Emilio Estevez is an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer. The son of the popular actor Martin Sheen and brother Charlie Sheen. Most known to the general public for his roles in the films “Lights of St. Elmo”, “Club“ Breakfast ”,“ Young Arrows ”and the series of films“ The Mighty Ducklings ”. Since the late nineties he began to act less often, devoted himself to the career of director and screenwriter.
Childhood and youth
Emilio Estevez was born May 12, 1962 in Staten Island, New York. Father - the famous actor Martin Sheen, known for the main role in the film "Apocalypse Today" and the series "The West Wing", his real name is Ramon Estevez. Emilio's younger brother, Carlos Estevez, decided to take a pseudonym following the example of his father and became known as Charlie Sheen.
In childhood, he often moved with his family, grew up in Manhattan and in California. At the age of eleven, Emilio received a portable video camera as a gift and began making amateur films. As a child, he was friends with Sean and Chris Penn and Rob Lowe, well-known actors in the future, together they wrote and directed amateur short films. Also in school years, Emilio Estevez wrote and staged plays in the school theater, he also played the main roles in the performances.
Carier start
The first experience of shooting a movie for Esteves was the work in the crowd in the film "Apocalypse today" at the age of fourteen, but the material with his participation was cut from the final version of the picture.
After graduating from high school in 1980, Emilio decided not to continue his studies and devote himself to an acting career. In 1982, he played with his father in the television movie Under the Tutelage of Aliens.
The most notable works
In the early eighties, Emilio Estevez was a member and leader of the group of young actors "Brat Pack", which also included Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall, Demi Moore and others. Together they appeared in many successful projects.
A breakthrough in the filmography of Emilio Estevez was the role in the youth drama Francis Ford Coppola's "Outcasts". The picture proved to be excellent at the box office and received positive reviews from critics.
A year later, Emilio starred in the science fiction film Confiscator, which was also praised by critics and soon gained cult status. In 1985, the actor appeared in two successful films at once: he played the main roles in the youth comedy "Club" Breakfast "" and the romantic drama "Lights of Saint Elm". Both films became hits of hire and received cult status.
The following year, Emilio Estevez played a major role in the drama "It was then ... It is and now," he also wrote the script for the film. The project performed well at the box office, but received negative reviews from critics. Also, the actor played the main role in the scary horror film "Maximum Acceleration", the picture failed at the box office, and Estevez received a nomination for the Golden Raspberry Award.
Initially, the actor was supposed to play a major role in Oliver Stone's film "Platoon", but the production dragged on for almost two years, and he left the project. The director replaced Emilio with his younger brother Charlie Sheen.
Emilio Estevez appeared in 1987 in the police comedy "Tracking", which became a hit of hire, and a year later he played a major role in the Western "Young Arrows", which managed to collect more than forty million dollars. In 1990, the sequel to the picture was released, which was able to repeat the financial success of its predecessor.
In 1992, the family-run sports comedy "The Mighty Ducks" was released, the main role was played by Emilio Estevez. The film proved to be excellent at the box office, in subsequent years, the actor appeared in two sequels of the picture.
In subsequent years, projects with the participation of the actor were not so successful. The film "Surveillance-2: Again in an ambush" failed at the box office and received negative reviews from critics, the same fate befell the thriller "Doomsday."
In 1996, Emilio Estevez appeared in a small role in the blockbuster Mission Impossible. In subsequent years, he began to appear less and less on the screen and focused on the career of the director.
Director's career
Emilio Estevez's debut in directing was the crime drama Widd (1986). He became the youngest person to ever appear on the same project at the same time as a director, screenwriter and lead actor. The picture received negative reviews from critics and showed itself poorly at the box office.
Four years later, Emilio directed the black comedy Men at Work, starring himself and his brother Charlie. The picture showed itself well at the box office, but received not too flattering reviews from critics. In 1996, Estevez’s next project, the war drama War in the House, received a warmer press welcome, but raised around forty thousand dollars at the box office.
For six years, Emilio Estevez wrote the script for the film "Bobby", the picture was released in 2006 and was well received by critics. Four years later, the director’s next project, the drama The Way, was released, and she also received a warm welcome from journalists and viewers.
In 2018, the festival premiere of the new film director, the drama "Public Library". The picture has not yet reached wide rental.
Other jobs
Emilio Estevez starred in several music videos, he first appeared in a video for a song from the official soundtrack of "Lights of St. Elmo." After he starred in several videos of John Bon Jovi, who is a friend of the actor.
Personal life
In the eighties, the personal life of the actor was the subject of close attention of the press, photos of Emilio Estevez constantly appeared on the covers of glossy magazines. For some time he was engaged to actress Demi Moore, also met with actress Mimi Rogers, and later was the best man at her wedding with Tom Cruise.
Was in a relationship with model Carey Sally, the couple has two children, a son and a daughter. From 1992 to 1994, he was married to singer Paul Abdul. After the divorce, he never married again. Today, Emilio does not lead a very public life, he recently sold a house in Los Angeles and moved to Ohio.