Name	Eight Men Out
Caption	Theatrical release poster
Director	John Sayles
Producer	Sarah Pillsbury
Writer	John Sayles
Starring	John CusackDavid StrathairnMichael RookerMichael LernerCharlie SheenChristopher LloydClifton James
Music	Mason Daring
Cinematography	Robert Richardson
Editing	John Tintori
Distributor	Orion Pictures Corporation
Released	September 2, 1988
Runtime	119 minutes
Country	United States
Language
Budget	$6,000,000(estimated)

Eight Men Out is an American dramatic sports film, released in 1988 and based on the book 8 Men Out, published in 1963 by Eliot Asinof. It was written and directed by John Sayles.

The film is a dramatization of Major League Baseball's 1919 Black Sox scandal, in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired with gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series. Much of the movie was filmed at the old Bush Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Plot

The 1919 Chicago White Sox are considered the greatest team in baseball and, in fact, one of the greatest ever assembled to that point. However, the team's owner, Charles Comiskey, is a skinflint with little inclination to reward his players for a spectacular season.

When a gambling syndicate led by Arnold Rothstein gets wind of the players' discontent, it offers a select group of Sox — including star pitcher Eddie Cicotte — more money to play badly than they would have earned by winning the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds.

A number of players, like Chick Gandil, Swede Risberg, and Lefty Williams, gladly go along with the scheme. The team's greatest star, Shoeless Joe Jackson, is depicted as being not very bright and not entirely sure what is going on. Buck Weaver, meanwhile, is included with the seven others but insists that he wants nothing to do with the fix.

When the best-of-nine series begins, Cicotte deliberately pitches poorly to lose the first game. Williams does likewise in Game 2, while Gandil and Hap Felsch make glaring mistakes on the field. Several of the players become upset, however, when the various gamblers involved fail to pay their promised money up front.

Chicago journalists Ring Lardner and Hugh Fullerton grow increasingly suspicious. Meanwhile, the team's manager, Kid Gleason, continues to hear rumors of a fix, but he remains confident that his boys will come through in the end.

A third pitcher not in on the scam, Dickey Kerr, wins Game 3 for the Sox, making both gamblers and teammates uncomfortable. Other teammates such as Ray Schalk continue to play hard, while Weaver and Jackson show no visible signs of taking a dive.

Cicotte, who won 29 games during the season, loses again in Game 4. With the championship now in jeopardy, Gleason intends to bench him from his next start, but Cicotte begs for another chance. The manager reluctantly agrees and is rewarded with a victory in Game 7. Unpaid by the gamblers, Williams also intends to do his best, but when his wife's life is threatened, he purposely pitches badly to lose the final game.

Cincinnati wins the World Series (5 games to 3) to the shock of Sox fans. Even worse, sportswriter Fullerton exposes the strong possibility that this series was not on the level. His findings cause Comiskey and the other owners to appoint a new commissioner of baseball, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, and give him complete authority over the sport.

Eight players are indicted and brought to trial. Cicotte, Williams, and Jackson even sign confessions. But in court, while Weaver maintains his innocence, the confessions are mysteriously found to be stolen, and the popular Chicago players are found not guilty.

While they celebrate, however, Judge Landis bans all eight from professional baseball for life, citing their failure to reveal being approached by gambling interests in the first place.

Weaver is among those exiled from the game. The final scene shows him in the bleachers of a New Jersey minor league ballpark, watching the great Joe Jackson play under an assumed name.

Cast

Jace Alexander as Dickey Kerr

John Anderson as Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Gordon Clapp as Ray Schalk

John Cusack as Buck Weaver

Richard Edson as Billy Maharg

Don Harvey as Swede Risberg

Bill Irwin as Eddie Collins

Clifton James as Charles Comiskey

Perry Lang as Fred McMullin

Michael Lerner as Arnold Rothstein

Christopher Lloyd as Bill Burns

John Mahoney as Kid Gleason

Michael Mantell as Abe Attell

James Read as Lefty Williams

Michael Rooker as Chick Gandil

John Sayles as Ring Lardner

Charlie Sheen as Happy Felsch

Danton Stone as Hired Killer

David Strathairn as Eddie Cicotte

D. B. Sweeney as Shoeless Joe Jackson

Studs Terkel as Hugh Fullerton

Kevin Tighe as Sport Sullivan

Nancy Travis as Williams' Wife

Paul Walters as Roy Mitchell

James Desmond as Smitty

Andy Dominianni as Scoreboard Kid

Background

Former Chicago Cubs third baseman Ron Santo served as the personal coach for John Cusack, who played Buck Weaver. Santo taught Cusack the basic footwork and moves of the position. In addition, former Chicago White Sox outfielder Ken Berry served as a baseball coach for the cast.

In preparing for the role of Shoeless Joe Jackson, D. B. Sweeney, a former Tulane University outfielder, spent a season training with the Class-A Kenosha Twins of the Midwest League. A natural right-handed hitter, Sweeney learned to bat left in the six months prior to filming.

This film contains one of the hardest plays for live-action baseball broadcasters to execute. Shoeless Joe Jackson, played by Sweeney, drove a triple into the right-field corner while the camera operator was able to keep the batter-runner and the ball in the camera frame for the duration of play. The camera was positioned on home-plate side of the third-base dugout.

Several people involved in this film would go on to be involved with Ken Burns' 1994 film miniseries Baseball. Cusack, Lloyd, and Sweeney did several voice-overs, reading recorded reminiscences of various personalities connected with the game. Sayles and Terkel were interviewed on the subject of the 1919 World Series. Sayles also contributed to the section on Roberto Clemente, and Terkel, a historian and a former labor leader, spoke about the movement toward labor freedom in baseball. Terkel also "reprised his role" by reading Hugh Fullerton's columns during the section on the Black Sox.

Errata

Throughout the film, the characters mispronounce Cicotte as rather than the correct . The reason this error came about is that his grand nephew, Al Cicotte, changed the pronunciation following the scandal. Efforts to accurately portray Jackson as a lefty notwithstanding, Weaver is shown batting right-handed exclusively, as is Collins. Weaver was a switch-hitter who would have batted left-handed against right-handed pitchers; Collins threw right, but batted left. Kerr was a left-handed pitcher; in the movie he throws right-handed.

Production

During the late summer and early fall of 1987, news media in Indianapolis were buzzing with sightings of the film's actors including Sheen and Cusack. Sayles told the Chicago Tribune that he hired them not because they were rising stars, but because of their ball-playing talent.

Sweeney remarked on the chilly Indiana temperatures in an interview with Elle magazine. "It got down to 30, 40 degrees, but John [Sayles] would stand there in running shorts, tank tops, sneakers -- sometimes without socks -- and never look cold." The young actor said Sayles appeared to be focused on an "agenda, and that's all he cared about. Looking at him we thought, 'Well, if he's not cold, then we certainly shouldn't be.'"

Reports from the set location at Bush Stadium indicated that cast members were letting off steam between scenes. "Actors kidded around, rubbing dirt on each other," the Tribune reported. "... Actors trade jokes, smokes and candy" in the dugout. "'Some of them chewed tobacco at first, but,' noted Bill Irwin, 'Even the guys who were really into it started to chew apricots after a while.'" Sheen made his reasons for taking the role clear. "I'm not in this for cash or my career or my performance," Sheen told the Tribune. "I wanted to take part in this film because I love baseball."

The actors' baseball coach Berry told the paper that Sheen's baseball skills were exceptional. Berry said Sheen made a diving back-handed catch in the movie that rivaled the famous catch by Willie Mays in the 1954 World Series.

When cloud cover would suddenly change the light during the shooting of a particular baseball scene, Sayles showed "inspirational decisiveness," according to Elle, by changing the scripted game they would be shooting — switching from Game Two of the series to Game Four, for example. "The second assistant director knew nothing about baseball," Sayles told Elle, "and she had to keep track of who was on base. Suddenly we'd change from Game Two to Game Four, and she'd have to shuffle through her papers to learn who was on second, then track the right guys down all over the ballpark."

Right-handed Sweeney told Elle that producers considered using an old Hollywood trick to create the illusion that he was hitting lefty. "We could have done it from the right side, then run to third and switched the negative, like they did in The Pride of the Yankees, but we didn't really have enough money for that," Sweeney said.

Lardner also seemed to get a kick out of the production crew's daily headache of trying to make "a few hundred extras look like a World Series crowd of thousands."

Tactics to entice Indianapolis residents to come to the stadium to act as film extras were "a flop," Lardner wrote. "The producers offer free entertainment, Bingo with cash prizes, and as much of a stipend ($20 a day) as the budget permits..."

Critical reception

When the film was first released, the film industry staff at Variety magazine wrote "Perhaps the saddest chapter in the annals of professional American sports is recounted in absorbing fashion in Eight Men Out...The most compelling figures here are pitcher Eddie Cicotte (David Strathairn), a man nearing the end of his career who feels the twin needs to ensure a financial future for his family and take revenge on his boss, and Buck Weaver (John Cusack), an innocent enthusiast who took no cash for the fix but, like the others, was forever banned from baseball."

