Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen (born August 3, 1940) is an Hispanic American actor. Sheen was born Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez in Dayton, Ohio. He lived on Brown Street in the South Park neighborhood, and was one of 10 siblings (9 boys and one girl). He attended Chaminade High School. A devout Roman Catholic, born to a Spanish-born father, Francisco Estevez, and an Irish mother, Marry Anne Phelan. Sheen adopted his stage name in honor of Catholic archbishop and theologian Fulton J. Sheen. Additionally he adopted the name Sheen due to his desire to hide his Hispanic heritage and appear fully white. His mother, Mary Ann Phelan from County Galway, fled Ireland during the Anglo-Irish War due to her IRA connections, according to a biography of Sheen.

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• Interviews
• 2001 NPR Interview
• Photos from Wireimage