1960-08-17 ( 64 years old ) in Santa Monica, California, USA
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.
Movies
One Battle After Another
2025-09-24
Daddio
2024-06-27
BRATS
2024-06-07
Sean Penn, L'enfant terrible de l'Amérique
2024-05-06
Asphalt City
2024-03-28
Gonzo Girl
2023-09-07
Superpower
2023-02-17
Licorice Pizza
2021-11-26
Flag Day
2021-08-20
Val
2021-07-23
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
2020-11-29
Citizen Penn
2020-09-24
The Professor and the Madman
2019-03-07
Sound of Sun
2017-01-14
Mad Hannans
2017-01-01
The Angry Birds Movie
2016-05-11
The Gunman
2015-02-16
Sweet Micky for President
2015-01-23
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
2015-01-23
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014-06-15
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013-12-18
The Human Experiment
2013-11-23
Gangster Squad
2013-01-09
Americans
2012-10-10
Haiti Untold
2012-01-01
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011-11-20
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division
2011-10-01
This Must Be the Place
2011-08-24
The Tree of Life
2011-05-17
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2011-01-05
I'm Still Here
2010-09-10
Fair Game
2010-05-20
The People Speak
2009-12-13
Deflating the Elephant
2009-05-19
Milk
2008-11-05
What Just Happened
2008-10-17
Witch Hunt
2008-09-07
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008-07-17
Brando
2007-05-01
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006-12-12
All the King's Men
2006-09-10
The Interpreter
2005-04-08
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004-10-12
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004-05-17
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
2004-05-01
21 Grams: In Fragments
2004-03-16
Mystic River
2003-10-07
21 Grams
2003-09-06
Inside Björk
2003-08-23
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003-03-11
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
2003-02-10
Bukowski: Born Into This
2003-01-18
It's All About Love
2003-01-10
This So-Called Disaster
2003-01-01
Searching for Debra Winger
2002-07-13
Dogtown and Z-Boys
2002-05-10
I Am Sam
2001-12-28
The Weight of Water
2000-09-09
Before Night Falls
2000-09-03
Beaver Trilogy
2000-08-13
Up at the Villa
2000-04-14
A Constant Forge
2000-01-01
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1999-12-21
Sweet and Lowdown
1999-12-03
Being John Malkovich
1999-10-29
Hurlyburly
1998-12-25
The Thin Red Line
1998-12-23
Hugo Pool
1997-12-12
Loved
1997-10-31
U Turn
1997-10-03
The Game
1997-09-12
She's So Lovely
1997-08-29
Dead Man Walking
1995-12-29
Carlito's Way
1993-11-10
The Last Party
1993-08-27
Madonna: The Name of the Game
1993-01-01
Cruise Control
1992-10-01
State of Grace
1990-09-14
Cool Blue
1990-02-27
Casualties of War
1989-08-18
We're No Angels
1989-06-02
Judgment in Berlin
1988-05-06
Colors
1988-04-15
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987-10-01
Shanghai Surprise
1986-08-29
At Close Range
1986-04-18
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985-01-25
Racing with the Moon
1984-03-23
Crackers
1984-02-17
Risky Business
1983-08-05
Summerspell
1983-07-02
Bad Boys
1983-03-25
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982-08-13
Taps
1981-12-20
The Beaver Kid 2
1981-09-04
The Killing of Randy Webster
1981-03-11
Hellinger's Law
1981-03-10
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