Martin Sheen
Born August 03, 1940 (Age: 85)
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Dayton, Ohio, USA
Biography
Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. He first became known for his roles in the films The Subject Was Roses (1968) and Badlands (1973), and later achieved wide recognition for his leading role as Captain Benjamin Willard in Apocalypse Now (1979), as U.S. President Josiah Bartlet in the television series The West Wing (1999–2006), and as Robert Hanson in the Netflix television series Grace and Frankie (2015–2022). In film, Sheen has won the Best Actor award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for his performance as Kit Carruthers in Badlands. Sheen's portrayal of Capt. Willard in Apocalypse Now earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. Sheen has worked with a wide variety of film directors, including Richard Attenborough, Francis Ford Coppola, Terrence Malick, David Cronenberg, Mike Nichols, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Oliver Stone. Sheen received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989. In television, Sheen has won a Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild awards for playing the role of President Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing, and an Emmy for guest starring in the sitcom Murphy Brown. In 2012, he portrayed Uncle Ben in The Amazing Spider-Man directed by Marc Webb. Born and raised in the United States by a Spanish father and an Irish mother, he adopted the stage name Martin Sheen to help him gain acting parts. He is the father of four children, all of whom are actors. Sheen has directed one film, Cadence (1990), in which he appears alongside his sons Charlie and Ramón. He has narrated, produced, and directed documentary television, earning two Daytime Emmy awards in the 1980s, and has been active in liberal politics.
Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. He first became known for his roles in the films The Subject Was Roses (1968) and Badlands (1973), and later achieved wide recognition for his leading role as Captain Benjamin Willard in Apocalypse Now (1979), as U.S. President Josiah Bartlet in the television series The West Wing (1999–2006), and as Robert Hanson in the Netflix television series Grace and Frankie (2015–2022).
In film, Sheen has won the Best Actor award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for his performance as Kit Carruthers in Badlands. Sheen's portrayal of Capt. Willard in Apocalypse Now earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor.
Sheen has worked with a wide variety of film directors, including Richard Attenborough, Francis Ford Coppola, Terrence Malick, David Cronenberg, Mike Nichols, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Oliver Stone. Sheen received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989. In television, Sheen has won a Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild awards for playing the role of President Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing, and an Emmy for guest starring in the sitcom Murphy Brown. In 2012, he portrayed Uncle Ben in The Amazing Spider-Man directed by Marc Webb.
Born and raised in the United States by a Spanish father and an Irish mother, he adopted the stage name Martin Sheen to help him gain acting parts. He is the father of four children, all of whom are actors.
Sheen has directed one film, Cadence (1990), in which he appears alongside his sons Charlie and Ramón. He has narrated, produced, and directed documentary television, earning two Daytime Emmy awards in the 1980s, and has been active in liberal politics.
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Filmography
12 Mighty Orphans
2021
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as Doc Hall
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Age: 80
Judas and the Black Messiah
2021
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as J. Edgar Hoover
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Age: 80
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
2018
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as James Alden (voice)
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Age: 77
Come Sunday
2018
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as Oral Roberts
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Age: 77
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle
2017
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as Narrator
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Age: 77
Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem
2017
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as Narrator
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Age: 76
Rules Don't Apply
2016
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as Noah Dietrich
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Age: 76
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
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as Martin Sheen
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Age: 75
Anne of Green Gables
2016
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as Matthew Cuthbert
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Age: 75
Selma
2014
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as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
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Age: 74
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
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as Uncle Ben (uncredited)
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Age: 73
Salinger
2013
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as Self - Actor
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Age: 73
The Amazing Spider-Man
2012
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as Uncle Ben
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Age: 71
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
2012
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as Frank Petersen
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Age: 71
8
2012
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as Theodore Olson
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Age: 71
The Double
2011
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as Tom Highland
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Age: 71
The Way
2010
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as Tom
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Age: 70
A Conversation with Martin Sheen
2010
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as Self
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Age: 69
Love Happens
2009
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as Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law
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Age: 69
Imagine That
2009
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as Dante D'Enzo
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Age: 68
No Image
Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience
2009
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as Franz Jagerstätter (voice)
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Age: 68
Echelon Conspiracy
2009
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as Raymond Burke
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Age: 68
The End of Poverty?
