Ramon Estévez: Last News

Martin Sheen wishes he could go back in time and become famous by using his birth name instead of an Americanized moniker. The actor told Closer Weekly that he regrets not embracing Ramon Estévez while launching his career. The 1968 Hamlet star told the publication that he had difficulty convincing his dad about his acting aspirations.

Emilio Estevez said his father Martin Sheen once advised him not to make the same "mistake" he did, urging him to use his birth name for auditions.  "I thought using the name Sheen would help [with auditions]," Estevez told Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb on the "Today" show Tuesday.  "At the time, my dad said, ‘Don’t make the mistake that I did. Don’t change your name' because back in the day – 1958 — he changed his name from Ramón Estévez to Martin Sheen because, at the time, there was a lot of prejudice against people with the Hispanic name."  He said, in 1967, Sheen’s father, Estevez’s grandfather Francisco Estévez, went to see Sheen on Broadway in "The Subject Was Roses."  "He stood outside of the theater and looked up at the marquee, and my dad saw him shake his head in disappointment, and so he never got over that," the Breakfast Club" actor said. "And, so, I think when it was time for me to sort of start making those moves and start getting out and doing auditions, he said, 'Man, if I had one thing to do over, it was that I never would have changed my name.'" Sheen, who only adopted a stage name and never changed his legally, spoke about his "regret" last year.

magazine, the star is asked about his sons, Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estévez, getting into acting, which leads to him talking about changing his name from Ramón Estévez. Sheen says he was «so self-involved and trying to be a provider that I wasn’t aware of their inclination to being actors.» He adds that «the only influence I had on Emilio was to keep his name.»«When he started out, his agent was advising him to change his name to Sheen and he wouldn’t do it,» Sheen recalls. «And I thank God he didn’t.»The 81-year-old actor says changing his name, which he reportedly did because he felt it would earn him more acting roles, is «one of my regrets.»«I never changed my name officially. It’s still Ramón Estévez on my birth certificate.

Closer Weekly. “I never changed my name officially. It’s still Ramon Estévez on my birth certificate.

Gallery: ‘My life is fab. I don’t have people ringing me two times a minute. . . ' You won't (BANG Showbiz)Martin - whose children include fellow actors Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen, born Carlos Estevez - admitted he was delighted Emilio didn't change his surname to Sheen, despite advice from his agent.

Martin Sheen says he regrets adopting a stage name for show business.The 81-year-old actor, born Ramon Estévez, spoke with Closer Weekly Saturday about the career decision, saying, 'That's one of my regrets.'The Emmy-winning actor continued, 'I never changed my name officially. It's still Ramon Estévez on my birth certificate.

Martin Sheen is opening up about one of the biggest regrets of his career.