The Acting Career of 'Two And A Half Men' Star Charlie Sheen
The Acting Career of 'Two And A Half Men' Star Charlie Sheen
He’s best known for his comedic roles and bad boy persona. Welcome to Watchmojo.com and today we’re taking a look at the career of Charlie Sheen.
Born under the name Carlos Irwin Estevez on September 3rd, 1965 in New York City, he eventually adopted his famous father’s stage name.
In his youth, his interest in Baseball was only matched by his love of acting. This passion came about as a result of growing up in a household of performers and creating various home videos with his brother Emilio Estevez.
However, he would truly only allow his ambition to mature in the wake of his expulsion from Santa Monica High School, which was prompted by his poor grades and attendance record.
Afterwards, he quickly found acting gigs on Broadway and began his film career by landing a part in 1984’s drama Red Dawn as a cold war teen alongside Patrick Swayze. Sheen then received a small cameo in 1986’s iconic teen classic “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”.
Yet, his first starring role was in Oliver Stone’s Vietnam War drama “Platoon”. He then re-teamed with the director by starring as a desperate stockbroker in 1987’s “Wall Street”.
In 1987, he merged his love of baseball and acting by starring in the iconic sports film “Eight Men Out” as outfielder Happy Felsch.
And he coincidentally renewed his filmmaking relationship with his brother by starred along him in “Young Guns” and “Men At Work”, before working with Clint Eastwood in his buddy cop action flick “The Rookie”.
While Sheen appeared in dozens of dramatic and action-oriented roles throughout the 90s, like that of Lieutenant Dale Hawkins in “Navy Seals”, he eventually found himself a mainstay of the comedy genre.
His high profile comedy debut came about as a result of playing baseball player Ricky ‘Wild Thing’ Vaughn in 1989’s “Major League”. This eventually snowballed into more outrageous projects, such as “Money Talks”, both “Hot Shots” Films, and the later “Scary Movie” installments.
However, 2000 marked a sizeable shift for the actor. That year Sheen transitioned to Television when he replaced Michael J. Fox as the star of the sitcom “Spin City”. His new medium of choice suited him nicely, and when “Spin City” ended its run he quickly jumped at the lead role of Charlie Harper on the long-running comedy series “Two and A Half Men”. Not only did he retain his first name for the part, but his character was formed around his self-created bad boy image.
In 2010, the star returned to film by reuniting with Oliver Stone for a cameo in the long-fermenting sequel to Wall Street “Money Never Sleeps” and provided the voice for the computer-animated feature “Foodfight!”
