Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965), better known as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor.
Sheen was born 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 Charlie also taking this stage name.
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. 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.
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. 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 Estevez. Sheen refused to work with Stone again.
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. Sheen appeared in several comedy roles, including the Major League films, Money Talks and the spoof Hot Shots! films. 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. In 2008 Sheen will appear as Dex Dogtective in the Lionsgate animated comedy Foodfight.
Sheen and his former girlfriend Paula Profit have a daughter, Cassandra Jade Estevez (born December 12, 1985). Sheen and Profit did not marry. 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.
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. In 1995 he testified at the trial of Heidi Fleiss, where it was revealed he'd spent $50,000 on prostitutes in 14 months. 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 Ashley Dupre, of Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal fame. Sheen denied the allegations.
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. In the Empire magazine interview, he stated that he took a bullet for the industry when he was called into court to "name names". 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.
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.
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 Denise Richards after meeting her while filming Good Advice in 2001. They have two daughters, Sam J. Sheen (born March 9, 2004) and Lola Rose Sheen (born June 1, 2005). In March 2005, while she was still carrying their daughter Lola, Richards filed for divorce from Sheen. Sheen and Richards' divorce was official on November 30, 2006.
A year and a half after Sheen and Richards' divorce, on May 30, 2008, Sheen married Brooke Mueller, a real estate investor. This was the third trip down the aisle for Sheen and the first for Mueller. On August 25, it was released that Mueller is pregnant, due in April 2009. On October 22, 2008, Sheen announced that he and Mueller were expecting twin boys.
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. Sheen denies these allegations and further alleges that Richards later requested sperm from him in order to have another child. Richards also cited Sheen's beliefs about 9/11 in the divorce proceedings. On March 20, 2006, Sheen revealed during an Alex Jones interview that he questions the official story concerning the September 11, 2001 attacks. 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?'" 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". On October 27, 2007, his views on 9/11 were echoed by his father Martin Sheen.
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.
In 1994 Sheen was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard.