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Sean Penn

Sean Penn

Actor · Born 1960-08-17 · Santa Monica, California, USA

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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 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). …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Friends (1994) — Eric
  2. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) — Sean O'Connell
  3. Mystic River (2003) — Jimmy Markum
  4. The Game (1997) — Conrad Van Orton
  5. Family Guy (1999) — Sean Penn (voice)
  6. Being John Malkovich (1999) — Sean Penn (uncredited)
  7. Gangster Squad (2013) — Mickey Cohen
  8. The Angry Birds Movie (2016) — Terence (voice)
  9. One Battle After Another (2025) — Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
  10. Two and a Half Men (2003) — Sean Penn
  11. Carlito's Way (1993) — David Kleinfeld
  12. 21 Grams (2003) — Paul Rivers
  13. The Tree of Life (2011) — Jack
  14. The Thin Red Line (1998) — 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
  15. Licorice Pizza (2021) — Jack Holden
  16. I Am Sam (2001) — Sam Dawson
  17. Milk (2008) — Harvey Milk
  18. The Interpreter (2005) — Tobin Keller
  19. Dead Man Walking (1995) — Matthew Poncelet
  20. Risky Business (1983) — Passenger in Car (uncredited)
  21. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) — Jeff Spicoli
  22. This Must Be the Place (2011) — Cheyenne
  23. The Professor and the Madman (2019) — Dr. William Chester Minor
  24. The Gunman (2015) — Jim Terrier
  25. Casualties of War (1989) — Sgt. Tony Meserve
  26. Little House on the Prairie (1974) — Boy (uncredited)
  27. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) — Sean Penn
  28. Fair Game (2010) — Joseph Wilson
  29. U Turn (1997) — Bobby Cooper
  30. Sweet and Lowdown (1999) — Emmet Ray
  31. We're No Angels (1989) — Jim
  32. Colors (1988) — Danny McGavin
  33. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Host
  34. What Just Happened (2008) — Sean Penn
  35. State of Grace (1990) — Terry
  36. I'm Still Here (2010) — Sean Penn (uncredited)
  37. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self - Guest
  38. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self
  39. All the King's Men (2006) — Willie Stark
  40. Daddio (2024) — Clark

Directed

  1. Into the Wild (2007) — Director
  2. The Pledge (2001) — Director
  3. The Crossing Guard (1995) — Director
  4. The Last Face (2017) — Director
  5. Flag Day (2021) — Director
  6. The Indian Runner (1991) — Director
  7. September 11 (2002) — Director
  8. Superpower (2023) — Director
  9. Untitled Jamal Khashoggi Project — Director
  10. Untitled Sean Penn Film — Director
  11. Untitled Sean Penn Film — Director