Martin Sheen

American actor Martin Sheen on Desert Island Discs

[quote] great American character actor

No, not 'great'.

R2 what he is then?

An ordinary performer on screen who's appeared on stage about 5 times.

I have always enjoyed him as an actor and have a lot of respect for this talent but I don't know if I would describe him as intelligent. He believes some pretty wacky shit.

He has as much sex appeal as the late Alan Ladd.

Not much.

Young Martin was HAF!

I saw him perform The Normal Heart in London in spring 1986. Played Ned. Was amazing. Fantastic performance.

It was at the Royal Court Theater in Chelsea before moving to a bigger theater in the West End.Sheen departed when it moved to the West End and Tom Hulce joined the cast as Ned.

Real Name is Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez.

He is a Catholic zealot who embraces the Marianist Brothers.

Not sure I'd consider him a "character actor." But I like him.

Oh, OP. If you haven't managed to learn the truth about Mr. "Sheen" I'm not going to be the one to tell you.

I realize parents are not responsible for the adult children, but anyone who raised a drunken/drug addicted, crazed maniac like Charlie Sheen cannot be taken seriously

Badlands

Making Badlands (1973) Interviews with Martin Sheen,Sissy Spacek and Jack Fisk

[quote] a drunken/drug addicted

The most lively scene in that over-long grandiose mess called 'Apocalypse Now' was live footage of him being 'drunken and drug addicted' and thrusting his hand into broken glass and blood dripping over him.

Sheen's best interview. It's hilarious when he cracks up at Dame Edna admonishing the audience.

[quote] Real Name is Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez.

He shunned his father's name and cultural heritage.

While there's another performer here on Datalounge who would have been an empty shell if he abandoned HIS name and cultural heritage—

Cyd Charisse's real name is Tula Ellice Finklea. Why don't you pile on *her* for disguising her Austrian heritage?

The first movie I saw him in was a movie called "Sweet Hostage". I was about 10 or 11. Its kind of a creepy movie, but he and Linda Blair are great.

He was so good in Badlands. I love it at the end where he charms the cops… like a young Elvis.

Played gay in 1972 in That Certain Summer, one of the first made-for-TV movies ever produced.

He and Hal Holbrook played lovers.

That Certain Summer aired on ABC on Nov. 1, 1972.

Love him for Badlands.

His Catholicism is liberal and progressive, isn’t it?

^

Don't ask me.

Ask a Marianist; they believe the cult of Mary (the mother of Jesus) is more important than the cult of Jesus.

MARY!

His son, Ramon, is a faggot, and he took him to the same shrink I was seeing to cure him of his pred-dill-erection toward the same sex

He a died in the wool Democrat and as liberal as they come.

Bishop Sheen— such an inspiration! A guiding light!

Played a creepy but hot perv opposite Jose Foster.

I liked him in the Dead Zone as Greg Stillson. He picked up a little girl and used her as a human shield. Stillson was a POS and Sheen played the part wonderfully.

He's one of the rare actors that nailed a Boston accent and that was in The Departed. The other is Diane Lane in The Perfect Storm.

He was hot when young. Despite his fervent Catholicism he supports the gays. Someone here a couple of years ago said that he and Emilio attended a Pride parade in Malibu or Santa Monica (or some other adjacent town.)

It’s unfortunate about Charlie but the other kids seem relatively well-adjusted for Hollywood spawn. I am fairly certain even Charlie knows he is way beyond the fringe.

I only did one movie with Emilio.

R30 I agree. Probably from his Irish Catholic upbringing

Martin and his wife were NUDISTS during the whole time their children were growing up. Charlie has said that he would have friends over and his parents would be nude. So, don’t wonder too hard where Charlie got his problems.

I just posted r34. This just reminded me of Larry Hagman and his creepy hot tubbing with his nude teenage kids and their friends. Wtf.

He looks like he has rat teef.

He has a great throaty laugh.

R21- That Certain Summer is pretty tame for its time but still a brave choice by Sheen to play gay.

Charlie seems to have gotten his act together, well as best as Charlie Sheen can get his act together. At least he's not in the news every other day for some insane statement or action these days.

I enjoyed his performance in "The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane"

He's gay

R41 Really?

Martin has perv face.

I love him. Don't agree with everything he believes, but he seems to live his life with integrity.

