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Charlie Sheen
United States
Charlie Sheen, born Carlos Irwin Estevez in 1965, made his breakthrough as a soldier in Oliver Stone's 1986 film Platoon. He then starred as Charlie Harper on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men from 2003 to 2011, at one point earning $2 million per episode. His personal struggles with addiction and legal troubles frequently made headlines, culminating in his 2011 firing from the show.