Charlie Sheen – American actor
Charlie Sheen is an American actor, the youngest son of actor Martin Sheen. Early in his career he appeared in the films Platoon, The Wraith and Wall Street. On television, he is known for his roles in the TV series Spin City and Two and a Half Men, in which he starred from 2003 to 2011. In 2010, Sheen was the highest paid TV actor with an income of $ 1.8 million per episode of the series. He is also known for numerous scandals in his personal and public life. On November 17, 2015 Charlie admitted that he was infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). According to him, he was diagnosed about four years ago.
Carlos Irwin Estevez was born on September 3, 1965 in New York. He is one of four children into the family of actor Martin Sheen and Janet Templeton. Charlie has two elder brothers and a younger sister. All of them are actors. In 1964 his parents moved to Malibu, as the father played in the Broadway production. Sheen studied in Santa Monica and was a member of the baseball team.
Charlie’s first TV role was in The Execution of Private Slovik (1974) in which his father played the main role. His film debut took place in 1984 in the film Red Dawn with Patrick Swayze, Lea Thompson, C. Thomas Howell and Jennifer Grey. Sheen got his first major role in the film Platoon (1986), about the war in Vietnam. In 1987, he starred with his father in Wall Street.
In 1988, he starred in the drama about baseball Eight Men Out. In the same year Charlie together with his brother Emilio Estevez took part in the film Young Guns, and in 1990 in the film Men at Work. For western Young Guns in 1989 Sheen and his brother were awarded Bronze Wrangler. In 1990, Charlie played with his father Martin Sheen in the film Cadence and Clint Eastwood in the movie The Rookie. In 1992, he starred in the movie Beyond the Law with Linda Fiorentino and Michael Madsen.
In 1994, Sheen was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In the same year, he starred in the action movie Terminal Velocity. In 1997, Sheen wrote the script for his first movie, Discovery Mars.
Sheen played several comedy roles in films such as Major League 2, Money Talks and Hot Shots! Part Deux. In 1999, Sheen played himself in the film Being John Malkovich. He also appeared in Scary Movie 3, Scary Movie 4 and Scary Movie 5.
In 2003, Sheen got the role of Charlie Harper in the sitcom Two and a Half Men. Thanks to this role, he received the ALMA award, three nominations for Emmy and two nominations for Golden Globe.
In 2006, Sheen launched a line of children’s clothes Sheen Kidz.
In 2011, Charlie was in the Guinness Book of Records with the record “The highest income of TV actor per episode”. Later, Warner Brothers suspended the actor from filming in the sitcom Two and a Half Men because of drug abuse.
On March 10, 2011 Sheen announced nationwide tour titled My Violent Torpedo of Truth / Defeat is Not An Option which began in Detroit on April 2.
Personal life
Charlie Sheen has been married three times and has five children.
His first daughter, Cassandra Jade Estevez was born in 1984. Her mother Paula Profit was a school friend of Charlie.
From September 4, 1995 to February 1996 he was married to actress Donna Peel.
From 2002 to 2006, he was married to actress Denise Richards. They have two daughters, Sam (born on March 9, 2004) and Lola Rose (born on June 1, 2005).
From 2008 to 2011, he was married to actress Brooke Mueller. They have twin sons Bob and Max (born on March 14, 2009).
Since March 2011 he lived with porn actress Bree Olson and model, graphic designer Natalie Kenly. Olson left him in April 2011 and Kenly left him in June of the same year.