2002
Cuba: The 40 Years War

Actors: Martin Sheen

2002
Fighting for Freedom: Revolution & Civil War

Synopsis: Filmmakers Phillip B. Kunhardt III, Nancy Steiner, and Peter W. Kunhardt explore the eternal struggle for liberty in America while simultaneously illuminating the hypocritical underlying factors that undermined the colonist's bold "experiment in freedom," in a revealing documentary featuring the Read More

2002
National Geographic: Inside the Vatican

Synopsis: The Vatican may be one of the most famous places in the world, but it's also among the most mysterious; very few people have seen what lies beyond the Vatican's walls, and even fewer journalists have had free access to the tiny walled city that is the home of the Catholic Church. In 2001, National Read More

2002
O

Actors: Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles, Elden Henson, Andrew Keegan

Synopsis: A modernized retelling of William Shakespeare's Othello, O changes its setting to an elite private school in the American South. Odin (Mekhi Phifer) is the only black student at Palmetto Grove and also the star basketball player, with hopes of reaching the NBA. A popular student, he is dating Desi Read More

8/31/01
Apocalypse Now Redux

Actors: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall

Synopsis: Francis Coppola had more than his share of production difficulties while shooting his epic-scale Vietnam War drama Apocalypse Now, including disastrous weather conditions, problems with his leading men (Harvey Keitel was fired after less than two weeks on the project and was replaced by Martin Read More

8/3/01
D.R.E.A.M. Team

Synopsis: Three female undercover agents fight evil and look good doing it in this made-for-TV action-adventure drama. While Puerto Rico may be a playground for the rich and famous in the eyes of the world, United Nations intelligence agent J.W. Garrison (Martin Sheen) and his CIA colleague Zack Hamilton (Jeff Kaake Read More

2001
Bringing Down a Dictator

2001
Five Days to Change the World

2001
The West Wing: Season 03

Actors: Rob Lowe, Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Dule Hill, Janel Moloney, Stockard Channing

Synopsis: Season three of The West Wing breaks the series' established continuity with the opening episode, "Isaac and Ishmael," hastily assembled to address the terrible events of September 11, 2001. Thereafter, the principal storyline picks up where season two left off, with President Jed Bartlet (Martin Sheen Read More

2001
Story of the Twelve Apostles

Synopsis: This documentary is a non-evangelical interpretation of the ancient history behind the story of Jesus and his 12 apostles. Martin Sheen narrates and several biblical scholars, university professors, and religious leaders give their insights and comments on Jesus as a leader and his relationship Read More

2000
A Texas Funeral

Actors: Robert Patrick, Joanne Whalley, Isaiah Washington, Jane Adams

Synopsis: William Blake Herron directs this baroque family drama about dark family secrets, ear-sucking, and camel herding. The film opens with the funeral of family patriarch Grandpa Sparta (Martin Sheen). As witnessed by Little Sparta, the grieving widow Murtis (Grace Zabriskie) removes an ear from the Read More

2000
Echoes from the White House

Actors: Martin Sheen

Synopsis: Actor Martin Sheen hosts this PBS program that looks at some of the special contributions made over the years to the nation's White House in Washington D.C. Avery Brooks, Blythe Danner, Campbell Scott, Sam Waterston, and Dianne Wiest are among those who read what former Presidents, First Ladies Read More

2000
Mexico

Actors: Martin Sheen, Enrique Rocha

Synopsis: Noted filmmaker Lorena M. Parlee directs this sweeping IMAX spectacular about Mexico. Populated with expansive shots of the country's mountains and city skyline, this film not only traces Mexico's long history -- beginning with Indian cultures through the Spanish colonization, to its eventual Read More

2000
No Code of Conduct

Actors: Meredith Salenger, Kristi Gibson, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, Mark Dacascos

Synopsis: Martin Sheen and his son Charlie Sheen play father and son, appropriately enough, in this tense crime thriller. Bill Patterson (Martin Sheen) is a veteran police detective who works side by side with his son Jake (Charlie Sheen) in the vice squad. Both Bill and Jake share a dedication to their Read More

