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12-07-02 news
Martin puts a Sheen on US President...

The son of a Irish mother with IRA connections has become the highest paid US President in history.

Well, TV President... Martin Sheen's show The West Wing is reportedly to earn him more than $2 million for the next series of the White House drama.

The 61-year-old, whose mother fled to the US from Ireland has tripled his salary following his continued success in the role of fictional US President Jed Bartlet.

His deal with US network NBC also includes guaranteed days off every week during filming, an office suite on set and a role for his daughter Renee, according to the New York Post.

The West Wing has picked up a string of awards since it was first screened in 1999. And during the 2000 presidential elections opinion polls regularly showed that, given the choice, Americans would vote for Bartlet ahead of Bush or Al Gore.

A special version of the show about a terror alert at the White House screened weeks after September 11 attracted 25 million viewers in the US.

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