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  • BIRTH 17/08/1960
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 14
  • MOVIES 61
  • DIRECTOR 8
  • SCRIPT 5
  • PRODUCTION 9

Sean Penn

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.

Sean Penn

Shows (14)

Friends
Friends
Eric
Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men
Himself
Family Guy
Family Guy
Sean Penn (voice)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Sean Penn
Gaslit
Gaslit
John Mitchell
The First
The First
Tom Haggerty
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self - Host
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
Himself / Self
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Lights Out with David Spade
Lights Out with David Spade
Self

Movies (61)

The Game
The Game
Conrad Van Orton
Asphalt City
Asphalt City
Gene Rutkovsky
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Sean O'Connell
Mystic River
Mystic River
Jimmy Markum
Daddio
Daddio
Clark
The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line
1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
21 Grams
21 Grams
Paul Rivers
I Am Sam
I Am Sam
Sam Dawson
Carlito's Way
Carlito's Way
David Kleinfeld
Gangster Squad
Gangster Squad
Mickey Cohen
Licorice Pizza
Licorice Pizza
Jack Holden
The Angry Birds Movie
The Angry Birds Movie
Terence (voice)
The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life
Jack
The Interpreter
The Interpreter
Tobin Keller
Milk
Milk
Harvey Milk
The Professor and the Madman
The Professor and the Madman
Dr. William Chester Minor
Casualties of War
Casualties of War
Sgt. Tony Meserve
State of Grace
State of Grace
Terry
Fair Game
Fair Game
Joseph Wilson
Bruce Springsteen, le chanteur qui murmurait à l'oreille de l'Amérique
Bruce Springsteen, le chanteur qui murmurait…
Himself (archive) - director, writer
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Jeff Spicoli
At Close Range
At Close Range
Bradford "Brad" Whitewood Jr.
Flag Day
Flag Day
John Vogel
Dead Man Walking
Dead Man Walking
Matthew Poncelet
Colors
Colors
Danny McGavin
Taps
Taps
Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
U Turn
U Turn
Bobby Cooper
This Must Be the Place
This Must Be the Place
Cheyenne
Bad Boys
Bad Boys
Mick O'Brien
We're No Angels
We're No Angels
Jim
The Weight of Water
The Weight of Water
Thomas Janes
All the King's Men
All the King's Men
Willie Stark
She's So Lovely
She's So Lovely
Eddie Quinn
Shanghai Surprise
Shanghai Surprise
Glendon Wasey
Hugo Pool
Hugo Pool
Strange Hitchhiker
What Just Happened
What Just Happened
Self
Sweet and Lowdown
Sweet and Lowdown
Emmet Ray
Before Night Falls
Before Night Falls
Cuco Sanchez
Superpower
Superpower
Self
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Sean Penn
Witch Hunt
Witch Hunt
Himself (Narrator)
Hurlyburly
Hurlyburly
Eddie
The Gunman
The Gunman
Jim Terrier
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
The Falcon and the Snowman
The Falcon and the Snowman
Daulton Lee
Brando
Brando
Self
Racing with the Moon
Racing with the Moon
Henry 'Hopper' Nash
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Samuel Bicke
Crackers
Crackers
Dillard
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
Charles Bronson, le génie du mâle
Charles Bronson, le génie du mâle
Self (archive footage)
It's All About Love
It's All About Love
Marciello
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Self
The Beaver Trilogy
The Beaver Trilogy
"Groovin' Larry" Huff
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Narrator
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
Judgment in Berlin
Judgment in Berlin
Guenther X
The Battle of Baktan Cross
The Battle of Baktan Cross
The Human Experiment
The Human Experiment
Narrator
Bukowski: Born Into This
Bukowski: Born Into This
Self
Inside Björk
Inside Björk
Self

Director (8)

Into the Wild
Into the Wild
The Pledge
The Pledge
The Last Face
The Last Face
Flag Day
Flag Day
The Indian Runner
The Indian Runner
The Crossing Guard
The Crossing Guard
11’09”01—September 11
11’09”01—September 11
Superpower
Superpower

Script (5)

Into the Wild
Into the Wild
The Indian Runner
The Indian Runner
The Crossing Guard
The Crossing Guard
11’09”01—September 11
11’09”01—September 11
The Gunman
The Gunman

Production (9)

Asphalt City
Asphalt City
Into the Wild
Into the Wild
The Pledge
The Pledge
Flag Day
Flag Day
She's So Lovely
She's So Lovely
The Crossing Guard
The Crossing Guard
The Gunman
The Gunman
The Human Experiment
The Human Experiment
kid 90
kid 90