Sean Penn
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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 accolades include three 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 rights activist Harvey Milk in Milk (2008). He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing the ruthless military officer Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw in One Battle After Another (2025). He was Oscar-nominated for Dead Man Walking (1995), Sweet and Lowdown (1999), and I Am Sam (2001). He also acted in Casualties of War (1989), State of Grace (1990), Carlito's Way (1993), The Game(1997), The Thin Red Line (1998), Hurlyburly (1998), 21 Grams (2003), Fair Game (2010), The Tree of Life (2011), Licorice Pizza (2021) and Daddio (2023). Penn made his directorial film debut with the crime drama The Indian Runner (1991), followed by The Crossing Guard (1995), The Pledge (2001), and Into the Wild (2007). On stage, he acted in the Broadway plays Heartland (1981) and Slab Boys (1983). On television, he portrayed an astronaut in the Hulu drama series The First (2018) and John N. Mitchell in the Starz political thriller miniseries Gaslit (2022). Penn has also engaged in political and social activism, including his criticism of the George W. Bush administration, his contact with the presidents of Cuba and Venezuela, his humanitarian work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and his support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amidst the Russian-Ukrainian war. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Penn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
One Battle After Another (2025)
as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
as Sean O'Connell
The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
as Terence (voice)
The Game (1997)
as Conrad Van Orton
Mystic River (2003)
as Jimmy Markum
The Thin Red Line (1998)
as 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
The Tree of Life (2011)
as Jack
Carlito's Way (1993)
as David Kleinfeld
I Am Sam (2001)
as Sam Dawson
Risky Business (1983)
as Passenger in Car (uncredited)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
as Jeff Spicoli
Being John Malkovich (1999)
as Sean Penn (uncredited)
Bad Boys (1983)
as Mick O'Brien
The Gunman (2015)
as Jim Terrier
Gangster Squad (2013)
as Mickey Cohen
U Turn (1997)
as Bobby Cooper
Licorice Pizza (2021)
as Jack Holden
21 Grams (2003)
as Paul Rivers
Dead Man Walking (1995)
as Matthew Poncelet
Colors (1988)
as Danny McGavin
The Interpreter (2005)
as Tobin Keller
Milk (2008)
as Harvey Milk
Casualties of War (1989)
as Sgt. Tony Meserve
We're No Angels (1989)
as Jim
Flag Day (2021)
as John Vogel
At Close Range (1986)
as Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr.
Taps (1981)
as Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
Fair Game (2010)
as Joseph Wilson
State of Grace (1990)
as Terry
Daddio (2024)
as Clark
Asphalt City (2023)
as Gene Rutkovsky
The Professor and the Madman (2019)
as Dr. William Chester Minor
I'm Still Here (2010)
as Sean Penn (uncredited)
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
as Daulton Lee
All the King's Men (2006)
as Willie Stark
What Just Happened (2008)
as Sean Penn
Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)
as Self
This Must Be the Place (2011)
as Cheyenne
Before Night Falls (2000)
as Cuco Sanchez
She's So Lovely (1997)
as Eddie Quinn
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
as Emmet Ray
Gonzo Girl (2023)
Actor
The Weight of Water (2001)
as Thomas Janes
Hugo Pool (1997)
as Strange Hitchhiker
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
as Samuel Bicke
BRATS (2024)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
as Self
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)
as (voice)
Cool Blue (1990)
as Phil the Plumber (uncredited)
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
as Self (uncredited)
The People Speak (2009)
as Self
Crackers (1984)
as Dillard
Shanghai Surprise (1986)
as Glendon Wasey
Up at the Villa (2000)
as Rowley Flint
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles (2014)
as Self
Cruise Control (1992)
Actor
Becoming Madonna (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Racing with the Moon (1984)
as Henry 'Hopper' Nash
Brando (2007)
as Self
Judgment in Berlin (1988)
as Guenther X
Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
as Sean Penn
It's All About Love (2003)
as Marciello
Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002)
as Narrator
Beaver Trilogy (2000)
as "Groovin' Larry" Huff
Hurlyburly (1998)
as Eddie
Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another (2026)
as Self
Inside Björk (2003)
as Self
A Constant Forge (2000)
as Self
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read (2020)
as Pizza Guy
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick (2002)
as Self
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild (2004)
as Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Last Party (1993)
as Self
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who (2008)
as Self
Animals in War (2025)
Actor
Loved (1997)
as Man on the Hill (Michael)
Citizen Penn (2020)
as Himself
Beaver Trilogy Part IV (2015)
as Himself (archive footage)
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) (2003)
as Self
Mad Hannans (2017)
Actor
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface (2004)
as Self
Hellinger's Law (1981)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (2004)
as Self
Witch Hunt (2008)
as Himself (Narrator)
War Made Easy (2007)
as Narrator (Voice)
Superpower (2023)
as Self
Americans (2012)
as Commie
Haiti Untold (2012)
Actor
The Killing of Randy Webster (1981)
as Don Fremont
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride (2006)
as Self
Sweet Micky for President (2015)
as Self
Bruce Springsteen: The America Whisperer (2024)
as Self : Actor, Director & Writer (Archive footage)
This So-Called Disaster (2003)
as Ray
Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story (2014)
as Himself
21 Grams: In Fragments (2004)
as Self
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame (1994)
as Himself
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1999)
Actor
Mystic River: From Page to Screen (2003)
as Self
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey (2014)
as Self
Sound of Sun (2017)
as Man
Bukowski: Born Into This (2003)
as Self
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2011)
as Self
Summerspell (1983)
as Buddy
Sean Penn, l'enfant terrible de l'Amérique (2024)
as Self
Viva La Bam: Fort Knoxville (2007)
as Himself
The Beaver Kid 2 (1981)
as Groovin' Larry
The Human Experiment (2015)
as Narrator
In Thanks We Trust (2025)
as Self
Samuel Bayer Beyond the Frame (2026)
as Self
Deflating the Elephant (2009)
as Narrator
Madonna: The Name of the Game (1993)
as Self
El Chapo & Sean Penn: Bungle in the Jungle (2016)
as Self