1940-08-03 Dayton, Ohio, USA
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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Lost & Found in Cleveland | Dr. Austin Raybourne | 2025-11-07 |
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The Little Pageant That Could | Self (archive footage) | 2024-06-13 |
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Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen | Presenter | 2024-09-06 |
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Downwind | Self Narrator | 2023-01-20 |
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23 Seconds to Eternity | Narrator | 2023-11-06 |
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Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed | Narrator | 2021-11-02 |
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12 Mighty Orphans | Doc Hall | 2021-06-18 |
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Judas and the Black Messiah | J. Edgar Hoover | 2021-02-12 |
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The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous | Self | 2020-12-06 |
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Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture | Self | 2020-12-01 |
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Princess of the Row | John Austin | 2020-11-27 |
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A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote | President Josiah Bartlet | 2020-10-15 |
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Bench | 2019-01-30 | |
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The Devil Has a Name | Ralph | 2019-08-04 |
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Come Sunday | Oral Roberts | 2018-01-21 |
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The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island | James Alden (voice) | 2018-05-08 |
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Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem | Narrator | 2017-01-01 |
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Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle | Narrator | 2017-12-13 |
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Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew | Matthew Cuthbert | 2017-07-01 |
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Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars | Matthew Cuthbert | 2017-02-20 |
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Rules Don't Apply | Noah Dietrich | 2016-11-23 |
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Back to the Lane | 2016-05-01 | |
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Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | Martin Sheen | 2016-06-03 |
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Anne of Green Gables | Matthew Cuthbert | 2016-02-15 |
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The Vessel | Father Douglas | 2016-09-15 |
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Badge of Honor | Captain Daniel Richards | 2015-10-19 |
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Unity | Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 |
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Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy | Self | 2015-10-10 |
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Selma | Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited) | 2014-12-25 |
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Ask Me Anything | 2014-04-19 | |
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A Prayer for Rain | Warren Anderson | 2014-12-05 |
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Trash | Padre Juilliard | 2014-10-09 |
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Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey | Self | 2014-06-15 |
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Uncle Ben (uncredited) | 2014-04-16 |
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The Boxcar Children | Grandfather Alden (voice) | 2014-08-05 |
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Marlon Brando, un acteur nommé désir | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2014-09-20 |
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Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth | Narrator (voice) | 2013-10-01 |
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Making Badlands | Self | 2013-03-19 |
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Salinger | Self - Actor | 2013-09-06 |
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The Whale | Tom Nickerson | 2013-12-22 |
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Defending Gideon | Narrator | 2013-03-18 |
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The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Narrator | 2013-10-01 |
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Amazonia | Narrator | 2013-11-26 |
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Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot | Self | 2013-01-15 |
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Brothers on the Line | Narrator | 2012-03-08 |
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Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn | Self | 2012-11-09 |
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Stella Days | Fr. Daniel Barry | 2012-03-09 |
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The Amazing Spider-Man | Uncle Ben | 2012-06-23 |
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | Frank Petersen | 2012-06-22 |
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8 | Theodore Olson | 2012-03-03 |
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Death By China | Narrator | 2012-08-17 |
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The Double | Tom Highland | 2011-10-27 |
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Miller's Tale | Self | 2011-03-05 |
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Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White | Narrator | 2011-09-15 |
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Halfway Home | Narrator(voice) | 2011-01-01 |
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9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up | Self | 2011-06-10 |
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Sharkwise | Narrator | 2011-03-23 |
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A Conversation with Martin Sheen | Self | 2010-06-20 |
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The Kennedy Detail | Narrator | 2010-12-02 |
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The Way | Tom | 2010-09-10 |
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Franz Jagerstätter: A Man of Conscience | Franz Jagerstätter (voice) | 2009-04-21 |
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Love Happens | Donald, Burke's Father-in-Law | 2009-09-18 |
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Gloves of Stone | Dr. Frank Irwin | 2009-10-08 |
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Echelon Conspiracy | Raymond Burke | 2009-02-27 |
