# Martin Sheen filmography

The following is the complete filmography of American actor Martin Sheen.

## Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1967 | The Incident | Artie Connors | |
| 1968 | The Subject Was Roses | Timmy Cleary | |
| 1970 | Catch-22 | 1st Lieutenant Dobbs | |
| 1970 | The Cliff | Charlie Devon | |
| 1972 | No Drums, No Bugles | Ashby Gatrell | |
| 1972 | Pickup on 101 | Les | |
| 1972 | Rage | Major Holliford | |
| 1973 | When the Line Goes Through | Bluff Jackson | |
| 1973 | Badlands | Kit Carruthers | |
| 1973 | The Conflict (Catholics) | Father James Kinsella | |
| 1974 | The Legend of Earl Durand | Luther Sykes | |
| 1974 | The California Kid | Michael McCord | |
| 1975 | The Last Survivors | Alexander William Holmes | |
| 1975 | Sweet Hostage | Leonard Hatch | |
| 1976 | The Cassandra Crossing | Robby Navarro | |
| 1976 | The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane | Frank Hallet | |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now | Captain Benjamin L. Willard | |
| 1979 | Eagle's Wing | Pike | |
| 1980 | The Final Countdown | Warren Lasky | |
| 1981 | Loophole | Stephen Booker | |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Vince Walker | |
| 1982 | That Championship Season | Tom Daley | |
| 1982 | In the Custody of Strangers | Frank Caldwell | |
| 1982 | Enigma | Alex Holbeck | |
| 1983 | In the King of Prussia | Judge Samuel Salus II | |
| 1983 | Man, Woman and Child | Robert Beckwith | |
| 1983 | The Dead Zone | Greg Stillson | |
| 1984 | Firestarter | Captain James Hollister | |
| 1985 | A State of Emergency | Dr. Alex Carmody | |
| 1985 | Shattered Spirits | Lyle Mollencamp | |
| 1987 | The Believers | Cal Jamison | |
| 1987 | Siesta | Del | |
| 1987 | Wall Street | Carl Fox | |
| 1988 | Da | Charlie Tynan | |
| 1988 | Judgment in Berlin | Herbert Jay Stern | |
| 1989 | Marked for Murder | Man In Park | |
| 1989 | Cold Front | John Hyde | |
| 1989 | Beverly Hills Brats | Dr. Jeffrey Miller | |
| 1989 | Nightbreaker | Dr. Alexander Brown | |
| 1989 | Beyond the Stars | Paul Andrews | |
| 1990 | Cadence | Master Sergeant Otis V. McKinney | Also director |
| 1991 | Touch and Die | Frank | |
| 1991 | The Maid | Anthony Wayne | |
| 1991 | JFK | Narrator | Voice |
| 1992 | Original Intent | Joe | |
| 1993 | My Home, My Prison | Narrator | |
| 1993 | Ghost Brigade | General Haworth | |
| 1993 | Fortunes of War | Francis Labeck | |
| 1993 | Hear No Evil | Lieutenant Brock | |
| 1993 | Hot Shots! Part Deux | Captain Benjamin L. Willard | Cameo |
| 1993 | Gettysburg | General Robert E. Lee | |
| 1993 | A Matter of Justice | Jack Brown | |
| 1994 | Guns of Honor | Jackson Baines Hardin | |
| 1994 | Hits! | Kelly | |
| 1994 | When the Bough Breaks | Captain Swaggert | |
| 1994 | Boca | Jesse James Montgomery | |
| 1995 | The American President | Chief of Staff A.J. McInnerney | |
| 1995 | Sacred Cargo | Father Andrew Kanvesky | |
| 1995 | Dillinger and Capone | John Dillinger | |
| 1995 | Running Wild | Dan Walker | |
