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.
Known for
Family Guy
Sean Penn (voice)
Friends
Eric
One Battle After Another
Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
Two and a Half Men
Himself
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Sean Penn
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Little House on the Prairie
The Oscars
Self
The Larry Sanders Show
Sean Penn
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Sean O'Connell
The Game
Conrad Van Orton
Where Are They Now?
Self
Mystic River
Jimmy Markum
The Angry Birds Movie
Terence (voice)
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Samuel Bicke
Carlito's Way
David Kleinfeld
I Am Sam
Sam Dawson
The Thin Red Line
1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
The Weight of Water
Thomas Janes
It's All About Love
Marciello
U Turn
Bobby Cooper
Gaslit
John Mitchell
Being John Malkovich
Sean Penn (uncredited)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Jeff Spicoli
Gangster Squad
Mickey Cohen
Licorice Pizza
Jack Holden
The Tree of Life
Jack
Daddio
Clark
Hellinger's Law
Bit Part (uncredited)
Bad Boys
Mick O'Brien
Casualties of War
Sgt. Tony Meserve
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
The Gunman
Jim Terrier
Shanghai Surprise
Glendon Wasey
Risky Business
Passenger in Car (uncredited)
Fair Game
Joseph Wilson
Milk
Harvey Milk
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
Himself (archive footage)
21 Grams
Paul Rivers
At Close Range
Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr.
Colors
Danny McGavin
Iconoclasts
Self
aka Charlie Sheen
Self
The First
Tom Haggerty
Dead Man Walking
Matthew Poncelet
The Professor and the Madman
Dr. William Chester Minor
The Interpreter
Tobin Keller
Sweet and Lowdown
Emmet Ray
Asphalt City
Gene Rutkovsky
Taps
Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Self
BRATS
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
State of Grace
Terry
Racing with the Moon
Henry 'Hopper' Nash
Viva La Bam
The Beaver Kid 2
Groovin' Larry
The People Speak
Self
I'm Still Here
Sean Penn (uncredited)
All the King's Men
Willie Stark
Gonzo Girl
Citizen Penn
Himself
She's So Lovely
Eddie Quinn
We're No Angels
Jim
Loved
Man on the Hill (Michael)
This Must Be the Place
Cheyenne
Cruise Control
Animals in War
The Falcon and the Snowman
Daulton Lee
Hurlyburly
Eddie
Hugo Pool
Strange Hitchhiker
Brando: The Documentary
Self
Flag Day
John Vogel
Up at the Villa
Rowley Flint
Beaver Trilogy
"Groovin' Larry" Huff
Superpower
Self
Before Night Falls
Cuco Sanchez
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
Americans
Commie
Cool Blue
Phil the Plumber (uncredited)
What Just Happened
Sean Penn
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Narrator
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Sean Penn
Crackers
Dillard
Brando
Self
Summerspell
Buddy
In Thanks We Trust
Self
Witch Hunt
Himself (Narrator)
Judgment in Berlin
Guenther X
The Killing of Randy Webster
Don Fremont
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
(voice)
The Last Party
Self
Searching for Debra Winger
Self (uncredited)
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Self
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Self
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
Self
Mad Hannans
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
"American Arts & Culture" Presents John Horatio Malkovich: "Dance of Despair and Disillusionment"
Self
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
Pizza Guy
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
Bukowski: Born Into This
Self
A Constant Forge
Self
This So-Called Disaster
Ray
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Self
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Self
Haiti Untold
War Made Easy
Self - Narrator (Voice)
Inside Björk
Self
Sweet Micky for President
Self
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
Himself
21 Grams: In Fragments
Self
Sound of Sun
Man
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Self
The Human Experiment
Narrator
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Self
Madonna: The Name of the Game
Self
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Self
Bruce Springsteen – The America whisperer
Self : Actor, Director & Writer (Archive footage)
Sean Penn, l'enfant terrible de l'Amérique
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story
Himself
Deflating the Elephant
Narrator
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The View
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
The Reichen Show
Self
Lights Out with David Spade
Self
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Self - Actor and Founder of CORE
aspekte
Self
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Self
The Early Show
Self
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
VH1 Rock Honors
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
Self