Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen are not related. Michael Douglas is the son of Kirk Douglas (real name Issur Danielovich Demsky). Charlie Sheen's real name is Carlos Estevez. He is the son of Martin Sheen (real name Ramon Estevez) and brother of Emilio Estevez.
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.
Here's a fun fact: Welsh actor Michael Sheen (who is not related to Charlie or Martin Sheen), was supposed to be named Christopher. And he thinks the spirits of his Irish ancestors played a hand in making sure he was named Michael.
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.
After nearly 13 years of marriage, the couple announced their separation in August 2013. A source told PEOPLE that the stress —between Douglas' cancer battle and Zeta-Jones' struggles with her bipolar II disorder — had taken a toll on their marriage.
Estevez was born in the Bronx, the oldest child of artist Janet Sheen and actor Martin Sheen (legally Ramón Estévez). His siblings are Ramon Estevez, Charlie Sheen (born Carlos Estévez), and Renée Estevez.
Why do Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez have different 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.
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.
The former couple came to a custody agreement in 2011 and finalized their divorce shortly after. But Brooke allegedly created an 'unsafe' environment for the twins and they were removed from her home in 2013. Charlie's ex-wife Denise Richards became their legal guardian while Brooke re-entered rehab for the 21st time.
Does Charlie Sheen's daughter still live with him?
According to a source, Sami has since moved out of Charlie's home and "has her own place." "Denise helped her get set up and decorate everything and get settled in," the insider said. "They're really closer than ever now.
Why did Emilio Estevez take his mother's last name?
Though his father had opted to use the stage name "Sheen" over his more ethnic birth name "Estevez," Emilio chose to retain the family name, hoping to avoid riding his father's coattails. He also thought the double "E" set of initials was "pretty."
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.
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.
What happened with Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards?
March 2, 2005: Denise Richards files for divorce from Charlie Sheen. While six months pregnant with their second child, Richards filed for divorce from her husband of nearly three years, citing "irreconcilable differences."
Michael Douglas in real life is actually distantly related to several U.S. Presidents. Through their common English Baldwin ancestry he is related to Richard Nixon, both Bushes, and Barack Obama.
Douglas was born to a Jewish father and an Anglican (Church of England) mother. His cousin, the Right Reverend Nicholas Dill, is the bishop of the established Anglican Church of Bermuda. Douglas was not raised with a religious affiliation, but stated in January 2015, that he now identifies as a Reform Jew.
Her father is Welsh and her mother is of Irish Catholic descent. She was named after her grandmothers, Zeta Jones (derived from the name of a ship that her great-grandfather sailed on) and Catherine Fair.