| 1995 | Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys | Jeff Snyder | |
| 1995 | A Hundred and One Nights | Himself | Cameo |
| 1995 | The Break | Gil Robbins | |
| 1995 | Dead Presidents | The Judge | |
| 1995 | Gospa | Father Jozo Zovko | |
| 1996 | The War at Home | Bob Collier | |
| 1996 | Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | Peter Maurin | |
| 1997 | Truth or Consequences, N.M. | Sir | |
| 1997 | An Act of Conscience | Narrator | Voice |
| 1997 | Spawn | CIA Director Jason Wynn | |
| 1998 | Family Attraction | President | |
| 1998 | A Stranger in the Kingdom | Sigurd Moulton | |
| 1998 | Gunfighter | The Stranger | |
| 1998 | Monument Ave. | Hanlon | |
| 1998 | Shadrach | Narrator | Voice |
| 1998 | A Letter from Death Row | Mr. Raine | |
| 1998 | Free Money | New Warden | |
| 1998 | No Code of Conduct | Bill Peterson | |
| 1999 | Ninth Street | Father Frank | |
| 1999 | Lost & Found | Millstone | |
| 1999 | Storm | General James Roberts | |
| 1999 | A Texas Funeral | Grandpa Sparta | |
| 2001 | O | Coach Duke Goulding | |
| 2002 | Catch Me If You Can | Roger Strong | |
| 2003 | Mercy of the Sea | Frederik | |
| 2003 | The Commission | Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach | |
| 2004 | Jerusalemski sindrom | Unknown | |
| 2006 | The Departed | Captain Oliver Queenan | |
| 2006 | Bobby | Jack Stevens | |
| 2007 | Talk to Me | E.G. Sonderling | |
| 2007 | Bordertown | George Morgan | |
| 2007 | Flatland: The Movie | Arthur Square | Voice |
| 2008 | A Single Woman | Unknown | Voice |
| 2008 | Man in the Mirror | 9 roles | |
| 2009 | Echelon Conspiracy | Raymond Burke | |
| 2009 | Love Happens | Burke's Father-In-Law | |
| 2009 | Imagine That | Dante D'Enzo | |
| 2009 | The Kid: Chamaco | Dr. Frank Irwin | |
| 2010 | The Way | Thomas Avery | |
| 2011 | Stella Days | Daniel Barry | |
| 2011 | The Double | Tom Highland | |
| 2012 | Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | Frank Petersen | |
| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Ben Parker | |
| 2014 | Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain | Warren Anderson | |
| 2014 | Selma | Frank Minis Johnson | Uncredited |
| 2014 | Ask Me Anything | Glenn Warburg | |
| 2014 | The Boxcar Children | James Henry Alden | Voice |
| 2015 | Trash | Father Juilliard | |
| 2015 | Badge of Honor | Captain Richards | |
| 2015 | The Vessel | Father Douglas | |
| 2016 | Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | Himself | Cameo |
| 2016 | Rules Don't Apply | Noah Dietrich | |
| 2018 | Come Sunday | Oral Roberts | |
| 2018 | The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island | James Henry Alden | Voice |
| 2019 | Princess of the Row | John Austin | |
| 2019 | The Devil Has a Name | Ralph Wegis | |
| 2021 | Judas and the Black Messiah | FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover | |
| 2021 | 12 Mighty Orphans | Doc Hall | |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Ben Parker | Archival footage from The Amazing Spider-Man |
| 2024 | Lost & Found in Cleveland | Dr. Austin Raybourne | |

