Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen

Carlos Irwin Estévez, known professionally as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. He has appeared in films such as Platoon, Wall Street, Young Guns, Major League, Navy SEALs, The Three Musketeers and Terminal Velocity. In 2010, Sheen was the highest-paid actor on television and earned US$1. 8 million per episode of Two and a Half Men. He most recently starred in the FX comedy series Anger Management, which concluded its 100-episode run in 2014. On November 17, 2015, Sheen publicly revealed that he is HIV positive.

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Summary Charlie SheenCarlos Irwin Estévez, known professionally as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. He has appeared in films such as Platoon, Wall Street, Young Guns, Major League, Navy SEALs, The Three Musketeers and Terminal Velocity. In 2010, Sheen was the highest-paid actor on television and earned US$1. 8 million per episode of Two and a Half Men. He most recently starred in the FX comedy series Anger Management, which concluded its 100-episode run in 2014. On November 17, 2015, Sheen publicly revealed that he is HIV positive, having been diagnosed about four years earlier. Sheen’s personal life has made headlines, including reports of alcohol and drug abuse and marital problems, as well as allegations of domestic violence. His father adopted the surname Sheen in honor of the Catholic archbishop and theologian Fulton J. Sheen, while Charlie was an English form of his given name Carlos. Sheen has two older brothers, Emilio and Ramon, and a younger sister, Renée, all actors. He also has a younger brother Emilio, who appeared in the film The Execution of Private Slovik with his father in 1974. In 1994, he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1997, Sheen wrote his first movie, Mars, a documentary revolving around the question, ‘Is there a God?’, with Linda Fiorentino and Michael Madsen. In 2011, Sheen claimed that his mother was Jewish, although Jewish Standard reporter Nate Bloom wrote that he found no evidence to support this and described Sheen’s claim as “exceedingly unlikely’”.

In 2013, Sheen said later that year that his father was Catholic and his mother was Southern Baptist. In 2014, Sheen revealed he had been diagnosed with HIV four years before he publicly revealed it. He was the first person to do so in the history of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He has also been the subject of a book, The Charlie Sheen Effect: How One Actor’s HIV Diagnosis Can Change Your Life, published by Simon & Schuster, for which he has received a $1.2 million advance. He is married to actress Amy Adams; they have a son, Charlie Sheen Jr., and a daughter, Roxanne, who is also an actor. Sheen is the son of actor Martin Sheen and artist Janet Templeton. He attended Santa Monica High School, where he was a star pitcher and shortstop for the baseball team. His first movie appearance was at age nine in his father’s 1974 film The execution of private Slovik. In 1987, Sheen had his first major role in the Vietnam War drama Platoon. In 1988, he starred in Eight Men Out as outfielder Happy Felsch. In 1989, he appeared in Young Guns and Men at Work. In 1990, he played a rebellious inmate in the buddy cop film The Rookie. In 1992, he featured in Eastwood, Eastwood and Clint Eastwood directed by Martin Eastwood.