Film critic Roger Ebert was underwhelmed, writing, "Eight Men Out is an oddly unfocused movie made of earth tones, sidelong glances and el[l]iptic conversations. It tells the story of how the stars of the 1919 Chicago White Sox team took payoffs from gamblers to throw the World Series, but if you are not already familiar with that story you're unlikely to understand it after seeing this film."

Ebert's television colleague Gene Siskel said "Eight Men Out is fascinating if you are a baseball nut ... the portrayal of the recruiting of the ball players and the tight fisted rule of Comisky is fascinating ... thumbs up."

Critic Janet Maslin spoke well of the actors, writing, "Notable in the large and excellent cast of Eight Men Out are D. B. Sweeney, who gives Shoeless Joe Jackson the slow, voluptuous Southern naivete of the young Elvis; Michael Lerner, who plays the formidable gangster Arnold Rothstein with the quietest aplomb; Gordon Clapp as the team's firecracker of a catcher; John Mahoney as the worried manager who senses much more about his players' plans than he would like to, and Michael Rooker as the quintessential bad apple. Charlie Sheen is also good as the team's most suggestible player, the good-natured fellow who isn't sure whether it's worse to be corrupt or be a fool. The story's delightfully colorful villains are played by Christopher Lloyd and Richard Edson (as the halfway-comic duo who make the first assault on the players), Michael Mantell as the chief gangster's extremely undependable right-hand man, and Kevin Tighe as the Bostonian smoothie who coolly declares: 'You know what you feed a dray horse in the morning if you want a day's work out of him? Just enough so he knows he's hungry.' For Mr. Sayles, whose idealism has never been more affecting or apparent than it is in this story of boyish enthusiam gone bad in an all too grown-up world, Eight Men Out represents a home run."

The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 86% of critics gave the film a positive review, based on 36 reviews."

References

External links

Eight Men Out film review at At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert (video of television segment)

Eight Men Out original trailer at Dailymotion

Category:1988 films Category:American baseball films Category:American films Category:Baseball films Category:Chicago White Sox Category:Culture of Indianapolis, Indiana Category:1980s drama films Category:English-language films Category:Films based on non-fiction books Category:Films directed by John Sayles Category:Films set in Chicago, Illinois Category:Films set in Indiana Category:Films set in the 1910s Category:Films shot in Chicago, Illinois Category:Orion Pictures films Category:Sports films based on actual events

Caption	Shirly Brener, 2008
Birth date	September 24, 1978
Birth place	Haifa, Israel
Occupation	Actress/Producer/Writer
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Bruce Rubenstein
Website	http://www.shirlybrener.com

Shirly Brener (born September 24, 1978) is an Israeli and American actress, producer, show host, art connoisseur and writer. (Pronounced Sheer-Lee) She is a well-known celebrity in her homeland.

Actress

Brener was born in Israel. Raised in London and Los Angeles, her breakthrough role was in the late '90s opposite Henry Thomas in the comedy Hijacking Hollywood. Moving then her career to Israel she went on to star as one of the series leads in the nation’s highest rated prime time drama “Ramat Aviv Gimmel”. She quickly became a household name and landed recurring roles on shows such as the prime time drama Deadly Fortune and the sitcom “Fisfusim- with Dr. Margoa”. Recruited by MTV to host the popular teen dating show Singled Out, as well as the CO-Host for Love Story, Brener was one of the few talents with 3 successful shows in prime-time that ran concurrently. She then went on to play one of the leads in the two time Israeli Academy Award winner- Mr. Baum, directed by Assi Dayan. Also the host of two radio shows and her name and face were used for product endorsements such as “Burger King”, the “Milk Company”, “Planet Hollywood”, “Honda”, “Disney” and others.

