Sean Penn
Sean Penn
Biography
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
Actor
as Himself (archive) - director, writer
as Clark
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Gene Rutkovsky
as Self
as John Mitchell
as Jack Holden
as John Vogel
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Himself
as Pizza Guy
as Dr. William Chester Minor
as Self
as Tom Haggerty
as Man
as Terence (voice)
as Jim Terrier
as Self
as Himself (archive footage)
as Sean O'Connell
as Narrator
as Mickey Cohen
as Commie
as Self
as Cheyenne
as Jack
as Sean Penn (uncredited)
as Joseph Wilson
as Self
as Narrator
as Harvey Milk
as Self
as Himself (Narrator)
as Self
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as Willie Stark
as Tobin Keller
as Self
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as Samuel Bicke
as Self
as Jimmy Markum
as Paul Rivers
as Self
as Sean Penn
as Self
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as Marciello
as Himself
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self (uncredited)
as Narrator
as Sam Dawson
as Thomas Janes
as Cuco Sanchez
as "Groovin' Larry" Huff
as Rowley Flint
as Self
as Sean Penn
as Emmet Ray
as Sean Penn (uncredited)
as Self
as Self
as Sean Penn (voice)
as Eddie
as 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
as Strange Hitchhiker
as Man on the Hill (Michael)
as Bobby Cooper
as Conrad Van Orton
as Eddie Quinn
as Matthew Poncelet
as Eric
as Self
as David Kleinfeld
as Self
as Self
as Terry
as Phil the Plumber (uncredited)
as Sgt. Tony Meserve
as Jim
as Guenther X
as Danny McGavin
as (voice)
as Glendon Wasey
as Bradford "Brad" Whitewood Jr.
as Daulton Lee
as Henry 'Hopper' Nash
as Dillard
as Cameo (uncredited)
as Buddy
as Mick O'Brien
as Jeff Spicoli
as Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
as Groovin' Larry
as Don Fremont
as Bit Part (uncredited)
as Self - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self
as Self
Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
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as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
Writer
as Screenplay
as Story
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Writer
as Screenplay
Art
as Set Decoration
Crew
as Thanks