All All. Sign In. It runs in the family. Brothers, Sisters, Fathers and Mothers. List activity. Charlie Sheen. His father, actor Martin Sheen born Ramon Antonio Gerard Estevez , was at the time just breaking into the business, with performances on Broadway. His father is of half Spanish and half Irish descent, and his mother, whose family is from Kentucky, has English and Scottish ancestry.
At a young age, Charlie took an interest in his father's acting career. When he was nine, he was given a small part in his dad's movie The Execution of Private Slovik In , he was in the Philippines where his dad suffered a near-fatal heart attack on the set of Apocalypse Now Along with his friends, which included Rob Lowe and Sean Penn , he produced and starred in several amateur Super-8 films.
On the Vikings baseball team, he was a star shortstop and pitcher. His lifetime record as a pitcher was His interest and skill in baseball would later influence some of his movie roles.
Unfortunately, his success on the baseball field did not translate to success in the classroom, as he struggled to keep his grades up. Just a few weeks before his scheduled graduation date, Charlie was expelled due to poor attendance and bad grades.
After high school, Charlie aggressively pursued many acting roles. His first major role was as a high school student in the teen war film Red Dawn He followed this up with relatively small roles in TV movies and low-profile releases.
