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 Thin Red Line (1998)
as 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
The Game (1997)
as Conrad Van Orton
The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
as Terence (voice)
Mystic River (2003)
as Jimmy Markum
The Interpreter (2005)
as Tobin Keller
Carlito's Way (1993)
as David Kleinfeld
Licorice Pizza (2021)
as Jack Holden
Being John Malkovich (1999)
as Sean Penn (uncredited)
The Tree of Life (2011)
as Jack
Risky Business (1983)
as Passenger in Car (uncredited)
Gangster Squad (2013)
as Mickey Cohen
The Professor and the Madman (2019)
as Dr. William Chester Minor
I Am Sam (2001)
as Sam Dawson
Dead Man Walking (1995)
as Matthew Poncelet
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
as Jeff Spicoli
The Gunman (2015)
as Jim Terrier
All the King's Men (2006)
as Willie Stark
21 Grams (2003)
as Paul Rivers
Casualties of War (1989)
as Sgt. Tony Meserve
State of Grace (1990)
as Terry
Bad Boys (1983)
as Mick O'Brien
Fair Game (2010)
as Joseph Wilson
U Turn (1997)
as Bobby Cooper
Asphalt City (2024)
as Gene Rutkovsky
I'm Still Here (2010)
as Sean Penn (uncredited)
At Close Range (1986)
as Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr.
Val (2021)
as Self (archive)
What Just Happened (2008)
as Sean Penn
We're No Angels (1989)
as Jim
Milk (2008)
as Harvey Milk
Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
as Sean Penn
Colors (1988)
as Danny McGavin
Taps (1981)
as Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
Daddio (2024)
as Clark
This Must Be the Place (2011)
as Cheyenne
She's So Lovely (1997)
as Eddie Quinn
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
as Emmet Ray
Flag Day (2021)
as John Vogel
Racing with the Moon (1984)
as Henry 'Hopper' Nash
The Weight of Water (2001)
as Thomas Janes
Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)
as Self
Before Night Falls (2000)
as Cuco Sanchez
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
as Daulton Lee
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
as Samuel Bicke
Shanghai Surprise (1986)
as Glendon Wasey
Summerspell (1983)
as Buddy
Up at the Villa (2000)
as Rowley Flint
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
as Self
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (2004)
as Self
Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002)
as Narrator
Witch Hunt (2008)
as Self (Narrator)
The People Speak (2009)
as Self
Hugo Pool (1997)
as Strange Hitchhiker
It's All About Love (2003)
as Marciello
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)
as (voice)
BRATS (2024)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Citizen Penn (2020)
as Self
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2011)
as Self
Beaver Trilogy (2000)
as "Groovin' Larry" Huff
The Killing of Randy Webster (1981)
as Don Fremont
Gonzo Girl (2023)
Actor
Becoming Madonna (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Red Rue Express (2026)
as himself
Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another (2026)
as Self
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles (2014)
as Self
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read (2020)
as Pizza Guy
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild (2004)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick (2002)
as Self
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey (2014)
as Self
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who (2008)
as Self
Brando (2007)
as Self
Hurlyburly (1998)
as Eddie
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride (2006)
as Self
Americans (2012)
as Commie
Cruise Control (1992)
Actor
This So-Called Disaster (2003)
as Ray
Animals in War (2025)
Actor
The Last Party (1993)
as Self
Bukowski: Born Into This (2003)
as Self
Bruce Springsteen: The America Whisperer (2024)
as Self : Actor, Director & Writer (Archive footage)
A Constant Forge (2000)
as Self
Mad Hannans (2017)
Actor
Beaver Trilogy Part IV (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
21 Grams: In Fragments (2004)
as Self
Judgment in Berlin (1988)
as Guenther X
Snake Island (—)
Actor
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) (2003)
as Self
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame (1994)
as Self
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1999)
Actor
Crackers (1984)
as Dillard
Mystic River: From Page to Screen (2003)
as Self
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
as Self (uncredited)
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity (2020)
as Self
Sean Penn, l'enfant terrible de l'Amérique (2024)
as Self
El Chapo & Sean Penn: Bungle in the Jungle (2016)
as Self
Hellinger's Law (1981)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface (2004)
as Self
Sweet Micky for President (2015)
as Self
Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story (2014)
as Self
Superpower (2023)
as Self
Cool Blue (1990)
as Phil the Plumber (uncredited)
Loved (1997)
as Man on the Hill (Michael)
Inside Björk (2003)
as Self
Madonna: The Name of the Game (1993)
as Self
War Made Easy (2007)
as Narrator (Voice)
The Human Experiment (2015)
as Narrator
In Thanks We Trust (2025)
as Self
Samuel Bayer Beyond the Frame (2026)
as Self
Sound of Sun (2017)
as Man
The Beaver Kid 2 (1981)
as Groovin' Larry
Haiti Untold (2012)
Actor
Deflating the Elephant (2009)
as Narrator