Who is Carlos Irwin Estévez , the entertainment and acting world knows him as Charlie Sheen, Sheen is an American actor. His character roles in films have included Chris Taylor in the 1986 Vietnam War drama Platoon and Bud Fox in 1987 film Wall Street.
His career also made room for more comedic roles, including Jim Abrahams' Hot Shots! and David Zucker's Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4. On television Sheen is known for his roles on two sitcoms: as Charlie Crawford on Spin City, and as Charlie Harper on Two and a Half Men. Sheen is widely known for his bad boy image, this due to an accidental overdose, two failed marriages and being listed as #2 on Maxim's "Top 10 Living Legends of Sex", citing an alleged 5,000 women that he has slept with.[1]
Sheen was born September 3, 1965 in
New York City, the youngest son and third of four children born to actor Martin Sheen and artist Janet Templeton. Martin adopted his stage name in honor of the Catholic archbishop and theologian, Fulton J. Sheen, with Charli
e also taking this stage name.[2] His parents moved to Malibu, California after Martin Sheen's Broadway turn in The Subject Was Roses. Sheen has two brothers and one sister, all of whom are actors: 
Emilio Estevez, 
Ramon Estevez and
Renée Estevez. Sheen attended Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, California, where he was a star pitcher and shortstop for the baseball team.[2] He also showed an early interest in acting, making several Super-8 films with schoolmates 
Rob Lowe and early best friend 
Chris Penn. Just a few weeks before graduation, Sheen was expelled from the school for poor grades and bad attendance.[3]
Sheen started acting in 1974 at the age of nine, appearing in a small role alongside his father in the television movie 
The Execution of Private Slovik. Sheen's film career began in 1984 with a role in the Cold War teen drama 
Red Dawn with 
Patrick Swayze, 
C. Thomas Howell, 
Lea Thompson, and 
Jennifer Grey. Sheen and Grey reunited in a small scene in 
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). He also appeared in an episode of the anthology series Amazing Stories. In 1986 Sheen had his first major role, in the Vietnam War drama
Platoon (1986). In 1987, he starred with his father in 
Wall Street. Both Wall Street and Platoon were directed by
Oliver Stone; however, in 1988, Stone approached Sheen about starring in his new film 
Born on the Fourth of July (1989), only to later re-cast Sheen in favor of
Tom Cruise. Sheen was never notified by Stone, and only found out when he heard the news from his brother Emilio. Sheen refused to work with Stone again.[4]
In 1987, Sheen was cast to portray Ron in the unreleased Grizzly II: The Predator, the sequel to the 1976 low budget horror movie Grizzly. In 1988, he appeared opposite his brother
Emilio Estevez in 
Young Guns and again in 1990 in 
Men at Work. Also in 1990, he starred alongside 
Clint Eastwood in the buddy cop action film The Rookie.[2] In 1997 Sheen wrote his first movie Discovery Mars, a direct-to-video documentary revolving around the question, "Is There Life on Mars?". The next year Sheen wrote, produced and starred in the action movie 
No Code of Conduct. [5]
Sheen appeared in several comedy roles, including the
Major League films, 
Money Talks and the spoof 
Hot Shots! films. In 1999 Sheen appeared in a pilot for A&E Network, called Sugar Hill, which wasn't picked up. In 1999, Sheen played himself in 
Being John Malkovich. He also appeared in the spoof series
Scary Movie 3 and follow up 
Scary Movie 4. In 2000, he was cast to replace
Michael J. Fox on the sitcom 
Spin City. Even though the sitcom only lasted for two more seasons, Charlie's performance caught the eye of CBS executives, who, in 2003, were looking for an established star to star in their new sitcom 
Two and a Half Men which followed the popular Monday night time slot of 
Everybody Loves Raymond. His role on Two and a Half Men was loosely based on Sheen's bad boy image.[6] In 2008 Sheen will appear as Dex Dogtective in the Lionsgate animated comedy Foodfight. [5] FoodFight might not be in theaters if it is not by mid 2009.
