Joe Estevez

Joseph Estévez, sometimes credited as Joe Phelan, is an American actor and director. He is the younger brother of actor Martin Sheen and the uncle of Emilio Estévez, Charlie Sheen, Renée Estévez, and Ramón Estévez.

Early life

Estevez was born in Dayton, Ohio to a Catholic, Galician father, Francisco Estévez Martínez, and an Irish mother, Mary Anne. He is one of ten children—nine boys and one girl.
As a child, he lived in the South Park 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 United States Navy.

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 B-movies. In addition, he has worked as a voice-over 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 Apocalypse Now, 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, which features former The Dukes of Hazzard 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 David Faustino in the feature Not Another B Movie released by Troma Entertainment.

On Cinema

Since 2013, Estevez has 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 on the Adult Swim 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

Estevez is the youngest sibling of Martin Sheen and sounds very similar to him, a fact he took advantage of when he performed 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 The West Wing. Sheen starred in a pro-gun control commercial that same year. Estevez also recorded the voiceover for his brother's role as Captain Willard in Apocalypse Now after Sheen's health issues on set prevented him from doing so.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd	E.W. Floyd	Television movie Credited as Joseph Estevez
1974	The California Kid	Don McCord	Television movie
1975	The Hatfields and the McCoys	Troy Hatfield	Television movie
1979	Eischied	Roth	1 episode Credited as Joseph Sheen
1981	The Brady Brides	Fireman	1 episode Credited as Joseph Sheen
1981	CHiPs	Mel	1 episode Credited as Joseph Sheen
1982	The First Time	Sailor	Television movie Credited as Joseph Phelan
1982	Bring' Em Back Alive	Kassle	1 episode Credited as Joseph Phelan
1983	The Invisible Woman	Police Officer #2	Television movie Credited as Joseph Phelan
1984	I Married a Centerfold	Reporter #2	Television movie Credited as Joseph Phelan
1984	Whiz Kids	D.A Meeks	1 episode Credited as Joseph Phelan
1985	The Fourth Wise Man	Townsperson	Television movie Credited as Joseph Phelan
1986	Starman	West	1 episode
1987	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Coach	1 episode Credited as Joseph Phelan
1990	Murder in Law	Bill	Television movie
1992	Psychic Detectives	Professor Halifax	Television movie
1996	Lethal Orbit	NSC Chairman	Television movie
1996	Backroads to Vegas	Ambrose's Father	Television movie
1998	Winner Takes All	Richard	Television movie
2000	Stolen from the Heart	Phil	Television movie
2000	Movie Stars	Joe Estevez	1 episode
2001	Black Scorpion	Butcherville	1 episode
2002	Jumping For Joy	Coach Layden	Television movie
2013	Brodowski & Company	Mr. Brodowski	Television movie
2013	Eagleheart	Himself	1 episode
2013–present	On Cinema	Joe Estevez	Adultswim.com, then later independent series
2014–present	Decker	President Jason Davidson/President Jason Davidson Jr.	Adultswim.com and Adult Swim series
2016	Day 5	Alonzo Alvarez	Rooster Teeth Web series
2017	Wrecked	Jerry	1 episode