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Sean Penn

Acting
Known For

65 Years Old

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Penn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Santa Monica, California, USA on 17th August 1960

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Family Guy Image
Family Guy
Sean Penn (voice)
Friends Image
Friends
Eric
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Image
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Two and a Half Men Image
Two and a Half Men
Sean Penn
One Battle After Another Image
One Battle After Another
Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Image
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Graham Norton Show Image
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Saturday Night Live Image
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live Image
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Golden Globe Awards Image
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards Image
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Curb Your Enthusiasm Image
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Sean Penn
Real Time with Bill Maher Image
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
The View Image
The View
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Image
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Image
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Little House on the Prairie Image
Little House on the Prairie
The Oscars Image
The Oscars
Self
The Reichen Show Image
The Reichen Show
Self
The Larry Sanders Show Image
The Larry Sanders Show
Sean Penn
U Turn Image
U Turn
Bobby Cooper
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Image
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Sean O'Connell
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis Image
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Self
The Angry Birds Movie Image
The Angry Birds Movie
Terence (voice)
The Game Image
The Game
Conrad Van Orton
Where Are They Now? Image
Where Are They Now?
Self
Mystic River Image
Mystic River
Jimmy Markum
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aspekte
Self
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney Image
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Self - Actor and Founder of CORE
Lights Out with David Spade Image
Lights Out with David Spade
Self
Gaslit Image
Gaslit
John Mitchell
Up at the Villa Image
Up at the Villa
Rowley Flint
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Image
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
I Am Sam Image
I Am Sam
Sam Dawson
Carlito's Way Image
Carlito's Way
David Kleinfeld
The Thin Red Line Image
The Thin Red Line
1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
Sweet and Lowdown Image
Sweet and Lowdown
Emmet Ray
Being John Malkovich Image
Being John Malkovich
Sean Penn (uncredited)
Bad Boys Image
Bad Boys
Mick O'Brien
State of Grace Image
State of Grace
Terry
Licorice Pizza Image
Licorice Pizza
Jack Holden
Asphalt City Image
Asphalt City
Gene Rutkovsky
The Tree of Life Image
The Tree of Life
Jack
Gangster Squad Image
Gangster Squad
Mickey Cohen
Racing with the Moon Image
Racing with the Moon
Henry 'Hopper' Nash
Colors Image
Colors
Danny McGavin
Dogtown and Z-Boys Image
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Narrator
Fast Times at Ridgemont High Image
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Jeff Spicoli
The People Speak Image
The People Speak
Self
Milk Image
Milk
Harvey Milk
War Made Easy Image
War Made Easy
Self - Narrator (Voice)
The First Image
The First
Tom Haggerty
Risky Business Image
Risky Business
Passenger in Car (uncredited)
Taps Image
Taps
Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
Citizen Penn Image
Citizen Penn
Himself
Shanghai Surprise Image
Shanghai Surprise
Glendon Wasey
Iconoclasts Image
Iconoclasts
Self
The Interpreter Image
The Interpreter
Tobin Keller
Dead Man Walking Image
Dead Man Walking
Matthew Poncelet
She's So Lovely Image
She's So Lovely
Eddie Quinn
BRATS Image
BRATS
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
aka Charlie Sheen Image
aka Charlie Sheen
Self
I'm Still Here Image
I'm Still Here
Sean Penn (uncredited)
Casualties of War Image
Casualties of War
Sgt. Tony Meserve
Beaver Trilogy Image
Beaver Trilogy
"Groovin' Larry" Huff
Fair Game Image
Fair Game
Joseph Wilson
The Early Show Image
The Early Show
Self
21 Grams Image
21 Grams
Paul Rivers
Cool Blue Image
Cool Blue
Phil the Plumber (uncredited)
Americans Image
Americans
Commie
The Professor and the Madman Image
The Professor and the Madman
Dr. William Chester Minor
Hurlyburly Image
Hurlyburly
Eddie
Daddio Image
Daddio
Clark
Loved Image
Loved
Man on the Hill (Michael)
Animals in War Image
Animals in War
No Image
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
The Gunman Image
The Gunman
Jim Terrier
Cruise Control Image
Cruise Control
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts Image
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Self
Witch Hunt Image
Witch Hunt
Himself (Narrator)
What Just Happened Image
What Just Happened
Sean Penn
This Must Be the Place Image
This Must Be the Place
Cheyenne
No Image
Mad Hannans
Before Night Falls Image
Before Night Falls
Cuco Sanchez
Viva La Bam Image
Viva La Bam
The Assassination of Richard Nixon Image
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Samuel Bicke
All the King's Men Image
All the King's Men
Willie Stark
At Close Range Image
At Close Range
Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr.
We're No Angels Image
We're No Angels
Jim
Flag Day Image
Flag Day
John Vogel
Woody Allen: A Documentary Image
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
VH1 Rock Honors Image
VH1 Rock Honors
No Image
The Beaver Kid 2
Groovin' Larry
Brando: The Documentary Image
Brando: The Documentary
Self
Summerspell Image
Summerspell
Buddy
Gonzo Girl Image
Gonzo Girl
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing Image
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
Hugo Pool Image
Hugo Pool
Strange Hitchhiker
The Falcon and the Snowman Image
The Falcon and the Snowman
Daulton Lee
The Human Experiment Image
The Human Experiment
Narrator
The Weight of Water Image
The Weight of Water
Thomas Janes
Pauly Shore Is Dead Image
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Sean Penn
Inside the Actors Studio Image
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Madonna: The Name of the Game Image
Madonna: The Name of the Game
Self
Crackers Image
Crackers
Dillard
Superpower Image
Superpower
Self
It's All About Love Image
It's All About Love
Marciello
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles Image
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Self
Searching for Debra Winger Image
Searching for Debra Winger
Self (uncredited)
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam Image
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
(voice)
Sweet Micky for President Image
Sweet Micky for President
Self
Judgment in Berlin Image
Judgment in Berlin
Guenther X
Bukowski: Born Into This Image
Bukowski: Born Into This
Self
The Last Party Image
The Last Party
Self
Hellinger's Law Image
Hellinger's Law
Bit Part (uncredited)
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High Image
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High
No Image
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Self
No Image
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
21 Grams: In Fragments Image
21 Grams: In Fragments
Self
No Image
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
Himself
A Constant Forge Image
A Constant Forge
Self
The Killing of Randy Webster Image
The Killing of Randy Webster
Don Fremont
Sound of Sun Image
Sound of Sun
Man
Celebrities Uncensored Image
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read Image
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
Pizza Guy
Brando Image
Brando
Self
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick Image
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride Image
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Self
Inside Björk Image
Inside Björk
Self
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild Image
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
This So-Called Disaster Image
This So-Called Disaster
Ray
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune Image
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Self
Haiti Untold Image
Haiti Untold
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey Image
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who Image
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Self
Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story Image
Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story
Himself
Bruce Springsteen – The America whisperer Image
Bruce Springsteen – The America whisperer
Self : Actor, Director & Writer (Archive footage)
No Image
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
Self
Deflating the Elephant Image
Deflating the Elephant
Narrator
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments Image
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Self
No Image
"American Arts & Culture" Presents John Horatio Malkovich: "Dance of Despair and Disillusionment"
Self
Beaver Trilogy Part IV Image
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
Himself (archive footage)
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) Image
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Self
Sean Penn, l'enfant terrible de l'Amérique Image
Sean Penn, l'enfant terrible de l'Amérique
Self
In Thanks We Trust Image
In Thanks We Trust
Self