---
name: "Emilio Estevez"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emilio-estevez"
fi1m_id: "emilio-estevez"
imdb_id: "nm0000389"
tmdb_id: 2880
wikidata_id: "Q220918"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 May 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T20:04:20.009550+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Emilio Estevez

## Identity

Emilio Estevez

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emilio-estevez
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emilio-estevez
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000389
- **TMDB ID:** 2880
- **Wikidata ID:** Q220918
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Estevez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220918, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000389/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2880

Actor. Born 12 May 1962 in Staten Island, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 May 1962, Staten Island, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1984–1988
- **Also known as:**  Emilio Estévez
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 3 acting, 2 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 91 (1), 1980s 76 (3), 1990s 81 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 66 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 3 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Action 1, Drama 1, Romance 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $120m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Estevez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220918, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000389/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2880

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Breakfast Club*](https://film.one/film/the-breakfast-club.md) (75)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Stakeout*](https://film.one/film/stakeout.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Emilio Estevez

> We value Emilio Estevez's ability to steady a busy film without making a character easier to like. His underplaying in *Repo Man* gives its rude comedy someone worth following, and leaves the sourness intact.

In *Repo Man* (1984), Emilio Estevez plays Otto Maddox without making his punk attitude exhausting. The young repo man is worth following even when Estevez makes no effort to win our affection. Alex Cox leaves him space beside Stanton's cynicism, and Estevez does not try to compete by becoming louder or more demonstrative. We enjoyed their exchanges more than the conspiracy, because the everyday business of earning a living gives these performers sharper material.

The early ensemble roles are useful context: Two-Bit Matthews in *The Outsiders* (1983), then Andrew Clark in *The Breakfast Club* (1985). Estevez became associated with the Brat Pack, but that label tells us little about the lack of fuss we value in Otto. Billy the Kid in *Young Guns* (1988) and Gordon Bombay in *The Mighty Ducks* (1992) took him into Western and family-film leads. We would still send someone curious about his acting to Cox before treating those familiar roles as the whole account.

The reservation is that Estevez's steadiness cannot make every part of *Repo Man* equally interesting. When the science-fiction complications take priority, the film becomes less satisfying than the exchanges between its characters. Cox gets the balance between the performers right, but the plot sometimes draws attention away from what they do well. Estevez's contribution is substantial: a broader performance could have made the punk attitude tiresome amid all that competing activity. His quieter approach lets us stay interested in Otto without needing the film to explain why we should like him.

Writing and directing began alongside the acting, with *Wisdom* (1986), and became his main work after *The Mighty Ducks* series. The later films include the ensemble drama *Bobby* (2006), *The Way* (2010), starring Martin Sheen, and *The Public* (2018). His acting appearances became more occasional as directing took precedence. Start with *Repo Man* for the company, and accept that the conspiracy is sometimes a distraction.

## Biography

Emilio Estevez is an American actor and filmmaker. He made his film debut with an uncredited role in *Badlands* (1973) and received his first credited part in *Tex* (1982). He gained recognition with a supporting role in *The Outsiders* (1983) and starred as Otto Maddox in *Repo Man* (1984).

Estevez became associated with the Brat Pack of the 1980s through roles in *The Breakfast Club* (1985) and *St. Elmo's Fire* (1985). He is also known for *Maximum Overdrive* (1986), *Stakeout* (1987), *Young Guns* (1988), *The Mighty Ducks* (1992) and its sequels, and *Bobby* (2006), which he wrote and directed. He is the son of actor Martin Sheen and the older brother of Charlie Sheen.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these

