Charlie Sheen biography
Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965), better known as Charlie Sheen, is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy-nominated United States actor. His character roles in films have included Chris Taylor in the 1986 Vietnam War drama
Platoon (film) and Bud Fox in 1987 film
Wall Street (film). His career also made room for more comedic roles, including Jim Abrahams'
Hot Shots! and David Zucker's
Scary Movie 3 and
Scary Movie 4. On television Sheen is known for his roles on two sitcoms: as Charlie Crawford on
Spin City, and as Charlie Harper (Two and a Half Men) on
Two and a Half Men.
Sheen is widely known for his bad boy image, this due to an accidental overdose, two failed marriages and being listed as 2 on
Maxim (magazine) "Top 10 Living Legends of Sex", citing an alleged 5,000 women that he has slept with. Sheen is the son of actor Martin Sheen, and the brother of actors Emilio Estevez, Renée Estevez, and Ramon Estevez.
Biography
Early life
Sheen was born Carlos Irwin Estévez in New York City, son of artist Janet (married and maiden names Templeton) and actor Martin Sheen (who was born "Ramón Estévez"), who was the son of Mary Ann (married and maiden names Phelan), an immigrant from County Tipperary, Ireland, and Francisco Estévez, a Spain factory worker/machinery inspector from Parderrubias, Galicia (Spain), Spain. Martin's mother (Charlie's grandmother) had fled from Ireland during the Irish War of Independence due to her family's connections to the Irish Republican Army. Martin adopted his stage name in honor of the Catholic archbishop and theologian, Fulton J. Sheen, with Charlie also taking this stage name. 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 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.
Career
Sheen started acting in 1974 at the age of nine, appearing in a small role alongside his father in the television 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) and
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). He also appeared in an episode of the popular Anthology series
Amazing Stories. In 1986 Sheen had his first major role, in the Vietnam War drama
Platoon (film) (1986). In 1987, he starred with his father in
Wall Street (film). Both
Wall Street and
Platoon were directed by Oliver Stone, however, in 1988, Stone approached Sheen about starring in his new film Born on the Fourth of July (1989), only to later re-cast Sheen in favor of Tom Cruise. Sheen was never notified by Stone, and only found out when he heard the news from his brother Emilio Estevez. Sheen refused to work with Stone again.
In 1987, Sheen was cast to portray Ron in
Grizzly II: The Predator, the sequel to the 1976 low budget horror movie
Grizzly (film). But due to director William Girdler having a fatal accident on the set, the movie remained unreleased. In 1988, he appeared opposite his brother Emilio Estevez in
Young Guns and again in 1990 in
Men at Work (film). Also in 1990, he starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the buddy cop action movie
The Rookie (1990 film).
Sheen appeared in several comedy roles, including the
Major League (film) films,
Money Talks and the Parody
Hot Shots! films. In 1999 Sheen appeared in a Television pilot for A&E Network, called
Sugar Hill, which wasn't picked up. In 1999, Sheen played himself in the comedy
Being John Malkovich. He also appeared in the spoof series
Scary Movie 3 and follow up
Scary Movie 4. In 2000, he was cast to replace Michael J. Fox on the sitcom
Spin City. Even though the sitcom only lasted for two more seasons, Charlie's performance caught the eye of CBS executives, who, in 2003, were looking for an established star to star in their new sitcom
Two and a Half Men which followed the popular Monday night time slot of
Everybody Loves Raymond. His role on
Two and a Half Men was loosely based on Sheen's bad boy image.
In 2008 Sheen will appear as Dex Dogtective in the Lionsgate Animation Comedy
Foodfight. Also,"King of all Pimps" Jason Itzler, owner of the famous escort service NY Confidential, revealed in March 2008 that Sheen paid $20,000 for the services of two prostitutes, one of which was Ashley Dupre, of Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal fame. Sheen denied the allegations.
On May 20 1998, alone and bored in his Malibu home, Sheen decided to try injecting cocaine for the first time, accidentally giving himself an overdose. He was discharged from hospital soon afterwards, but his father Martin issued a public appeal for fans to pray for him, and reported him for violation of parole. A warrant was issued for his arrest, and Charlie was sent to rehab. In 1995, Sheen married Donna Peele. The marriage lasted a little more than a year--from his 30th birthday on September 3, 1995 to November 19, 1996. In 1996, Sheen announced that he had become a Born again (Christianity).
In a 1997
Empire (magazine) magazine interview, Sheen was asked what was the largest number of people Sheen had sex with at any one time. He replied: "...five girls at once. It was a pile-up...and it wasn't so much about going Caligula, it was very organized. Very ordered...all six people in that room came out of it pretty satisfied". Sheen was listed as 2 on
Maxim (magazine) "Top 10 Living Legends of Sex", citing an alleged 5,000 women that he has slept with.
Although Sheen was involved with a number of Hollywood personalities, his long-term relationship with former pornographic actress Ginger Lynn in the late 1990s garnered the most media attention. He was also involved for a time with former pornographic actress Heather Hunter.
On June 15, 2002, he married actress Denise Richards after meeting her while filming
Good Advice in 2001. They have two daughters, Sam J Sheen (born March 9, 2004) and Lola Rose Sheen (born June 1, 2005). On April 19, 2006, Richards filed for divorce from Sheen. Sheen and Richards' divorce was official on November 30, 2006. A year and a half after Sheen and Richards' divorce, on May 30, 2008, Sheen married Brooke Mueller, a real estate investor This was the third trip down the aisle for Sheen and the first for Mueller.. On August 25, it was released that Mueller is pregnant.
{{Quote_box". Sheen denies these allegations and further alleges that Richards later requested sperm from him in order to have another child. Richards also cited Sheen's beliefs about 9/11 in the divorce proceedings. Sheen stated during the interview, "...it just didn't look like any commercial jetliner I've flown on any time in my life and then when the buildings came down later on that day I said to my brother, 'Call me insane, but did it sorta look like those buildings Controlled demolition hypothesis for the collapse of the World Trade Center?'" During a March 22, 2006 appearance on CNN's
Showbiz Tonight, Sheen stated "We're not the conspiracy theorists on this particular issue. It seems to me like 19 amateurs with box cutters taking over four commercial airliners and hitting 75 percent of their targets -- that feels like a 9/11 conspiracy theories". On October 27 2007, his views on 9/11 were echoed by his father Martin Sheen.
Sheen was the 2004 spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day breast cancer fundraiser that raised millions of dollars for research and education regarding the disease. Sheen stated that a friend of his died from breast cancer and he wanted to try to help find a cure for the disease. Sheen also launched clothing line for kids, called Sheen Kidz in 2006.
Charlie Sheen in the news
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Brooke Mueller: Charlie Sheen "Thrilled" About TwinsE! Online - Oct 23, 2008Charlie Sheen's wife, Brooke Mueller, isn't ready to reveal baby names, but she does offer up a little bit about how Sheen's feelings these days. ...
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