Charlie Sheen

Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965), better known as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. His character roles in films have included Chris Taylor in the 1986 Vietnam War drama Platoon and Bud Fox in 1987 film Wall Street. His career also made room for more comedic roles, including Jim Abrahams' Hot Shots! and David Zucker's Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4. On television Sheen is known for his roles on two sitcoms: as Charlie Crawford on Spin City, and as Charlie Harper on Two and a Half Men.

Sheen is widely known for his bad boy image, this due to an accidental overdose, two failed marriages and being listed as #2 on Maxim's "Top 10 Living Legends of Sex", citing an alleged 5,000 women that he has slept with. Sheen is the son of actor Martin Sheen, and the brother of actors Emilio Estevez, Renée Estevez, and Ramon Estevez.

Biography

Early life

Sheen was born Carlos Irwin Estévez in New York City, son of artist Janet (née Templeton) and actor Martin Sheen (who was born "Ramón Estévez"), who was the son of Mary Ann (née Phelan), immigrant from County Tipperary, Ireland, and Francisco Estévez, a Galician factory worker/machinery inspector from Parderrubias, Galicia, Spain. Martin's mother (Charlie's grandmother) had fled from Ireland during the Irish War of Independence due to her family's connections to the Irish Republican Army. Martin adopted his stage name in honor of the Catholic archbishop and theologian, Fulton J. Sheen, with Charlie also taking this stage name. His parents moved to Malibu, California after Martin Sheen's Broadway turn in The Subject Was Roses. Sheen has two brothers and one sister, all of whom are actors: Emilio Estevez, Ramon Estevez and Renée Estevez. Sheen attended Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, California, where he was a star pitcher and shortstop for the baseball team. He also showed an early interest in acting, making several Super-8 films with schoolmates Rob Lowe and early best friend Chris Penn. Just a few weeks before graduation, Sheen was expelled from the school for poor grades and bad attendance.

Career

Sheen started acting in 1974 at the age of nine, appearing in a small role alongside his father in the television movie The Execution of Private Slovik. Sheen's film career began in 1984 with minor and supporting roles in films such as Red Dawn (1984) and Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). He also appeared in an episode of the anthology series Amazing Stories. In 1986 Sheen had his first major role, in the Vietnam War drama Platoon (1986). In 1987, he starred with his father in Wall Street. Both Wall Street and Platoon were directed by Oliver Stone, however, in 1988, Stone approached Sheen about starring in his new film Born on the Fourth of July (1989), only to later re-cast Sheen in favor of Tom Cruise. Sheen was never notified by Stone, and only found out when he heard the news from his brother Emilio Estevez. Sheen refused to work with Stone again.

In 1987, Sheen was cast to portray Ron in Grizzly II: The Predator, the sequel to the 1976 low budget horror movie Grizzly. But due to director William Girdler having a fatal accident on the set, the movie remained unreleased. In 1988, he appeared opposite his brother Emilio Estevez in Young Guns and again in 1990 in Men at Work. Also in 1990, he starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the buddy cop action film The Rookie. In 1997 Sheen wrote his first movie Discovery Mars, a direct-to-video documentary revolving around the question, "Is There Life on Mars?". The next year Sheen wrote, produced and starred in the action movie No Code of Conduct.

Sheen appeared in several comedy roles, including the Major League films, Money Talks and the spoof Hot Shots! films. In 1999 Sheen appeared in a pilot for A&E Network, called Sugar Hill, which wasn't picked up. In 1999, Sheen played himself in the comedy Being John Malkovich. He also appeared in the spoof series Scary Movie 3 and follow up Scary Movie 4. In 2000, he was cast to replace Michael J. Fox on the sitcom Spin City. Even though the sitcom only lasted for two more seasons, Charlie's performance caught the eye of CBS executives, who, in 2003, were looking for an established star to star in their new sitcom Two and a Half Men which followed the popular Monday night time slot of Everybody Loves Raymond. His role on Two and a Half Men was loosely based on Sheen's bad boy image. In 2008 Sheen will appear as Dex Dogtective in the Lionsgate animated comedy Foodfight.

Personal life

Sheen and his former girlfriend Paula Profit have a daughter, Cassandra Jade Estevez (born December 12, 1985). Sheen and Profit did not marry. In 1990, Sheen accidentally shot his then-fiancée, Kelly Preston, in the arm; she suffered only a minor injury requiring two stitches. The relationship ended shortly thereafter.

