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Sean Penn
Born · August 17, 1960 (64 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Santa Monica, California, USA
Bio
Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic River (2003) and the biopic Milk (2008). Penn began his acting career in television, with a brief appearance in episode 112 of Little House on the Prairie on December 4, 1974, directed by his father Leo Penn. Following his film debut in the drama Taps (1981), and a diverse range of film roles in the 1980s, including Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and Bad Boys (1983), Penn garnered critical attention for his roles in the crime dramas At Close Range (1986), State of Grace (1990), and Carlito's Way (1993). He became known as a prominent leading actor with the drama Dead Man Walking (1995), for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination and the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival. Penn received another two Oscar nominations for Woody Allen's comedy-drama Sweet and Lowdown (1999) and the drama I Am Sam (2001), before winning his first Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 for Mystic River and a second one in 2008 for Milk. He has also won a Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for the Nick Cassavetes-directed She's So Lovely (1997), and two Volpi Cups for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for the indie film Hurlyburly (1998) and the drama 21 Grams (2003). Penn made his feature film directorial debut with The Indian Runner (1991), followed by the drama film The Crossing Guard (1995) and the mystery film The Pledge (2001); all three were critically well received. Penn directed one of the 11 segments of 11'09"01 September 11 (2002), a compilation film made in response to the September 11 attacks. His fourth feature film, the biographical drama survival movie Into the Wild (2007), garnered critical acclaim and two Academy Award nominations. In addition to his film work, Penn has engaged in political and social activism, including his criticism of the George W. Bush administration, his contact with the Presidents of Cuba and Venezuela, and his humanitarian work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
The Battle of Baktan Cross
Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
0.0
2025
Gonzo Girl
1.0
2023
Superpower
Self
5.5
2023
Licorice Pizza
Jack Holden
7.0
2021
The Gunman
Jim Terrier
5.7
2015
Sweet Micky for President
Self
6.8
2015
Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story
Himself
6.2
2014
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
7.0
2014
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Self
7.0
2014
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Sean O'Connell
7.2
2013
The Human Experiment
Narrator
6.5
2013
Gangster Squad
Mickey Cohen
6.4
2013
Haiti Untold
0.0
2012
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
6.8
2011
This Must Be the Place
Cheyenne
7.0
2011
The Tree of Life
Jack
6.7
2011
I'm Still Here
Sean Penn (uncredited)
6.0
2010
Fair Game
Joseph Wilson
6.5
2010
The People Speak
Self
6.9
2009
Milk
Harvey Milk
7.2
2008
What Just Happened
Self
5.4
2008
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Self
7.3
2006
All the King's Men
Willie Stark
5.8
2006
The Interpreter
Tobin Keller
6.3
2005
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
7.0
2004
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Samuel Bicke
6.5
2004
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Self
7.5
2004
21 Grams: In Fragments
Self
0.0
2004
Mystic River
Jimmy Markum
7.7
2003
21 Grams
Paul Rivers
7.3
2003
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Self
5.0
2003
It's All About Love
Marciello
5.4
2003
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
6.7
2002
Searching for Debra Winger
Self (uncredited)
6.3
2002
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Narrator
7.0
2002
I Am Sam
Sam Dawson
7.6
2001
The Weight of Water
Thomas Janes
5.5
2001
Before Night Falls
Cuco Sanchez
6.6
2000
Beaver Trilogy
"Groovin' Larry" Huff
6.7
2000
Up at the Villa
Rowley Flint
5.2
2000
Sweet and Lowdown
Emmet Ray
6.8
1999
Hurlyburly
Eddie
5.5
1998
The Thin Red Line
1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
7.5
1998
Hugo Pool
Strange Hitchhiker
5.2
1997
Loved
Man on the Hill (Michael)
4.1
1997
U Turn
Bobby Cooper
6.6
1997
The Game
Conrad Van Orton
7.6
1997
She's So Lovely
Eddie Quinn
5.9
1997
Dead Man Walking
Matthew Poncelet
7.3
1995
Carlito's Way
David Kleinfeld
7.8
1993
The Last Party
Self
4.2
1993
Cruise Control
2.0
1992
State of Grace
Terry
6.9
1990
Casualties of War
Sgt. Tony Meserve
7.1
1989
We're No Angels
Jim
6.1
1989
Judgment in Berlin
Guenther X
5.4
1988
Colors
Danny McGavin
6.5
1988
Shanghai Surprise
Glendon Wasey
4.3
1986
At Close Range
Bradford "Brad" Whitewood Jr.
