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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Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen | Presenter | 2024-09-06 |
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The Little Pageant That Could | Self (archive footage) | 2024-06-13 |
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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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Judas and the Black Messiah | J. Edgar Hoover | 2021-02-12 |
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12 Mighty Orphans | Doc Hall | 2021-06-18 |
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Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed | Narrator | 2021-11-02 |
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Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture | Self | 2020-12-01 |
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The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous | Self | 2020-12-06 |
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A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote | President Josiah Bartlet | 2020-10-15 |
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Princess of the Row | John Austin | 2020-11-27 |
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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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Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars | Matthew Cuthbert | 2017-02-20 |
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Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem | Narrator | 2017-01-01 |
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Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew | Matthew Cuthbert | 2017-07-01 |
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Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle | Narrator | 2017-12-13 |
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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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Rules Don't Apply | Noah Dietrich | 2016-11-23 |
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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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Trash | Padre Juilliard | 2014-10-09 |
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Marlon Brando, un acteur nommé désir | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2014-09-20 |
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Ask Me Anything | 2014-04-19 | |
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Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey | Self | 2014-06-15 |
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The Boxcar Children | Grandfather Alden (voice) | 2014-08-05 |
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Uncle Ben (uncredited) | 2014-04-16 |
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Selma | Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited) | 2014-12-25 |
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A Prayer for Rain | Warren Anderson | 2014-12-05 |
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Making Badlands | Self | 2013-03-19 |
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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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Salinger | Self - Actor | 2013-09-06 |
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Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth | Narrator (voice) | 2013-10-01 |
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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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The Whale | Tom Nickerson | 2013-12-22 |
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Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn | Self | 2012-11-09 |
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8 | Theodore Olson | 2012-03-03 |
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Brothers on the Line | Narrator | 2012-03-08 |
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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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Death By China | Narrator | 2012-08-17 |
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The Double | Tom Highland | 2011-10-27 |
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9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Up | Self | 2011-06-10 |
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Halfway Home | Narrator(voice) | 2011-01-01 |
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Miller's Tale | Self | 2011-03-05 |
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Sharkwise | Narrator | 2011-03-23 |
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Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White | Narrator | 2011-09-15 |
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The Way | Tom | 2010-09-10 |
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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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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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Imagine That | Dante D'Enzo | 2009-06-19 |
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Echelon Conspiracy | Raymond Burke | 2009-02-27 |
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White House Revealed | Self- Narrator (voice) | 2009-02-16 |
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Gloves of Stone | Dr. Frank Irwin | 2009-10-08 |
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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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The End of Poverty? | Self - Narrator | 2008-05-19 |
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They Killed Sister Dorothy | Narrator | 2008-03-09 |
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Pirate for the Sea | Self | 2008-08-30 |
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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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Flatland | Arthur Square (voice) | 2007-01-14 |
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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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Bordertown | George Morgan | 2007-02-22 |
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Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency | Narrator | 2007-06-01 |
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Talk to Me | E.G. Sonderling | 2007-07-13 |
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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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50 Films to See Before You Die | Self | 2006-07-22 |
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Who Killed the Electric Car? | Narrator (voice) | 2006-08-04 |
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Bobby | Jack Stevens | 2006-09-05 |
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James Dean: Forever Young | Narrator (voice) | 2005-05-20 |
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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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Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde | Self | 2004-12-27 |
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The Commission | Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach | 2003-11-07 |
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Milost mora | Frederik | 2003-07-22 |
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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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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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Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick | Self | 2002-09-01 |
