Emilio estevez biography martin sheen movie

All All. Sign In. He is the eldest son of actor Martin Sheen , who at the time was just breaking into the business.

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His father is of half Spanish and half Irish descent, and his mother, whose family is from Kentucky, has English and Scottish ancestry. Before graduating from Santa Monica High School in , Estevez had already had a small role as a messenger boy in Apocalypse Now , that was ultimately cut from the film. Though his father had opted to use the stage name "Sheen" over his more ethnic birth name "Estevez," Emilio chose to retain the family name, hoping to avoid riding his father's coattails.

He also thought the double "E" set of initials was "pretty. A part in The Outsiders followed, and Estevez made his first big splash as the punk rocker Otto in the cult classic Repo Man Another ensemble film, St. Elmo's Fire came next.

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Then Estevez made his screen-writing debut with That Was Then This Is Now , a film in which he also starred. He then starred in the Stephen King thriller and cult hit Maximum Overdrive ,. The ambitious young actor added directing to his palette with Wisdom in Estevez went on to write, direct and star in the film Men at Work , Men at Work alongside his brother Charlie Sheen in