2008
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as Self - Narrator
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Age: 67
Talk to Me
2007
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as E.G. Sonderling
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Age: 66
Bordertown
2007
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as George Morgan
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Age: 66
Flatland
2007
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as Arthur Square (voice)
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Age: 66
No Image
Father G and the Homeboys
2007
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as Narrator
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Age: 66
The Departed
2006
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as Queenan
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Age: 66
No Image
The Politics of the Dead Zone
2006
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as Self
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Age: 66
Who Killed the Electric Car?
2006
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as Self - Narrator (voice)
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Age: 66
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006
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as Self
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Age: 65
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
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as Self
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Age: 64
Winning New Hampshire
2004
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as Self
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Age: 64
Jerusalem Syndrome
2004
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as
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Age: 64
Catch Me If You Can
2002
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as Roger Strong
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Age: 62
Straight Up: Helicopters in Action
2002
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 62
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
2002
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as Self
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Age: 62
Bringing Down a Dictator
2002
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 61
No Image
Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace
2001
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as Narrator
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Age: 61
O
2001
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as Coach Duke Goulding
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Age: 61
No Image
Crossing the Line
1999
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as self
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Age: 59
Lost & Found
1999
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as Millstone
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Age: 58
Babylon 5: The River of Souls
1998
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as Soul Hunter
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Age: 58
Free Money
1998
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as Guard
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Age: 58
A Letter from Death Row
1998
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as Michael's Father
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Age: 58
Monument Ave.
1998
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as Hanlon
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Age: 58
Shadrach
1998
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 58
The Elevator
1998
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as Sarge
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Age: 57
Voyage of Terror
1998
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as Henry Northcutt
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Age: 57
No Image
Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War
1998
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as Self - Narrator
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Age: 57
Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology
1998
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 57
Medusa's Child
1997
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as President
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Age: 57
Hostile Waters
1997
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as Aurora Skipper
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Age: 57
Eyewitness: Monster
1997
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 57
Spawn
1997
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as Jason Wynn
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Age: 56
No Image
The Making of 'Spawn'
1997
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as Self
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Age: 56
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
1997
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as Sir
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Age: 56
An Act of Conscience
1997
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as Narrator
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Age: 56
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
1997
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as Narrator
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Age: 56
No Image
Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians
1997
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 56
The War at Home
1996
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as Bob Collier
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Age: 56
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
1996
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as Peter Maurin
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Age: 56
Sacred Cargo
1996
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as Father Andrew Kanvesky
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Age: 56
Mexico
1996
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 55
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
1996
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as Dalton Trumbo
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Age: 55
Project: ALF
1996
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as Colonel Gilbert Milfoil
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Age: 55
The American President
1995
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as A.J. MacInerney
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Age: 55
Dead Presidents
1995
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as The Judge
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Age: 55
No Image
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994
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as Narrator
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Age: 54
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
1994
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as Self
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Age: 54
Eyewitness: Dinosaur
1994
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 53
Alive: 20 Years Later
1993
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 53
Gettysburg
1993
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as Gen. Robert E. Lee
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Age: 53
The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story
1993
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as William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun
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Age: 52
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993
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as Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
1993
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as
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Age: 52
Hear No Evil
1993
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as Lt. Brock
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Age: 52
Grey Knight
1993
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as Gen. Haworth
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Age: 52
Braving Alaska
1993
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as Narrator
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Age: 52
No Image
The Water Engine
1992
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as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Original Intent
1992
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as Homeless Joe
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Age: 51
JFK
1991
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as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 51
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
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as Self
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Age: 51
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
1991
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as Harold Hohne
