Best Known As: Fast-living star of the TV comedy Two and a Half Men
Name at birth: Carlos Irwin Estevez
Charlie Sheen is the son of actor Martin Sheen, and a movie star in his own right thanks to big-budget, high-profile movies of the late 1980s. From notable young man roles in Red Dawn (1984, starring Patrick Swayze) and Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986, starring Matthew Broderick), Sheen emerged as a leading man in the Oliver Stone films Platoon (1986, starring Willem Dafoe) and Wall Street (1987, starring Michael Douglas). Since stardom his appearances in the tabloids have rivalled his appearances on the big screen; as played out in the gossip columns, Sheen's life has been a wild ride that includes cocaine, high-priced prostitutes, an accidental shooting (in 1990 -- his then-girlfriend, Kelly Preston, was wounded) and a long, bitter divorce battle with actress Denise Richards. All the while, Sheen has kept working in hits and misses that include dramas such as Eight Men Out (1988, with David Strathairn) and The Arrival (1996), and lowbrow comedies such as Hot Shots (1991) and Scary Movie 3 (2003). After a string of so-so performances and a much-publicized drug problem, Sheen had a comeback of sorts by 2000, poking fun at himself in the film Being John Malkovich (1999, starring John Cusack) and replacing Michael J. Fox in the TV series Spin City. Sheen landed his own comedy series in 2003, the sitcom Two and a Half Men, a hit that brought him Emmy nominations in 2006 and 2007.
Sheen's siblings, Emilio, Ramon and Renée Estevez, are also actors... Sheen, unlike his siblings, takes his surname from his father's stage name (Martin Sheen was born Ramon Estevez)... Sheen married Denise Richards in 2002 and they have two daughters; Richards filed for divorce in 2005... In 1997 Sheen narrated Mission to Mars, a documentary about the possibility of life on Mars (he also earned a writing credit).
First Major Screen Credit: Silence of the Heart (1984)
Biography
A leading man who has displayed a knack for action, comedy, and dramatic roles, Charlie Sheen is nearly as well known for his offscreen exploits as for his acting, though after suffering through scandals that would have ended many performers' careers, he overcame bad press and bad habits to enjoy a major comeback on television in the late '90s. Charlie Sheen was born Carlos Irwin Estevez to actor Martin Sheen (born Ramon Estevez) and his wife, Janet Templeton, in 1965. By all accounts, young Charlie wasn't an especially distinguished student; though he was a star on Santa Monica High School's baseball team, he was expelled due to poor attendance and bad grades only a few weeks before his class graduated. During his school days, Sheen developed an interest in filmmaking, making amateur Super-8 films starring his school friends (who included Rob Lowe and Sean Penn), and after leaving school, Sheen decided to take a stab at an acting career, like his father (and his older brother, Emilio Estevez). While Sheen played a bit part in one of his father's films, The Execution of Private Slovik, when he was nine, he began his screen career in earnest in 1984, playing Matt Eckhart in the Cold War thriller Red Dawn. (Earlier that same year, Sheen played a small role in a sequel to the horror film Grizzly which didn't see release until 1987; Grizzly 2: The Predator also featured a then-unknown George Clooney.) After good-sized roles in several made-for-TV movies and smaller roles in better-known feature films (including Lucas and Ferris Bueller's Day Off), Sheen got his big break in 1986 when he was cast as Chris, a soldier with conscience in Oliver Stone's Oscar-winning Vietnam drama Platoon. In 1987, Sheen starred in Stone's next project, Wall Street, and after establishing himself as a solid dramatic actor, Sheen proved he also had a flair for comedy in the 1989 hit Major League. The role also gave Sheen a chance to show off his pitching arm; a year earlier, Sheen got to play real-life center fielder Hap Felsch in John Sayles' drama about the 1919 "Chicago Black Sox" scandal, Eight Men Out. Sheen's next major success was also a comedy, the 1991 military-film satire Hot Shots, and while box-office blockbusters tended to elude him, Sheen worked steadily over the next several years, and racked up a respectable number of box-office successes.
