Sean Penn

Acting · Born 1960-08-17 in Santa Monica, California, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Mystic River as Jimmy Markum
• 21 Grams as Paul Rivers
• Milk as Harvey Milk
• Casualties of War as Sgt. Tony Meserve
• Dead Man Walking as Matthew Poncelet
• Licorice Pizza as Jack Holden
• State of Grace as Terry
• The Game as Conrad Van Orton
• I Am Sam as Sam Dawson
• Carlito's Way as David Kleinfeld

TV

• Little House on the Prairie
• Friends as Eric
• Curb Your Enthusiasm as Sean Penn
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• Viva La Bam
• Two and a Half Men as Sean Penn
• The Early Show as Self
• Celebrities Uncensored as Self
• VH1 Rock Honors
• Iconoclasts as Self