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 ".

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 played U. S. President John F. Kennedy ( in the miniseries Kennedy — The Presidential Years ); Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in the television special The Missiles of October ; White House Chief of Staff A. J.

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.

Sheen was raised in a theatrical family – his parents were both involved in local amateur operatics and musicals and, later in life, his father worked as a part-time professional Jack Nicholson look-alike.

Sheen worked predominantly in theatre in the 1990s and has since remarked that he will always feel " slightly more at home " on stage.

Sheers worked with Michael Sheen co-creating the three-day passion play which unfolded over the Easter weekend of 2011 in Sheen's hometown of Port Talbot.

From 1980 on, he worked with various Hollywood greats, including Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, George Lucas and others.

She made her professional feature film debut in Three For The Road with Charlie Sheen.

In Apocalypse Now, Martin Sheen plays Captain Benjamin L. Willard, a US Army officer charged with " terminating " the command of Colonel Walter E. Kurtz.

Later in 1990, Eastwood directed and co-starred with Charlie Sheen in The Rookie, a buddy cop action film.

The film tells the story of Bud Fox ( Sheen ), a young stockbroker desperate to succeed who becomes involved with his hero, Gordon Gekko ( Douglas ), a wealthy, unscrupulous corporate raider.

He wants to become involved with his hero, the corporate raider Gordon Gekko ( Michael Douglas ), a ruthless and legendary Wall Street player, whose values could not conflict more with those of Bud's father Carl ( Martin Sheen ), a blue-collar maintenance foreman at Bluestar Airlines and president of Bluestar's machinists ' union, who believes success is achieved through work and actually providing something of value, not speculating on the goods and services of others.

Stone met with Tom Cruise about playing Bud Fox, but the director had already committed to Charlie Sheen for the role.

She did not get along with Charlie Sheen, which caused further friction on the set.

New extras include an on-camera introduction by Stone, extensive deleted scenes, " Greed is Good " featurettes, and new on-camera interviews with Michael Douglas and Martin Sheen.

* Interview about The West Wing with Martin Sheen and Richard Schiff, May 6, 2009 on The Alligator ; 6 minutes.

That same year, Hamilton filmed two motion pictures that were released one week apart in 1997: Shadow Conspiracy with Charlie Sheen and Dante's Peak with Pierce Brosnan.

I started using Sheen, I thought I'd give it a try, and before I knew it, I started making a living with it and then it was too late.

Sheen recently travelled to Mexico City to star in Chamaco with Kirk Harris, Alex Perea, Gustavo Sanchez Parra and Michael Madsen.

In 2004 along with Rob Reiner, Sheen campaigned for Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean, and later campaigned for nominee John Kerry.

Sheen negotiated with the sealers while Watson was escorted to the airport by police.

In early 2003 Sheen signed the " Not in My Name " declaration opposing the invasion of Iraq ( along with prominent figures such as Noam Chomsky and Susan Sarandon ); the declaration appeared in the magazine The Nation.

After Richardson dropped out of the campaign, Sheen stated in a BBC Two interview with Graham Norton that he was supporting Barack Obama.

In March 2012, Sheen was featured with George Clooney in a performance of Dustin Lance Black's play, ' 8 ' — a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage — as attorney Theodore Olson.

Sheen ( right ) with son Emilio Estevez in February 2011

Sheen became a grandfather at age 43 when his son, Emilio, had a son named Taylor Levi with his girlfriend, Carey Salley.

Sheen maintains links with Galway and " heartily " supported Michael D. Higgins in the Irish presidential election, 2011, having become a " dear friend " of Higgins while studying there.

In an Actors Studio interview with James Lipton, Sheen admitted to being arrested 64 times for protests.