1960-08-17 Santa Monica, California, USA
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.
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Війна очима тварин | 2025-11-06 | |
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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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Asphalt City | Gene Rutkovsky | 2024-03-28 |
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Sean Penn, l'enfant terrible de l'Amérique | Self | 2024-05-06 |
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Daddio | Clark | 2024-06-27 |
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BRATS | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-06-07 |
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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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Superpower | Self | 2023-02-17 |
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Gonzo Girl | 2023-09-07 | |
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Flag Day | John Vogel | 2021-08-20 |
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Licorice Pizza | Jack Holden | 2021-11-26 |
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Citizen Penn | Himself | 2020-09-24 |
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read | Pizza Guy | 2020-09-17 |
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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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Beaver Trilogy Part IV | Himself (archive footage) | 2015-01-23 |
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Sweet Micky for President | Self | 2015-01-23 |
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The Gunman | Jim Terrier | 2015-02-16 |
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Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey | Self | 2014-06-15 |
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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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The Human Experiment | Narrator | 2013-11-23 |
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Sean O'Connell | 2013-12-18 |
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Gangster Squad | Mickey Cohen | 2013-01-09 |
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Americans | Commie | 2012-10-10 |
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Haiti Untold | 2012-01-01 | |
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Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune | Self | 2011-01-05 |
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Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division | Self | 2011-10-01 |
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Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self | 2011-11-20 |
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The Tree of Life | Jack | 2011-05-17 |
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This Must Be the Place | Cheyenne | 2011-08-24 |
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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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VH1 Rock Honors: The Who | Self | 2008-07-17 |
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What Just Happened | Sean Penn | 2008-10-17 |
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Milk | Harvey Milk | 2008-11-05 |
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Witch Hunt | Himself (Narrator) | 2008-09-07 |
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Brando | Self | 2007-05-01 |
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War Made Easy | Self - 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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Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments | Self | 2004-05-01 |
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing | Self | 2004-10-12 |
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The Assassination of Richard Nixon | Samuel Bicke | 2004-05-17 |
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Mystic River: Beneath the Surface | Self | 2004-06-08 |
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21 Grams: In Fragments | Self | 2004-03-16 |
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Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild | Self(archive footage) (uncredited) | 2004-08-29 |
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Mystic River: From Page to Screen | Self | 2003-10-31 |
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Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) | Self | 2003-02-10 |
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This So-Called Disaster | Ray | 2003-01-01 |
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Mystic River | Jimmy Markum | 2003-10-08 |
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It's All About Love | Marciello | 2003-01-10 |
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Pauly Shore Is Dead | Sean Penn | 2003-03-11 |
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Bukowski: Born Into This | Self | 2003-01-18 |
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Inside Björk | Self | 2003-08-23 |
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21 Grams | Paul Rivers | 2003-09-06 |
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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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Searching for Debra Winger | Self (uncredited) | 2002-07-13 |
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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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Up at the Villa | Rowley Flint | 2000-04-14 |
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Beaver Trilogy | "Groovin' Larry" Huff | 2000-08-13 |
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A Constant Forge | Self | 2000-10-01 |
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Before Night Falls | Cuco Sanchez | 2000-09-03 |
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Sweet and Lowdown | Emmet Ray | 1999-12-03 |
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Being John Malkovich | Sean Penn (uncredited) | 1999-10-29 |
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Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High | 1999-12-21 | |
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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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Hugo Pool | Strange Hitchhiker | 1997-12-12 |
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She's So Lovely | Eddie Quinn | 1997-08-29 |
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U Turn | Bobby Cooper | 1997-10-03 |
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The Game | Conrad Van Orton | 1997-09-12 |
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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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Carlito's Way | David Kleinfeld | 1993-11-10 |
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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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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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Racing with the Moon | Henry 'Hopper' Nash | 1984-03-23 |
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Crackers | Dillard | 1984-02-17 |
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Summerspell | Buddy | 1983-07-02 |
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Bad Boys | Mick O'Brien | 1983-03-25 |
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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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Taps | Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer | 1981-12-20 |
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The Beaver Kid 2 | Groovin' Larry | 1981-09-04 |
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Hellinger's Law | Bit Part (uncredited) | 1981-03-10 |
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"American Arts & Culture" Presents John Horatio Malkovich: "Dance of Despair and Disillusionment" | Self | |
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Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame | Himself |
