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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Penn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2025
One Battle After Another

as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw

Movie
2024
Daddio

as Clark

Movie
2021
Licorice Pizza

as Jack Holden

Movie
2016
The Angry Birds Movie

as Terence (voice)

Movie
2015
The Gunman

as Jim Terrier

Movie
2013
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

as Sean O'Connell

Movie
2011
The Tree of Life

as Jack

Movie
2004
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

as Self

Movie
1998
The Thin Red Line

as 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh

Movie
1997
The Game

as Conrad Van Orton

Movie
1993
Carlito's Way

as David Kleinfeld

Movie
1986
At Close Range

as Bradford "Brad" Whitewood Jr.

Movie
1982
Fast Times at Ridgemont High

as Jeff Spicoli

Movie