Joseph Estévez (born February 13, 1946) is an American actor and director. He is the younger brother of actor

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and the uncle of

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Charlie Sheen Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965), known professionally as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. He has appeared in films such as ''Platoon'' (1986), ''Wall Street'' (1987), '' Young Guns'' (1988), '' The Rookie'' (1990), '' The Th ...

Renée Estevez Renée Pilar Estevez (born April 2, 1967) is an American former actress and screenwriter. Early years Estevez was born in New York City, the youngest child and only daughter of artist Janet (née Templeton) and actor Martin Sheen (legally Ramón ...

, and Ramon Estevez.

Life and career

Early life

Estevez was born in Dayton, Ohio to a Catholic, Galician (Spanish) father, Francisco Estévez (1898–1974), and an Irish mother, Mary Anne (

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Phelan) (1903–1951). He is one of ten children—nine boys and one girl. As a child, he lived in the

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neighborhood of Dayton. He attended Chaminade-Julienne High School, a Catholic High School located in Dayton. Upon his graduation, he enlisted and served in the

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Career

After serving in the United States Navy, Estevez began pursuing an acting career starting in the early 1970s. He initially used his mother's maiden name, Phelan, before using his surname, Estevez. Throughout his career, Estevez has appeared in numerous film and television roles in lead, supporting, and minor parts playing protagonists and antagonists, and he frequently appears in moderate and low-budget independent features and

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. In addition, he has worked as a

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artist and performs in stage productions. He has expressed in an interview that he wants to make movies that make a difference. Estevez stood in for his brother in a number of long shots and in some of the voice-overs for ''

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'' (1979), as Martin Sheen was recovering from his heart attack. In 1992, he acted in ''Armed for Action'' and ''Blood on the Badge''. He plays a villain, Cyrus, in the film '' Doonby'' (2012), which features former ''

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'' star John Schneider as a mysterious stranger who comes into a small town and falls in love with the spoiled daughter of Estevez's character, the local doctor. He also co-stars with

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in the feature '' Not Another B Movie'' (2011) released by Troma Entertainment. Estevez has recently worked with alternative-comedians Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington on various projects including '' On Cinema'', ''The Tim Heidecker Murder Trial'' and as President Jason Davidson (and President Davidson Jr.) on the

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series '' Decker''. In all his collaborations, Estevez either plays a fictionalized version of himself or a character being portrayed by a fictionalized version of Joe Estevez.

Personal life

Joe Estevez is the youngest sibling of

and sounds very similar to him, a fact he took advantage of when he did a voice-over for a National Shooting Sports Foundation pro-gunmaker commercial in 2000; at the time, his brother was famous for playing a President of the United States on the television series ''

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''. Sheen starred in a pro-

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commercial that same year.Leah Garchik
I'm Not a President But I Play One
''San Francisco Chronicle'', October 10, 2000, accessed January 17, 2013. Estevez also recorded the voiceover for his brother's role as Captain Willard in ''

'' after Sheen's health issues on set prevented him from doing so.

Selected filmography

References

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