Sean Penn
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 accoladesinclude two 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 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), Daddio(2023), and One Battle After Another (2025).
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.
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Known for
Family Guy
Sean Penn (voice)
Friends
Eric
Two and a Half Men
Sean Penn
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Sean Penn
One Battle After Another
Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
Little House on the Prairie
The Larry Sanders Show
Sean Penn
Superpower
Self
The Oscars
Self
Risky Business
Passenger in Car (uncredited)
The Interpreter
Tobin Keller
The Game
Conrad Van Orton
Where Are They Now?
Self
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Sean O'Connell
Haiti Untold
Brando
Self
Being John Malkovich
Sean Penn (uncredited)
Licorice Pizza
Jack Holden
The Gunman
Jim Terrier
Carlito's Way
David Kleinfeld
The Angry Birds Movie
Terence (voice)
Iconoclasts
Self
Daddio
Clark
21 Grams
Paul Rivers
Mystic River
Jimmy Markum
The Last Party
Self
The Tree of Life
Jack
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Self
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Self
The Thin Red Line
1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
The First
Tom Haggerty
Gaslit
John Mitchell
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
Crackers
Dillard
I Am Sam
Sam Dawson
Gangster Squad
Mickey Cohen
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Sean Penn
Deflating the Elephant
Narrator
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Jeff Spicoli
Milk
Harvey Milk
Viva La Bam
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Self
Madonna: The Name of the Game
Self
Bad Boys
Mick O'Brien
aka Charlie Sheen
Self
Dead Man Walking
Matthew Poncelet
Animals in War
Taps
Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
Fair Game
Joseph Wilson
U Turn
Bobby Cooper
Casualties of War
Sgt. Tony Meserve
Colors
Danny McGavin
Asphalt City
Gene Rutkovsky
Bukowski: Born Into This
Self
Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story
Himself
The Professor and the Madman
Dr. William Chester Minor
Searching for Debra Winger
Self (uncredited)
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Self
This So-Called Disaster
Ray
Sean Penn, l'enfant terrible de l'Amérique
Self
BRATS
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
I'm Still Here
Sean Penn (uncredited)
All the King's Men
Willie Stark
State of Grace
Terry
Hugo Pool
Strange Hitchhiker
At Close Range
Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr.
Sound of Sun
Man
Flag Day
John Vogel
What Just Happened
Sean Penn
She's So Lovely
Eddie Quinn
Sweet and Lowdown
Emmet Ray
Before Night Falls
Cuco Sanchez
Brando: The Documentary
Self
Gonzo Girl
Beaver Trilogy
"Groovin' Larry" Huff
The Weight of Water
Thomas Janes
We're No Angels
Jim
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
It's All About Love
Marciello
Racing with the Moon
Henry 'Hopper' Nash
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
Himself
This Must Be the Place
Cheyenne
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Samuel Bicke
The Falcon and the Snowman
Daulton Lee
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
Up at the Villa
Rowley Flint
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
(voice)
Judgment in Berlin
Guenther X
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Self
Hurlyburly
Eddie
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Self
Hellinger's Law
Bit Part (uncredited)
Cool Blue
Phil the Plumber (uncredited)
Witch Hunt
Himself (Narrator)
Shanghai Surprise
Glendon Wasey
Loved
Man on the Hill (Michael)
Summerspell
Buddy
A Constant Forge
Self
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
Himself (archive footage)
Citizen Penn
Himself
Americans
Commie
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
Pizza Guy
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
The People Speak
Self
Inside Björk
Self
The Killing of Randy Webster
Don Fremont
Mad Hannans
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Self
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Self
Becoming Madonna
Self (archive footage)
War Made Easy
Self - Narrator (Voice)
Sweet Micky for President
Self
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Narrator
Cruise Control
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High
El Chapo & Sean Penn: Bungle in the Jungle
Self
21 Grams: In Fragments
Self
Bruce Springsteen – The America whisperer
Self : Actor, Director & Writer (Archive footage)
In Thanks We Trust
Self
The Beaver Kid 2
Groovin' Larry
The Human Experiment
Narrator
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
Self
"American Arts & Culture" Presents John Horatio Malkovich: "Dance of Despair and Disillusionment"
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
The View
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
The Reichen Show
Self
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Lights Out with David Spade
Self
aspekte
Self
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Self - Actor and Founder of CORE
The Early Show
Self
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Self
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
VH1 Rock Honors
Celebrities Uncensored
Self