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Bringing Down a Dictator | Narrator (voice) | 2002-03-31 |
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O | Coach Duke Goulding | 2001-08-31 |
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National Geographic: Inside the Vatican | Narrator | 2001-11-21 |
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Stockpile: The New Nuclear Menace | Narrator | 2001-10-05 |
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Enemies of War | Narrator | 2001-09-10 |
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On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight | Narrator | 2000-01-01 |
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A Stranger in the Kingdom | Sigurd Moulton | 1999-11-23 |
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The Time Shifters | Grifasi | 1999-10-17 |
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Storm | General James Roberts | 1999-09-11 |
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No Code of Conduct | Bill Peterson | 1999-03-19 |
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D.R.E.A.M. Team | J.W. Garrison | 1999-09-25 |
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In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story | Self | 1999-10-07 |
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The Darklings | Ira Everett | 1999-02-14 |
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Lost & Found | Millstone | 1999-04-23 |
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The Twelve Apostles | Narrator (voice) | 1999-12-01 |
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A Texas Funeral | Grandpa Sparta | 1999-01-01 |
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Gunfighter | The Stranger | 1999-03-15 |
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Forget Me Never | Jack | 1999-10-03 |
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Crossing the Line | self | 1999-12-31 |
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Ninth Street | Father Frank | 1999-01-10 |
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Babylon 5: The River of Souls | Soul Hunter | 1998-12-20 |
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Shadrach | Narrator (voice) | 1998-09-23 |
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Free Money | Guard | 1998-12-03 |
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Voyage of Terror | Henry Northcutt | 1998-01-02 |
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The Elevator | Sarge | 1998-04-01 |
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A Letter from Death Row | Michael's Father | 1998-11-17 |
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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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Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War | Self - Narrator | 1998-01-01 |
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Monument Ave. | Hanlon | 1998-09-25 |
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Croatia: Land of 1,100 Islands & 101 Dalmatians | Narrator (voice) | 1997-01-01 |
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Hostile Waters | Aurora Skipper | 1997-10-18 |
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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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Eyewitness: Monster | Narrator (voice) | 1997-09-29 |
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The Making of 'Spawn' | Self | 1997-07-15 |
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Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster | Narrator | 1997-01-07 |
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Spawn | Jason Wynn | 1997-07-31 |
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Medusa's Child | President | 1997-11-16 |
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Project: ALF | Colonel Gilbert Milfoil | 1996-02-17 |
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Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | Peter Maurin | 1996-09-27 |
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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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The War at Home | Bob Collier | 1996-11-20 |
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Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial | Dalton Trumbo | 1996-02-27 |
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Born Wild | Dan Walker | 1995-09-01 |
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Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys | Jeff Snyder | 1995-11-07 |
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Les Cent et Une Nuits de Simon Cinéma | Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited) | 1995-01-25 |
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The American President | A.J. MacInerney | 1995-11-17 |
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Dead Presidents | The Judge | 1995-09-29 |
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Dillinger and Capone | John Dillinger | 1995-06-20 |
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The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas | Voice of Marcos | 1995-01-01 |
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Gospa, The Miracle of Medjugorje | Father Jozo Zovko | 1995-10-12 |
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The Break | Gil Robbins | 1995-09-01 |
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The Making of Eyewitness | Narrator | 1995-10-07 |
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One of Her Own | Asst. Dist. Atty. Pete Maresca | 1994-05-16 |
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Marlon Brando: The Wild One | Self | 1994-08-11 |
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When the Bough Breaks | Captain Swaggert | 1994-05-07 |
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Fortunes of War | Francis Labeck | 1994-12-07 |
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Eyewitness: Shark | Narrator (voice) | 1994-01-01 |
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National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania | Narrator | 1994-04-10 |
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Hits! | Kelly | 1994-11-29 |
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Eyewitness: Dinosaur | Narrator (voice) | 1994-01-01 |
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Guns of Honor | Jackson Baines Hardin (Ole Devil) | 1994-10-27 |
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Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' | Narrator | 1994-12-25 |
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Roswell | Townsend | 1994-07-31 |
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Boca | Jesse James Montgomery | 1994-09-16 |
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Trigger Fast | Jackson Baines Hardin / Ole Devil | 1994-07-06 |
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The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story | William F.(Ike) Eisenbraun | 1993-06-28 |
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Hear No Evil | Lt. Brock | 1993-03-26 |
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Grey Knight | Gen. Haworth | 1993-03-07 |
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Hot Shots! Part Deux | Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (uncredited) | 1993-05-21 |
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Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology | 1993-05-20 | |
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Gettysburg | Gen. Robert E. Lee | 1993-10-08 |