Sheen and his former girlfriend
Paula Profit have a daughter, Cassandra Jade Estevez (born December 12, 1985). Sheen and Profit did not marry.[7] In 1990, Sheen accidentally shot his then-fiancée, 
Kelly Preston, in the arm; she suffered only a minor injury requiring two stitches. The relationship ended shortly thereafter.[8]
On May 20, 1998, alone and bored in his
Malibu home, Sheen decided to try injecting cocaine for the first time, accidentally giving himself an overdose. He was discharged from hospital soon afterwards, but his father 
Martin Sheen issued a public appeal for fans to pray for him, and reported him for violation of parole. A warrant was issued for his arrest, and Charlie was sent to rehab.[10] In the Empire magazine interview, he stated that he took a bullet for the industry when he was called into court to "name names".[14] In 1995, Sheen married 
Donna Peele. The marriage lasted a little more than a year--from his 30th birthday on September 3, 1995 to November 19, 1996. In 1996, Sheen announced that he had become a born-again Christian.[15]
Although Sheen was involved with a number of Hollywood personalities, his long-term relationship with former pornographic actress
Ginger Lynn in the late 1990s garnered the most media attention. He was also involved for a time with former pornographic actress Heather Hunter.
Sheen was the 2004 spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day breast cancer fundraiser that raised millions of dollars for research and education regarding the disease. Sheen stated that a friend of his died from breast cancer and he wanted to try to help find a cure for the disease. Sheen also launched clothing line for kids, called Sheen Kidz in 2006.[30]
In 1989 Sheen, along with
John Fusco, 
Christopher Cain, 
Lou Diamond Phillips, 
Emilio Estevez and
Kiefer Sutherland, were honoured with a Bronze Wrangler for their work on the film Young Guns. In 1994 Sheen was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard.[31] For his work on the political sitcom Spin City, Sheen gained two ALMA Award nominations and won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy.[32] Sheen also gained three Emmy Award nominations, two Golden Globe award nominations[32] for his role in the sitcom 
Two and a Half Men.
Charlie Sheen continues his public tirade against CBS, Warner Bros and Chuck Lorre, as his media blitz continues.
Here are some tidbits from what he's been saying.
""It's [the drug] called Charlie Sheen. It's not available because if you try it once you will die. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body."
"I'm underpaid right now. I'm tired of pretending like I'm not special. I'm tired of pretending like I'm not bitchin', a total … rock star from Mars."
During an interview with Piers Morgan on Monday, Sheen actually admitted that he could have approached things a different way: "Maybe I should have been a little quieter, a little softer."
Charlie Sheen's Outrageous Rant
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His career also made room for more comedic roles, including Jim Abrahams' Hot Shots! and David Zucker's Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4. On television Sheen is known for his roles on two sitcoms: as Charlie Crawford on Spin City, and as Charlie Harper on Two and a Half Men. Sheen is widely known for his bad boy image, this due to an accidental overdose, two failed marriages and being listed as #2 on Maxim's "Top 10 Living Legends of Sex", citing an alleged 5,000 women that he has slept with.[1]
Sheen was born September 3, 1965 in
New York City, the youngest son and third of four children born to actor Martin Sheen and artist Janet Templeton. Martin adopted his stage name in honor of the Catholic archbishop and theologian, Fulton J. Sheen, with Charli
e also taking this stage name.[2] His parents moved to Malibu, California after Martin Sheen's Broadway turn in The Subject Was Roses. Sheen has two brothers and one sister, all of whom are actors: 
Emilio Estevez, 
Ramon Estevez and
Renée Estevez. Sheen attended Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, California, where he was a star pitcher and shortstop for the baseball team.[2] He also showed an early interest in acting, making several Super-8 films with schoolmates 
