Sean Penn
Born August 17, 1960 (Age: 65)
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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). 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.
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.
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Filmography
One Battle After Another
2025
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as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
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Age: 65
Daddio
2024
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as Clark
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Age: 63
Asphalt City
2024
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as Gene Rutkovsky
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Age: 63
Licorice Pizza
2021
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as Jack Holden
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Age: 61
The Professor and the Madman
2019
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as Dr. William Chester Minor
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Age: 58
The Angry Birds Movie
2016
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as Terence (voice)
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Age: 55
The Gunman
2015
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as Jim Terrier
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Age: 54
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013
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as Sean O'Connell
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Age: 53
Gangster Squad
2013
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as Mickey Cohen
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Age: 52
No Image
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
2011
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as Self
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Age: 51
This Must Be the Place
2011
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as Cheyenne
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Age: 51
The Tree of Life
2011
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as Jack
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Age: 50
I'm Still Here
2010
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as Sean Penn (uncredited)
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Age: 50
Fair Game
2010
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as Joseph Wilson
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Age: 49
Milk
2008
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as Harvey Milk
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Age: 48
What Just Happened
2008
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as Sean Penn
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Age: 48
All the King's Men
2006
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as Willie Stark
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Age: 46
The Interpreter
2005
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as Tobin Keller
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Age: 44
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
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as Self
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Age: 44
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
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as Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 44
No Image
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
2004
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as Self
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Age: 43
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004
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as Samuel Bicke
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Age: 43
Mystic River
2003
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as Jimmy Markum
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Age: 43
21 Grams
2003
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as Paul Rivers
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Age: 43
I Am Sam
2001
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as Sam Dawson
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Age: 41
The Weight of Water
2001
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as Thomas Janes
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Age: 40
A Constant Forge
2000
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as Self
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Age: 40
Before Night Falls
2000
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as Cuco Sanchez
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Age: 40
Beaver Trilogy
2000
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as "Groovin' Larry" Huff
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Age: 39
Up at the Villa
2000
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as Rowley Flint
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Age: 39
Sweet and Lowdown
1999
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as Emmet Ray
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Age: 39
Being John Malkovich
1999
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as Sean Penn (uncredited)
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Age: 39
Hurlyburly
1998
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as Eddie
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Age: 38
The Thin Red Line
1998
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as 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
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Age: 38
U Turn
1997
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as Bobby Cooper
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Age: 37
The Game
1997
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as Conrad Van Orton
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Age: 37
She's So Lovely
1997
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as Eddie Quinn
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Age: 37
Dead Man Walking
1995
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as Matthew Poncelet
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Age: 35
Carlito's Way
1993
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as David Kleinfeld
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Age: 33
State of Grace
1990
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as Terry
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Age: 30
Casualties of War
1989
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as Sgt. Tony Meserve
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Age: 29
Judgment in Berlin
1988
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as Guenther X
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Age: 27
Colors
1988
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as Danny McGavin
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Age: 27
Shanghai Surprise
1986
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as Glendon Wasey
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Age: 26
At Close Range
1986
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as Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr.
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Age: 25
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985
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as Daulton Lee
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Age: 24
Racing with the Moon
1984
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as Henry 'Hopper' Nash
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Age: 23
Crackers
1984
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as Dillard
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Age: 23
Risky Business
1983
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as Passenger in Car (uncredited)
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Age: 22
Bad Boys
1983
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as Mick O'Brien
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Age: 22
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
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as Jeff Spicoli
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Age: 21
Taps
1981
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as Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
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Age: 21