2000
The Story of Paul the Apostle

Synopsis: Each episode of the History Channel program Time Machine takes viewers on an in-depth journey through a seldom traveled corridor of world history. Relying mostly on interviews with experts and the use of archival footage, each tape puts viewers into the historical experience. This episode examines Read More

2000
The West Wing: Season 02

Actors: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, John Spencer, Richard Schiff, Dule Hill

Synopsis: Season one of The West Wing ended with a violent cliffhanger, as President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) and his staff were apparently targeted for assassination. As season two begins, it is revealed that the intended bull's-eye of the attack was actually Bartlet's young African-American aide, Charlie Read More

2000
Great Wall Across the Yangtze

2000
Thrill Seekers

Actors: Catherine Bell, Casper Van Dien, Theresa Saldana, Martin Sheen, Peter Outerbridge, Julian Richings

Synopsis: Hired by a cheap tabloid, washed-up reporter Tom Merrick (Casper Van Dien) begins collecting research for a series of articles on famous disasters. Along the way, he makes a curious discovery: In the photos of such catastrophes as the San Francisco Earthquake and the Hindenburg explosion, he Read More

2000
A Stranger In The Kingdom

Actors: David Lansbury, Ernie Hudson, Martin Sheen, Bill Raymond, Sean Nelson

Synopsis: Jay Craven directed this post-WWII period drama adapted from a fact-based novel by Howard Frank Mosher. During the '50s, the service record of former Army chaplain Walter Andrews (Ernie Hudson) makes such an impression that he's hired over the telephone to serve as minister at a small town in Read More

5/7/99
Lost and Found

Actors: David Spade, Sophie Marceau, Patrick Bruel, Artie Lange, Mitchell Whitfield

Synopsis: Just how low will a guy sink in order to impress the woman of his dreams? How does stealing her dog sound? In Lost and Found, David Spade plays Dylan, who is about to open an new restaurant and has finally found the perfect apartment. The apartment just gets better when he meets his new neighbor Read More

4/23/99
Phenomenon: The Lost Archives - H.A.A.R.P., Holes in Heaven

Synopsis: Each episode of Phenomenon: The Lost Archives offers an in-depth exploration of an event that defies explication, or examines the untold secrets behind the stories you thought you knew. Hosted by Dean Stockwell, each tape investigates the facts behind the legends. In Phenomenon: The Lost Archives Read More

1999
Ninth Street

Actors: Don Washington, Kevin Willmott, Nadine Griffith, Byon Myrick, Isaac Hayes

Synopsis: A dramatic comedy about life in the African-American community in the late 1960s, Ninth Street take place in Junction City, Kansas, a town that in 1968 looked to the nearby Fort Riley Army base for most of its economic support. Junction City's Ninth Street was home to a string of black-owned bars Read More

1999
The Soul of Christmas: A Celtic Music Celebration

Actors: Martin Sheen, Iris DeMent, Nikki Matheson, Susan McKeown, Kathy Mattea

1999
War Dogs: The Forgotten Heroes

Synopsis: This documentary showcases the dogs who worked to help their human handlers serve the American cause in combat. During the Vietnam War, these dogs saved many lives by dragging wounded soldiers to safety and by warning troops about impending ambushes. Dogs were trained to recognize booby traps Read More

1999
Lady Liberty: A Musical Salute to America and Freedom

Synopsis: Hal Linden of Barney Miller fame hosts this musical special and salute to the American way of freedom and liberty. Many special guest stars appear in this video, including performances by The Beach Boys, Tony Danza, the late John Denver, and Martin Sheen. Also featured are Lee Greenwood, best Read More

1999
Deepak Chopra: The Crystal Cave - Lessons from the Teachings of Merlin

Synopsis: This imaginative video helps the reader discover answers to ancient spiritual questions. Featuring dramatic readings by Joanna Cassidy, Martin Sheen, and Robert Guillaume, Deepak Chopra: The Crystal Cave - Lessons from the Teachings of Merlin presents the ancient legend of Merlin and King Arthur. Read More

1999
Eyewitness: Insect

Actors: Martin Sheen

Synopsis: This program is part of the Eyewitness educational series, featuring simple discussions of scientific material for both kids and parents to enjoy. Eyewitness: Insect investigates the insect work force. Kids learn about the various important tasks insects perform every day to help keep the animal Read More

