Editing Emilio Estevez (section)

==Early life==
Estevez was born in Staten Island, the eldest child of artist [[Janet Sheen]] and actor [[Martin Sheen]] (legally Ramón Estévez). His siblings are [[Ramon Estevez]], [[Charlie Sheen]] (born Carlos Estévez), and [[Renée Estevez]]. Estevez's paternal grandparents were [[Irish Americans|Irish]] and [[Spanish Americans|Spanish]] immigrants. His father is a "devout [[Roman Catholic church|Catholic]]" and his mother is a "strict [[Southern Baptist]]".<ref name="talk of faith">{{cite news| url= http://www.ncregister.com/blog/tim-drake/emilio-estevez-and-martin-sheen-talk-of-faith | title= Emilio Estévez and Martin Sheen Talk of Faith | first= Tim| last= Drake | date= September 14, 2011 | publisher= National Catholic Register | website= NCRegister.com |access-date= June 5, 2015}}</ref>

Estevez initially attended school in the New York City public school system but transferred to a private academy once his father's career took off. He lived on Manhattan's [[Upper West Side]] until his family moved west in 1968 when his father was cast in ''[[Catch-22 (film)|Catch-22]]''. Growing up in [[Malibu, California]], Estevez attended [[Santa Monica High School]].

When Estevez was 11 years old, his father bought the family a portable movie camera.<ref name="aimster"/> Estevez also appeared in ''Meet Mr. Bomb'', a short anti-nuclear power film produced at his high school.<ref>[http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Emilio_Estevez/193264 Emilio Estevez] at Hollywood.com</ref> Estevez was 14 when he accompanied his father to the Philippines, where Sheen was shooting ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''.<ref name="aimster"/> Estevez had a role as an extra in ''Apocalypse Now'', but his scenes were deleted.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{IMDb name|389|section=bio}}</ref>

When they returned to Los Angeles, Estevez co-wrote and starred in a high school play about [[Vietnam veteran]]s called ''Echoes of an Era'' and invited his parents to watch it. Sheen recalls being astonished by his son's performance, and "began to realize: my God, he's one of us."<ref name="T"/> After graduating from Santa Monica High School in 1980, he refused to go to college and instead went into acting.<ref name="aimster"/> Unlike his brother Charlie, Estevez and his other siblings did not adopt their father's stage name. Emilio reportedly liked the [[assonance|alliteration]] of the double 'E' initials,<ref name="LM">{{cite web| url=http://www.latina.com/entertainment/buzz/true-identity-charlie-sheen-tracing-roots-estevez-family|title=The True Identity of Charlie Sheen: Tracing The Roots of The Estevez Family|last=Ramirez|first=Erika|date=February 28, 2011|publisher=[[Latina magazine]]|access-date=February 28, 2011}}</ref> and "didn't want to ride into the business as 'Martin Sheen's son'."<ref name="aimster">{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20084379,00.html|title=Emilio Estevez acts up, and no one's prouder than his father, Martin Sheen|last=Buchalter|first=Gail|date=February 28, 1983|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|publisher=Time Inc.|access-date=March 26, 2011|archive-date=March 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110331025613/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20084379,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Upon his brother's using his birth name Carlos Estevez for the film ''[[Machete Kills]]'', Estevez mentioned that he was proud of his Spanish heritage and was glad that he never adopted a stage name, taking advice from his father who regretted adopting the name Martin Sheen as opposed to using his birth name, Ramón Estévez.<ref name="Machete Kills">[http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/05/showbiz/charlie-sheen-now-carlos-estevez Adios Charlie Sheen, hello Carlos Estevez], [[CNN]].com, June 6, 2013.</ref>