Biography
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.
Filmography
all 139
Movies 110
self 51
TV Shows 29
Director 9
Producer 5
Narrator 3
Voice 2
BC Project (2025)
Daddio (2024)
Asphalt City (2024)
C*A*U*G*H*T (2023)
Gonzo Girl (2023)
Superpower (2023)
Gaslit (2022)
Licorice Pizza (2021)
Flag Day (2021)
Val (2021)
Friends: The Reunion (2021)
kid 90 (2021)
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity (2020)
Citizen Penn (2020)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read (2020)
Lights Out with David Spade (2019)
The Professor and the Madman (2019)
The First (2018)
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (2018)
The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate del Castillo Story (2017)
Sound of Sun (2017)
The Last Face (2017)
Mad Hannans (2017)
The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
The Gunman (2015)
Sweet Micky for President (2015)
Beaver Trilogy Part IV (2015)
Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story (2014)
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey (2014)
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles (2014)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
The Human Experiment (2013)
Gangster Squad (2013)
Americans (2012)
Haiti Untold (2012)
Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)
This Must Be the Place (2011)
The Tree of Life (2011)
Bad Boy Kummer (2011)
I'm Still Here (2010)
Fair Game (2010)
The People Speak (2009)
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Deflating the Elephant (2009)
Milk (2008)
What Just Happened (2008)
Witch Hunt (2008)
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who (2008)
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (2008)
Into the Wild (2007)
Brando: The Documentary (2007)
Brando (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride (2006)
All the King's Men (2006)
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
VH1 Rock Honors (2006)
Iconoclasts (2005)
The Reichen Show (2005)
The Interpreter (2005)
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (2004)
21 Grams: In Fragments (2004)
Viva La Bam (2003)
Two and a Half Men (2003)
21 Grams (2003)
Celebrities Uncensored (2003)
Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
Mystic River (2003)
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Bukowski: Born Into This (2003)
It's All About Love (2003)
This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss" (2003)
Inside Björk (2003)
11'09''01 September 11 (2002)
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick (2002)
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
The Day It Happened (2002)
I Am Sam (2001)
The Pledge (2001)
Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)
The Beaver Trilogy (2000)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
The Weight of Water (2000)
Before Night Falls (2000)
Up at the Villa (2000)
A Constant Forge (2000)
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1999)
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
The Early Show (1999)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Where Are They Now? (1999)
Family Guy (1999)
Hurlyburly (1998)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Hugo Pool (1997)
Loved (1997)
U Turn (1997)
The Game (1997)
She's So Lovely (1997)
The View (1997)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
The Crossing Guard (1995)
Friends (1994)
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
Carlito's Way (1993)
The Last Party (1993)
Madonna: The Name of the Game (1993)
Cruise Control (1992)
The Indian Runner (1991)
State of Grace (1990)
Cool Blue (1990)
Casualties of War (1989)
We're No Angels (1989)
Judgment in Berlin (1988)
Colors (1988)
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)
Shanghai Surprise (1986)
At Close Range (1986)
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
Racing with the Moon (1984)
Crackers (1984)
Summerspell (1983)
Bad Boys (1983)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Taps (1981)
The Beaver Kid 2 (1981)
The Killing of Randy Webster (1981)
Hellinger's Law (1981)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
The Oscars (1953)
Untitled Jamal Khashoggi Project
Candles
War Through the Eyes of Animals
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1960-08-17 (63 years old)
Birth NameSean Justin Penn
Birth PlaceSanta Monica, United States of America
Religionagnostic theism
Height1.73-meter
RelationshipsMadonna (1985-08-16 - 1989-01-01), Leila George (2020-07-30 - 2021-10-18), Robin Wright (1996-04-27 - 2010-07-22), Charlize Theron (2013-01-01 - 2015-01-01)
ChildrenHopper Penn, Dylan Penn
FatherLeo Penn
MotherEileen Ryan
SiblingsChris Penn, Michael Penn
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsШон Пенн, 숀 펜, شون بن, ショーン・ペン, ฌอน เพนน์, 西恩·潘, Sean Justin Penn, Σον Τζάστιν Πεν, Σον Πεν
AwardsVolpi Cup for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Actor
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