Rob Lowe and early best friend 
Chris Penn. Just a few weeks before graduation, Sheen was expelled from the school for poor grades and bad attendance.[3]
Sheen started acting in 1974 at the age of nine, appearing in a small role alongside his father in the television movie 
The Execution of Private Slovik. Sheen's film career began in 1984 with a role in the Cold War teen drama 
Red Dawn with 
Patrick Swayze, 
C. Thomas Howell, 
Lea Thompson, and 
Jennifer Grey. Sheen and Grey reunited in a small scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). He also appeared in an episode of the anthology series Amazing Stories. In 1986 Sheen had his first major role, in the Vietnam War drama
Platoon (1986). In 1987, he starred with his father in 
Wall Street. Both Wall Street and Platoon were directed by
Oliver Stone; however, in 1988, Stone approached Sheen about starring in his new film 
Born on the Fourth of July (1989), only to later re-cast Sheen in favor of
Tom Cruise. Sheen was never notified by Stone, and only found out when he heard the news from his brother Emilio. Sheen refused to work with Stone again.[4]In 1987, Sheen was cast to portray Ron in the unreleased Grizzly II: The Predator, the sequel to the 1976 low budget horror movie Grizzly. In 1988, he appeared opposite his brother
Emilio Estevez in 
Young Guns and again in 1990 in 
Men at Work. Also in 1990, he starred alongside 
Clint Eastwood in the buddy cop action film The Rookie.[2] In 1997 Sheen wrote his first movie Discovery Mars, a direct-to-video documentary revolving around the question, "Is There Life on Mars?". The next year Sheen wrote, produced and starred in the action movie 
No Code of Conduct. [5] Sheen appeared in several comedy roles, including the
Major League films, 
Money Talks and the spoof 
Hot Shots! films. In 1999 Sheen appeared in a pilot for A&E Network, called Sugar Hill, which wasn't picked up. In 1999, Sheen played himself in 
Being John Malkovich. He also appeared in the spoof series
Scary Movie 3 and follow up 
Scary Movie 4. In 2000, he was cast to replace
Michael J. Fox on the sitcom 
Spin City. Even though the sitcom only lasted for two more seasons, Charlie's performance caught the eye of CBS executives, who, in 2003, were looking for an established star to star in their new sitcom 
Two and a Half Men which followed the popular Monday night time slot of 
Everybody Loves Raymond. His role on Two and a Half Men was loosely based on Sheen's bad boy image.[6] In 2008 Sheen will appear as Dex Dogtective in the Lionsgate animated comedy Foodfight. [5] FoodFight might not be in theaters if it is not by mid 2009.Sheen and his former girlfriend
Paula Profit have a daughter, Cassandra Jade Estevez (born December 12, 1985). Sheen and Profit did not marry.[7] In 1990, Sheen accidentally shot his then-fiancée, 
Kelly Preston, in the arm; she suffered only a minor injury requiring two stitches. The relationship ended shortly thereafter.[8] In 1993, his name was found among Hollywood Madam
Heidi Fleiss's list of her most frequent customers, and it was revealed that Sheen hired highly compensated call girls from escort agencies.[9] In 1995 he testified at the trial of Heidi Fleiss, where it was revealed he'd spent $50,000 on prostitutes in 14 months.[10] Also, 
Jason Itzler, owner of the famous escort service NY Confidential, claimed in March 2008 that Sheen paid $20,000 for the services of two prostitutes, one of which was A
shley Dupre, of
Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal fame. Sheen denied the allegations.[11]
Heidi Fleiss's list of her most frequent customers, and it was revealed that Sheen hired highly compensated call girls from escort agencies.[9] In 1995 he testified at the trial of Heidi Fleiss, where it was revealed he'd spent $50,000 on prostitutes in 14 months.[10] Also, 
Jason Itzler, owner of the famous escort service NY Confidential, claimed in March 2008 that Sheen paid $20,000 for the services of two prostitutes, one of which was A
shley Dupre, of
Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal fame. Sheen denied the allegations.[11] In a 1997 
