| Carlos Irwin "Charlie" Estévez, working under the stage name "Charlie Sheen", was born on September 3, 1965, in New York, USA - He is an American actor and the youngest son of actor Martin Sheen.
In the beginning of his career, Charlie Sheen appeared in the films "Platoon", "The Wraith" and "Wall Street". On television, he is known for his roles in the TV series "Spin City" and "Two and a Half Men", in which he has been acting since 2003. In 2010, Charlie Sheen became the highest paid television actor with an income of $ 1.8 million per episode. He is also known for numerous scandals in personal and public life, including drug abuse problems.
Biography:
Charlie Sheen's father is Ramon Gerardo Antonio Estevez (knows as "Martin Sheen") and his mother is Janet Templeton. Charlie Sheen has one more brother and two sisters and all are actors: Emilio Estevez, Ramon Estevez, and Renee Estevez.
Young Sheen devoted very little time to study and showed a special interest in baseball. As a teenager, Charlie was really fond of it, and engaged in a special baseball camp and even achieved some success - his coaches were of the opinion that he should try out for the major league. But, Charlie Sheen decided to follow in his father's footsteps and chose films over a sports career. Shortly after this, for the first time, he appeared on the screen. Charlie Sheen was only 9 years but he was offered serious roles only after 10 years.
Career:
The breakthrough for the young actor came with the film by Oliver Stone "Platoon".
Personal life:
From 2002 to 2006, Charlie Sheen was married to actress Denise Richards. They have two daughters: Sam (born March 9, 2004) and Lola Rose (born June 1, 2005). From 2008 to 2010, he was married to actress Brooke Mueller and the couple has twin sons: Bob and Max (born March 14, 2009).
Charlie Sheen is one of the most famous actors in Hollywood, who entered the Guinness Book of World Records. This was due to his personal page on Twitter.
The fact is that the actor managed to have one million followers on his Twitter page. And it happened in just one day.
Charlie Sheen started a social networking blog recently - on March 1. And a few minutes later, he had about 60,000 followers. After 25 hours, the number was more than a million. Presently, around 1.2 million people follow his micro-blog.
The reason for such a large number of subscribers is the scandalous reputation of the actor. His last adventure was spending time in a hotel room with a prostitute.
Charlie Sheen, who's career was under threat because of alcohol and drug abuse, stated that all is not lost for him and plans to sue his main employer - television channel CBS. Charlie Sheen believes that CBS had unfairly stopped the shooting of the successful comedy series "Two and a Half Men", in which he played the lead role.
It became known last week that the shooting was stopped. As explained by CBS, the reason for stopping the shooting was because of the unacceptable remarks made by Sheen on an American radio programme against Chuck Lorre, creator of the show. Charlie Sheen, in particular, called Lorre a "clown" and "stupid" and also accused the producer of not appreciating his work. Following this, the management of CBS, at the end of January suspended the shooting of "Two and a Half Men". Later, CBS stopped the production of the sitcom because of Sheen's rehabilitation for alcoholism and drug abuse.
Meanwhile, Charlie Sheen does not find himself guilty. "Everybody thinks that I should, like, beg them to take me back to work. And I just warn you, that it is they, who will ask me to come back to work"- said the actor for channel NBC.
Charlie Sheen claims that, he never came on the sets in a drunken state or under the influence of drugs. According to the actor, he sometimes behaved strangely, but this was due to lack of proper sleep. Sheen also maintains that he never missed a day of shooting, admitting, however, that sometimes he does not come for rehearsals.
Apparently, the actor is quite confident that he is right. As Internet-tabloid TMZ informs, Sheen demands CBS pay him for the cancelled eight episodes of the current season (for each, he receives 2 million USD, being one of the most highly paid actors on television). If the creators of "Two and a Half Men" decide to resume the sitcom again, then have to pay 3 million USD per episode to Charlie Sheen and offer 20 million USD for signing the contract.
It is worth mentioning that Sheen's efforts have already begun to bear fruit. As it became known from AP, that CBS management has decided to pay the crew for the four un-shot episodes.
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Actor Charlie Sheen has been fired from his CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men." Ironically, the network didn't pull the plug because of the star's recent antics involving prostitutes, drugs and multiple hospital visits, or his advocacy of crack cocaine — it was an amazingly insane rant he delivered while speaking to conspiracy talk show host Alex Jones.
During his interview, Sheen claimed he'd cured himself of drug addiction by blinking, ranted about his magical fingers and called his show's creator a "charlatan".