Named by Esquire magazine (April 2009) as one of the 5 up and coming Israeli actresses in Hollywood today, She has completed dozens of projects working with a slew of A list actors and directors such as alongside Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in Righteous Kill directed by Jon Avnet for Overture, Sharon Stone and Val Kilmer in Streets of Blood, directed by Charles Winkler and produced by Irwin Winkler - one of the highest grossing video/DVD of all times. Jessica Simpson and Dane Cook in Employee of the Month, for Lions Gate Entertainment, John Cusack and Hilary Duff in War Inc., Aaron Eckhart and Jessica Alba in Meet Bill, Steven Seagal in Mercenary For Justice, Armand Assante in The Killing Grounds for the Weinstein Co., James Spader in Shadow of Fear, Sam Shepard in Blind Horizon and Harvey Keitel and Mira Sorvino in the The Grey Zone directed by Tim Blake Nelson. On TV she has appeared with Lindsay Lohan in ABC Family Film Labor Pains and Dean Stockwell in the H.P. Lovecraft adapted for TV story - "The Dunwich Horror", Judgment Day for Spike TV and most recently guest starred on CBS’s Criminal Minds, and a series regular on the web-series Santa Monica 90404. She has landed leading role in the films such as the dramedy Letting Go (with Bokeem Woodbine and Christopher Knight), the human drama Touched from French producers of The Class (with Shalim Ortiz and Aloma Wright), which was picked as the opening feature at the Dominican International Film Festival to critical acclaim . The romantic dark comedy Hit List (with John Savage and Joey Lawrence) and National Lampoon’s Cheerleaders Must Die! (with Lochlyn Munro and Danielle Harris).

On the stage she starred in the production of Eccentric in NoHo, named by LA Weekly as pick of the week and nominated for and LA Weekly award. Also to her credit are “The Heidi Chronicles”, “It Had to be you” and “The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby”.

Producer

Raised in a family of MBA’s , and opening Brener Films, Shirly was always destined to business savvy and success. She has completed the psychological suspense thriller film directed by award winning Haim Bouzaglo titled Session, starring Bar Refaeli and Steven Bauer as well as the political drama The Chicago 8, in both films she showcases her acting abilities as well. Shirly signed a non-exclusive six picture deal with Praxis Films, as a full producing partner. She currently presides as the VP of Production for the company in the US. Under Praxis the first mixed action “Krav Maga” film to be shot on location in Israel Blood Hostage directed by acclaimed action director Isaac Florentine (Undisputed, Ninja) starring Scott Adkins and Vinnie Jones. Also, the noir - thriller Trust Me to be shot in Louisiana, by director Griff Furst. Under her Production Company and Praxis, Brener is developing numerous projects for film and TV. Currently in production on Asleep At The Wheel, directed by Billy Chartoff and Starring Justin Chatwin and Rosie Perez, as well as Everyone Wants the Kush starring Treat Williams, John Savage and Rachel Minor. She recently set up a reality show Demolition Chef to SmallWorld (company that produces How I Survived a Japanese Game Show) She also produced the documentary Danny the Golden Fish and the feature Shoot starring Nikki Sixx and Jonathan Silverman. Other films on her slate are the horror/thriller -Unravelled, and Doves in a Blizzard (written by Rob Weiss and Bruce Rubenstein).

Education and Organizations

Shirly graduated with honors (on the Dean’s List) from USC - The University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and film Critical Studies. She is currently enrolled in the Masters of Business Administration program at Pepperdine University.

She is a member of the master and alumni program of the prestigious Beverly Hills Playhouse, alongside Doris Roberts, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alec Baldwin and Joel Schumacher founded by acclaimed acting teacher and director Milton Katselas. Brener is on her way on a teacher’s training program at the school. She is also a member of Second City, the famed improv comedy staple, with graduates such as Tina Fay, Amy Pohler and Steve Carrel.

On the humanitarian side, she works with and lends her support to such organizations as Narconon (the most successful drug rehabilitation program internationally), “Gan Hayeled” (the most unique facility for disabled children in Israel which serves after school programs, education and physiotherapy), and The Young Storytellers (Founded by JJ Abrams , it promoted literacy in elementary schools in Los Angeles) . Brener also serves as an ambassador for the Israeli Film Festival in the US and for the Haifa Film Festival.

Art and Writing

Utilizing her passion for higher education in Art. She had written and published various catalogues and art essays for acclaimed artist Bruce Rubenstein (her hubby) whose art is collected by the likes of MOCA Hot Springs, Governor Schwarzenegger, The Martziano Family, and Meshulam Riklis and is responsible for the reconstruction of such Hollywood landmarks as The Henry Fonda Theater and The Kodak Center. And produced art shows in Los Angeles such as The Spendlove Show (2004), the Hunter Gallery Show (2005), the Primera Gallery show (2009). Brener is committed to the art world and her hubby’s career and is often a fixture at galleries and museums local and international. She is currently developing a new project alongside with Rubenstein to own their own gallery in LA.

Her writing can be read in a BI column in the newspaper “Shavua Israeli” (Israeli Week) in LA titled “Café Late with Shirly Brener.”

Family

Born to Danny Brener- Israeli record holder and gold winner in 100 m and 200 m freestyle, Smadar Brener - a famous film and theater actress. Grandfather Mila Brener, a shipping tycoon, owner of Maritime Shipping Company and is one of the ancestors to Haim Weizman (the first president of Israel).