Empire magazine interview, Sheen was asked what was the largest number of people Sheen had sex with at any one time. He replied: "...five girls at once. It was a pile-up...and it wasn't so much about going Caligula, it was very organized. Very ordered...all six people in that room came out of it pretty satisfied".[12] Sheen was listed as #2 on 
Maxim's "Top 10 Living Legends of Sex", citing an alleged 5,000 women that he has slept with.[13]
Empire magazine interview, Sheen was asked what was the largest number of people Sheen had sex with at any one time. He replied: "...five girls at once. It was a pile-up...and it wasn't so much about going Caligula, it was very organized. Very ordered...all six people in that room came out of it pretty satisfied".[12] Sheen was listed as #2 on Maxim's "Top 10 Living Legends of Sex", citing an alleged 5,000 women that he has slept with.[13] On May 20, 1998, alone and bored in his
Malibu home, Sheen decided to try injecting cocaine for the first time, accidentally giving himself an overdose. He was discharged from hospital soon afterwards, but his father 
Martin Sheen issued a public appeal for fans to pray for him, and reported him for violation of parole. A warrant was issued for his arrest, and Charlie was sent to rehab.[10] In the Empire magazine interview, he stated that he took a bullet for the industry when he was called into court to "name names".[14] In 1995, Sheen married 
Donna Peele. The marriage lasted a little more than a year--from his 30th birthday on September 3, 1995 to November 19, 1996. In 1996, Sheen announced that he had become a born-again Christian.[15]Although Sheen was involved with a number of Hollywood personalities, his long-term relationship with former pornographic actress
Ginger Lynn in the late 1990s garnered the most media attention. He was also involved for a time with former pornographic actress Heather Hunter. On June 15, 2002, he married actress 
D
enise Richards after meeting her while filming 
Good Advice in 2001. They have two daughters, Sam J. Sheen (born March 9, 2004)[16] and Lola Rose Sheen (born June 1, 2005).[17] In March 2005, while she was still carrying their daughter Lola, Richards filed for divorce from Sheen.[18] Sheen and Richards' divorce was official on November 30, 2006.[19] A year and a half after Sheen and Richards' divorce, on May 30, 2008, Sheen married Brooke Mueller (Also known as Brooke Allen), a real estate investor.[20] This was the third trip down the aisle for Sheen and the first for Mueller.[21] On August 25, it was released that Mueller is pregnant, due in April 2009.[22] On October 22, 2008, Sheen announced that he and Mueller were expecting twin boys.[23]
"We're not the conspiracy theorists on this particular issue. It seems to me like 19 amateurs with box cutters taking over four commercial airliners and hitting 75 percent of their targets -- that feels like a conspiracy theory".—- Charlie Sheen on the 9/11 attacks[24]
Sheen and Richards are engaged in an acrimonious custody dispute over their two daughters, with Richards requesting a custody evaluation, no overnight visits for Sheen, and authority to make decisions regarding the care of the children. Richards alleges abusive behavior by Sheen toward her and staff, paranoid behavior regarding the care of the children, and that he continues to have gambling and drug addictions.[25] Sheen denies these allegations and further alleges that Richards later requested sperm from him in order to have another child.[26] Richards also cited Sheen's beliefs about 9/11 in the divorce proceedings.[26] On March 20, 2006, Sheen revealed during an A
lex Jones interview that he questions the official story concerning the September 11, 2001 attacks.[27] Sheen stated during the interview, "...it just didn't look like any commercial jetliner I've flown on any time in my life and then when the buildings came down later on that day I said to my brother, 'Call me insane, but did it sorta look like those buildings came down in a controlled demolition?'"[28] During a March 22, 2006 appearance on CNN's Showbiz Tonight, Sheen stated "We're not the conspiracy theorists on this particular issue. It seems to me like 19 amateurs with box cutters taking over four commercial airliners and hitting 75 percent of their targets -- that feels like a conspiracy theory".[24] On October 27, 2007, his views on 9/11 were echoed by his father 
