Sean Penn
Biography
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 accoladesinclude two 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 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), Daddio(2023), and One Battle After Another (2025).
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.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1960-08-17
Place of birth
Santa Monica, California, USA
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Cast
The Interpreter
2005
6.31
Mystic River
2003
7.74
21 Grams
2003
7.33
Dogtown and Z-Boys
2002
7.03
Milk
2008
7.22
Casualties of War
1989
7.10
U Turn
1997
6.62
Dead Man Walking
1995
7.32
Licorice Pizza
2021
7.00
State of Grace
1990
6.93
All the King's Men
2006
5.77
Taps
1981
6.76
Colors
1988
6.50
The Game
1997
7.57
I Am Sam
2001
7.56
Before Night Falls
2000
6.62
We're No Angels
1989
6.17
Haiti Untold
2012
0.00
I'm Still Here
2010
5.96
Carlito's Way
1993
7.83
Sweet Micky for President
2015
6.80
Hurlyburly
1998
5.50
The Thin Red Line
1998
7.45
What Just Happened
2008
5.43
The Tree of Life
2011
6.73
Hugo Pool
1997
5.04
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
7.20
It's All About Love
2003
5.44
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985
6.42
The People Speak
2009
7.20
Sweet and Lowdown
1999
6.77
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
6.80
The Weight of Water
2001
5.47
21 Grams: In Fragments
2004
0.00
Bad Boys
1983
6.96
At Close Range
1986
6.80
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
6.30
Beaver Trilogy
2000
6.80
Fair Game
2010
6.45
She's So Lovely
1997
5.90
Racing with the Moon
1984
6.20
Up at the Villa
2000
5.23
Judgment in Berlin
1988
5.40
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
6.85
Gangster Squad
2013
6.38
This Must Be the Place
2011
6.98
Animals in War
2025
8.00
Loved
1997
4.24
Shanghai Surprise
1986
4.30
Crackers
1984
4.50
Superpower
2023
5.50
The Killing of Randy Webster
1981
5.80
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013
7.21
Gonzo Girl
2023
1.25
Summerspell
1983
8.00
Cruise Control
1992
2.00
The Human Experiment
2013
6.50
The Gunman
2015
5.80
One Battle After Another
2025
7.43
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
2003
5.00
The Last Party
1993
4.88
The Beaver Kid 2
1981
4.30
Inside Björk
2003
8.60
The Angry Birds Movie
2016
6.25
Risky Business
1983
6.59
BRATS
2024
5.91
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
4.34
Bukowski: Born Into This
2003
6.68
The Professor and the Madman
2019
7.13
Sound of Sun
2017
7.50
Brando
2007
6.80
This So-Called Disaster
2003
4.60
Being John Malkovich
1999
7.41
Hellinger's Law
1981
7.50
Cool Blue
1990
4.40
Americans
2012
4.00
Witch Hunt
2008
7.00
A Constant Forge
2000
6.61
Mad Hannans
2017
0.00
Deflating the Elephant
2009
0.00
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
2015
7.40
Madonna: The Name of the Game
1993
0.00
Flag Day
2021
5.77
Citizen Penn
2020
0.00
Asphalt City
2024
6.17
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008
0.00
Daddio
2024
6.33
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2011
6.60
In Thanks We Trust
2025
0.00
War Made Easy
2007
7.19