Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), better known by his stage name, Martin Sheen, is an American actor who first became known for his roles in the films, The Subject Was Roses (1968) and Badlands (1973), and later achieved wide recognition for his leading role in Apocalypse Now (1979). Other notable films in Sheen's career include Gandhi (1982), Gettysburg (1993), The Departed (2006), and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).