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Age: 51
The Maid
1991
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as Anthony Wayne
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Age: 50
The Rites Of Mu
1991
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as Narrator
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Age: 50
Touch and Die
1991
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as Frank Magenta
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Age: 50
Cadence
1990
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as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
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Age: 50
Another Time, Another Place
1989
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as Richard Conley
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Age: 49
Beverly Hills Brats
1989
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as Dr. Jeffrey Miller
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Age: 49
Cold Front
1989
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as John Hyde
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Age: 49
Beyond the Stars
1989
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as Paul Andrews
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Age: 48
Nightbreaker
1989
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as Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
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Age: 48
Marked for Murder
1989
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as Man in Park
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Age: 48
Judgment in Berlin
1988
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as Herbert J. Stern
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Age: 47
Da
1988
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as Charlie
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Age: 47
Promises to Keep
1988
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as Self
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Age: 47
Walking After Midnight
1988
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as Self
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Age: 47
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
1987
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as Narrator
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Age: 47
Wall Street
1987
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as Carl Fox
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Age: 47
Siesta
1987
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as Del
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Age: 47
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
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as Alan (voice)
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Age: 47
The Believers
1987
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as Cal Jamison
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Age: 46
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
1987
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as James Marion Hunt
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Age: 46
Out of the Darkness
1985
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as Eddie Zigo
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Age: 45
Broken Rainbow
1985
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 44
The Fourth Wise Man
1985
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as Artaban
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Age: 44
Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile
1985
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as Narrator
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Age: 44
In the Name of the People
1985
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as Narrator
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Age: 44
Consenting Adult
1985
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as Ken Lynd
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Age: 44
No Image
The Real Thing
1985
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 44
Firestarter
1984
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as Captain Hollister
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Age: 43
The Dead Zone
1983
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as Greg Stillson
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Age: 43
Man, Woman and Child
1983
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as Robert Beckwith
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Age: 42
No Image
No Place to Hide
1983
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as Narrator
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Age: 42
Gandhi
1982
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as Vince Walker
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Age: 42
Loophole
1981
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as Stephen Booker
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Age: 40
The Final Countdown
1980
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as Warren Lasky
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Age: 39
Apocalypse Now
1979
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as Captain Benjamin Willard
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Age: 38
Taxi!!
1978
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as Taxi Driver
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Age: 37
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1976
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as Frank Hallet
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Age: 36
The Cassandra Crossing
1976
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as Robby Navarro
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Age: 36
The Missiles of October
1974
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as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
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Age: 34
The Legend of Earl Durand
1974
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as Luther Sykes
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Age: 34
The California Kid
1974
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as Michael McCord
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Age: 34
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
1974
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as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
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Age: 33
The Execution of Private Slovik
1974
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as Eddie Slovik
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Age: 33
Badlands
1974
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as Kit Carruthers
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Age: 33
Message to My Daughter
1973
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as John Thatcher
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Age: 33
The Catholics
1973
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as Father Kinsella
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Age: 33
Letters from Three Lovers
1973
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as Vincent
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Age: 33
A Prowler in the Heart
1973
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as Tony Parrish
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Age: 32
Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
1973
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as Harlan Garrison
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Age: 32
Crime Club
1973
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as Deputy Wilson
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Age: 32
Pursuit
1972
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as Timothy Drew
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Age: 32
Rage
1972
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as Maj. Holliford
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Age: 32
That Certain Summer
1972
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as Gary McCain
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Age: 32
When the Line Goes Through
1972
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as Bluff Jackson
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Age: 32
Pickup on 101
1972
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as Lester Baumgartner
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Age: 31
No Drums, No Bugles
1972
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as Ashby Gatrell
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Age: 31
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
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as Graytak
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Age: 31
Catch-22
1970
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as 1st Lt. Dobbs
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Age: 29
Then Came Bronson
1969
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as Nick Oresko
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Age: 28