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Sean Penn

b. 1960 · 73 titles in the catalogue

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 accolades include three 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 won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing the ruthless military officer Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw in One Battle After Another (2025). 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) and Daddio (2023).

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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  1. Into the Wild2007Director · Producer · Screenplay
  2. Friends1994as Eric
  3. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty2013as Sean O'Connell
  4. Mystic River2003as Jimmy Markum
  5. The Game1997as Conrad Van Orton
  6. Family Guy1999as Sean Penn (voice)
  7. Being John Malkovich1999as Sean Penn (uncredited)
  8. Gangster Squad2013as Mickey Cohen
  9. The Angry Birds Movie2016as Terence (voice)
  10. One Battle After Another2025as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
  11. Two and a Half Men2003as Sean Penn
  12. Carlito's Way1993as David Kleinfeld
  13. 21 Grams2003as Paul Rivers
  14. The Tree of Life2011as Jack
  15. The Thin Red Line1998as 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
  16. Licorice Pizza2021as Jack Holden
  17. I Am Sam2001as Sam Dawson
  18. Milk2008as Harvey Milk
  19. Where the Wild Things Are2009Thanks
  20. The Interpreter2005as Tobin Keller
  21. Dead Man Walking1995as Matthew Poncelet
  22. Risky Business1983as Passenger in Car (uncredited)
  23. Fast Times at Ridgemont High1982as Jeff Spicoli
  24. This Must Be the Place2011as Cheyenne
  25. The Professor and the Madman2019as Dr. William Chester Minor
  26. The Pledge2001Director · Producer
  27. The Gunman2015as Jim Terrier · Producer · Screenplay
  28. Casualties of War1989as Sgt. Tony Meserve
  29. Little House on the Prairie1974as Boy (uncredited)
  30. Curb Your Enthusiasm2000as Sean Penn
  31. Fair Game2010as Joseph Wilson
  32. U Turn1997as Bobby Cooper
  33. September 52024Producer
  34. Sweet and Lowdown1999as Emmet Ray
  35. We're No Angels1989as Jim
  36. Colors1988as Danny McGavin
  37. Saturday Night Live1975as Self (uncredited)
  38. What Just Happened2008as Sean Penn
  39. State of Grace1990as Terry
  40. I'm Still Here2010as Sean Penn (uncredited)
  41. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014as Self - Guest
  42. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015as Self
  43. All the King's Men2006as Willie Stark
  44. Daddio2024as Clark
  45. At Close Range1986as Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr.
  46. The Assassination of Richard Nixon2004as Samuel Bicke
  47. Before Night Falls2000as Cuco Sanchez
  48. Bad Boys1983as Mick O'Brien
  49. Taps1981as Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
  50. The Crossing Guard1995Director · Producer · Writer
  51. The Graham Norton Show2007as Self
  52. Real Time with Bill Maher2003as Self
  53. Asphalt City2023as Gene Rutkovsky · Producer
  54. Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003as Self - Guest
  55. The Last Face2017Director
  56. The Weight of Water2001as Thomas Janes
  57. The Falcon and the Snowman1985as Daulton Lee
  58. Flag Day2021as John Vogel · Director · Producer
  59. Woody Allen: A Documentary2011as Self
  60. Dogtown and Z-Boys2002as Narrator
  61. The Indian Runner1991Director · Screenplay
  62. Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis2008as Self
  63. She's So Lovely1997as Eddie Quinn · Executive Producer
  64. September 112002Director · Writer
  65. It's All About Love2003as Marciello
  66. The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing2004as Self
  67. The View1997as Self
  68. Hurlyburly1998as Eddie
  69. Shanghai Surprise1986as Glendon Wasey
  70. The First2018as Tom Haggerty
  71. Racing with the Moon1984as Henry 'Hopper' Nash
  72. The Larry Sanders Show1992as Sean Penn
  73. Pauly Shore Is Dead2003as Sean Penn