Emilio Estevez is an American actor and filmmaker.
32 Facts About Emilio Estevez
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Emilio Estevez is the son of actor Martin Sheen and the older brother of Charlie Sheen.
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Emilio Estevez is notable for starring in The Outsiders, The Breakfast Club, and Wisdom.
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Emilio Estevez is known for appearing in Men at Work, Freejack, Loaded Weapon 1, Mission: Impossible, Rated X, and Bobby.
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Emilio Estevez starred in two film franchises: Young Guns and its 1990 sequel, and The Mighty Ducks.
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Emilio Estevez was born in the Bronx, the oldest child of artist Janet Sheen and actor Martin Sheen.
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Emilio Estevez initially attended school in the New York City public school system but transferred to a private academy once his father's career took off.
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Emilio Estevez lived on Manhattan's Upper West Side until his family moved west in 1968 when his father was cast in Catch-22.
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When Emilio Estevez was 11 years old, his father bought the family a portable movie camera.
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Emilio Estevez appeared in Meet Mr Bomb, a short anti-nuclear power film produced at his high school.
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Emilio Estevez was 14 when he accompanied his father to the Philippines, where Sheen was shooting Apocalypse Now.
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Emilio Estevez had a role as an extra in Apocalypse Now, but his scenes were deleted.
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Later, father and son worked together in the 1982 ABC-TV film about juveniles in jail, In the Custody of Strangers, in which Emilio Estevez did the casting.
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Emilio Estevez received much attention during the 1980s for being a member of the Brat Pack and was credited as the leader of the group of young actors.
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Emilio Estevez bought the movie rights to a third Hinton book, That Was Then, This Is Now, and wrote the screenplay.
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Emilio Estevez was originally cast in Platoon to be Private Chris Taylor but was forced to drop out after production was delayed for two years; the role eventually went to his younger brother Charlie Sheen.
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Emilio Estevez starred in the 1996 The War at Home in which he played a Vietnam War veteran dealing with posttraumatic stress disorder, while Martin Sheen played his unsympathetic father.
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Emilio Estevez appeared in an uncredited role in the feature film Mission: Impossible.
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Emilio Estevez reprised his role as Coach Gordon Bombay in the 2021 Disney+ TV series, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers.
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Emilio Estevez made his directorial debut with the 1986 film Wisdom, which made Estevez the youngest person to ever write, direct, and star in, a single major motion picture.
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Emilio Estevez directed the 2006 film Bobby, which took over six years to write.
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Emilio Estevez won a Hollywood Film Award and received a seven-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival.
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In 2010 Emilio Estevez filmed a new project, The Way, in Spain where he directed his father in a story about a man who decides to make the Camino de Santiago after the death of his son in the French Pyrenees.
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In 2018, Emilio Estevez released another feature film, The Public, starring Alec Baldwin, Christian Slater, Jena Malone and Emilio Estevez himself.
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Emilio Estevez wrote, directed and played in The Public that world premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.
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Emilio Estevez appeared in John Parr's "St Elmo's Fire " music video, from the soundtrack of his film with the same name, where he played Kirby Keger.
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Emilio Estevez appeared in Bon Jovi's music video "Blaze of Glory" as Billy the Kid.
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In 2000, Emilio Estevez made an appearance in another Bon Jovi video, "Say It Isn't So," along with Matt LeBlanc, Claudia Schiffer, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Emilio Estevez was involved off and on with Carey Salley, a Wilhelmina model.
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Emilio Estevez acknowledged paternity of Salley's children on June 1,1987.
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Emilio Estevez has stated that his religion is a "work in progress".
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Emilio Estevez revealed on his official Twitter that he is a supporter of Ipswich Town Football Club.