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Alive: 20 Years Later | Narrator (voice) | 1993-12-31 |
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Braving Alaska | Narrator (voice) | 1993-03-01 |
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Braving Alaska | Narrator | 1993-03-01 |
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The Water Engine | Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited) | 1992-08-24 |
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Original Intent | Homeless Joe | 1992-05-13 |
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Touch and Die | Frank Magenta | 1991-01-01 |
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JFK | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1991-12-20 |
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent | Harold Hohne | 1991-09-22 |
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The Maid | Anthony Wayne | 1991-08-02 |
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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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Cadence | MSgt. Otis V. McKinney | 1990-11-16 |
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Marked for Murder | Man in Park | 1989-01-01 |
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Cold Front | John Hyde | 1989-09-29 |
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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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Beverly Hills Brats | Dr. Jeffrey Miller | 1989-10-06 |
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Walking After Midnight | Self | 1988-01-01 |
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Judgment in Berlin | Herbert J. Stern | 1988-05-06 |
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Da | Charlie | 1988-04-29 |
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Promises to Keep | Self | 1988-01-01 |
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Alan (voice) | 1987-10-01 |
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The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun | Narrator | 1987-12-30 |
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Wall Street | Carl Fox | 1987-12-10 |
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Siesta | Del | 1987-11-11 |
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The Believers | Cal Jamison | 1987-06-09 |
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Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 | James Marion Hunt | 1987-05-16 |
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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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Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | Mitch Snyder | 1986-05-19 |
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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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In the Name of the People | Narrator | 1985-03-01 |
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Out of the Darkness | Eddie Zigo | 1985-10-12 |
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Broken Rainbow | Narrator (voice) | 1985-05-05 |
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The Fourth Wise Man | Artaban | 1985-03-30 |
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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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Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile | Narrator | 1985-03-13 |
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Firestarter | Captain Hollister | 1984-05-11 |
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The Guardian | Charlie Hyatt | 1984-10-20 |
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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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The Dead Zone | Greg Stillson | 1983-10-21 |
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Man, Woman and Child | Robert Beckwith | 1983-04-01 |
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Choices of the Heart | Father Philan | 1983-12-05 |
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Centralia Fire | Narrator | 1982-06-01 |
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Gandhi | Vince Walker | 1982-12-01 |
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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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I Love Liberty | Self | 1982-03-21 |
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In the Custody of Strangers | Frank Caldwell | 1982-05-26 |
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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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Apocalypse Now | Captain Benjamin Willard | 1979-05-19 |
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Eagle's Wing | Pike | 1979-07-26 |
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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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The Execution of Private Slovik | Eddie Slovik | 1974-03-13 |
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Badlands | Kit Carruthers | 1974-01-05 |
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The Missiles of October | Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy | 1974-12-18 |
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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 Legend of Earl Durand | Luther Sykes | 1974-10-08 |
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Letters from Three Lovers | Vincent | 1973-10-03 |
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The Catholics | Father Kinsella | 1973-11-29 |
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Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On | Harlan Garrison | 1973-03-11 |
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A Prowler in the Heart | Tony Parrish | 1973-03-25 |
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Crime Club | Deputy Wilson | 1973-03-06 |
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Message to My Daughter | John Thatcher | 1973-12-12 |
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Pursuit | Timothy Drew | 1972-12-12 |
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No Drums, No Bugles | Ashby Gatrell | 1972-02-23 |
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When the Line Goes Through | Bluff Jackson | 1972-09-24 |
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Pickup on 101 | Lester Baumgartner | 1972-05-01 |
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Rage | Maj. Holliford | 1972-11-22 |
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Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol | Graytak | 1972-01-30 |
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That Certain Summer | Gary McCain | 1972-11-01 |
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Goodbye, Raggedy Ann | Jules Worthman | 1971-10-22 |
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Montserrat | 1971-03-02 | |
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Mongo's Back in Town | Gordon | 1971-12-10 |
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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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Pat Neal Is Back | Self | 1968-04-07 |
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The Subject Was Roses | Timmy Cleary | 1968-10-13 |
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The Incident | Artie Connors | 1967-11-05 |
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The Price of a Life | Edward Miles Layton | 1967-01-01 |
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Ten Blocks on the Camino Real | Kilroy | 1966-10-07 |
