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Martin Sheen

Age: 69
Height: 5' 7"

Birth Place: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Born: Aug. 3rd, 1940

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Martin Sheen's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
The West Wing	President Jos&hellip
Win, Lose or Draw	Martin Sheen
Cannon	Jerry Warton
Matt Lincoln	Charles
The Nurses	Saunders
Love Story	Frank (2)

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Purposely flunked his college entrance exam to the University of Dayton so that he could pursue an acting career instead. His father wholeheartedly disapproved until he had gained popular success, not even seeing Martin act until he saw him on the screen at a drive-in in his hometown of Dayton, Ohio.

TRIVIA:

Of all the U.S. presidents, he admires 'Jimmy Carter (I)' (qv) the most.
Never officially changed his real name to his stage one. He is still Ramon Estevez on all identifications and legal documents, and all his children were born under that name. He answers to both names with friends, but his wife first met him as Martin (he did not tell her his real name until weeks later) and as a result she still calls him that.
Along with 'Steve McQueen (I)' (qv) and 'James Dean (I)' (qv), is mentioned in R.E.M.'s song "Electrolite.".
His left arm is 3" shorter than his right due to complications during his birth.
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.
According to friends and family, he is closest to son Charlie than anyone else. Indeed, he and Charlie often appear together on the screen, and Martin has even played Charlie's on-screen father twice. He also appeared as an older "Charlie" in a credit-card commercial.
Has memorized and can sing every single 'Frank Sinatra' (qv) song.
Has played American presidents four times; Jed Bartlett on TV series _"The West Wing" (1999)_ (qv), in the TV movie _Medusa's Child (1997) (TV)_ (qv), as 'John F. Kennedy' (qv) in the miniseries _"Kennedy" (1983)_ (qv), and as the "future" president (in a premonition) Greg Stilson in _The Dead Zone (1983)_ (qv).