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Charlie Sheen Documentary Hits No. 1 on Netflix in Germany as Memoir Push Intensifies

The actor pairs a two-part Netflix film with a new autobiography to present a sober reappraisal of his rise, collapse, recovery.

Overview

  • Since its Sept. 10 debut, ‘aka Charlie Sheen’ has reached the top of Netflix’s film chart in Germany, overtaking ‘The Thursday Murder Club.’
  • The documentary features Sheen’s candid reflections on addiction, his HIV diagnosis and career turmoil, with on-camera accounts from Denise Richards, Brooke Mueller and Jon Cryer.
  • Sheen attributes his sobriety to a December 2017 wake-up moment involving daughter Sami, a decision he says he has maintained ever since.
  • He told Page Six he has been sexually abstinent since 2017, a choice he frames as part of a broader lifestyle reset highlighted in the releases.
  • Promotion for ‘The Book of Sheen’ included a Los Angeles premiere with Denise Richards and a bookstore event where he told Bild he might return to film but does not view sitcoms as serious acting.