Carlos Estevez, better known as Charlie Sheen, is one actor, who needs no introduction. Having entered the industry at the tender age of nine, his checkered career has a host of films and television series to boast of, for which he also earned multiple awards and nominations. His life has been a matter of public discussion ever since he came out clean of his HIV infection, but that did not deter the Bad Boy of Hollywood, born with a silver spoon, from living life on his own terms.
Sheen has done a number of films ever since he stepped into the world of cinema and appeared in lead roles as well as supporting roles and also in a long list of cameos. His stint on the small screen was widely appreciated, and Charlie Sheen became one of the world’s favorite bad boys in “Anger Management.” Here’s a list of top 12 films and TV shows starring Charlie Sheen.
12. Red Dawn (1984)
The movie starring Patrick Swayze in the lead also featured C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, and Charlie Sheen are in the supporting cast. It was a war film that told the tale of two young brothers and their friends who go up in arms against the Soviet occupation of America in the middle of a college lecture. As the story unfolds, it shows how the team stands up to the Communists and foils their every move. Sheen played Swayze’s brother and second-in-command of the youth brigade and shone in his gutsy role.
11. Anger Management (2012-2014)
Based on Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson-starrer movie of the same name, “Anger Management” began as a sitcom on the small screen, featuring Charlie Sheen in the lead role. When a temperamental ex-baseball player has to quit his game due to anger problems, he turns to a therapist for help, eventually becoming one and training other patients to manage their anger issues. Although the series was not well received initially, it garnered attention later on, portraying Sheen in a role best suited him.
10. Eight Men Out (1988)
Based on true incidents, inspired by the biggest sporting scandal in America, dubbed as the Black Sox Scandal, ‘Eight Men Out’ was the story of how the best players from a league baseball team went hand-in-glove with professional gamblers to lose the series. It relates to how when their dark secrets are out in public, their careers and lives are at stake. Starring John Cusack in the lead, the film saw Charlie Sheen as one of the real-life shady players Happy Felsch.
9. Wall Street (1987)
A young stockbroker aspiring to make it big in the industry constantly pursues a legendary broker, passing on illegal inside information in the process and finally making his way toward the top. Greed gets the better of both men, and soon they become the undisputed champions of the game until situations spiral out of control. While Michael Douglas played the immoral veteran stock broker, Sheen was seen as the young aspirant, going all out to make him heard and seen.
8. Silence Of The Heart (1984)
Quite ahead of its time, the telefilm, which wasn’t released in theatres, dealt with the topic of teenage suicide that was never touched upon in a film made for the small screen and it paved the way for other movies with similar topics that needed open discussions. The film starred Chad Lowe as the teenager who commits suicide, thinking his parents would never understand his point of view, while Sheen played his best friend, who later helps Lowe’s family come out of their grieving.
7. Rated X (2000)
A made-for-television film, Charlie Sheen starred with his brother Emilio Estevez in the biographical drama movie, where the siblings played the Mitchell Brothers, who were pioneers in the pornography industry. Directed by Estevez, the movie talked about the rise and the subsequent fall of the brothers in the business, where none had thought of venturing before. Sheen effortlessly played the younger of the two brothers in the film.
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6. Major League (1989)
When a woman inherits her father’s baseball team, she purposely assembles a team of horrible players, so she can fire them at the end of the season. As the team of misfits gets to know of her deceitful intentions, they start to win game after game, giving the owner a terribly hard time. The comedy sports film featured Charlie Sheen as a pitcher, with a vision problem, a role which he played perfectly, due to his talent in ball playing.
5. The Arrival (1996)
The year 1996 was marked by a number of sci-fi movies that were released almost every month in the year. One among them was Charlie Sheen-starrer ‘The Arrival’, with a touch of horror, where he played an astrophysicist named Zane Zaminsky. When Zane accidentally receives radio signals from an intelligent alien life, he delves deeper into the phenomenon and gets drawn into mystery and deceit, eventually leading to paranoia. Sheen did a commendable job in the film.
4. Good Advice (2001)
When Ryan is caught sleeping with an acquaintance’s wife, the latter avenges him by spreading false news, which leads Ryan to lose his money. And when his girlfriend, too, deserts him, Ryan starts ghost writing her column, receiving all the laurels for his good advice, thus making things right for him, until the woman returns. ‘Good Advice’ starring Charlie Sheen and his wife-to-be (m. 2002) Denise Richards was well received at the box office, while his comic timing was greatly lauded.
3. Two And A Half Men (2003-2010)
The American sitcom, which probably made Charlie Sheen a household name due to its wider reach, featured the actor in the first eight seasons, until he was replaced by Ashton Kutcher till the series came to an end. Sheen played Charlie Harper in the TV show, who leads a carefree bachelor life in a beachside home, until his brother moves in with him, with a tween in tow. Although the serial was received with mixed response, it did fairly well in the Indian subcontinent.
2. Platoon (1986)
The four-time Academy Award-winning movie, which featured Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen in the lead, is rated one of the best war movies of all time, with Sheen in the role of a lifetime. The movie narrates the story of a squad of American soldiers that is forced to tour the deep jungles of Vietnam while following orders from their corrupt bosses. The film narrated the horrors of the Vietnam War and its aftermath, where Sheen played an Army volunteer, which mirrored director Oliver Stone’s real-life story.
1. Spin City (2000-2002)
When the mayor of Los Angeles finds himself in trouble running the city, he counts on his assistant to sort things out for him. The Deputy Mayor, an oddball and a womanizer, is dealing with his disturbing past, which keeps getting in the way of his work. He tries his best to help his boss run the government while troubles still keep gnawing at their feet at every step. The program earned Sheen a Golden Globe statuette for Best Actor in a Television Series.
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