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Charlie Sheen has become one of the world's top young film actors, starring in over 40 motion pictures -- including two Academy Award-winning films -- while also working with such directors as John Milius, John Hughes, Oliver Stone, Dennis Hopper, John Sayles and Clint Eastwood. Sheen will next star alongside Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman, Gary Sinise and Sara Foster in The Big Bounce. Meanwhile, on television, Sheen has landed the lead role in the CBS comedy Two and a Half Men, playing a career-minded bachelor. Sheen previously won acclaim playing Charlie Crawford, the charismatic deputy mayor of New York City, in Spin City, earning a Golden Globe for Best Actor in A Comedy Series in 2002. Sheen's recent appearances include the acclaimed indie hit Being John Malkovich, the Showtime Original film Rated X co-starring with his brother, Emilio Estevez, and the HBO movie Good Advice, with Angie Harmon and Denise Richards.
Sheen was catapulted to fame in Oliver Stone's Academy Award-winning Platoon, and went on to star in yet another Academy Award-winner, portraying the role of young stockbroker Bud Fox in Wall Street. His credits also include Red Dawn, Lucas, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Eight Men Out, Young Guns, Major League, Hot Shots! and Hot Shots! Part Deux, The Three Musketeers, The Chase and Money Talks, among others.
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Charlie Sheen Facts
| Birth Name | Carlos Irwin Estevez |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Birthday | September 3, 1965 (43) |
| Sign | Virgo |
| Birthplace | New York, New York, USA |
| Height | 5' 10" (1m78) |
| Awards | 2002 Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy (for Spin City) |
Selected Filmography
| Two and a Half Men | ||
| The Three Musketeers | ||
| Platoon | ||
| Major League | ||
| Being John Malkovich | ||
| Red Dawn | ||
| Eight Men Out | ||
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