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Imagine That | Dante D'Enzo | 2009-06-19 |
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White House Revealed | Self- Narrator (voice) | 2009-02-16 |
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They Killed Sister Dorothy | Narrator | 2008-03-09 |
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Man in the Mirror | Fallen Soldier / JC Super Star / Man in Black | 2008-11-20 |
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Notes on an American Film Director at Work | Self | 2008-01-01 |
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Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary | Self | 2008-10-25 |
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Vietnam: American Holocaust | Voice | 2008-11-07 |
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Pirate for the Sea | Self | 2008-08-30 |
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The End of Poverty? | Self - Narrator | 2008-05-19 |
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Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency | Narrator | 2007-06-01 |
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Bordertown | George Morgan | 2007-02-22 |
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Father G and the Homeboys | Narrator | 2007-01-01 |
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Eyewitness DVD: Weather | Narrator | 2007-09-25 |
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Confessions Of An Innocent Man | Self - Narrator | 2007-01-01 |
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Talk to Me | E.G. Sonderling | 2007-07-13 |
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Flatland | Arthur Square (voice) | 2007-01-14 |
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Who Killed the Electric Car? | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2006-08-04 |
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50 Films to See Before You Die | Self | 2006-07-22 |
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Bobby | Jack Stevens | 2006-09-05 |
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The Departed | Queenan | 2006-10-04 |
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The Politics of the Dead Zone | Self | 2006-09-26 |
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James Dean: Forever Young | Narrator (voice) | 2005-05-20 |
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Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde | Self | 2004-12-27 |
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Winning New Hampshire | Self | 2004-10-16 |
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Tell Them Who You Are | Self | 2004-09-06 |
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Jerusalemski sindrom | 2004-09-09 | |
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The Nomi Song | Self (archive footage) | 2004-10-14 |
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Milost mora | Frederik | 2003-07-22 |
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The Commission | Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach | 2003-11-07 |
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Hidden in Plain Sight | Narrator (voice) | 2003-11-07 |
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Absence of Malick | Self | 2003-05-26 |
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Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick | Self | 2002-09-01 |
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Catch Me If You Can | Roger Strong | 2002-12-16 |
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Straight Up: Helicopters in Action | Narrator (voice) | 2002-09-18 |
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Bringing Down a Dictator | Narrator (voice) | 2002-03-31 |
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Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace | Narrator | 2001-10-05 |
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National Geographic: Inside the Vatican | Narrator | 2001-11-21 |
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Enemies of War | Narrator | 2001-09-10 |
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O | Coach Duke Goulding | 2001-08-31 |
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On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight | Narrator | 2000-01-01 |
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D.R.E.A.M. Team | J.W. Garrison | 1999-09-25 |
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The Twelve Apostles | Narrator (voice) | 1999-12-01 |
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The Darklings | Ira Everett | 1999-02-14 |
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Ninth Street | Father Frank | 1999-01-10 |
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The Time Shifters | Grifasi | 1999-10-17 |
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Crossing the Line | self | 1999-12-31 |
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No Code of Conduct | Bill Peterson | 1999-03-19 |
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A Stranger in the Kingdom | Sigurd Moulton | 1999-11-23 |
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Gunfighter | The Stranger | 1999-03-15 |
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In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story | Self | 1999-10-07 |
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A Texas Funeral | Grandpa Sparta | 1999-01-01 |
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Forget Me Never | Jack | 1999-10-03 |
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Lost & Found | Millstone | 1999-04-23 |
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Storm | General James Roberts | 1999-09-11 |
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The Elevator | Sarge | 1998-04-01 |
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Shadrach | Narrator (voice) | 1998-09-23 |
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A Letter from Death Row | Michael's Father | 1998-11-17 |
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Monument Ave. | Hanlon | 1998-09-25 |
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Babylon 5: The River of Souls | Soul Hunter | 1998-12-20 |
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Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War | Self - Narrator | 1998-01-01 |
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Voyage of Terror | Henry Northcutt | 1998-01-02 |
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Free Money | Guard | 1998-12-03 |
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Holes in Heaven? H.A.A.R.P. & Advances In Tesla Technology | Narrator (voice) | 1998-01-01 |
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Spawn | Jason Wynn | 1997-07-31 |
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Eyewitness: Monster | Narrator (voice) | 1997-09-29 |
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Hostile Waters | Aurora Skipper | 1997-10-18 |
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Medusa's Child | President | 1997-11-16 |
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Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster | Narrator | 1997-01-07 |
