Early life
Emilio was born in Staten Island, New York, the eldest child of actor Martin Sheen and artist Janet Templeton. His siblings are Ramón Estévez, Charlie Sheen (born Carlos Estévez), and Renée Estévez. Unlike his brother Charlie, Emilio and his other siblings did not adopt their father's stage name. Estévez initially attended school in the New York public school system but transferred to a prestigious private academy once his father's career took off. He lived on Manhattan's Upper West Side until his family relocated to Malibu in 1968. When Estevez was 11 years old, his father bought the family a portable movie camera. Emilio attended Santa Monica High School and graduated in 1980. Estevez, his brother Charlie, and their high school friends, Sean and Chris Penn, and Chad and Rob Lowe used the camera to make short films, which Estevez would often write.