By this time, Sheen had developed a reputation as a hard-living star who spoke his mind regardless of the consequences, but his fun-loving image began to take on a darker hue in the mid-'90s. In 1990, Sheen was engaged to marry actress Kelly Preston, but she left him shortly after an incident in which he accidentally shot her in the arm. In 1995, Sheen tied the knot with model Donna Peele, but the marriage ended in divorce only 14 months later. The same year he was wed, Sheen was called to testify in the trial of "Hollywood Madame" Heidi Fleiss, and admitted he was a frequent customer of Fleiss' call girl service, spending over 50,000 dollars on the services of prostitutes. In the wake of the Heidi Fleiss scandal, Sheen did himself no favors in terms of public relations by openly dating a pair of adult film actresses, Ginger Lynn Allen and Brittany Ashland; his relationship with Ashland came to an end when she filed assault charges against him. Sheen's bad-boy image turned especially grim in 1998, when he was hospitalized for drug and alcohol abuse; after a short-lived stay in rehab, Sheen gave sobriety another try, and by 1999 he was, by all accounts, clean and sober and ready to get his career back on track. In 1999, Sheen's brother, Emilio Estevez, cast him as real-life adult filmmaker Artie Mitchell in the made-for-cable feature Rated X -- a daring role, given Mitchell's drug abuse and sexual promiscuity -- and the following year, Sheen became Hollywood's comeback kid when he was cast in the leading role of the popular situation comedy Spin City after the departure of actor Michael J. Fox. In 2002, a clean, sober, and successful Sheen made headlines once again with his love life, though this time in a positive manner: He announced his engagement to actress Denise Richards.
In addition to his career as an actor, Sheen has also dabbled in production; he produced two of his films, Comicitis and The Chase, before forming a production company with rock singer Bret Michaels. Sheen also wrote the screenplay for the company's first release, No Code of Conduct. In addition, Sheen has published a book of his poetry, A Peace of My Mind. ~ All Movie Guide
Happy 40th birthday to Charlie Sheen! Born Carlos Estevez, the actor is known to TV viewers for his roles on Spin City and Two and a Half Men. His first major role was in the war drama, Platoon (1986). That was closely followed by his critically acclaimed turn in Wall Street (1987) in which he starred alongside his father, Martin Sheen. Charlie's three siblings, Emilio Estevez, Ramon Estevez Jr., and Renee Estevez, are all actors, as well.
Sheen is perhaps best known for his comedy roles, including the Major
League films, Money Talks and the spoofHot Shots! films.[1] In 1999, Sheen played himself in the comedy Being John
Malkovich.[1] He also recently
appeared in the spoof series Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4. In 2001 and 2002, Sheen played the lead role in the political television
sitcom, Spin City (as Michael J. Fox's replacement on that show). In 2002, he won the Golden Globe Award for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy" for
this role.[2] Sheen has been playing the role of Charlie
Harper on the sitcom Two and a Half Men, which debuted in 2003.[1]
Personal life
Sheen and his former girlfriend Paula Profit, had a daughter together, Cassandra Jade Estevez
(born 1985), but 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 MadamHeidi Fleiss's list of her most
frequent customers, and it was revealed that Sheen hired highly compensated prostitutes
from escort agencies. During this time, it was reported that he was addicted to cocaine.[3] In the Empire magazine interview, he stated that he took
a bullet for the industry when he was called to the court to testify.
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 sizeable gambling and alleged drug addictions.[8]
Sheen alleges that Richards requested sperm from him in order to have another child. [9]
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 due to breast cancer, and he wanted to try to help find a cure for the disease.
As of 2007, Sheen is engaged to Brooke Mueller, a real estate investor.[10]
9/11 truth movement involvement
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?'"[11] During a March 22, 2006 appearance on CNN's Showbiz
Tonight, Sheen stated "...19 amateurs with box cutters taking over four commercial airliners and hitting 75 percent of their
targets, that feels like a conspiracy theory".[12]
"Living Legend of Sex"
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".[13] 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.[14]
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