Martin Sheen.[29]
D
enise Richards after meeting her while filming 
Good Advice in 2001. They have two daughters, Sam J. Sheen (born March 9, 2004)[16] and Lola Rose Sheen (born June 1, 2005).[17] In March 2005, while she was still carrying their daughter Lola, Richards filed for divorce from Sheen.[18] Sheen and Richards' divorce was official on November 30, 2006.[19] A year and a half after Sheen and Richards' divorce, on May 30, 2008, Sheen married Brooke Mueller (Also known as Brooke Allen), a real estate investor.[20] This was the third trip down the aisle for Sheen and the first for Mueller.[21] On August 25, it was released that Mueller is pregnant, due in April 2009.[22] On October 22, 2008, Sheen announced that he and Mueller were expecting twin boys.[23]"We're not the conspiracy theorists on this particular issue. It seems to me like 19 amateurs with box cutters taking over four commercial airliners and hitting 75 percent of their targets -- that feels like a conspiracy theory".—- Charlie Sheen on the 9/11 attacks[24]
Sheen and Richards are engaged in an acrimonious custody dispute over their two daughters, with Richards requesting a custody evaluation, no overnight visits for Sheen, and authority to make decisions regarding the care of the children. Richards alleges abusive behavior by Sheen toward her and staff, paranoid behavior regarding the care of the children, and that he continues to have gambling and drug addictions.[25] Sheen denies these allegations and further alleges that Richards later requested sperm from him in order to have another child.[26] Richards also cited Sheen's beliefs about 9/11 in the divorce proceedings.[26] On March 20, 2006, Sheen revealed during an A
lex Jones interview that he questions the official story concerning the September 11, 2001 attacks.[27] Sheen stated during the interview, "...it just didn't look like any commercial jetliner I've flown on any time in my life and then when the buildings came down later on that day I said to my brother, 'Call me insane, but did it sorta look like those buildings came down in a controlled demolition?'"[28] During a March 22, 2006 appearance on CNN's Showbiz Tonight, Sheen stated "We're not the conspiracy theorists on this particular issue. It seems to me like 19 amateurs with box cutters taking over four commercial airliners and hitting 75 percent of their targets -- that feels like a conspiracy theory".[24] On October 27, 2007, his views on 9/11 were echoed by his father 
Martin Sheen.[29] 
Sheen was the 2004 spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day breast cancer fundraiser that raised millions of dollars for research and education regarding the disease. Sheen stated that a friend of his died from breast cancer and he wanted to try to help find a cure for the disease. Sheen also launched clothing line for kids, called Sheen Kidz in 2006.[30]
In 1989 Sheen, along with
John Fusco, 
Christopher Cain, 
Lou Diamond Phillips, 
Emilio Estevez and
Kiefer Sutherland, were honoured with a Bronze Wrangler for their work on the film Young Guns. In 1994 Sheen was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard.[31] For his work on the political sitcom Spin City, Sheen gained two ALMA Award nominations and won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy.[32] Sheen also gained three Emmy Award nominations, two Golden Globe award nominations[32] for his role in the sitcom 
Two and a Half Men. Charlie Sheen continues his public tirade against CBS, Warner Bros and Chuck Lorre, as his media blitz continues.
Here are some tidbits from what he's been saying.
""It's [the drug] called Charlie Sheen. It's not available because if you try it once you will die. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body."
"I'm underpaid right now. I'm tired of pretending like I'm not special. I'm tired of pretending like I'm not bitchin', a total … rock star from Mars."
During an interview with Piers Morgan on Monday, Sheen actually admitted that he could have approached things a different way: "Maybe I should have been a little quieter, a little softer."
Charlie Sheen's Outrageous Rant
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