Brener is married to screenwriter (Bullet, starring Adrien Brody and Mickey Rourke and Hendrix for ShowTime), artist and designer Bruce Rubenstein and is the mother of daughter Mila Rubenstein who is a "Ford Models" model and has already starred in campaigns for Wal-Mart, JC Penny, Saurette, Disney and has graced magazines such as BC, Style Café Moms, BabyTalk, Fit Pregnancy and SELF. The artistic happy family resides in the Hollywood Hills in a gorgeous home that has been featured in architectural and lifestyle magazines designed by Rubenstein.

Filmography

Blood Hostage (2011)

Asleep At the Wheel (2011)

Everyone Wants the Kush (2011)

Cheerleaders Must Die! (2010)

Letting Go (2010)

Unraveled (2010)

The Chicago 8 (2010)

“Kavod” (2010)

Session (2010)

Hit List (2010)

Touched (2010)

Movin' In (2010)

Streets Of Blood (2009)

Autodoc (2009)

30 Days to Die (2009)

What Goes Around (2009)

Righteous Kill (2008)

War, Inc.(2008)

You Don’t Mess With the Zohan (2008)

Blonde Ambition (2007)

Meet Bill (2007)

The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007)

Employee of the Month (2006)

Petrified (2006)

Mercenary for Justice (2006)

Holly (2006)

Children of Wax (2005)

Shadow of Fear (2004)

Blind Horizon (2003)

Connecting Dots (2003)

Diary of A Sex Addict (2001)

The Grey Zone (2001)

Married People (2001)

Tail Sting (2001)

“Chatunat Hashanah” (1998)

Four Men Entered the Grove (1998)

Hijacking Hollywood (1997)

“Mar Baum” (1997)

TV Series, MOWs and Guest Appearances

Quantum Apocalypse (2010)

The Dunwich Horror (2009)

Labor Pains (2009)

Criminal Minds (2008)

“Chochavim Beshmei Hollywood” (2007)

Diary of an Affair (2004)

Run (2001)

“Kesef Katlani” (1999–2000)

“Ramat Aviv Gimmel” (1996–1999)

Singled Out (1997–1999)

“Sipur Ahava” (1998–1999)

“Fisfusim” (1997)

References

http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/1194529/Shirly_Brener

http://beautyinterviews.com/my-beauty-secrets/shirly-brener/

http://www.onejerusalem.com/2008/04/30/shirly-brener-hits-big-time/

http://www.shockya.com/news/2008/11/19/exclusive-shirly-brener-interview/

http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/shirly_brener_not_just_an_actress_20090407/

External links

http://www.shirlybrener.com/ official website

Category:1978 births Category:Israeli actors Category:Living people

John Kerwin is a fifteen-time award winning late night talk show host and writer.

Early years

Raised in Briarwood, Queens, USA Kerwin began performing as a stand-up comedian at Catch a Rising Star, sharing the stage with contemporaries such as Jon Stewart, Rosie O’Donnell and Ray Romano. After majoring in creative writing at Cornell University, Kerwin relocated to Los Angeles, where he became the house emcee at the Hollywood Improv. He also performed at comedy clubs throughout the USA.

TV

Kerwin performed in a “man in the street” local television series, “Meet Your Favorite Star”. He pretended to be notables such as actor Ben Affleck, singer Lenny Kravitz, and others. In his follow-up series “Breaking News” Kerwinposed as a news reporter, interviewing locals on faux breaking news segments. These led to The John Kerwin Show on Time Warner Cable, in which Kerwin was host and head writer.

Kerwin co-created and hosted pilots for The Yesterday Show with John Kerwin. In this “retro” talk show, Guests included celebrities such as Dick Cavett, Cheryl Ladd, Kathy Griffin, Charo. Kerwin headed the writing team.

Category:Living people Category:American television talk show hosts Category:American stand-up comedians Category:Cornell University alumni Category:People from Queens Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:American comedy writers

Name	Charlie Sheen
Caption	Sheen in March 2009
Birth name	Carlos Irwin Estevez
Birth date	September 03, 1965
Birth place	New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1974–present
Spouse	Donna Peele (1995–1996)Denise Richards (2002–2006)Brooke Mueller (2008–December 2009, Separated)

Carlos Irwin Estevez (born September 3, 1965), known professionally as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor.

His character roles in films have included Chris Taylor in the 1986 Vietnam War drama Platoon, Jake Kesey in the 1986 film The Wraith, and Bud Fox in 1987 film Wall Street.

