08/17/1960
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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Війна очима тварин (2025) as |
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In Thanks We Trust (2025) as Self |
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One Battle After Another (2025) as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw |
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Becoming Madonna (2024) as Self (archive footage) |
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Bruce Springsteen, le chanteur qui murmurait à l'oreille de l'Amérique (2024) as Self : Actor, Director & Writer (Archive footage) |
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Daddio (2024) as Clark |
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BRATS (2024) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Sean Penn, l'enfant terrible de l'Amérique (2024) as Self |
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Asphalt City (2024) as Gene Rutkovsky |
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Gonzo Girl (2023) as |
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Superpower (2023) as Self |
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Licorice Pizza (2021) as Jack Holden |
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Flag Day (2021) as John Vogel |
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Citizen Penn (2020) as Himself |
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read (2020) as Pizza Guy |
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The Professor and the Madman (2019) as Dr. William Chester Minor |
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Sound of Sun (2017) as Man |
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Mad Hannans (2017) as |
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The Angry Birds Movie (2016) as Terence (voice) |
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El Chapo & Sean Penn: Bungle in the Jungle (2016) as Self |
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The Human Experiment (2015) as Narrator |
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The Gunman (2015) as Jim Terrier |
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Sweet Micky for President (2015) as Self |
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Beaver Trilogy Part IV (2015) as Himself (archive footage) |
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Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story (2014) as Himself |
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Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey (2014) as Self |
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The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles (2014) as Self |
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) as Sean O'Connell |
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Gangster Squad (2013) as Mickey Cohen |
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Americans (2012) as Commie |
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Haiti Untold (2012) as |
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Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011) as Self |
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This Must Be the Place (2011) as Cheyenne |
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The Tree of Life (2011) as Jack |
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Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2011) as Self |
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I'm Still Here (2010) as Sean Penn (uncredited) |
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Fair Game (2010) as Joseph Wilson |
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The People Speak (2009) as Self |
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Deflating the Elephant (2009) as Narrator |
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Milk (2008) as Harvey Milk |
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What Just Happened (2008) as Sean Penn |
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Witch Hunt (2008) as Himself (Narrator) |
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VH1 Rock Honors: The Who (2008) as Self |
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War Made Easy (2007) as Narrator (Voice) |
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Brando (2007) as Self |
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Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride (2006) as Self |
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All the King's Men (2006) as Willie Stark |
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The Interpreter (2005) as Tobin Keller |
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004) as Self |
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Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild (2004) as Self(archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Mystic River: Beneath the Surface (2004) as Self |
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The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) as Samuel Bicke |
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Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (2004) as Self |
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21 Grams: In Fragments (2004) as Self |
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Mystic River: From Page to Screen (2003) as Self |
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Mystic River (2003) as Jimmy Markum |
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21 Grams (2003) as Paul Rivers |
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Inside Björk (2003) as Self |
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Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003) as Sean Penn |
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Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) (2003) as Self |
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Bukowski: Born Into This (2003) as Self |
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It's All About Love (2003) as Marciello |
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This So-Called Disaster (2003) as Ray |
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Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick (2002) as Self |
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Searching for Debra Winger (2002) as Self (uncredited) |
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Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002) as Narrator |
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I Am Sam (2001) as Sam Dawson |
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The Weight of Water (2001) as Thomas Janes |
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A Constant Forge (2000) as Self |
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Before Night Falls (2000) as Cuco Sanchez |
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Beaver Trilogy (2000) as "Groovin' Larry" Huff |
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Up at the Villa (2000) as Rowley Flint |
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Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1999) as |
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Sweet and Lowdown (1999) as Emmet Ray |
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Being John Malkovich (1999) as Sean Penn (uncredited) |
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Hurlyburly (1998) as Eddie |
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The Thin Red Line (1998) as 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh |
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Hugo Pool (1997) as Strange Hitchhiker |
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Loved (1997) as Man on the Hill (Michael) |
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U Turn (1997) as Bobby Cooper |
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The Game (1997) as Conrad Van Orton |
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She's So Lovely (1997) as Eddie Quinn |
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Dead Man Walking (1995) as Matthew Poncelet |
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Carlito's Way (1993) as David Kleinfeld |
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The Last Party (1993) as Self |
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Madonna: The Name of the Game (1993) as Self |
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Cruise Control (1992) as |
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State of Grace (1990) as Terry |
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Cool Blue (1990) as Phil the Plumber (uncredited) |
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Casualties of War (1989) as Sgt. Tony Meserve |
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We're No Angels (1989) as Jim |
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Judgment in Berlin (1988) as Guenther X |
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Colors (1988) as Danny McGavin |
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) as (voice) |
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Shanghai Surprise (1986) as Glendon Wasey |
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At Close Range (1986) as Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr. |
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The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) as Daulton Lee |
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Racing with the Moon (1984) as Henry 'Hopper' Nash |
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Crackers (1984) as Dillard |
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Risky Business (1983) as Passenger in Car (uncredited) |
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Summerspell (1983) as Buddy |
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Bad Boys (1983) as Mick O'Brien |
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) as Jeff Spicoli |
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Taps (1981) as Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer |
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The Beaver Kid 2 (1981) as Groovin' Larry |
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The Killing of Randy Webster (1981) as Don Fremont |
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Hellinger's Law (1981) as Bit Part (uncredited) |
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Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame () as Himself |
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Words of War (2025) Executive Producer |
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Manas (2025) Executive Producer |
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September 5 (2024) Producer |
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Asphalt City (2024) Producer |
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Superpower (2023) Director |
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Flag Day (2021) Director |
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Flag Day (2021) Producer |
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kid 90 (2021) Executive Producer |
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The Last Face (2017) Director |
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The Human Experiment (2015) Executive Producer |
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The Gunman (2015) Screenplay |
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The Gunman (2015) Producer |
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Americans (2012) Story |
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Where the Wild Things Are (2009) Thanks |
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Into the Wild (2007) Director |
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Into the Wild (2007) Screenplay |
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Into the Wild (2007) Producer |
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11’09”01 - September 11 (2002) Director |
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11’09”01 - September 11 (2002) Writer |
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The Pledge (2001) Director |
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The Pledge (2001) Producer |
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Loved (1997) Producer |
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She's So Lovely (1997) Executive Producer |
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The Crossing Guard (1995) Director |
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The Crossing Guard (1995) Writer |
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The Crossing Guard (1995) Producer |
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The Indian Runner (1991) Director |
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The Indian Runner (1991) Screenplay |
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Untitled Sean Penn Film () Director |
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The Gun on Second Street () Executive Producer |
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Untitled Jamal Khashoggi Project () Director |
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Untitled Jamal Khashoggi Project () Producer |
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Candles () Set Decoration |