Born as Carlos
Irwin Estévez before changing his name to Charlie Sheen. Charlie is the youngest son to actor Martin
Sheen and artist Janet Templeton.
Sheen's brother, Emilio Estevez was also a famous actor in the 80's and
90's. Charlie gained great success and
fame as he starred in Platoon in 1986.
Platoon is a movie directed by the infamous director- Oliver Stone and
starred Tom Berenger,
Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen.
Platoon was the first of trilogy of warm film ( Vietnam).
Sheen than went onto Wall Street in 1987
also directed by Oliver Stone, Young Guns, Major League and Hot
Shots!.
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| Charlie Sheen and Oliver Stone on the sets of Wall Street |
Sheen was carving a name
for himself in drama and comedy. In the times of Michael J. Fox and Tom
Cruise, Sheen wasn't too far back as being a heartthrob actor. He's buddies in
high school were Rob Lowe and Sean Penn.
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| Robert Downey Jr, Charlie Sheen, Rob Lowe |
As per Sheen, it was during the filming of Wall Street, that
he started to enjoy the party life with a close association to high end call
girls and illegal drugs.
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| Charlie Sheen and Johnny Depp |
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Charlie Sheen, Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise
Sheen went through a list of movies that bombed and his career
took a huge noise dive until an opening for replace of Michael J Fox came up on
the hit show "Spin City" The series ended in 2002.
 In 2003, Sheen was hired to star in CBS sitcom 2 and Half Men. The show was a hit and made Sheen the highest paid actor on TV as he earned 1.8 million per episode. Yet with the string of failed marriages and divorces, Sheen's personal life was unstable as usual. In 2011, Sheen was fired from the show due to his personal life in the media and Sheen took a fighting stance against the producer, Chuck Lorre and Warner Bros. Sheen was replaced by Ashton Kutcher and that was the end of that.  In 2012, Sheen returned to T.V. with the sitcom Anger Managment for which lasted 2 years. n November 17, 2015, Sheen publicly revealed that he was HIV positive, having been diagnosed roughly four years earlier.In an interview, he referred to the phrase HIV as "three hard letters to absorb". He manages his condition with a triple cocktail of antiretroviral drugs, and said that it was impossible that he could have infected any of his partners. 
How does this affect Charlie's acting career? As of now, there's no upcoming projects on IMDB. Nor as any major movie studio confirmed discussions, yet Sheen did mention that he and SONY were in the midst of taking about a sitcom.
This can go in many ways
1. Sheen let's the noise die out, and find a 3rd come back with major network sitcom. The HIV element can help fans feel sorry for him as that can help viewership.
2. Sheen goes down faster than we expected. The long lines of people with lawsuits, studios backing off due to the history of Sheen with CBS.
Either way, we wish Sheen the best of luck!
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