His career also included more comedic films, such as Major League, the Hot Shots! films, and Scary Movie 3 and 4. On television, Sheen is known for his roles on two sitcoms: as Charlie Crawford on Spin City, and as Charlie Harper on Two and a Half Men.

Early life

Sheen was born Carlos Irwin Estevez in New York City in 1965, the youngest son and third of four children born to actor Martin Sheen and artist Janet Templeton. Martin adopted his stage name in honor of the Catholic archbishop and theologian, Fulton J. Sheen, with Charlie also taking this as his stage name. His parents moved to Malibu, California, after Martin Sheen's Broadway turn in The Subject Was Roses. Sheen has two brothers and one sister, all of whom are actors: Emilio Estevez, Ramon Estevez, and Renée Estevez. Sheen attended Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, California, where he was a star pitcher and shortstop for the baseball team. He also showed an early interest in acting, making several Super-8 films with his brother Emilio, schoolmates Rob and Chad Lowe, and early friend Chris Penn. Just a few weeks before graduation, Sheen was expelled from the school for poor grades and bad attendance.

Career

Sheen started acting in 1973 at the age of eight, appearing in a small role alongside his father in the television movie The Execution of Private Slovik. Sheen's film career began in 1984 with a role in the Cold War teen drama Red Dawn with Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, and Jennifer Grey. Sheen and Grey reunited in a small scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). He also appeared in an episode of the anthology series Amazing Stories. Sheen had his first major role in the Vietnam War drama Platoon (1986). In 1987, he starred with his father in Wall Street. Both Wall Street and Platoon were directed by Oliver Stone; however, in 1988, Stone approached Sheen about starring in his new film Born on the Fourth of July (1989), only to later re-cast Tom Cruise in place of Sheen. Sheen was never notified by Stone, and only found out when he heard the news from his brother Emilio. Sheen did not take a lead role in Stone's subsequent films, although he does have a cameo role in Stone's sequel to Wall Street.

In 1987, Sheen was cast to portray Ron in the unreleased , the sequel to the 1976 low budget horror movie Grizzly. In 1988, he starred in the baseball film Eight Men Out as outfielder Happy Felsch. Also in 1988, he appeared opposite his brother Emilio Estevez in Young Guns and again in 1990 in Men at Work. Also in 1990, he starred alongside his father Martin Sheen in Cadence as a rebellious inmate in a military stockade and Clint Eastwood in the buddy cop action film The Rookie.

Sheen appeared in several comedy roles, including the Major League films, Money Talks, and the spoof Hot Shots! films. In 1999, Sheen appeared in a pilot for A&E; Network, called Sugar Hill, which wasn't picked up. In 1999, Sheen played himself in Being John Malkovich. He also appeared in the spoof series Scary Movie 3 and follow up Scary Movie 4. In 2000, he was cast to replace Michael J. Fox on the sitcom Spin City; the series ended in 2002. In 2003, Sheen was cast as Charlie Harper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, which followed the popular Monday night time slot of Everybody Loves Raymond. Sheen's role on Two and a Half Men was loosely based on Sheen's bad boy image. Sheen appears as Dex Dogtective in the unreleased Lionsgate animated comedy Foodfight. In addition to his financial support, he has volunteered to act as a celebrity judge for several years for their annual fundraiser, Best In Drag Show, which raises around one-quarter of a million dollars He has brought other celebrities to support the event, including his father, actor Martin Sheen. Sheen's interest in AIDS was first reported in 1987 with his support of Ryan White—an Indiana teenager who became a national spokesperson for AIDS awareness after being infected with AIDS through a blood transfusion for his hemophilia.

Sheen also launched a clothing line for kids, called Sheen Kidz, in 2006.

September 11 attacks

On March 20, 2006, Sheen stated that he questions the US government's account of the September 11 attacks. Sheen said during the interview that the collapse of the World Trade Center towers looked like a controlled demolition. He urged critics not to attack him personally, but to challenge him on the facts.

Charlie Sheen has since become a prominent advocate of the 9/11 Truth movement. On September 8, 2009, Sheen appealed to US President Barack Obama to set up a new investigation into the attacks. Presenting his views as a transcript of a fictional encounter with Obama, he was characterized by the press as believing the 9/11 commission was a whitewash and that the administration of former US President George W. Bush may have been responsible for the attacks.

Personal life

Sheen and his then girlfriend, Paula Profit, had a daughter, Cassandra Jade Estevez (born December 12, 1984). In 1990, Sheen accidentally shot his then-fiancee, Kelly Preston, In 1995, Sheen married Donna Peele. He was named as one of many clients who visited brothels owned by Heidi Fleiss in her court case in 1995. Sheen's long-term relationship with former pornographic actress Ginger Lynn in the late 1990s garnered much media attention. He was also involved for a time with former pornographic actress Heather Hunter.