## Documentaries

| Year | Film | Role |
| 1968 | Pat Neal Is Back | Himself |
| 1985 | Broken Rainbow | Narrator |
| 1985 | In the Name of the People | Narrator |
| 1985 | Spaceflight | Narrator |
| 1986 | Secrets of the Titanic | Narrator |
| 1988 | Walking After Midnight | Himself |
| 1990 | Doing Time Ten Years Later | Narrator |
| 1991 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | Himself |
| 1994 | Last Voyage of the Lusitania | Narrator |
| 1997 | 187: Documented | Narrator |
| 1997 | Tudjman | Narrator |
| 1997 | Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster | Narrator |
| 1998 | Taylor's Campaign | Narrator |
| 1998 | Holes in Heaven | Narrator |
| 1999 | A Conversation with Koko | Narrator |
| 1999 | The History Channel Presents: The Story of the 12 Apostles | Narrator |
| 1999 | World's Deadliest Earthquakes | Narrator |
| 2000 | World's Deadliest Storms | Narrator |
| 2001 | The Papp Project | Himself |
| 2001 | SOA: Guns and Greed | Himself |
| 2001 | Stockpile | Narrator |
| 2001 | Inside the Vatican | Narrator |
| 2002 | Cuba: The 40 Years War | Narrator |
| 2002 | The Making of Bret Michaels | Himself |
| 2002 | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | Narrator |
| 2002 | Straight Up: Helicopters in Action | Narrator |
| 2003 | Hidden in Plain Sight | Narrator |
| 2003 | All the Presidents' Movies | Narrator |
| 2003 | The Perilous Fight | Narrator |
| 2004 | Learning to Sea | Narrator |
| 2004 | Winning New Hampshire | Himself |
| 2004 | Tell Them Who You Are | Narrator |
| 2005 | On the Line: Dissent in an Age of Terrorism | Himself |
| 2005 | James Dean: Forever Young | Narrator |
| 2006 | Who Killed the Electric Car? | Narrator |
| 2006 | Between Iraq and a Hard Place | Narrator |
| 2007 | Searching for George Washington | George Washington (voice) |
| 2008 | Flower in the Gun Barrel | Narrator |
| 2008 | They Killed Sister Dorothy | Narrator |
| 2008 | Vietnam-American Holocaust | Narrator |
| 2009 | One Water | Narrator |
| 2009 | The End of Poverty? | Narrator |
| 2009 | White House Revealed | Narrator |
| 2010 | Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space | Himself |
| 2010 | Return to El Salvador | Narrator |
| 2010 | The Spirit | "The Octopuss" |
| 2010 | The Kennedy Detail | Narrator |
| 2011 | Curiosity | Host |
| 2012 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Himself |
| 2012 | Brothers on the Line | Narrator |
| 2012 | Death by China | Narrator |
| 2013 | The Second Cooler | Narrator |
| 2013 | Salinger | Himself |
| 2013 | Messenger of the Truth | Narrator |
| 2015 | American Hercules: Babe Ruth | Narrator |
| 2015 | Unity | Narrator |
| 2016 | Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence | Narrator |
| 2017 | The Home Front: Life in America During World War II | Narrator |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1960s–1980s | Insight | Various | Various episodes |
| 1961 | Route 66 | 'Packy', Gang leader | Episode "...And the Cat Jumped Over the Moon" |
| 1962 | The Naked City | Phil Kasnick | Episode "The Night the Saints Lost Their Halos" |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Dale | Episode "We May Be Better Strangers" |
| 1963 | East Side West Side (TV series) | Vince Arno | Episode "You Can't Beat the System" |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits (1963 TV series) | Private Arthur Dix | Episode "Nightmare" |
| 1964 | My Three Sons | Randy Griggs | Episode "The Guys and the Dolls" |
| 1966 | NET Playhouse | Kilroy | Episode: "Ten Blocks on the Camino Real" |
| 1966 | Flipper | Philip Adams | Episode "Flipper and the Seal" |
| 1967 | The F.B.I. | Norman | Episode "The Dynasty" |
| 1968 | N.Y.P.D. | Fred Janney | Episode: "The Peep Freak" |
| 1969 | Mission: Impossible | Albert | Episode: "Live Bait" |
| 1969 | Then Came Bronson | Nick Oresko | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1969 | Lancer | Andy Blake | Episode: "The Knot" |
| 1970 | Hawaii Five-O | Eddie Calhao | Episode "Cry, Lie" |
| Ironside | Johnny | Episode "No Game for Amateurs" |
| The F.B.I. | Perry | Episode "The Condemned" |
| The Andersonville Trial | Captain Williams | Television film |
| Hawaii Five-O | Arthur Dixon | Episode "Time and Memories" |
| 1971 | Goodbye, Raggedy Ann | Jules Worthman | Television film |
| 1971 | Mongo's Back in Town | Gordon | Television film |
