The Role: Timmy Cleary

Why It’s The Best: Sheen turns in a dazzling performance alongside the Oscar-winning Jack Albertson in this adaptation of the Pulitzer-winning play of the same name. He plays Timmy, a young man who returns from WW2 to find his apparently happy home life coming apart at the seams. Reprising the role he had played on stage to widespread critical acclaim, Sheen is right at home as the son caught between his feuding parents.

Iconic Moment: The crucial moment of realisation when it dawns on Timmy that he is to blame for the rift between his folks.

Sheen Says: “We’re all struggling with this basic need to know our worth. Love is so scarce, and this story focuses on that. If you don’t leave home with the true sanctity of being, you won’t see that sanctity in anyone else.”