On June 15, 2002, he married actress Denise Richards, two years after meeting her on the set of Good Advice. They have two daughters, Sam J. Sheen (born March 9, 2004) and Lola Rose Sheen (born June 1, 2005). In March 2005, while she was still pregnant with their daughter Lola, Richards filed for divorce from Sheen, accusing Sheen of abusing drugs and alcohol and threatening Richards with violence. Sheen and Richards' divorce was made official on November 30, 2006. Sheen and Richards were engaged in an acrimonious custody dispute over their two daughters, but have since made peace with each other, with Sheen stating in April 2009 that "we had to do what's best for the girls."

On May 30, 2008, Sheen married Brooke Mueller, a real estate investor. This was the third marriage for Sheen and the first for Mueller. The couple's twins, Bob and Max, were born on March 14, 2009.

Sheen was arrested on charges of domestic violence, including second-degree assault and menacing, against Mueller on December 25, 2009 and the couple has not been seen together in public since this altercation. He was released from jail after posting an $8,500 bond. In a court appearance on February 8, 2010, Sheen was formally charged with felony menacing, and third-degree assault and criminal mischief, both misdemeanors. On August 2, 2010, Charlie Sheen plead guilty to misdemeanor assault as part of a plea bargain where the other charges against him were dismissed, and according to a story written by Associated Press reporter Solomon Banda he was "sentenced to 30 days in a rehabilitation center, 30 days of probation, and 36 hours of anger management." As this conviction stemmed from a domestic violence charge made by his wife, Brooke Mueller, Sheen will fall under the Lautenberg Amendment, which means that he will be barred from possessing guns for the rest of his life.

In February 2010, Sheen announced that he would take a break from Two and a Half Men to voluntarily enter a rehab facility. CBS expressed support. The decision to check himself into the facility for treatment followed his wife's treatment in a different rehab facility. Sheen's rehabilitation was considered "preventive." In March, Sheen's press representatives announced that he was preparing to leave rehab and return to work on the popular sitcom. On May 18, 2010, Sheen signed an agreement to return to the sitcom for another two years for a reported $1.88 million per episode.

During the early morning of October 26, 2010, Sheen was removed from his hotel room at the Plaza Hotel after Sheen caused damaged to the room and admitted to having been drinking and taking cocaine. According to NYPD sources he caused more than $7,000 in damages to his room. There was also a woman locked in the bathroom of the room. He was taken to a hospital for observation and released.

On November 1, 2010, Sheen filed for divorce from his third wife, Brooke.

Awards and honors

In 1989, Sheen, along with John Fusco, Christopher Cain, Lou Diamond Phillips, Emilio Estevez, and Kiefer Sutherland, was honored with a Bronze Wrangler for their work on the film Young Guns. In 1994, Sheen was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard. For his work on the political sitcom Spin City, Sheen gained two ALMA Award nominations and won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy. Sheen also won an ALMA Award, gained three Emmy Award nominations, and two Golden Globe award nominations for his role in the sitcom Two and a Half Men.

