Sean Penn

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-08-17 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Santa Monica, California, USA

Sean Penn

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 Carl...

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

1988

Colors

as Danny McGavin

1997

The Game

as Conrad Van Orton

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

2011

1997

Hugo Pool

as Strange Hitchhiker

2003

1985

2009

1999

Sweet and Lowdown

as Emmet Ray

1982

2000

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

2019

The Professor and the Madman

as Dr. William Chester Minor

2017

2007

Brando

as Self

1999

Being John Malkovich

as Sean Penn (uncredited)

1981

Hellinger's Law

as Bit Part (uncredited)

1990

Cool Blue

as Phil the Plumber (uncredited)

2012

Americans

as Commie

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

2020

2024

Asphalt City

as Gene Rutkovsky

2024

Daddio

as Clark

2021

Val

as Self (archive footage)

2004

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

as Self(archive footage) (uncredited)

Production

2021

kid 90

as Executive Producer

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Candles

as Set Decoration

2007

Into the Wild

as Screenplay

2007

Into the Wild

as Director

2001

The Pledge

as Producer

2001

The Pledge

as Director

1991

The Indian Runner

as Screenplay

1991

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

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

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