Sean Penn

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-08-17 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Santa Monica, California, USA

Sean Penn

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 accoladesinclude two 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 ri...

Acting

2005

The Interpreter

as Tobin Keller

2003

Mystic River

as Jimmy Markum

2003

21 Grams

as Paul Rivers

2002

2008

Milk

as Harvey Milk

1989

Casualties of War

as Sgt. Tony Meserve

1997

U Turn

as Bobby Cooper

1995

Dead Man Walking

as Matthew Poncelet

2021

Licorice Pizza

as Jack Holden

1990

2006

All the King's Men

as Willie Stark

1981

Taps

as Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer

1997

The Game

as Conrad Van Orton

1988

Colors

as Danny McGavin

2001

I Am Sam

as Sam Dawson

2000

Before Night Falls

as Cuco Sanchez

1989

2010

I'm Still Here

as Sean Penn (uncredited)

1993

Carlito's Way

as David Kleinfeld

1998

Hurlyburly

as Eddie

1998

The Thin Red Line

as 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh

2008

What Just Happened

as Sean Penn

2011

1997

Hugo Pool

as Strange Hitchhiker

2003

1985

2009

1999

Sweet and Lowdown

as Emmet Ray

1982

2001

The Weight of Water

as Thomas Janes

1983

Bad Boys

as Mick O'Brien

1986

At Close Range

as Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr.

2002

Searching for Debra Winger

as Self (uncredited)

2000

Beaver Trilogy

as "Groovin' Larry" Huff

2010

Fair Game

as Joseph Wilson

1997

She's So Lovely

as Eddie Quinn

1984

Racing with the Moon

as Henry 'Hopper' Nash

2000

Up at the Villa

as Rowley Flint

1988

Judgment in Berlin

as Guenther X

2013

Gangster Squad

as Mickey Cohen

2011

1997

Loved

as Man on the Hill (Michael)

1986

Shanghai Surprise

as Glendon Wasey

1984

Crackers

as Dillard

2023

Superpower

as Self

2013

1983

Summerspell

as Buddy

2013

2015

The Gunman

as Jim Terrier

2025

One Battle After Another

as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw

1993

1981

The Beaver Kid 2

as Groovin' Larry

2003

2016

The Angry Birds Movie

as Terence (voice)

1983

Risky Business

as Passenger in Car (uncredited)

2024

BRATS

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2003

2024

Bruce Springsteen – The America whisperer

as Self : Actor, Director & Writer (Archive footage)

2019

The Professor and the Madman

as Dr. William Chester Minor

2017

2007

Brando

as Self

1999

Being John Malkovich

as Sean Penn (uncredited)

1990

Cool Blue

as Phil the Plumber (uncredited)

2012

Americans

as Commie

1981

Hellinger's Law

as Bit Part (uncredited)

2008

Witch Hunt

as Himself (Narrator)

2000

2009

2015

Beaver Trilogy Part IV

as Himself (archive footage)

2021

Flag Day

as John Vogel

2020

Citizen Penn

as Himself

2024

Asphalt City

as Gene Rutkovsky

2024

Daddio

as Clark

2004

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

as Self(archive footage) (uncredited)

2007

War Made Easy

as Self - Narrator (Voice)

Production

2021

kid 90

as Executive Producer

2002

September 11

as Director

-

Candles

as Set Decoration

2007

Into the Wild

as Director

2007

Into the Wild

as Screenplay

2001

The Pledge

as Director

2001

The Pledge

as Producer

1991

1991

The Indian Runner

as Screenplay

1995

1995

1995

2017

The Last Face

as Director

2013

The Human Experiment

as Executive Producer

2012

Americans

as Story

2015

The Gunman

as Screenplay

2015

The Gunman

as Producer

2023

Superpower

as Director

1997

She's So Lovely

as Executive Producer

2021

Flag Day

as Director

2021

Flag Day

as Producer

2002

September 11

as Writer

1997

Loved

as Producer

2007

Into the Wild

as Producer

2024

Asphalt City

as Producer

2024

September 5

as Producer

2025

Words of War

as Executive Producer

2025

Manas

as Executive Producer

-

The Gun on Second Street

as Executive Producer

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