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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Career Statisics
| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
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| 1996 | 36 | Dead Man Walking (1995) | Leading Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| 2000 | 40 | Sweet and Lowdown (1999) | Leading Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| 2002 | 42 | I Am Sam (2001) | Leading Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| 2004 | 44 | Mystic River (2003) | Leading Actor | Win | 0 | |
| 2009 | 49 | Milk (2008) | Leading Actor | Win | 0 | |
| Career | 0 |
Transaction History
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Credits
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2025-11-06 | Animals in War | |
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2025-09-23 | One Battle After Another | Col. Steven J. Lockjaw |
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2024-06-27 | Daddio | Clark |
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2024-03-28 | Asphalt City | Gene Rutkovsky |
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2023-09-07 | Gonzo Girl | |
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2021-11-26 | Licorice Pizza | Jack Holden |
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2021-08-20 | Flag Day | John Vogel |
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2020-09-17 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read | Pizza Guy |
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2019-03-07 | The Professor and the Madman | Dr. William Chester Minor |
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2017-01-14 | Sound of Sun | Man |
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2017-01-01 | Mad Hannans | |
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2016-05-11 | The Angry Birds Movie | Terence (voice) |
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2015-02-16 | The Gunman | Jim Terrier |
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2013-12-18 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Sean O'Connell |
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2013-01-09 | Gangster Squad | Mickey Cohen |
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2012-10-10 | Americans | Commie |
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2012-01-01 | Haiti Untold | |
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2011-08-24 | This Must Be the Place | Cheyenne |
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2011-05-17 | The Tree of Life | Jack |
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2010-09-10 | I'm Still Here | Sean Penn (uncredited) |
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2010-05-20 | Fair Game | Joseph Wilson |
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2008-11-05 | Milk | Harvey Milk |
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2008-10-17 | What Just Happened | Sean Penn |
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2006-09-10 | All the King's Men | Willie Stark |
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2005-04-08 | The Interpreter | Tobin Keller |
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2004-05-17 | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | Samuel Bicke |
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2003-10-08 | Mystic River | Jimmy Markum |
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2003-09-06 | 21 Grams | Paul Rivers |
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2003-03-11 | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Sean Penn |
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2003-01-10 | It's All About Love | Marciello |
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2003-01-01 | This So-Called Disaster | Ray |
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2001-12-28 | I Am Sam | Sam Dawson |
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2001-03-30 | The Weight of Water | Thomas Janes |
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2000-09-03 | Before Night Falls | Cuco Sanchez |
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2000-08-13 | Beaver Trilogy | "Groovin' Larry" Huff |
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2000-04-14 | Up at the Villa | Rowley Flint |
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1999-12-21 | Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High | |
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1999-12-03 | Sweet and Lowdown | Emmet Ray |
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1999-10-29 | Being John Malkovich | Sean Penn (uncredited) |
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1998-12-25 | Hurlyburly | Eddie |
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1998-12-23 | The Thin Red Line | 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh |
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1997-12-12 | Hugo Pool | Strange Hitchhiker |
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1997-10-31 | Loved | Man on the Hill (Michael) |
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1997-10-03 | U Turn | Bobby Cooper |
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1997-09-12 | The Game | Conrad Van Orton |
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1997-08-29 | She's So Lovely | Eddie Quinn |
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1995-12-29 | Dead Man Walking | Matthew Poncelet |
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1993-11-10 | Carlito's Way | David Kleinfeld |
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1992-10-01 | Cruise Control | |
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1990-09-14 | State of Grace | Terry |
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1990-02-27 | Cool Blue | Phil the Plumber (uncredited) |
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1989-08-18 | Casualties of War | Sgt. Tony Meserve |
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1989-06-02 | We're No Angels | Jim |
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1988-05-06 | Judgment in Berlin | Guenther X |
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1988-04-15 | Colors | Danny McGavin |
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1987-10-01 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | (voice) |
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1986-08-29 | Shanghai Surprise | Glendon Wasey |
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1986-04-18 | At Close Range | Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr. |
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1985-01-25 | The Falcon and the Snowman | Daulton Lee |
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1984-03-23 | Racing with the Moon | Henry 'Hopper' Nash |
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1984-02-17 | Crackers | Dillard |
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1983-08-05 | Risky Business | Passenger in Car (uncredited) |
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1983-07-02 | Summerspell | Buddy |
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1983-03-25 | Bad Boys | Mick O'Brien |
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1982-08-13 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Jeff Spicoli |
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1981-12-20 | Taps | Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer |
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1981-09-04 | The Beaver Kid 2 | Groovin' Larry |
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1981-03-11 | The Killing of Randy Webster | Don Fremont |
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1981-03-10 | Hellinger's Law | Bit Part (uncredited) |