Martin Sheen, “The West Wing”'s President Bartlet, meets President Biden at the White House

Cue the rousing theme song for the Emmy-winning drama.

Martin Sheen, who played the beloved President Bartlet on critically acclaimed TV drama The West Wing from 1999 to 2006, visited the real-life White House yesterday to meet President Joe Biden.

They met outside in a brief encounter that, according to Axios, led to "D.C. nerds... losing their minds."

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Sheen starred as the always intellectual and (usually) compassionate Bartlet on all seven seasons of the Emmy-winning series. He alone was nominated six times for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for playing the former governor of New Hampshire who went on to serve two terms as president, with a staff that included C.J. Cregg (Allison Janney), Josh Lymon (Bradley Whitford), Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff), Leo McGarry (the late John Spencer), Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe), Donna Moss (Janel Maloney), and Charlie Young (Dulé Hill).

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Along with Sheen, Mary McCormack, who played Deputy National Security Advisor Kate Harper, and Melissa Fitzgerald, who portrayed C.J. Cregg's aide Carol, made a stop at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The actors, plus Schiff, are scheduled to appear at the official release party for a new book on the show.

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Authored by McCormack and Fitzgerald, What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service, is billed as a "behind-the-scenes look into the creation and legacy" of the show. Creator and writer Aron Sorkin wrote the forward, while the introduction is penned by Janney.

Biden has met with actors who've portrayed presidents before. In March, he had an online conversation with several of them ahead of his State of the Union speech. Geena Davis (Commander in Chief), Michael Douglas (The American President), Morgan Freeman (Deep Impact), Tony Goldwyn (Scandal), and Bill Pullman (Independence Day) jokingly offered him advice.

Entertainment Weekly has reached to Sheen's reps for comment.

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