1999
Storm Tracker

Synopsis: When a top-secret governmental experiment to harness the power of hurricanes goes awry, the city of Los Angeles is threatened with a windstorm of apocalyptic dimensions. Renegade Air Force officer Gen. James Roberts (Martin Sheen) finds himself working in concert with meteorologist and "storm Read More

1999
Forget Me Never

Synopsis: Based on Living in the Labyrinth, the autobiography of Diana Friel McGowin, the made-for-TV Forget Me Never stars Mia Farrow as McGowin, a successful middle-aged legal secretary. Upon her realization that she is in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, Diana courageously attempts to hide her Read More

1999
The West Wing: Season 01

Actors: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, John Spencer, Moira Kelly, Richard Schiff

Synopsis: The first season of The West Wing wastes no time in plunging the fledgling administration of American president Jed Bartlet (Martin Sheen) into a crisis, when the commander in chief is injured by a fall from a bicycle borrowed from his chief of staff, Leo McGarry (John Spencer). Meanwhile, Deputy Read More

1999
The Darklings

Synopsis: The fact that Tippi Hedren is cast as the grandmother of the protagonist is hardly the only Hitchcock reference in the made-for-cable thriller The Darklings. While bedridden with a case of mono, teenager C.J. (Ryan DeBoer) glances out his window, and sees--or thinks he sees--next-door neighbor Read More

1999
Monument Ave.

Actors: Denis Leary, Jason Barry, Billy Crudup, John Diehl, Greg Dulli, Famke Janssen

Synopsis: This crime drama takes place among Irish-American toughs in Boston's Charlestown neighborhood. Car-thief Bobby O'Grady (Denis Leary) belongs to a gang run by bully Jackie O'Hara (Colm Meaney). Bobby's cousin Seamus (Jason Barry) is a recent arrival from Dublin. When Teddy (Billy Crudup) gets Read More

9/25/98
Shadrach

Actors: Martin Sheen, Harvey Keitel, Andie MacDowell, John Franklin Sawyer, Scott Terra, Daniel Treat, Monica Bugajski

Synopsis: Susanna Styron made her feature directorial debut with this family drama, an adaptation of a 1978 short story by her father, novelist William Styron (Sophie's Choice). Paul Whitehurst (voice of Martin Sheen) recalls Depression-era events in Tidewater, Virginia, when he was ten years old. In the Read More

9/25/98
Babylon 5: The River of Souls

Actors: Tracy Scoggins, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan, Richard Biggs, Jeff Conway

Synopsis: The weekly Babylon 5 series still had three episodes to go when TNT presented the two-hour "spinoff" movie Babylon 5: The River of Souls. Departing a bit from the established fifth-season chronology, the film finds Garibaldi returning to B5 after an 18-month tenure as CEO of Edgars Enterprise. The Read More

1998
A Letter from Death Row

Actors: Charlie Sheen, Rob Wilds, Kristi Gibson, Bret Michaels, Martin Sheen

Synopsis: A convicted killer on death row attempts to convince the governor's assistant, who has come to interview him for her upcoming book on prison inmates, that he was framed. Filmed on location in the Tennessee State Prison's Death Row, this psychological thriller offers many intriguing twists and Read More

1998
Voyage of Terror

Actors: Lindsay Wagner, Brian Dennehy, Martin Sheen, Michael Ironside, William B. Davis

Synopsis: A virulent virus erupts aboard a cruise ship. The government wants to blow it up, but a scientist is determined to find a cure or at least a way to contain the deadly disease. He must hurry, for time is short and the government is getting impatient. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1998
Family Attraction

1998
Eyewitness: Arctic and Antarctic

Synopsis: Part of the Eyewitness educational video series, which features simple discussions of scientific material one topic at a time for kids and parents, too, Eyewitness: Arctic and Antarctic travels to great heights and plunging depths to examine animal life of the Arctic and Antarctic. Martin Sheen Read More

1997
Eyewitness: Desert

Synopsis: Part of the Eyewitness educational video series, which features simple discussions of scientific material one topic at a time for kids and parents, too, Eyewitness: Desert travels to the white-hot desert for a lesson in survival. Martin Sheen hosts the program, providing a detailed discussion of Read More

1997