| 1972–1973 | Cannon | Jerry Warton / Chris Hildebrandt | 3 episodes |
| 1972 | The F.B.I. | Steve Chandler | Episode: "A Second Life" |
| Columbo | Karl Lessing | Episode: "Lovely but Lethal" |
| Mannix | Alex Lachlan | Episode: "To Kill A Memory" |
| That Certain Summer | Gary McClain | Television film |
| 1973 | Message To My Daughter | John Thatcher | Television film |
| 1973 | Ghost Story | Frank | Episode: "Dark Vengeance" |
| 1973 | The Streets of San Francisco | Dean Knox | Episode: "Betrayed" |
| 1973 | The FBI | Neil Harlan | Episode: "The Disinherited" |
| 1974 | The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd | Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd | Television film |
| 1974 | The Missiles of October | Robert F. Kennedy | Television film |
| 1974 | The Execution of Private Slovik | Eddie Slovik | Television film |
| 1978 | Taxi!!! | Taxi Driver | Television film |
| 1979 | Blind Ambition | John Dean | 4 episodes |
| 1979 | Saturday Night Live | Himself, Host | Episode: "Martin Sheen/David Bowie" |
| 1983 | Kennedy | John F. Kennedy | 3 episodes |
| 1984 | The Guardian | Charles Hyatt | Television film |
| 1985 | The Atlanta Child Murders | Chet Dettlinger | 2 episodes |
| 1985 | Consenting Adult | Ken Lynd | Television film |
| 1985 | The Fourth Wise Man | Artaban | Television film |
| 1986 | News at Eleven | Frank Kenley | Television film |
| 1986 | Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | Mitch Snyder | Television film |
| 1987 | Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 | James Marian Hunt | Television film |
| 1990 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Sly Sludge (voice) | seasons 1–3 |
| 1991 | Guilty Until Proven Innocent | Harold Hohne | Television film |
| 1992 | The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story | William F. "Ike" Eisenbraun | Television film |
| 1993 | Alex Haley's Queen | James Jackson Sr. | 3 episodes |
| 1993 | Murphy Brown | Nick Brody | Episode: "Angst for the Memories" |
| 1993 | Tales from the Crypt | Zorbin | Episode: "Well Cooked Hams" |
| 1994 | Roswell | Townsend | Television film |
| 1994 | One of Her Own | Assistant District Attorney Pete Maresca | Television film |
| 1994–1996 | Eyewitness | Narrator (U.S. version) | 26 episodes |
| 1996 | The Crystal Cave: Lessons from the Teachings of Merlin | King Arthur | Television film |
| 1996 | Project ALF | Colonel Gilbert Milfoil | Television film |
| 1997 | The Simpsons | Sergeant Seymour Skinner | Voice Episode: "The Principal and the Pauper" |
| 1997 | Hostile Waters | Aurora Skipper | Television film |
| 1998 | Babylon 5: The River of Souls | A Soul Hunter | Television film |
| 1999 | Total Recall 2070 | Praxis | Episode: "Virtual Justice" |
| 1999 | Thrill Seekers | Grifasi | Television film |
| 1999–2006 | The West Wing | President Josiah Bartlet | 140 episodes |
| 2002 | Spin City | Ray Harris / Ray Crawford | Episode: "Rags to Riches" |
| 2005 | Two and a Half Men | Harvey | Episode: "Sleep Tight, Puddin' Pop" |
| 2007 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Radio Host | Uncredited voice Episode: "K&R: Part 3" |
| 2012–2014 | Anger Management | Martin Goodson | 20 episodes |
| 2013 | The Whale | Thomas Nickerson | Television film |
| 2015–2022 | Grace and Frankie | Robert Hanson | 78 episodes |
| 2016 | L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables | Matthew Cuthbert | Television film |
| 2017 | Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars | Matthew Cuthbert | Television film |
| 2017 | Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew | Matthew Cuthbert | Television film |
| 2020 | A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote | President Josiah Bartlet | Recreation of "Hartsfield's Landing" |
| 2024 | Wild Cards | Joseph Edwards | Recurring character via archival footage |

## Video games

| Year | Game | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | Mass Effect 2 | Illusive Man | Voice |
| 2012 | Mass Effect 3 | Illusive Man | Voice |

## Podcasts and radio

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2004–2013 | A Prairie Home Companion | Wolf | 12 episodes November 11, 2004 June 9, 2007 September 29, 2007 June 7, 2008 June 6, 2009 December 12, 2009 January 2, 2010 March 12, 2011 March 17, 2012 May 19, 2012 July 14, 2012 June 8, 2013 |
| 2017 | The West Wing Weekly | Himself | Episode: "4.00: President Bartlet Special" |