Martin Sheen

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="002285a1erlcgo.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Just Wing It</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Just Wing It"><U><B>Hom</B></U></A><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Just Wing It"><U><B>e</B></U></A><B>  </B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="001d2c00dkelyh.gif"> <div> <IMG SRC="044c9560.jpg" border=0 width="201" height="86" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Martin Sheen</I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="620" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 671 WIDTH="609"><div> "President Josiah Bartlet"</div> <bR> <div> Martin Sheen has amassed an enormous and impressive body of work over the course of his esteemed career. Probably best known for his performance as Captain Willard opposite Marlon Brando in the classic film "Apocalypse Now," Sheen initially pursued an acting career against the wishes of his father, who wanted his son to pursue an education at the University of Dayton. </div> <div> Sheen launched his career as the lead in the Broadway play "The Subject Was Roses," and went on to receive a Golden Globe nomination for his leading role in the film adaptation. </div> <div> When asked why he decided to take the role as President Bartlet on "The West Wing" Sheen said, "It was simple Aaron Sorkin and John Wells (executive producers of the series)." His role in "The West Wing" reunites Sheen and Sorkin , who worked together on the feature film "The American President." His performance earned him an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series last summer. </div> <div> Sheen's additional feature-film credits include "Wall Street" (in which he appeared with his son, Charlie Sheen), "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse," "Da," and "Badlands" opposite Sissy Spacek. </div> <div> Television credits include roles in "Babylon 5: The River of Souls" and the television miniseries "Medusa's Child." </div> <div> In 1998, Sheen received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the Imagen Foundation, an organization that honors positive portrayals of Latinos in film, television and in advertising. He also received Golden Globe nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture for the 1983 miniseries "Kennedy" and for Best Actor for the miniseries "Blind Ambition," as well as for his work on "The West Wing." </div> <div> Sheen was awarded Favorite Actor in a New Series at the TV Guide Awards and the Viewers for Quality Television also nominated him this year for a Best Actor in a New Series. </div> <div> Sheen and his wife, Janet, reside in Los Angeles. He was born August 3 in Dayton, Ohio.</div> <bR> <div> *Taken from NBC*</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Just Wing It is the work of a fan and is not affiliated with NBC, Aaron Sorkin or John Wells Productions; furthermore, no infringement toward the rights of the respective owners of The West Wing is intended. </div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="671" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="4" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>