6.9
1986
The Falcon and the Snowman
Daulton Lee
6.5
1985
Racing with the Moon
Henry 'Hopper' Nash
6.2
1984
Crackers
Dillard
4.4
1984
Bad Boys
Mick O'Brien
6.9
1983
War Through the Eyes of Animals
0.0
Bruce Springsteen, le chanteur qui murmurait à l'oreille de l'Amérique
Himself (archive) - director, writer
6.5
2024
Daddio
Clark
6.4
2024
BRATS
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.9
2024
Asphalt City
Gene Rutkovsky
6.2
2024
Flag Day
John Vogel
5.8
2021
Val
Self (archive footage)
7.1
2021
Friends: The Reunion
(archive footage)
7.9
2021
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
Self (archive footage)
7.9
2020
Citizen Penn
Himself
0.0
2020
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
Pizza Guy
5.6
2020
The Professor and the Madman
Dr. William Chester Minor
7.1
2019
Sound of Sun
Man
7.5
2017
Mad Hannans
0.0
2017
The Angry Birds Movie
Terence (voice)
6.2
2016
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
Himself (archive footage)
7.4
2015
Americans
Commie
4.0
2012
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
Self
0.0
2011
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Self
6.4
2011
Deflating the Elephant
Narrator
0.0
2009
Witch Hunt
Himself (Narrator)
7.0
2008
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Self
0.0
2008
Brando
Self
6.8
2007
Inside Björk
Self
8.3
2003
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Sean Penn
4.3
2003
Bukowski: Born Into This
Self
6.8
2003
This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss"
Ray
4.2
2003
A Constant Forge
Self
6.5
2000
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High
5.8
1999
Being John Malkovich
Sean Penn (uncredited)
7.4
1999
Madonna: The Name of the Game
Self
0.0
1993
Cool Blue
Phil the Plumber (uncredited)
4.3
1990
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
(voice)
7.1
1987
Risky Business
Cameo (uncredited)
6.6
1983
The Beaver Kid 2
Groovin' Larry
4.3
1981
Hellinger's Law
Bit Part (uncredited)
7.5
1981
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
Himself
0.0
Gaslit
John Mitchell · (8 episodes)
7.0
2022
Lights Out with David Spade
Self · (1 episode)
5.9
2019
The First
Tom Haggerty · (8 episodes)
6.1
2018
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
(1 episode)
7.5
2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2015
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
2008
Brando: The Documentary
Self · (2 episodes)
4.5
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
7.2
2007
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Self · (4 episodes)
7.6
2006
VH1 Rock Honors
(1 episode)
7.0
2006
Iconoclasts
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
2005
The Reichen Show
Self · (1 episode)
4.8
2005
Viva La Bam
(1 episode)
6.6
2003
Two and a Half Men
Himself · (1 episode)
7.5
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Self · (2 episodes)
2.5
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · (4 episodes)
6.0
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (2 episodes)
5.5
2003
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Sean Penn · (1 episode)
8.0
2000
The Early Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.7
1999
Where Are They Now?
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
1999
Family Guy
Sean Penn (voice) · (1 episode)
7.4
1999
The View
(1 episode)
4.4
1997
Friends
Eric · (2 episodes)
8.4
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1994
Summerspell
Buddy
8.0
1983
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Jeff Spicoli
6.8
1982
Taps
Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
6.8
1981
The Killing of Randy Webster
Don Fremont
6.0
1981
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
Little House on the Prairie
(1 episode)
8.0
1974
aspekte
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
1965
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
7.0
1953