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Sean Penn

Sean Penn

Acting · Production · Directing · Art · Crew · Writing

Born August 17, 1960, Santa Monica, California, USA

Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his intense leading man roles in film. His accolades include three Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for three British Academy Film Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Grammy Award. He received the Honorary César in 2015 and the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2022. Penn made his feature film debut in the drama Taps (1981), before taking roles in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Bad Boys (1983), and At Close Range (1986). He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for playing a grieving father in Mystic River (2003) and the gay rights activist Harvey Milk in Milk (2008). He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing the ruthless military officer Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw in One Battle After Another (2025). He was Oscar-nominated for Dead Man Walking (1995), Sweet and Lowdown (1999), and I Am Sam (2001). He also acted in Casualties of War (1989), State of Grace (1990), Carlito's Way (1993), The Game(1997), The Thin Red Line (1998), Hurlyburly (1998), 21 Grams (2003), Fair Game (2010), The Tree of Life (2011), Licorice Pizza (2021) and Daddio (2023). Penn made his directorial film debut with the crime drama The Indian Runner (1991), followed by The Crossing Guard (1995), The Pledge (2001), and Into the Wild (2007). On stage, he acted in the Broadway plays Heartland (1981) and Slab Boys (1983). On television, he portrayed an astronaut in the Hulu drama series The First (2018) and John N. Mitchell in the Starz political thriller miniseries Gaslit (2022). Penn has also engaged in political and social activism, including his criticism of the George W. Bush administration, his contact with the presidents of Cuba and Venezuela, his humanitarian work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and his support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amidst the Russian-Ukrainian war. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Penn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (62)
  • 2026Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another — Self
  • 2026Red Rue Express — himself
  • 2026Samuel Bayer Beyond the Frame — Self
  • Everybody's Live with John Mulaney — Self - Actor and Founder of CORE
  • 2025In Thanks We Trust — Self
  • Variety & CNN Actors on Actors — Self
  • aka Charlie Sheen — Self
  • 2024BRATS — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 2024Becoming Madonna — Self (archive footage)
  • 2024Sean Penn, l'enfant terrible de l'Amérique — Self
  • 2021Val — Self (archive)
  • 2020Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity — Self
  • 2020Citizen Penn — Self
  • Lights Out with David Spade — Self
  • Firing Line with Margaret Hoover — Self
  • 2016El Chapo & Sean Penn: Bungle in the Jungle — Self
  • 2015Beaver Trilogy Part IV — Self (archive footage)
  • 2015Sweet Micky for President — Self
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
  • 2014Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey — Self
  • 2014Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story — Self
  • 2014The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles — Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
  • 2011Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune — Self
  • 2011Woody Allen: A Documentary — Self
  • 2009The People Speak — Self
  • Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis — Self
  • 2008VH1 Rock Honors: The Who — Self
  • 2008Witch Hunt — Self (Narrator)
  • 2007Brando — Self
  • Brando: The Documentary — Self
  • The Graham Norton Show — Self
  • 2006Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride — Self
  • When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts — Self
  • Iconoclasts — Self
  • The Reichen Show — Self
  • 200421 Grams: In Fragments — Self
  • 2004Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments — Self
  • 2004Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 2004Mystic River: Beneath the Surface — Self
  • 2004The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing — Self
  • 2003Bukowski: Born Into This — Self
  • Celebrities Uncensored — Self
  • 2003Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) — Self
  • 2003Inside Björk — Self
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
  • 2003Mystic River: From Page to Screen — Self
  • Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
  • 2002Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick — Self
  • 2002Searching for Debra Winger — Self (uncredited)
  • 2000A Constant Forge — Self
  • The Early Show — Self
  • Where Are They Now? — Self
  • The View — Self
  • Inside the Actors Studio — Self
  • 1994Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame — Self
  • 1993Madonna: The Name of the Game — Self
  • 1993The Last Party — Self
  • Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self (uncredited)
  • aspekte — Self
  • The Oscars — Self
  • Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee
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