CHARLIE SHEEN
G'day folks,
Welcome to the life of a wild boy. Carlos Irwin Estévez, known professionally as Charlie Sheen, is an
American actor. Sheen rose to fame after a series of successful films
such as Platoon, Wall Street, Young Guns, Eight Men Out, Major League,
Hot Shots!, and The Three Musketeers.
Synopsis
Charlie
Sheen was born Carlos Irwin Estévez on September 3, 1965, in New York City.
After a handful of minor TV and film roles, Sheen landed a breakthrough role in
Oliver Stone's Platoon. He went on to star in action films, dramas and
comedies, including the TV sitcom Two and a Half Men. His off-screen
antics with drugs, alcohol and several adult film stars he refers to as
"the Goddesses," landed him back in the headlines, and earned him a
cult celebrity status. In November 2015, he revealed he was HIV-positive.
Early Life
The son
of Janet and veteran actor Martin Sheen, he and his siblings, Ramon Jr., Emilio
and Renee, were all encouraged to pursue acting careers. Charlie Sheen made his
acting debut at the age of 9, as an extra in the renowned TV film The
Execution of Private Slovik (1974), which starred his father. As a teen, he
produced and directed a slew of low-budget film shorts with childhood friends
and future stars Rob Lowe and Sean Penn.
A somewhat
lackadaisical student, Sheen was expelled from Santa Monica High School a few
weeks shy of receiving his diploma. He focused instead on his desire to act,
seeking out and landing a role in the never-released horror film Grizzly II:
The Predator (1984). Later that year, Sheen made his adult cinematic debut
in the Soviet invasion thriller Red Dawn.
After a
handful of TV movies, Charlie Sheen landed the breakthrough role of his career
in Oliver Stone’s autobiographical war drama Platoon (1986). He earned
kudos for his brutally realistic portrayal of a young soldier's tour of duty in
Vietnam, while the film won four Oscars, including Best Picture. The following
year, Sheen costarred in Stone’s Wall Street as the ruthless protégé Bud
Fox, who is seduced by the wealth and power of corporate raider Gordon Gekko
(played by Michael Douglas).
As part
of an ensemble that included John Cusack, Christopher Lloyd, and D.B. Sweeney,
Sheen gave a notable performance in John Sayles’ gripping account of the 1919
“Black Sox” baseball scandal Eight Men Out (1988). After starring in the
1990 action films Navy SEALS and The Rookie, he showcased his
flair for comedy in the mindlessly entertaining spoof Hot Shots (1991).
In 1993, Sheen reprised his role as maverick air force pilot Topper Harley in
the equally successful sequel Hot Shots! Part Deux.
In the
late 1990s, Charlie Sheen formed a production company with Brett Michaels
(former lead singer of the heavy metal band Poison). Directed by Michaels and
starring Sheen, the two collaborated on the TV film No Code of Conduct
(1998). In 2000, Sheen and his brother Emilio headlined the controversial
biopic Rated X. Based on the life of porn industry pioneers Jim and Artie
Mitchell, the film was screened at the Sundance Film Festival and later
premiered on cable TV’s Showtime Network. Also in 2000, Sheen replaced Michael
J. Fox as deputy mayor on the hit sitcom Spin City.
In 2003,
he starred in the panned horror spoof Scary Movie 3 for director David
Zucker. Sheen then landed a starring role as beleaguered bachelor Charlie
Harper on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men. At one point Sheen was
reportedly paid $1.8 million per epsiode, making him the highest-paid actor on
television.
Personal Life
Notorious
for his recurrent battles with drugs and alcohol, Sheen was again the subject
of negative publicity when he served as the star witness in the 1995 trial of
Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss. He confessed to spending an excess of $50,000 to
purchase sexual services from 27 different prostitutes. The following year,
Sheen was arrested and charged with the assault of former girlfriend Brittany
Ashland. Pleading no contest to the battery, he received a suspended sentence
and two years of probation.
In June
2002, Sheen wed actress Denise Richards in Los Angeles; the couple has two
daughters, Sam and Lola. In January 2006, the couple announced they were
divorcing. Sheen's previous marriage to model Donna Peele ended in divorce in
1996, after one year of marriage. He has a daughter, Cassandra Sheen, with
high-school sweetheart Paula Profitt. In May 2008, Charlie Sheen married Brooke
Mueller, a real estate investor. In May 2009, Mueller gave birth to twins, Bob
and Max. Sheen and Mueller divorced in 2011. Sheen became engaged for the
fourth time to former porn actress Brett (Scottiine) Rossi in February 2014,
but the couple parted ways that October.
Bad Boy Image
While he starred on the top-rated sitcom on
television, Sheen's bad boy image took on a life of its own. In December 2009,
he was arrested for assaulting his wife, Brooke Mueller, and spent 30 days in a
rehab center. In October 2010, Sheen ran into trouble again when he was
arrested for causing $7,000 of damages in an alcohol and cocaine-fuled bender.
Mueller and Sheen divorced in May 2011.
Sheen's
personality took a toll on his career in February 2011, when a conflict with Two
and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre led Warner Brothers to stop
production on the remaining episodes of the season and ban Sheen from the
production lot. Sheen's vitriol continued to rise and Warner Brothers and CBS
ultimately fired Sheen. “After careful consideration, Warner Bros. Television
has terminated Charlie Sheen’s services on Two and a Half Men effective
immediately,” the company statement read. Sheen had been under contract to
complete several more episodes of the current season and 24 episodes in the
next season. That May, it was announced that Ashton Kutcher would join the cast
of the show as a replacement for Sheen.
At the
same time, Sheen embarked on a series of now-infamous interviews. Rambling and
defiant, Sheen said that he drinks "tiger blood," and is on a drug
"named Charlie Sheen." Sheen insisted he was sober during the
interviews. In April, he began a nationwide tour called "My Violent
Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not an Option."
After his
public meltdowns, 2012 found Sheen back on television as the star of Anger
Management on the FX channel.
HIV-Positive
In
November 2015, Sheen publicly revealed he was HIV-positive, having been
diagnosed four years prior. “It’s a hard three letters to absorb. It’s a
turning point in one’s life,” he told Matt Lauer on the Today
show. Since his diagnosis, Sheen claims he's been regimented on taking
medication to manage his disease.
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