1960-08-17 Santa Monica, California, USA
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). 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.
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Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another | Self | 2026-06-02 |
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In Thanks We Trust | Self | 2025-09-27 |
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One Battle After Another | Col. Steven J. Lockjaw | 2025-09-23 |
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Війна очима тварин | 2025-11-06 | |
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Bruce Springsteen, le chanteur qui murmurait à l'oreille de l'Amérique | Self : Actor, Director & Writer (Archive footage) | 2024-07-31 |
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BRATS | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-06-07 |
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Sean Penn, l'enfant terrible de l'Amérique | Self | 2024-05-06 |
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Becoming Madonna | Self (archive footage) | 2024-12-30 |
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Daddio | Clark | 2024-06-27 |
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Gonzo Girl | 2023-09-07 | |
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Superpower | Self | 2023-02-17 |
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Asphalt City | Gene Rutkovsky | 2023-05-12 |
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Licorice Pizza | Jack Holden | 2021-11-26 |
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Flag Day | John Vogel | 2021-08-20 |
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read | Pizza Guy | 2020-09-17 |
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Citizen Penn | Himself | 2020-09-24 |
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The Professor and the Madman | Dr. William Chester Minor | 2019-03-07 |
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Sound of Sun | Man | 2017-01-14 |
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Mad Hannans | 2017-01-01 | |
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The Angry Birds Movie | Terence (voice) | 2016-05-11 |
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El Chapo & Sean Penn: Bungle in the Jungle | Self | 2016-03-10 |
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The Human Experiment | Narrator | 2015-04-17 |
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Beaver Trilogy Part IV | Himself (archive footage) | 2015-01-23 |
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The Gunman | Jim Terrier | 2015-02-16 |
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Sweet Micky for President | Self | 2015-01-23 |
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Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story | Himself | 2014-11-25 |
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The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles | Self | 2014-02-09 |
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Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey | Self | 2014-06-15 |
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Gangster Squad | Mickey Cohen | 2013-01-09 |
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Sean O'Connell | 2013-12-18 |
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Americans | Commie | 2012-10-10 |
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Haiti Untold | 2012-01-01 | |
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This Must Be the Place | Cheyenne | 2011-08-24 |
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The Tree of Life | Jack | 2011-05-17 |
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Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune | Self | 2011-01-05 |
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Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self | 2011-11-20 |
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Fair Game | Joseph Wilson | 2010-05-20 |
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I'm Still Here | Sean Penn (uncredited) | 2010-09-10 |
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Deflating the Elephant | Narrator | 2009-05-19 |
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The People Speak | Self | 2009-12-13 |
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What Just Happened | Sean Penn | 2008-10-17 |
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VH1 Rock Honors: The Who | Self | 2008-07-17 |
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Witch Hunt | Himself (Narrator) | 2008-09-07 |
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Milk | Harvey Milk | 2008-11-05 |
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Brando | Self | 2007-05-01 |
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War Made Easy | Narrator (Voice) | 2007-08-23 |
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All the King's Men | Willie Stark | 2006-09-10 |
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Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride | Self | 2006-12-12 |
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The Interpreter | Tobin Keller | 2005-04-08 |
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21 Grams: In Fragments | Self | 2004-03-16 |
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Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments | Self | 2004-05-01 |
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Mystic River: Beneath the Surface | Self | 2004-06-08 |
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The Assassination of Richard Nixon | Samuel Bicke | 2004-05-17 |
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing | Self | 2004-10-12 |
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Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild | Self(archive footage) (uncredited) | 2004-08-29 |
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Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) | Self | 2003-02-10 |
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Mystic River | Jimmy Markum | 2003-10-08 |
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Pauly Shore Is Dead | Sean Penn | 2003-03-11 |
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This So-Called Disaster | Ray | 2003-01-01 |
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Bukowski: Born Into This | Self | 2003-01-18 |
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Mystic River: From Page to Screen | Self | 2003-10-31 |
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21 Grams | Paul Rivers | 2003-09-06 |
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Inside Björk | Self | 2003-08-23 |
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It's All About Love | Marciello | 2003-01-10 |
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Searching for Debra Winger | Self (uncredited) | 2002-07-13 |
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Dogtown and Z-Boys | Narrator | 2002-05-10 |
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Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick | Self | 2002-09-01 |
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The Weight of Water | Thomas Janes | 2001-03-30 |
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I Am Sam | Sam Dawson | 2001-12-28 |
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Beaver Trilogy | "Groovin' Larry" Huff | 2000-08-13 |
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Before Night Falls | Cuco Sanchez | 2000-09-03 |
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Up at the Villa | Rowley Flint | 2000-04-14 |
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A Constant Forge | Self | 2000-10-01 |
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Sweet and Lowdown | Emmet Ray | 1999-12-03 |
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Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High | 1999-12-21 | |
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Being John Malkovich | Sean Penn (uncredited) | 1999-10-29 |
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The Thin Red Line | 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh | 1998-12-23 |
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Hurlyburly | Eddie | 1998-12-25 |
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The Game | Conrad Van Orton | 1997-09-12 |
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U Turn | Bobby Cooper | 1997-10-03 |
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Hugo Pool | Strange Hitchhiker | 1997-12-12 |
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She's So Lovely | Eddie Quinn | 1997-08-29 |
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Loved | Man on the Hill (Michael) | 1997-10-31 |
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Dead Man Walking | Matthew Poncelet | 1995-12-29 |
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Madonna: The Name of the Game | Self | 1993-01-01 |
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The Last Party | Self | 1993-08-27 |
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Carlito's Way | David Kleinfeld | 1993-11-10 |
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Cruise Control | 1992-10-01 | |
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State of Grace | Terry | 1990-09-14 |
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Cool Blue | Phil the Plumber (uncredited) | 1990-02-27 |
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We're No Angels | Jim | 1989-06-02 |
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Casualties of War | Sgt. Tony Meserve | 1989-08-18 |
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Judgment in Berlin | Guenther X | 1988-05-06 |
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Colors | Danny McGavin | 1988-04-15 |
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | (voice) | 1987-10-01 |
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Shanghai Surprise | Glendon Wasey | 1986-08-29 |
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At Close Range | Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr. | 1986-04-18 |
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The Falcon and the Snowman | Daulton Lee | 1985-01-25 |
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Crackers | Dillard | 1984-02-17 |
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Racing with the Moon | Henry 'Hopper' Nash | 1984-03-23 |
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Bad Boys | Mick O'Brien | 1983-03-25 |
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Summerspell | Buddy | 1983-07-02 |
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Risky Business | Passenger in Car (uncredited) | 1983-08-05 |
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Jeff Spicoli | 1982-08-13 |
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The Killing of Randy Webster | Don Fremont | 1981-03-11 |
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Hellinger's Law | Bit Part (uncredited) | 1981-03-10 |
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The Beaver Kid 2 | Groovin' Larry | 1981-09-04 |
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Taps | Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer | 1981-12-20 |
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Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame | Himself |