In 1993, his name was found among Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss's list of her most frequent customers, and it was revealed that Sheen hired highly compensated call girls from escort agencies. In 1995 he testified at the trial of Heidi Fleiss, where it was revealed he'd spent $50,000 on prostitutes in 14 months. Also, Jason Itzler, owner of the famous escort service NY Confidential, claimed in March 2008 that Sheen paid $20,000 for the services of two prostitutes, one of which was Ashley Dupre, of Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal fame. Sheen denied the allegations.

On May 20, 1998, alone and bored in his Malibu home, Sheen decided to try injecting cocaine for the first time, accidentally giving himself an overdose. He was discharged from hospital soon afterwards, but his father Martin Sheen issued a public appeal for fans to pray for him, and reported him for violation of parole. A warrant was issued for his arrest, and Charlie was sent to rehab. In the Empire magazine interview, he stated that he took a bullet for the industry when he was called into court to "name names". In 1995, Sheen married Donna Peele. The marriage lasted a little more than a year--from his 30th birthday on September 3, 1995 to November 19, 1996. In 1996, Sheen announced that he had become a born-again Christian.

In a 1997 Empire magazine interview, Sheen was asked what was the largest number of people Sheen had sex with at any one time. He replied: "...five girls at once. It was a pile-up...and it wasn't so much about going Caligula, it was very organized. Very ordered...all six people in that room came out of it pretty satisfied". Sheen was listed as #2 on Maxim's "Top 10 Living Legends of Sex", citing an alleged 5,000 women that he has slept with.

Although Sheen was involved with a number of Hollywood personalities, his long-term relationship with former pornographic actress Ginger Lynn in the late 1990s garnered the most media attention. He was also involved for a time with former pornographic actress Heather Hunter. On June 15, 2002, he married actress Denise Richards after meeting her while filming Good Advice in 2001. They have two daughters, Sam J Sheen (born March 9, 2004) and Lola Rose Sheen (born June 1, 2005). On April 19, 2006, Richards filed for divorce from Sheen. Sheen and Richards' divorce was official on November 30, 2006. A year and a half after Sheen and Richards' divorce, on May 30, 2008, Sheen married Brooke Mueller, a real estate investor This was the third trip down the aisle for Sheen and the first for Mueller.. On August 25, it was released that Mueller is pregnant.

Sheen and Richards are engaged in an acrimonious custody dispute over their two daughters, with Richards requesting a custody evaluation, no overnight visits for Sheen, and authority to make decisions regarding the care of the children. Richards alleges abusive behavior by Sheen toward her and staff, paranoid behavior regarding the care of the children, and that he continues to have gambling and drug addictions. Sheen denies these allegations and further alleges that Richards later requested sperm from him in order to have another child. Richards also cited Sheen's beliefs about 9/11 in the divorce proceedings. On March 20, 2006, Sheen revealed during an Alex Jones interview that he questions the official story concerning the September 11, 2001 attacks. Sheen stated during the interview, "...it just didn't look like any commercial jetliner I've flown on any time in my life and then when the buildings came down later on that day I said to my brother, 'Call me insane, but did it sorta look like those buildings came down in a controlled demolition?' During a March 22, 2006 appearance on CNN's Showbiz Tonight, Sheen stated "We're not the conspiracy theorists on this particular issue. It seems to me like 19 amateurs with box cutters taking over four commercial airliners and hitting 75 percent of their targets -- that feels like a conspiracy theory". On October 27, 2007, his views on 9/11 were echoed by his father Martin Sheen.

Sheen was the 2004 spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day breast cancer fundraiser that raised millions of dollars for research and education regarding the disease. Sheen stated that a friend of his died from breast cancer and he wanted to try to help find a cure for the disease. Sheen also launched clothing line for kids, called Sheen Kidz in 2006.

