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Martin Sheen

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Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. His work spans over six decades of television and film, and his accolades include three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Sheen rose to prominence in his breakthrough roles in Terrence Malick's crime drama Badlands (1973) and Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War drama Apocalypse Now (1979). Sheen is also known for such notable films as The Subject Was Roses (1968), Catch-22 (1970), The California Kid (1974), Gandhi (1982), Wall Street (1987), Gettysburg (1993), The American President (1995), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Departed, Bobby (both 2006), and Judas and the Black Messiah (2021). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Sheen is the 183rd most popular actor (up from 211th in 2019), the 429th most popular biography from United States (down from 393rd in 2019) and the 96th most popular American Actor.

Martin Sheen is most famous for his role as President Josiah Bartlet in the television series The West Wing.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Martin Sheen ranks 183 out of 13,578. Before him are Harvey Keitel, Gérard Philipe, Julie Andrews, Stan Laurel, Pierce Brosnan, and Russell Crowe. After him are Jack Lemmon, Bette Davis, Anouk Aimée, Max von Sydow, Anna Magnani, and Nancy Reagan.

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Among people born in 1940, Martin Sheen ranks 28. Before him are Michael Gambon, J. M. G. Le Clézio, J. M. Coetzee, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Joachim Gauck, and Muhammad Yunus. After him are Frank Zappa, Carlos Slim, Tabaré Vázquez, Peter C. Doherty, Joseph Brodsky, and John Hurt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin Sheen ranks 429 out of 20,380. Before him are Harvey Keitel (1939), Leonard Bloomfield (1887), James Rainwater (1917), Henry Miller (1891), Robert Kiyosaki (1947), and Michael Jordan (1963). After him are Jack Lemmon (1925), Adlai Stevenson II (1900), Frank Zappa (1940), Mary Cassatt (1844), Bette Davis (1908), and 50 Cent (1975).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Martin Sheen ranks 96. Before him are Jamie Foxx (1967), Geraldine Chaplin (1944), Glenn Close (1947), Shirley MacLaine (1934), Leonardo DiCaprio (1974), and Harvey Keitel (1939). After him are Jack Lemmon (1925), Bette Davis (1908), Nancy Reagan (1921), Eli Wallach (1915), Angelina Jolie (1975), and Oliver Hardy (1892).

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