Charlie Sheen

About Charlie Sheen

Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965), better known as Charlie Sheen, is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy-nominated American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Chris Taylor in the Vietnam War drama Platoon, Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn in Major League I and II, Charlie Crawford in the ABC sitcom Spin City and Charlie Harper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men. He's the son of actor Martin Sheen, and the brother of actors Emilio Estevez, Renée Estevez, and Ramon Estevez.

Sheen was born Carlos Irwin Estévez in New York City, son of artist Janet (née Templeton) and actor Martin Sheen (who was born "Ramón Estévez"). His parents moved to Malibu, California after Martin Sheen's Broadway turn in The Subject Was Roses. Sheen has two brothers and one sister, all of whom are actors: Emilio Estévez, Ramón Estévez Jr. and Renée Estévez. Sheen attended Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, California, where he was a star pitcher and shortstop for the baseball team. He also showed an early interest in acting, making several Super-8 films with schoolmates Rob Lowe and early best friend Christopher Penn. Just a few weeks before graduation, Sheen was expelled from the school for poor grades and bad attendance.

Sheen started acting in 1974 at the age of nine, appearing in a small role alongside his father in the TV movie The Execution of Private Slovik. Sheen's film career began in 1984 with minor and supporting roles in films such as Red Dawn (1984), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), and his first major role, in Platoon (1986). In 1987, he starred with his father in Wall Street. In 1988, he appeared opposite his brother Emilio Estevez in Young Guns and again in 1990 in Men at Work. Also in 1990, he starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the buddy cop action film The Rookie.