- *Stakeout* (1987), Fi1m 70, as Det. Bill Reimers — [page](https://film.one/film/stakeout.md)
- *The Breakfast Club* (1985), Fi1m 75, as Andrew Clark — [page](https://film.one/film/the-breakfast-club.md)
- *Repo Man* (1984), Fi1m 83, as Otto Maddox — [page](https://film.one/film/repo-man.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Mission: Impossible* (1996), Fi1m 81, as Jack Harmon (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible.md)
- *Badlands* (1973), Fi1m 91, as Boy Under Lamppost (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/badlands.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Loneliest Boy in the World* (2022), Story, Executive Producer
- *The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers* (2021), series, as Gordon Bombay · Executive Producer
- *The Public* (2019), as Stuart · Producer, Writer, Director
- *Abominable Christmas* (2012), as Mr. Winterbottom(voice)
- *Dear Dracula* (2012), as Mirroe (voice)
- *The Way* (2010), as Daniel · Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Sincerely Yours* (2008), as Andrew Clark (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Arthur and the Invisibles* (2006), as Ferryman (voice)
- *Bobby* (2006), as Tim Fallon · Screenplay, Director
- *Close to Home* (2005), series, Director
- *The L.A. Riot Spectacular* (2005), as Officer Powell
- *Culture Clash in AmeriCCa Live!* (2005), Director
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, Director
- *CSI: NY* (2004), series, Director
- *Cold Case* (2003), series, Director
- *Two and a Half Men* (2003), series, as Andy — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md)
- *The Guardian* (2001), series, Director
- *Sand* (2000), as Trip
- *Rated X* (2000), as Jim Mitchell · Director
- *Late Last Night* (1999), as Dan
- *Dollar for the Dead* (1998), as Cowboy
- *The War at Home* (1996), as Jeremy Collier · Director, Producer
- *D3: The Mighty Ducks* (1996), as Gordon Bombay
- *Mission: Impossible* (1996), as Jack Harmon (uncredited) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible.md)
- *The Single Guy* (1995), series, as Emilio Estevez
- *The Jerky Boys* (1995), Executive Producer
- *D2: The Mighty Ducks* (1994), as Gordon Bombay
- *Judgment Night* (1993), as Francis "Frank" Wyatt
- *Another Stakeout* (1993), as Det. Bill Reimers
- *National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1* (1993), as Jack Colt
- *The Mighty Ducks* (1992), as Gordon Bombay
- *Freejack* (1992), as Alex Furlong
- *Men at Work* (1990), as James St. James · Screenplay, Director
- *Young Guns II* (1990), as William H. 'Billy the Kid' Bonney
- *Never on Tuesday* (1989), as Tow Truck Driver (uncredited)
- *Nightbreaker* (1989), as Dr. Alexander Brown - Past
- *Young Guns* (1988), as William H. Bonney
- *Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville* (1987), as Vietnam Soldier
- *Stakeout* (1987), as Det. Bill Reimers — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/stakeout.md)
- *Wisdom* (1986), as John Wisdom · Writer, Director
- *Maximum Overdrive* (1986), as Bill Robinson
- *That Was Then... This Is Now* (1985), as Mark Jennings · Screenplay
- *St. Elmo's Fire* (1985), as Kirby Keger
- *The Breakfast Club* (1985), as Andrew Clark — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-breakfast-club.md)
- *Repo Man* (1984), as Otto Maddox — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/repo-man.md)
- *Nightmares* (1983), as J.J. Cooney (segment "Bishop of Battle")
- *The Outsiders* (1983), as Two-Bit Matthews
- *To Climb a Mountain* (1982), Actor
- *Tex* (1982), as Johnny Collins
- *In the Custody of Strangers* (1982), as Danny Caldwell
- *Making the Grade* (1982), series, as Dwayne
- *Badlands* (1973), as Boy Under Lamppost (uncredited) — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/badlands.md)
- *Young Guns III*, as William · Director

## Gallery

- ![Emilio Estevez](https://film.one/media/person/118190/gallery-8ab4249f65de.jpg) Emilio Estevez — Sam, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Emilio_Estevez_and_Martin_Sheen_%28cropped_to_Emilio%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Emilio Estevez at the Venice Film Festival in 2006](https://film.one/media/person/118190/gallery-514de93b741f.jpg) Emilio Estevez at the Venice Film Festival in 2006 — Gabriele, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Emilio_Estevez_Venice_2006.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Emilio Estevez at the premiere of Bobby, Toronto Film Festival 2006 (2005)](https://film.one/media/person/118190/gallery-5ff73e44fc31.jpg) Emilio Estevez at the premiere of Bobby, Toronto Film Festival 2006 (2005) — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Emilio_Estevez_at_the_premiere_of_Bobby%2C_Toronto_Film_Festival_2006.jpg/1280px-Emilio_Estevez_at_the_premiere_of_Bobby%2C_Toronto_Film_Festival_2006.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Emilio Estevez, new mighty ducks series. (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/118190/gallery-14f44fa0cceb.jpg) Emilio Estevez, new mighty ducks series. (2020) — Franklymydearidontgiveadume, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Estevez%2BDucks%2B2020.jpg/1280px-Estevez%2BDucks%2B2020.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Emilio Estevez](https://film.one/media/person/118190/gallery-149db5638004.jpg) Emilio Estevez — Image via TMDB
- ![Emilio Estevez](https://film.one/media/person/118190/gallery-3721775a05ba.jpg) Emilio Estevez — Image via TMDB
- ![Martin Sheen, Norman Jewison and Emilio Estevez in a photo taken by Tom Sandler. (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/118190/gallery-8857865f884a.jpg) Martin Sheen, Norman Jewison and Emilio Estevez in a photo taken by Tom Sandler. (2008) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Martin_Sheen%2C_Norman_Jewison_and_Emilio_Estevez_in_a_photo_taken_by_Tom_Sandler._%2848198888451%29.jpg/1280px-Martin_Sheen%2C_Norman_Jewison_and_Emilio_Estevez_in_a_photo_taken_by_Tom_Sandler._%2848198888451%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Emilio Estevez at the premiere of The Public, 2018 Toronto Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/118190/gallery-71e4a2c402cf.jpg) Emilio Estevez at the premiere of The Public, 2018 Toronto Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Public_07_%2844939029361%29.jpg/1280px-Public_07_%2844939029361%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor 1987: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor (nominated), for *Maximum Overdrive*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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