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 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.
Known For
Tobin Keller
The Interpreter
Jimmy Markum
Mystic River
Paul Rivers
21 Grams
Narrator
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Harvey Milk
Milk
Sgt. Tony Meserve
Casualties of War
Bobby Cooper
U Turn
Matthew Poncelet
Dead Man Walking
Jack Holden
Licorice Pizza
Terry
State of Grace
Willie Stark
All the King's Men
Samuel Bicke
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
Taps
Conrad Van Orton
The Game
Danny McGavin
Colors
Sam Dawson
I Am Sam
Cuco Sanchez
Before Night Falls
Jim
We're No Angels
Haiti Untold
Sean Penn (uncredited)
I'm Still Here
David Kleinfeld
Carlito's Way
Self
Sweet Micky for President
Eddie
Hurlyburly
1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
The Thin Red Line
Self
What Just Happened
Jack
The Tree of Life
Strange Hitchhiker
Hugo Pool
Self
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Marciello
It's All About Love
Daulton Lee
The Falcon and the Snowman
Self
The People Speak
Emmet Ray
Sweet and Lowdown
Jeff Spicoli
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Thomas Janes
The Weight of Water
Self
21 Grams: In Fragments
Mick O'Brien
Bad Boys
Bradford "Brad" Whitewood Jr.
At Close Range
Self (uncredited)
Searching for Debra Winger
"Groovin' Larry" Huff
Beaver Trilogy
Joseph Wilson
Fair Game
Eddie Quinn
She's So Lovely
Self
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Henry 'Hopper' Nash
Racing with the Moon
Rowley Flint
Up at the Villa
Guenther X
Judgment in Berlin
Self
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Mickey Cohen
Gangster Squad
Cheyenne
This Must Be the Place
Війна очима тварин
Man on the Hill (Michael)
Loved
Glendon Wasey
Shanghai Surprise
Dillard
Crackers
Self
Superpower
Don Fremont
The Killing of Randy Webster
Sean O'Connell
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Gonzo Girl
Buddy
Summerspell
Self
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Cruise Control
Narrator
The Human Experiment
Self
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Jim Terrier
The Gunman
Self
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Himself
Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story
Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
One Battle After Another
Self
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Self
The Last Party
Self
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Groovin' Larry
The Beaver Kid 2
Self
Inside Björk
Terence (voice)
The Angry Birds Movie
Passenger in Car (uncredited)
Risky Business
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
BRATS
Sean Penn
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Self - Director, Writer (archive footage)
Bruce Springsteen, le chanteur qui murmurait à l'oreille de l'Amérique
Self
Bukowski: Born Into This
Dr. William Chester Minor
The Professor and the Madman
Man
Sound of Sun
Self
Brando
Ray
This So-Called Disaster
Sean Penn (uncredited)
Being John Malkovich
Phil the Plumber (uncredited)
Cool Blue
Commie
Americans
Bit Part (uncredited)
Hellinger's Law
Himself (Narrator)
Witch Hunt
Self
A Constant Forge
Mad Hannans
Narrator
Deflating the Elephant
Himself (archive footage)
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
Self
Madonna: The Name of the Game
John Vogel
Flag Day
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High
(voice)
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Himself
Citizen Penn
Pizza Guy
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
Gene Rutkovsky
Asphalt City
Self
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Clark
Daddio
Self
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Self
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
Himself
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
Self
Sean Penn, l'enfant terrible de l'Amérique
Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Self
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Self
In Thanks We Trust
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
106
Gender
Male
Birthday
1960-08-17
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, California, USA
Also Known As
숀 펜