Biography
Charlie Sheen's roles in Oliver Stone's gritty Vietnam War drama "Platoon" (1986) and Stone's bleak portrait of Reagan-era greed, "Wall Street" (1987), gave the actor his big break in Hollywood, but those films proved to be anomalies in a career later characterized by laughs - both on- and off-screen. During the 1990s, Sheen found a niche in light comedies that banked on his good looks and flair for deadpan comedy, though even blockbuster …
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Career Milestones
| Formed production company Sheen-Michaels Entertainment with Bret Michaels, ex-lead singer of Poison | ||
| Produced and directed over 200 Super-8 and video film shorts, including the 16mm "R.P.G." | ||
1974 | Made first TV appearance at age nine in the NBC TV-movie "The Execution of Private Slovik"; project starred his father Martin Sheen | |
1979 | Landed first film appearance as an extra in Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now," which starred his father | |
1984 | Made TV-movie acting debut in "Silence of the Heart" (CBS) | |
1984 | Made film acting debut in "Grizzly II - The Predator" | |
1985 | Appeared in "No Day at the Beach," a WWII episode of Steven Spielberg's "Amazing Stories" (NBC) | |
1985 | Landed first co-starring role in "The Boys Next Door" | |
1986 | Appeared in brother Emilio Estevez's directorial debut "Wisdom" | |
1986 | Cast in breakthrough lead role in Oliver Stone's "Platoon" | |
1987 | Re-teamed with Oliver Stone for "Wall Street," playing Gordon Gekko's (Michael Douglas) protégé; also teamed with his father, who played his onscreen parent | |
1988 | Contributed to the fine ensemble of "Eight Men Out" directed by John Sayles | |
1988 | Landed a featured role in "Young Guns" | |
1989 | Played a baseball pitcher nicknamed 'Wild Thing' in "Major League" | |
1990 | Acted with brother Emilio in "Men at Work" | |
1991 | Acted with father and brother Ramon in "Cadence," Martin Sheen's directorial debut | |
1991 | Scored big as pilot Topper Harley in the comedy spoof "Hot Shots!" | |
1993 | Played one of the titular swordsmen in "The Three Musketeers" | |
1993 | Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | |
1993 | Reprised his role of Topper Harley in the sequel "Hot Shots! Part Deux" | |
1994 | Made his debut as executive producer and also starred in "The Chase" | |
1994 | Reprised role of 'Wild Thing' in the sequel "Major League II" | |
1996 | Starred in the sci-fi flick "The Arrival" | |
1997 | Acted opposite Chris Tucker in "Money Talks" | |
1999 | Acted in "Free Money" with Marlon Brando, Mira Sorvino and Donald Sutherland; aired on Starz! (filmed in 1997) | |
2000 | Executive produced (also co-scripted with Bret Michaels) and starred with father in "No Code of Conduct"; aired on USA Network | |
2000 | Joined the fifth season of ABC's political sitcom "Spin City," replacing Michael J. Fox in the lead role | |
2000 | Starred with brother Emilio Estevez in the Showtime movie "Rated X" | |
2001 | Starred opposite Denise Richards in "Good Advice"; aired on HBO in lieu of a theatrical release | |
2003 | Cast as womanizing Charlie Harper on the CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men"; received Golden Globe (2004, 2005), SAG (2004, 2009) and Emmy (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) nominations for Best Actor in a Comedy Series; fired from the show in March 2011 after several weeks of increasingly erratic behavior from Sheen | |
2004 | Cast with Owen Wilson and Morgan Freeman in "The Big Bounce" | |
2006 | Launched a children's clothing line called Sheen Kidz | |
2010 | Cast in a minor role in the comedy "Due Date," starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis | |
2010 | Reprised his role of Bud Fox with a cameo in Oliver Stone's "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" | |
2011 | Launched his "The Torpedo of Truth: Defeat is Not an Option" tour in Detroit, MI | |
2012 | Made a series television comeback with a starring role on "Anger Management" (FX), as a former baseball player whose anger issues lead him to become a therapist | |
Awards
2000 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in Being John Malkovich |
2001 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in Spin City |
2004 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in Two and a Half Men |
2005 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in Two and a Half Men |
2005 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Multi-Camera Sound Mixing For a Series or Special in Two and a Half Men |
2005 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series in Two and a Half Men |
2006 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in Two and a Half Men |
2006 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Multi-Camera Sound Mixing For a Series or Special in Two and a Half Men |
2007 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in Two and a Half Men |
2008 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in Two and a Half Men |
2009 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in Two and a Half Men |
2010 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series in Two and a Half Men |