Martin Sheen

Played Aaron Eckhart's father-in-law in the romantic drama, "Love Happens"

Co-starred in "Talk to Me," a film about D.C. radio personality Ralph 'Petey' Greene

Cast in Martin Scorsese's mob drama, "The Departed" a remake of the popular Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs

Co-starred in his son, Emilio Estevez's directorial debut, "Bobby," an ensemble centered around the night of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination

Earned an Emmy nomination for his guest-starring role on "Two and a Half Men" (CBS); series stars his son Charlie

Portrayed Leonardo DiCaprio's prosepctive father-in-law in "Catch Me If You Can"

Cast in "O," a modern reworking of Shakespeare's "Othello"

Re-teamed with Sorkin (series creator) to play US President Josiah Bartlet in NBC's "The West Wing"; garnered Best Actor Emmy (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006) SAG (2002, 2004) and Golden Globe (2002, 2003) nominations

Co-starred with son Emilio Estevez and Kathy Bates in "The War at Home"; directed by Estevez; daughter Renee Estevez and granddaughter Poloma Estevez (Emilio's daughter) also appeared

Cast as the President's (played by Michael Douglas) advisor in "The American President"; scripted by Aaron Sorkin

Earned an Emmy Award for his guest appearance as a former radical turned conservative on "Murphy Brown" (CBS)

Portrayed Robert E. Lee in "Gettysburg"; released theatrically before airing on TNT

Feature directing and screenwriting debut, "Cadence"; co-starred with sons Charlie and Ramon

Produced and starred in the TNT movie "Nightbreaker"; son Emilio played his character as a young man

Feature producing debut, "Da"; also played Barnard Hughes' son

Returned to the stage as Marcus Brutus in a NYSF production of "Julius Caesar"

Played son Charlie's fictional father in Oliver Stone's "Wall Street"

Played the leading role of writer Ned Weeks in the acclaimed London stage production of Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart"

TV directing and producing debut, "Babies Having Babies" (CBS)

Offered a villainous turn in David Cronenberg's "The Dead Zone"; adapted from the Stephen King novel

Played President John F. Kennedy in the NBC miniseries "Kennedy"

Acted with Daniel and Phil Berrigan in the docudrama "In the King of Prussia"

Appeared in Richard Attenborough's "Gandhi"

Gained wide recognition for playing the Captain sent upriver after Kurtz (Marlon Brando) in Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now"; had a heart attack during the arduous shoot

Nominated for an Emmy for his performance as a cab driver in "Taxi!" (NBC); co-starred with Eva Marie Saint

Returned to Broadway as Happy Loman in a revival of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman"

Played the title role in "The Execution of Private Slovik" (NBC); received first Emmy nomination

Portrayed Robert Kennedy in the NBC movie presentation of "The Missiles of October"

Co-starred with a young Sissy Spacek, as a cross-country killer, in Terrence Malick's "Badlands"

Appeared in landmark TV-movie "That Certain Summer" (ABC), starring Hal Holbrook

Acted in the star-studded "Catch-22"; film was adapted from the Joseph Heller novel

Penned the play "Down the Morning Line" for NYC's Public Theater (billed under Ramon G Estevez)

Played the title role in the NYSF production of "Romeo and Juliet"

Made screen debut in "The Incident"

Portrayed the title role in Joseph Papp's NYSF production of "Hamlet"

Had feature role on the CBS daytime soap "As the World Turns"

Had first Broadway success in Gilroy's "The Subject Was Roses" opposite Jack Albertson; the pair reprised their roles for the 1968 film adaptation

Made Broadway debut in Frank Gilroy's "Never Live Over a Pretzel Factory"; play closed after eight days

First Shakespearan role in the NY Shakespeare Festival production of "Anthony and Cleopatra" in Central Park

Early TV work as guest on shows like "The Defenders" and "Route 66"

Made stage acting debut in "The Connection" at NY's Living Theater

Formed Sheen/Greenblatt productions with William R Greenblatt

Won a trip to New York City and a CBS audition after appearing on a local Dayton TV program, "The Rising Generation"

Worked at the Living Theater in New York City as a curtain puller