Awards and Honors

In 1989 Sheen, along with John Fusco, Christopher Cain, Lou Diamond Phillips, Emilio Estevez and Kiefer Sutherland, were honoured with a Bronze Wrangler for their work on the film Young Guns. In 1994 Sheen was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard. For his work on the political sitcom Spin City, Sheen gained two ALMA Award nominations and won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy. Sheen also gained three Emmy Award nominations, two Golden Globe award nominations for his role in the sitcom Two and a Half Men.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Note(s)
1972	The Execution of Private Slovik	Kid at Wedding	NBC TV-movie; uncredited part.
1979	Apocalypse Now	Extra
1984	Red Dawn	Matt Eckert
	Silence of the Heart	Ken Cruze	CBS TV-movie
1985	The Fourth Wise Man	Captain (Herod's Soldiers)	TV-movie
	Out of the Darkness	Man Shaving	CBS TV-movie
	The Boys Next Door	Bo Richards
1986	Lucas	Cappie
	Ferris Bueller's Day Off	Garth Volbeck-Boy in Police Station	Cameo
	The Wraith	Jake Kasey/The Wraith
	Platoon	Private Chris Taylor
	Wisdom	Hamburger Restaurant Manager	Cameo
1987	Wall Street	Bud Fox
	No Man's Land	Ted Varrick
	Three for the Road	Paul
	Grizzly II: The Predator Concert	Ron	Unreleased filmed in 1983
1988	Never on Tuesday	Thief	Uncredited Cameo
	Eight Men Out	Oscar 'Happy' Felsch
	Young Guns	Richard "Dick" Brewer	Bronze Wrangler Award
1989	Tale of Two Sisters	Narrator	also writer (poems)
	Major League	Ricky 'Wild Thing' Vaughn
	Catchfire	Bob	Cameo
1990	Cadence	Pfc. Franklin Fairchild Bean
	Courage Mountain	Peter
	Men at Work	Carl Taylor
	Navy Seals	Lt. Dale Hawkins
	The Rookie	David Ackerman
1991	Hot Shots!	Lt. Sean Topper Harley
1992	Beyond the Law	William Patrick Steaner/Daniel "Dan" Saxon/Sid
	Oliver Stone: Inside Out	Himself	documentary
1993	National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1	Gern, Parking Valet	Cameo
	Deadfall	Morgan "Fats" Gripp	Cameo
	Hot Shots! Part Deux	Lt. Sean Topper Harley
	The Three Musketeers	Aramis
1994	Charlie Sheen's Stunt Spectacular	Himself	TV-movie
	Terminal Velocity	Richard 'Ditch' Brodie
	The Chase	Jackson David "Jack" Hammond	also executive producer
	Major League II	Ricky 'Wild Thing' Vaughn
1996	Loose Women	Barbie Loving Bartender	Cameo appearance
	Frame by Frame
	All Dogs Go to Heaven 2	Charles B. "Charlie" Barkin	(only voice)
	The Arrival	Zane Zaminsky
1997	Money Talks	James Russell
	Shadow Conspiracy	Bobby Bishop
	Bad Day on the Block	Lyle Wilder	also known as Under Pressure
1998	Postmortem	James McGregor
	A Letter from Death Row	Cop #1	Cameo
	No Code of Conduct	Jacob "Jake" Peterson	also executive producer and writer
	Free Money	Bud Dyerson
	Junket Whore	Himself	documentary
1999	Lisa Picard is Famous	Himself
	Five Aces	Chris Martin
	Being John Malkovich	Charlie Sheen (Himself)	Cameo (two scenes)
2000	Rated X	Artie Jay "Art" Mitchell	Showtime TV-movie
2001	Good Advice	Ryan Edward Turner
	Last Party 2000	Himself	Documentary, uncredited
2002	The Making of Bret Michaels	Himself	Documentary
	Pauly Shore Is Dead	Himself	Cameo
2003	Scary Movie 3	Tom Logan
2004	The Big Bounce	Bob Rogers Jr.
2005	3 & 3: The Guilty Hearts	Charlie Sheen	segment "Spelling Bee"
2006	Scary Movie 4	Tom Logan	Cameo
2008	Foodfight!	Dex Dogtective	voice role
TBA	Money Talks 2	James Russell	announced

Short films

Year	Title	Role	Note(s)
1986	A Life in the Day
1989	Comicits	Himself	also producer
2003	Deeper Than Deep	Charles "Chuck" E. Traynor
2004	Spelling Bee	Charlie Sheen (himself)	from 3 & 3

Television

Year	Title	Role	Note(s)
1986	Amazing Stories: Book Three	Casey	Episode: "No Day at the Beach".
1996	Friends	Ryan	Episode: "The One with the Chicken Pox"
1999	Sugar Hill	Matt	unsold pilot
2000 - 2002	Spin City	Charlie Crawford	won, Golden Globe award nominated, two ALMA Awards
2003 - present	Two and a Half Men	Charles "Charlie" Francis Harper	Gained various awards and nominations. Salary: $825,000 per episode.

References

External links

• Charlie Sheen Bio at CBS - Two and a Half Men
• Charlie Sheen at the Internet Movie Database

Golden Globe Awards
Bronze Wrangler Awards