It has also proven influential in inspiring people to work on Wall Street with Sheen, Douglas, and Stone commenting over the years how people still approach them and say that they became stockbrokers because of their respective characters in the film.

In his review for the Globe and Mail, Jay Scott praised the performances of the two leads: " But Douglas's portrayal of Gordon Gekko is an oily triumph and as the kid Gekko thinks he has found in Fox (' Poor, smart and hungry ; no feelings '), Charlie Sheen evolves persuasively from gung-ho capitalist child to wily adolescent corporate raider to morally appalled adult ".

Sheen has worked with a wide variety of film directors, such as Richard Attenborough, Francis Ford Coppola, Terrence Malick, David Cronenberg, Mike Nichols, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Oliver Stone.

Although known as an actor, Sheen has also directed one film, Cadence ( 1990 ), appearing alongside sons, Charlie and Ramon.

In addition to film and television, Sheen has also become notable for his activism in liberal politics.

Sheen has said he was greatly influenced by the actor James Dean.

Sheen has performed voice-over work as the narrator for the Eyewitness series and as the " real " Seymour Skinner in the controversial Simpsons episode " The Principal and the Pauper.

Sheen has resisted calls to run for office, saying: " There's no way that I could be the president.

and a speaking appearance at youth activism event We Day Sheen has also endorsed and supported Help Darfur Now, a student-run organization to help aid victims of the genocide in Darfur, the western region in Sudan.

Sheen has appeared in television and radio ads urging Washington State residents to vote ' no ' on Initiative 1000, a proposed assisted suicide law before voters in the 2008 election.

He has played the father of sons Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen in various projects: he played Emilio's father in The War at Home, In the Custody of Strangers and The Way, and Charlie's father in Wall Street, No Code of Conduct and two episodes of Spin City.

Sheen has six other grandchildren, Paloma Rae ( from Emilio ), Cassandra, Sam J, Lola Rose, Bob and Max ( from Charlie ).

Since then, Sheen has been arrested two more times for protests.

While Sheen claims he deliberately failed the entrance exam for the University of Dayton so that he could pursue his acting career, he still has an affinity for UD, and is seen drinking from a " Dayton Flyers " coffee mug during several episodes of The West Wing.

The Sheen / Estevez & Augsburger Scholarship Fund has since attracted over $ 100, 000 in scholarships in the arts for students in need at WSU since its inception in 2000.

Sheen also has a great affinity for the University of Notre Dame and in 2008 was awarded the Laetare Medal, the highest honor bestowed on American Catholics, in May 2008 at the school's commencement.

In his acting career, Sheen has been nominated for ten Emmy Awards, winning one.

Sheen has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1500 Vine Street.

Since 1965 Kew has incorporated the former area of North Sheen which includes St Philip and All Saints, the first barn church to be consecrated in England.

Kew has several sports clubs and gyms including Kew Cricket Club, North Sheen Bowling Club, Pensford Tennis Club, Putney Town Rowing Club and Richmond Gymnastics Association.

In 1967, Chris Taylor ( Charlie Sheen ) has dropped out of college and volunteered for combat duty in Vietnam.

Since 2004, Stiles has been seen as the recurring character Dr. Herb Melnick in several episodes of the comedy Two and a Half Men which stars his Hot Shots co-star Jon Cryer and formerly Charlie Sheen.

The actor Martin Sheen has also attended.

The park has a number of traffic and pedestrian gates leading to the surrounding areas of Sheen, Roehampton, Putney, Kingston and Ham.

Joe Orton was played by the actor Kenny Doughty in the 2006 BBC film Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa !, starring Michael Sheen as Kenneth Williams.

Subsequently in 2006, Michael Sheen played him in the BBC Four drama Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa !.

In 1969 Live Bait " pilot for Then Came Bronson " ( Mission: Impossible ) third season of the TV series, Sheen played Albert, assistant to the colonel interrogating an American agent that IM was tasked to free.

* Michael Sheen played Ross in the 1997 biopic Wilde, which starred Stephen Fry as Wilde and Jude Law as Douglas.

Despite the spelling difference, the character ( played by Martin Sheen ), who is also a former governor and Congressman from New Hampshire, is a fictional direct descendant of the New Hampshire signer of the Declaration of Independence.

In 2009, he portrayed Sam Longson, chairman of Derby County football club in the 1960s and 1970s, in the film The Damned United ; the starring character in the film was football manager Brian Clough, played by Michael Sheen.

From October 2011 until January 2012, Sheen played the title role in Hamlet at the Young Vic.

Sheen played the title role in Peer Gynt in 1994.

Sheen played a gay aristocrat in an ensemble cast which included James McAvoy, Emily Mortimer, David Tennant, Dan Aykroyd, Jim Broadbent and Peter O ' Toole.

Also in 2004, Sheen played a pompous rock star in the romantic comedy Laws of Attraction and produced and starred in The Banker, which won a BAFTA Award for Best Short Film.

Sheen played the title role in Hamlet at the Young Vic from October 2011 to January 2012, a role he first explored in a 1999 BBC Radio 3 production.

In 1999, Sheen played himself in Being John Malkovich.

In the film, William Shatner played the protagonist Chipman, Richard Basehart played Wirz, and Martin Sheen played a minor supporting role.

Lambeth Bridge was the scene of the verbal exchange between Solomon Vandy ( played by actor Djimon Hounsou ) and the Van de Kaap corporation representative ( played by actor Michael Sheen ) in the 2006 film Blood Diamond.

And, in 1968, one year before his breakthrough in The Subject was Roses, Martin Sheen played Romeo.

* There is a brief reference to ' Operation Arc Light ' in the film Apocalypse Now by the character " Captain Willard ", played by Martin Sheen.

He played baseball as a child, and Chad and Rob Lowe and Charlie Sheen — who played on the same team — were among his schoolmates.

In the 1979 TV mini-series, Blind Ambition, Dean was played by Martin Sheen.