Martin Sheen

American actor

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2024 Publicly supported Joe Biden during the Democratic Party presidential primaries.
2024 Martin Sheen stars in the film 'Lost & Found in Cleveland' as Dr. Austin Raybourne
2024 Martin Sheen appears in 'Wild Cards' as Joseph Edwards, appearing via archival footage in a recurring character role.
2023 In an interview, Sheen reflected deeply on his Catholic faith, emphasizing the importance of sacraments like confession and the Eucharist in his spiritual life.
2023 Appeared in archival footage as Ben Parker in 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'
May 6 2023 Conferred an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, by Loyola Marymount University for his outstanding service and contributions to the public good.
2022 Concluded his role in Grace and Frankie.
2021 Appeared in Judas and the Black Messiah, a film about the Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton, directed by Shaka King.
2020 Martin Sheen recreated his role as President Josiah Bartlet in A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
December 2019 Sheen signed on to play J. Edgar Hoover in the film Judas and the Black Messiah.
2017 Martin Sheen appeared as himself in a special episode of The West Wing Weekly podcast, discussing his role as President Bartlet from the TV series The West Wing
2017 Martin Sheen reprised his role as Matthew Cuthbert in two television films: Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars and Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
2017 Martin Sheen narrated 'The Home Front: Life in America During World War II'
2016 Sheen starred in The Vessel, performing roles in both English and Spanish language versions.
2016 Martin Sheen portrayed Matthew Cuthbert in the television film L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables
2016 Martin Sheen narrated 'Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence'
2015 Began playing Robert Hanson in the Netflix series Grace and Frankie.
2015 Martin Sheen narrated documentaries 'American Hercules: Babe Ruth' and 'Unity'
December 2015 Underwent a quadruple heart bypass operation.
May 3 2015 Received an honorary Doctor of Human Letters degree from the University of Dayton for his lifelong commitment to peace, social justice, and human rights.
2014 Advocated for Amnesty International's Justice for Bhopal campaign when the film 'Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain' premiered.
2014 Played multiple roles in films including Warren Anderson in 'Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain' and Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited) in 'Selma'
2013 Martin Sheen appeared in the television film The Whale, playing Thomas Nickerson
2013 Martin Sheen narrated 'The Second Cooler' and appeared as himself in 'Salinger', while also narrating 'Messenger of the Truth'
2012 Martin Sheen portrayed Uncle Ben in the superhero film The Amazing Spider-Man, directed by Marc Webb.
2012 Appeared as a guest on the U.S. version of Who Do You Think You Are?, tracing his Irish and Galician ancestry.
2012 Martin Sheen reprised his role as The Illusive Man in the video game Mass Effect 3
2012 Martin Sheen began starring in the TV series Anger Management as Martin Goodson for 20 episodes
2012 Martin Sheen appeared as himself in 'Who Do You Think You Are?' and narrated 'Brothers on the Line' and 'Death by China'
March 2012 Performed with George Clooney in Dustin Lance Black's play '8', a staged reenactment of the federal trial overturning California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage.
2011 Gave an interview to RTÉ discussing personal family history, including revelations about his wife's conception and his grandchildren.
2011 Supported his friend Michael D. Higgins in the Irish presidential election.
2011 Awarded an honorary life membership in the Law Society of University College Dublin.
2011 Voiced Emilio in the English language version of the animated film Arrugas (Wrinkles).
2011 Martin Sheen hosted the television series 'Curiosity'
December 5 2011 Met with Jon-Adrian Velazquez at Sing Sing Correctional Facility and held a press conference advocating for his release, believing he was wrongfully convicted.
2010 Sheen filmed Stella Days in County Tipperary, Ireland, playing parish priest Daniel Barry.
2010 Sheen starred in The Way, a film written and directed by his son Emilio Estevez, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
2010 Spoke to 18,000 young student activists at Free The Children's We Day event.
2010 Martin Sheen voiced The Illusive Man character in the video game Mass Effect 2
2010 Martin Sheen appeared in multiple documentary and feature films, including 'Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space' as himself, 'Return to El Salvador' as narrator, and played 'The Octopuss' in 'The Spirit'
November 2010 Sheen was cast as Uncle Ben in Sony's upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man film reboot.

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