Sean Penn
Acting
Born: Aug 17, 1960
From: Santa Monica, California, USA
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licorice Pizza | Jack Holden | 2021 | 6.958 |
| Sweet Micky for President | Self | 2015 | 6.8 |
| Haiti Untold | 2012 | — | |
| The Tree of Life | Jack | 2011 | 6.728 |
| I'm Still Here | Sean Penn (uncredited) | 2010 | 6.0 |
| Milk | Harvey Milk | 2008 | 7.215 |
| What Just Happened | Sean Penn | 2008 | 5.448 |
| All the King's Men | Willie Stark | 2006 | 5.785 |
| Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride | Self | 2006 | 7.2 |
| The Interpreter | Tobin Keller | 2005 | 6.315 |
| The Assassination of Richard Nixon | Samuel Bicke | 2004 | 6.511 |
| Mystic River | Jimmy Markum | 2003 | 7.743 |
| 21 Grams | Paul Rivers | 2003 | 7.321 |
| It's All About Love | Marciello | 2003 | 5.478 |
| Dogtown and Z-Boys | Narrator | 2002 | 7.034 |
| I Am Sam | Sam Dawson | 2001 | 7.565 |
| Before Night Falls | Cuco Sanchez | 2000 | 6.661 |
| Hurlyburly | Eddie | 1998 | 5.5 |
| The Thin Red Line | 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh | 1998 | 7.442 |
| U Turn | Bobby Cooper | 1997 | 6.637 |
| The Game | Conrad Van Orton | 1997 | 7.571 |
| Hugo Pool | Strange Hitchhiker | 1997 | 5.219 |
| Dead Man Walking | Matthew Poncelet | 1995 | 7.327 |
| Carlito's Way | David Kleinfeld | 1993 | 7.831 |
| State of Grace | Terry | 1990 | 6.947 |
| Casualties of War | Sgt. Tony Meserve | 1989 | 7.15 |
| We're No Angels | Jim | 1989 | 6.175 |
| Colors | Danny McGavin | 1988 | 6.502 |
| The Falcon and the Snowman | Daulton Lee | 1985 | 6.4 |
| Taps | Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer | 1981 | 6.762 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1960 |
| From | Santa Monica, California, … |