Martin Sheen  Biography: His mother, Mary Ann Phelan, was an
Irish immigrant, and his father, Francisco Estevez, was a
Spaniard who came to the U.S. by way of Cuba. They met at
citizenship school in Dayton. Martin was born Ramon Estévez in
Dayton, Ohio in 1940 to an Irish mother (Mary Ann Phelan) and a
Spanish father (Francisco Estévez), he was the seventh of ten
children. He grew up in Bermuda but was the only one of the
brood not to be born there. He was keen to be an actor even
though his father disapproved, and claims he deliberately failed
the entrance exam for the University of Dayton so that he could
pursue an acting career. His first major role as on Broadway in
The Subject was Roses in 1965, a role he recreated in the 1968
film adaption. He began workign in movies, from Catch-22 to
Badlands and Apocalypse Now. His TV career was cemented when he
played the President in The West Wing, a role that brought many
award nominations. A man of convictions, Martin has been
arrested ovover 70 times for his prot