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Sean Penn

Actor · Producer

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1960Born, Santa Monica

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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…

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Known for

Into the WildDirector

FriendsEric

The Secret Life of Walter MittySean O'Connell

Mystic RiverJimmy Markum

The GameConrad Van Orton

Filmography

All Acting Directing Writing Producing

2026The Angry Birds Movie 3Terence (voice)Movie

2026Black SunflowersExecutive ProducerMovie

2025Animals in WarMovie

2025One Battle After AnotherCol. Steven J. LockjawMovie

2025Words of WarExecutive ProducerMovie

2025ManasExecutive ProducerMovie

2024September 5ProducerMovie

2024DaddioClarkMovie

2024Asphalt CityGene Rutkovsky · ProducerMovie

2023C*A*U*G*H*TExecutive Producer · 6 episodesShow

2023Gonzo GirlMovie

2023SuperpowerDirectorMovie

2022GaslitJohn Mitchell · 8 episodesShow

2021Licorice PizzaJack HoldenMovie

2021Flag DayJohn Vogel · Director · ProducerMovie

2021kid 90Executive ProducerMovie

2020Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table ReadPizza GuyMovie

2019The Professor and the MadmanDr. William Chester MinorMovie

2018The FirstTom Haggerty · 8 episodesShow

2017Sound of SunManMovie

2017The Last FaceDirectorMovie

2017Mad HannansMovie

2016The Angry Birds MovieTerence (voice)Movie

2015The Human ExperimentNarrator · Executive ProducerMovie

2015The GunmanJim Terrier · Screenplay · ProducerMovie

2013The Secret Life of Walter MittySean O'ConnellMovie

2013Gangster SquadMickey CohenMovie

2012AmericansCommie · StoryMovie

2012Haiti UntoldMovie

2011This Must Be the PlaceCheyenneMovie

2011The Tree of LifeJackMovie

2010I'm Still HereSean Penn (uncredited)Movie

2010Fair GameJoseph WilsonMovie

2009Where the Wild Things AreThanksMovie

2009Deflating the ElephantNarratorMovie

2008MilkHarvey MilkMovie

2008What Just HappenedSean PennMovie

2007Into the WildDirector · Screenplay · ProducerMovie

2007War Made EasyNarrator (Voice)Movie

2006All the King's MenWillie StarkMovie

2005The InterpreterTobin KellerMovie

2004The Assassination of Richard NixonSamuel BickeMovie

200321 GramsPaul RiversMovie

2003Mystic RiverJimmy MarkumMovie

2003Two and a Half MenSean Penn · 1 episodeShow

2003Pauly Shore Is DeadSean PennMovie

2003It's All About LoveMarcielloMovie

2003This So-Called DisasterRayMovie

2002September 11Director · WriterMovie

2002Dogtown and Z-BoysNarratorMovie

2001I Am SamSam DawsonMovie

2001The Weight of WaterThomas JanesMovie

2001The PledgeDirector · ProducerMovie

2000Curb Your EnthusiasmSean Penn · 1 episodeShow

2000Before Night FallsCuco SanchezMovie

2000Beaver Trilogy"Groovin' Larry" HuffMovie

2000Up at the VillaRowley FlintMovie

1999Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont HighMovie

1999Sweet and LowdownEmmet RayMovie

1999Being John MalkovichSean Penn (uncredited)Movie

1999Family GuySean Penn (voice) · 1 episodeShow

1998HurlyburlyEddieMovie

1998The Thin Red Line1st Sgt. Edward WelshMovie

1997Hugo PoolStrange HitchhikerMovie

1997LovedMan on the Hill (Michael) · ProducerMovie

1997U TurnBobby CooperMovie

1997The GameConrad Van OrtonMovie

1997She's So LovelyEddie Quinn · Executive ProducerMovie

1995Dead Man WalkingMatthew PonceletMovie

1995The Crossing GuardDirector · Writer · ProducerMovie

1994FriendsEric · 2 episodesShow

1993Carlito's WayDavid KleinfeldMovie

1992Cruise ControlMovie

1992The Larry Sanders ShowSean Penn · 2 episodesShow

1991The Indian RunnerDirector · ScreenplayMovie

1990State of GraceTerryMovie

1990Cool BluePhil the Plumber (uncredited)Movie

1989Casualties of WarSgt. Tony MeserveMovie

1989We're No AngelsJimMovie

1988Judgment in BerlinGuenther XMovie

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