Martin loved Elvis

elevator scene with Charlie in Wall Street.

R46 They were great. Oliver Stone said he wanted an actor who had instant integrity and a strong moral compass. It was between Jack Lemmon and Martin Sheen.

I like him as an actor. His hair was an odd color in The Way.

He was in a very strange but creepy movie called The Believers about a creepy cult.

[quote] an actor who had instant integrity and a strong moral compass

That’s the perfect way to put it and I think a large part of his appeal - and why (aside from being his father, obviously) that was such good casting. Thank God they didn’t cast Jack Lemmon..

[quote] Thank God they didn’t cast Jack Lemmon..

Yes, he was patron saint for rubber-faced circus clowns.

[quote] an actor who had instant integrity and a strong moral compass

Yes, you could see the bitter tears of Saint Mary and all the other saints seep from his pores of his flesh.

Did anyone ever the rumor that Martin and young Charlie used to fuck guys together.

I think R52 started the rumor.

An honest guy

He is Martin Sheen!

Both Martin Sheen and Eric Porter won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor, Sheen in 1984 for Kennedy and Porter in 1968 for The Forsyte Saga.

Real drama queen

What's wif his teefs?

Jack Lemmon would’ve been so much better in Wall Street.

I've enjoyed in several things, but I find his wildly overpraised turn on THE WEST WING repellent -- self-satisfied, delivering every Sorkinism as if it just came down from Mount Sinai, pretentious beyond belief.

Craziness runs in his family. From him.

He seems really uptight.

[quote] pretentious beyond belief.

and self righteous

One of his first roles was an episode in Route 66. He was 21. They combed his hair forward, which gave him a really weird look. I didn't even recognize him at first.

He played a Momma's boy soldier in The Outer Limits episode "Nightmare".

He IS Martin Sheen!

God. This putz.

Martin Sheen is not and never was a "character actor." He has been an idiosyncratic lead, and now he's old so he plays parts a short ex-lead gets.

Great actor

I've always liked him, but then I saw this weird blind item last spring. Guesses are either Arnold Schwarzenegger or Martin Sheen.

From AGC, April 18, 2023:

[quote]The Buzz: This actor has been A+ list. All of you know who he is. The whole world knows who he is. He has had difficulties over the years, but nothing compares to the storm that is emerging behind the scenes. No one, including the actor knows for sure if he ever was involved with this murdered teen [italic](“Vatican Girl” Emanuela Orlandi)[/italic]. However, he was around enough of other teens at the same time the murdered teen was there. Our actor was having sex with these teens and women in their early 20's. Our actor was a huge supporter of this massive untaxed organization [italic](“Roman Catholic Church“)[/italic], not named Scientology. He had just reached A list status and was just on fire career wise. The leader of the organization [italic](Pope John Paul II)[/italic] invited him to a special audience. Afterwards, and whenever the actor returned over the next couple of years, he would partake in what were known as purity parties. It was a way for the leaders of the organization to appear pure to the world, while having their sexual needs and wants and fetishes fulfilled. Women of the organization were forced to participate. Sometimes things got out of hand and accidents happened. One of those is in the news a lot over the past two weeks. Our actor had no involvement in that accident, but no one wants him associated with being there at that time and are hoping this all stays completely secret, so he can continue to pretend he was never present at any of the purity parties. [italic]“Vatican Girl” Emanuela Orlandi/”Roman Catholic Church”/Pope John Paul II (Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi) (Pope Francis slams ‘offensive and baseless’ insinuations about John Paul II and missing girl) (Arnold Schwarzenegger (Just 1 Percent)) (The story of how Martin Sheen convinced the Pope to condemn Gulf War shows the power of faith)[/italic]

He adopted his stage name, Martin Sheen, from a combination of the CBS casting director, Robert Dale Martin, who gave him his first big break, and Catholic archbishop and broadcaster, Fulton J. Sheen.

One of their worst episodes

Martin in The Outer Limits.

He was good in the TV movie "Catholics," wherein he played an 'enforcer' sent by the Vatican to crack down on some traditionalist monks who continued to use the Tridentine Rite at Mass. Perhaps his staunch religious beliefs gave him a one-up into the psyche of his character.

Was lucky enough getting to paw Ava Gardner as her boytoy in the film "The Cassandra Crossing."

Far more handsome and a much better actor than any of his offspring.