Early life. Sheen was born Carlos Estévez on September 3, 1965, in New York City, the youngest son of actor Martin Sheen (whose real name is Ramón Estévez) and artist Janet Templeton.
He is the son of actor Martin Sheen and the older brother of Charlie Sheen. Estevez started his acting career in the 1980s and was one of a group of actors known as the Brat Pack. He is notable for starring in The Outsiders (1983), The Breakfast Club (1985), and Wisdom (1986).
His mother, Janet Sheen (née Templeton), was a former New York art student who had met Emilio's father right after he had moved to Manhattan. Martin and Janet had three other children, Charlie Sheen, Renée Estevez, and Ramon Estevez, all of whom became actors.
Why do Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez have different last names?
Though Sheen's decision to go by Charlie was simply to avoid confusion with an uncle also named Carlos, when he became an actor, he took on the last name Sheen to follow in the footsteps of his father Martin Sheen. On the other hand, his brother Emilio Estevez kept his birth name.
Hollywood veteran Martin Sheen, known for the series WEST WING, said that he is proud of his son and fellow actor Charlie Sheen for his sobriety. “I adore him,” the 80-year-old actor told PEOPLE. “I've always, always adored him. His recovery and his life is a miracle and he's an extraordinary man.”
One On One: Martin Sheen Talks About Charlie Sheen
What diagnosis does Charlie Sheen have?
The Golden Globe-winning actor said 'I feel like I'm carrying the torch' for others battling with this disease. — -- The Golden Globe-winning actor Charlie Sheen opened up about his diagnosis of HIV, saying he feels like he's "carrying the torch" for others battling the disease that causes AIDS.
Cryer told Entertainment Tonight in an interview published Monday that when the show started in 2003, Sheen was a “joy.” “We got along great, he had been sober for two years when we started the show, and it was really important to him to keep sober,” Cryer told the outlet.
Sheen was born Carlos Estévez on September 3, 1965, in New York City, the youngest son of actor Martin Sheen (whose real name is Ramón Estévez) and artist Janet Templeton. His paternal grandparents were emigrants from Galicia (Spain) and Ireland, respectively.
Martin Sheen (born August 3, 1940) is a Spanish-Irish-American actor. He is best known for his role as Captain Willard in the film Apocalypse Now and, most recently, as President Josiah Bartlet on the acclaimed and long-running television drama series The West Wing.
In a 2020 interview with The Guardian, Estevez said his father "earned his name," and he hadn't. The actor's IMDb biography states that Estevez also thought the set of double "E" was "pretty." Despite the refusal to adopt his father's stage name, Estevez was still successful in the film industry.
Sheen was born Ramón Estévez, however, due to prejudices in the industry, he changed his professional name to Martin Sheen in 1958 in a bid to land more acting roles. When he began auditioning as an actor, Estevez said he, too, used the name Sheen as he thought it would help open doors in Hollywood.
In addition to his three daughters, Charlie is also the father of twins Bob and Max, born in 2009, with ex-wife Brooke Mueller. “They've made me a better man,” the Rookie actor told In Touch two months after their birth.
Do all of Martin Sheen's children have the same mother?
Martin Sheen and his wife, Janet Sheen, share four children: Emilio Estevez, Ramon Estevez, Charlie Sheen and Renée Estevez. His sons and daughter followed in their footsteps as actors, though Martin says he wasn't part of the decision.
Both Ohio natives, the pair met in the early '60s in New York City and got married in 1961. They went on to welcome four children together: sons Emilio Esteves, Charlie Sheen and Ramón Esteves and daughter Renée Estevez, all of whom followed in their father's footsteps and pursued acting.
Q: Your family comes from Spain? A: From my dad side, yes. I try to speak Spanish but I'm not to good at it. I still have family in Madrid, an aunt leaves in Atocha.
Sheen said he has never been drunk or high on the set of "Two and a Half Men," but did rely on furniture to stay standing after a few long nights. "Never been drunk, never been high on the set once," Sheen said in an apparent stream of consciousness. "But — would show up having not slept much.
In February 2011, however, CBS and Warner Bros. Television decided to end production for the rest of the eighth season after Sheen entered drug rehabilitation and made "disparaging" comments about the series' creator and executive producer Chuck Lorre.