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An Act of Conscience | Narrator | 1997-04-15 |
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Truth or Consequences, N.M. | Sir | 1997-05-02 |
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The Making of 'Spawn' | Self | 1997-07-15 |
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Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians | Narrator (voice) | 1997-01-01 |
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The War at Home | Bob Collier | 1996-11-20 |
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Project: ALF | Colonel Gilbert Milfoil | 1996-02-17 |
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Mexico | Narrator (voice) | 1996-03-09 |
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Sacred Cargo | Father Andrew Kanvesky | 1996-08-13 |
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Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | Peter Maurin | 1996-09-27 |
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Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial | Dalton Trumbo | 1996-02-27 |
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Dead Presidents | The Judge | 1995-09-29 |
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The American President | A.J. MacInerney | 1995-11-17 |
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The Making of Eyewitness | Narrator | 1995-10-07 |
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Les Cent et Une Nuits de Simon Cinéma | Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited) | 1995-01-25 |
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Born Wild | Dan Walker | 1995-09-01 |
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Dillinger and Capone | John Dillinger | 1995-06-20 |
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The Break | Gil Robbins | 1995-09-01 |
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Gospa, The Miracle of Medjugorje | Father Jozo Zovko | 1995-10-12 |
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Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys | Jeff Snyder | 1995-11-07 |
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The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas | Voice of Marcos | 1995-01-01 |
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Hits! | Kelly | 1994-11-29 |
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One of Her Own | Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca | 1994-05-16 |
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National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania | Narrator | 1994-04-10 |
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Marlon Brando: The Wild One | Self | 1994-08-11 |
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Fortunes of War | Francis Labeck | 1994-12-07 |
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Trigger Fast | Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil | 1994-07-06 |
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Guns of Honor | Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil) | 1994-10-27 |
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Eyewitness: Shark | Narrator (voice) | 1994-01-01 |
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Boca | Jesse James Montgomery | 1994-09-16 |
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Roswell | Townsend | 1994-07-31 |
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Eyewitness: Dinosaur | Narrator (voice) | 1994-01-01 |
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When the Bough Breaks | Captain Swaggert | 1994-05-07 |
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Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' | Narrator | 1994-12-25 |
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Hear No Evil | Lt. Brock | 1993-03-26 |
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Braving Alaska | Narrator (voice) | 1993-03-01 |
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Hot Shots! Part Deux | Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited) | 1993-05-21 |
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Grey Knight | Gen. Haworth | 1993-03-07 |
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Braving Alaska | Narrator | 1993-03-01 |
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Alive: 20 Years Later | Narrator (voice) | 1993-12-31 |
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Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology | 1993-05-20 | |
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The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story | William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun | 1993-06-28 |
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Gettysburg | Gen. Robert E. Lee | 1993-10-08 |
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Original Intent | Homeless Joe | 1992-05-13 |
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The Water Engine | Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited) | 1992-08-24 |
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent | Harold Hohne | 1991-09-22 |
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Touch and Die | Frank Magenta | 1991-01-01 |
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The Rites Of Mu | Narrator | 1991-05-21 |
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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | Self | 1991-11-27 |
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The Maid | Anthony Wayne | 1991-08-02 |
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JFK | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1991-12-20 |
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Cadence | MSgt. Otis V. McKinney | 1990-11-16 |
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Beverly Hills Brats | Dr. Jeffrey Miller | 1989-10-06 |
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Marked for Murder | Man in Park | 1989-01-01 |
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Nightbreaker | Dr. Alexander Brown - Present | 1989-03-08 |
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Beyond the Stars | Paul Andrews | 1989-03-31 |
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Another Time, Another Place | Richard Conley | 1989-12-01 |
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Cold Front | John Hyde | 1989-09-29 |
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Judgment in Berlin | Herbert J. Stern | 1988-05-06 |
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Promises to Keep | Self | 1988-01-01 |
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Da | Charlie | 1988-04-29 |
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Walking After Midnight | Self | 1988-01-01 |
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Wall Street | Carl Fox | 1987-12-10 |
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Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 | James Marion Hunt | 1987-05-16 |
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The Believers | Cal Jamison | 1987-06-09 |
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The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun | Narrator | 1987-12-30 |
