Full Name: Carlos Irwin Estévez (known professionally as Charlie Sheen); Profession: American film and television actor who became internationally famous for leading roles in major Hollywood movies and hit TV sitcoms; Nationality: American; Born: 3 September 1965; Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States, born in Manhattan to actor Martin Sheen (Ramón Estévez) and artist Janet Templeton; Generation: Generation X birth cohort (1965–1980), making him a classic Gen X public figure shaped by late-20th-century media culture; Chinese Zodiac: Wood Snake (Snake), as 1965 in the Chinese lunar calendar corresponds to the Snake year beginning February 2, 1965, giving him the reputed traits of a perceptive, strategic, and intellectually acute Wood Snake, Zodiac Sign: Virgo, with his Sun in Virgo according to both tropical zodiac and published birth charts for 3 September 1965 in New York City; Age in 2026: 61 years old on his birthday of September 3, 2026, calculated from his 1965 birth year and supported by biographical age references in 2025–2026 sources; Marital Status: Single as of the mid-2020s after three previous marriages—to Donna Peele (1995–1996), Denise Richards (married 2002, divorced 2006), and Brooke Mueller (married 2008, divorce finalized 2011)—with later interviews and profiles describing him as not currently married but open to future relationships; Children: father of five children—Cassandra Jade Estevez (with high‑school girlfriend Paula Profit), Sami Sheen and Lola Rose Sheen (with second wife Denise Richards), and twin sons Bob Sheen and Max Sheen (with third wife Brooke Mueller)—who together form a widely covered, multigenerational celebrity family often mentioned in media profiles and documentaries about his life; Description: Carlos Irwin Estévez, universally known by his stage name Charlie Sheen, is a New York–born American actor who emerged from a prominent Hollywood family to become one of the defining screen personalities of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, first gaining serious critical acclaim with major film roles such as the Vietnam War drama Platoon and the financial thriller Wall Street, then consolidating mass-market fame through popular comedies like Major League and Hot Shots! and ultimately achieving record-breaking television success as the wisecracking lead in the long-running CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men and later in the FX series Anger Management, all while his off-screen life—marked by high earnings, outspoken public performances, legal and health troubles, substance-abuse issues, controversial interviews, and eventual efforts toward sobriety and family stability—turned him into a complex cultural symbol of both the excesses and reinventions of modern celebrity, making his birthday a particularly notable date for entertainment-themed astrological and biographical features; Cause of Death: Not applicable—he remains alive as of 2026, with contemporary sources continuing to describe him in the present tense and reporting ongoing projects and family life rather than any obituary.