Filmography

Films

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- | 1974 | The Execution of Private Slovik | Kid at Wedding | NBC TV-movie; uncredited part. |- | 1979 | Apocalypse Now | Extra | |- |rowspan="2"| 1984 | Red Dawn | Matt Eckert | |- | Silence of the Heart | Ken Cruze | CBS TV-movie |- |rowspan="3"| 1985 | The Fourth Wise Man | Captain (Herod's Soldiers) | TV-movie |- | Out of the Darkness | Man Shaving | CBS TV-movie |- | The Boys Next Door | Bo Richards | |- |rowspan="5"| 1986 | Lucas | Cappie | |- | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Garth Volbeck-Boy in Police Station | Cameo |- | Platoon | Private Chris Taylor | |- | The Wraith | Jake Kesey | |- | Wisdom | Hamburger Restaurant Manager | Cameo |- |rowspan="4"| 1987 | Wall Street | Bud Fox | |- | No Man's Land | Ted Varrick | |- | Three for the Road | Paul | |- | | Ron | Unreleasedfilmed in 1983 |- |rowspan="3"| 1988 | Never on Tuesday | Thief | Uncredited Cameo |- | Eight Men Out | Oscar 'Happy' Felsch | |- | Young Guns | Richard "Dick" Brewer | Bronze Wrangler Award |- |rowspan="3"| 1989 | Tale of Two Sisters | Narrator | also writer (poems) |- | Major League | Ricky 'Wild Thing' Vaughn | |- | Catchfire | Bob | Cameo |- |rowspan="5"| 1990 | Cadence | Pfc. Franklin Fairchild Bean | |- | Courage Mountain | Peter | |- | Men at Work | Carl Taylor | |- | Navy SEALs | Lt. (j.g.) Dale Hawkins | |- | The Rookie | David Ackerman | |- | 1991 | Hot Shots! | Lt. Sean Topper Harley | |- |rowspan="2"| 1992 | Beyond the Law | William Patrick Steaner/Daniel "Dan" Saxon/Sid | |- | Oliver Stone: Inside Out | Himself | Documentary |- |rowspan="4"| 1993 | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Gern, Parking Valet | Cameo |- | Deadfall | Morgan "Fats" Gripp | Cameo |- | Hot Shots! Part Deux | Lt. Sean Topper Harley | |- | The Three Musketeers | Aramis | |- |rowspan="4"| 1994 | Charlie Sheen's Stunt Spectacular | Himself | TV-movie |- | Terminal Velocity | Richard 'Ditch' Brodie | |- | The Chase | Jackson Davis "Jack" Hammond | also executive producer |- | Major League II | Ricky 'Wild Thing' Vaughn | |- |rowspan="4"| 1996 | Loose Women | Barbie Loving Bartender | Cameo appearance |- | Frame by Frame | | |- | All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 | Charles B. "Charlie" Barkin | (only voice) |- | The Arrival || Zane Zaminsky || |- |rowspan="3"| 1997 || Money Talks || James Russell || |- | Shadow Conspiracy || Bobby Bishop || |- | Bad Day on the Block || Lyle Wilder || also known as Under Pressure |- |rowspan="5"| 1998 || Postmortem || James McGregor || |- | A Letter from Death Row || Cop #1 || Cameo |- | No Code of Conduct || Jacob "Jake" Peterson || also executive producer and writer |- | Free Money || Bud Dyerson || |- | Junket Whore || Himself || Documentary |- |rowspan="3"| 1999 || Lisa Picard is Famous || Himself || |- | Five Aces|| Chris Martin || |- | Being John Malkovich || Himself || Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated - Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast |- | 2000 || Rated X || Artie Jay "Art" Mitchell || Showtime TV-movie |- |rowspan="2"| 2001 || Good Advice || Ryan Edward Turner || |- | Last Party 2000 || Himself || Documentary, uncredited |- | 2002 || The Making of Bret Michaels || Himself || Documentary |- | 2003 || Scary Movie 3 || Tom Logan || |- |rowspan="2"| 2004 || The Big Bounce || Bob Rogers Jr. || |- | Pauly Shore Is Dead || Himself || Cameo |- | 2005 || Guilty Hearts || Charlie Sheen || segment "Spelling Bee" |- | 2006 || Scary Movie 4 || Tom Logan || Uncredited Cameo |- |rowspan="2"| 2010 || || Bud Fox || Uncredited Cameo |- | Due Date || Charlie Harper || Cameo |}

Short films

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- | 1986 || A Life in the Day || || |- | 1989 || Comicits || Himself || also producer |- | 2003 || Deeper Than Deep || Charles "Chuck" E. Traynor || |- | 2004 || Spelling Bee || Himself || from Guilty Hearts |- |}

Television

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- | 1986 || Amazing Stories: Book Three || Casey || Episode: "No Day at the Beach" |- | 1996 || Friends || Ryan || Episode: "The One with the Chicken Pox" |- | 1999 || Sugar Hill || Matt || unsold pilot |- | 2000–2002 || Spin City || Charlie Crawford || Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2002) Nominated - ALMA Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Series (2001) Nominated - ALMA Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Series (2002) |- | 2003–present || Two and a Half Men || Charlie Harper || Golden Icon Award for Best Actor - Comedy Series (2006) ALMA Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Television Series (2008) Nominated - Kids Choice Awards for Favorite Television Actor (2002) Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (2005) Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2005) Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (2006) Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2006) Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor: Comedy (2008) Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (2008) Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (2009) $1.78 million per episode. |- | 2006 || Overhaulin' || Himself || Episode: "LeMama's Boy" |- | 2008 || The Big Bang Theory || Himself || Episode: "The Griffin Equivalency" |- | 2009 || The Tonight Show with Jay Leno || Himself || |- | 2009 || Lopez Tonight || Himself || |- | 2010 || Family Guy || Himself || Episode: "Brian Griffin's House of Payne" |- |}

References

External links

Charlie Sheen biography at CBS.com - Two and a Half Men

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