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Siesta | Del | 1987-11-11 |
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Alan (voice) | 1987-10-01 |
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Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | Mitch Snyder | 1986-05-19 |
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Secrets of the Titanic | Self - Narrator | 1986-08-07 |
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Shattered Spirits | Lyle Mollencamp | 1986-01-06 |
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A State of Emergency | Alex Carmody | 1986-11-01 |
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News at Eleven | Frank Kenley | 1986-04-02 |
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The Fourth Wise Man | Artaban | 1985-03-30 |
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Out of the Darkness | Eddie Zigo | 1985-10-12 |
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Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile | Narrator | 1985-03-13 |
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The Real Thing | Narrator (voice) | 1985-01-01 |
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Consenting Adult | Ken Lynd | 1985-02-04 |
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Broken Rainbow | Narrator (voice) | 1985-05-05 |
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In the Name of the People | Narrator | 1985-03-01 |
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The Guardian | Charlie Hyatt | 1984-10-20 |
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Firestarter | Captain Hollister | 1984-05-11 |
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Choices of the Heart | Father Philan | 1983-12-05 |
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In the King of Prussia | Judge Samuel Salus II | 1983-02-13 |
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Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi | Self | 1983-02-01 |
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No Place to Hide | Narrator | 1983-02-04 |
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Man, Woman and Child | Robert Beckwith | 1983-04-01 |
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The Dead Zone | Greg Stillson | 1983-10-21 |
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Centralia Fire | Narrator | 1982-06-01 |
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I Love Liberty | Self | 1982-03-21 |
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Gandhi | Vince Walker | 1982-12-01 |
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In the Custody of Strangers | Frank Caldwell | 1982-05-26 |
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That Championship Season | Tom Daley | 1982-12-09 |
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Enigma | Alex Holbeck | 1982-10-15 |
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Loophole | Stephen Booker | 1981-06-25 |
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The Final Countdown | Warren Lasky | 1980-01-31 |
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Eagle's Wing | Pike | 1979-07-26 |
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Apocalypse Now | Captain Benjamin Willard | 1979-05-19 |
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Taxi!! | Taxi Driver | 1978-02-02 |
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Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary | Self | 1977-11-25 |
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The Cassandra Crossing | Robby Navarro | 1976-12-18 |
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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane | Frank Hallet | 1976-12-25 |
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Sweet Hostage | Leonard Hatch | 1975-10-10 |
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The Last Survivors | Alexander William Holmes | 1975-03-04 |
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Badlands | Kit Carruthers | 1974-01-05 |
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The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd | Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd | 1974-05-07 |
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The California Kid | Michael McCord | 1974-09-25 |
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The Missiles of October | Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy | 1974-12-18 |
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The Legend of Earl Durand | Luther Sykes | 1974-10-08 |
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The Execution of Private Slovik | Eddie Slovik | 1974-03-13 |
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Crime Club | Deputy Wilson | 1973-03-06 |
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Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On | Harlan Garrison | 1973-03-11 |
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Message to My Daughter | John Thatcher | 1973-12-12 |
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The Catholics | Father Kinsella | 1973-11-29 |
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A Prowler in the Heart | Tony Parrish | 1973-03-25 |
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Letters from Three Lovers | Vincent | 1973-10-03 |
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That Certain Summer | Gary McCain | 1972-11-01 |
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Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol | Graytak | 1972-01-30 |
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When the Line Goes Through | Bluff Jackson | 1972-09-24 |
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No Drums, No Bugles | Ashby Gatrell | 1972-02-23 |
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Rage | Maj. Holliford | 1972-11-22 |
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Pickup on 101 | Lester Baumgartner | 1972-05-01 |
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Pursuit | Timothy Drew | 1972-12-12 |
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Goodbye, Raggedy Ann | Jules Worthman | 1971-10-22 |
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Mongo's Back in Town | Gordon | 1971-12-10 |
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Montserrat | 1971-03-02 | |
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The Andersonville Trial | Captain Williams | 1970-05-17 |
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Catch-22 | 1st Lt. Dobbs | 1970-06-24 |
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Then Came Bronson | Nick Oresko | 1969-03-24 |
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The Subject Was Roses | Timmy Cleary | 1968-10-13 |
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Pat Neal Is Back | Self | 1968-04-07 |
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The Price of a Life | Edward Miles Layton | 1967-01-01 |
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The Incident | Artie Connors | 1967-11-05 |
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Ten Blocks on the Camino Real | Kilroy | 1966-10-07 |
