Sean Penn
Born in Santa Monica, California, USA — Aug 17 1960
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 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 Aw…
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Sean Penn's Credits
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Family Guy
Sean Penn (voice)
Friends
Eric
Two and a Half Men
Sean Penn
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Sean Penn
One Battle After Another
Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
Little House on the Prairie
Boy (uncredited)
The Oscars
Self
The Larry Sanders Show
Sean Penn
Where Are They Now?
Self
I Am Sam
Sam Dawson
The Angry Birds Movie
Terence (voice)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Sean O'Connell
Iconoclasts
Self
Gaslit
John Mitchell
Mystic River
Jimmy Markum
Into the Wild
Directing
Carlito's Way
David Kleinfeld
The Tree of Life
Jack
The First
Tom Haggerty
Milk
Harvey Milk
Licorice Pizza
Jack Holden
The Thin Red Line
1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
The Game
Conrad Van Orton
Being John Malkovich
Sean Penn (uncredited)
The Pledge
Production
September 11
Directing
Gangster Squad
Mickey Cohen
Where the Wild Things Are
Crew
aka Charlie Sheen
Self
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Jeff Spicoli
Risky Business
Passenger in Car (uncredited)
The Interpreter
Tobin Keller
Casualties of War
Sgt. Tony Meserve
21 Grams
Paul Rivers
Dead Man Walking
Matthew Poncelet
Viva La Bam
Daddio
Clark
Colors
Danny McGavin
U Turn
Bobby Cooper
Bad Boys
Mick O'Brien
C*A*U*G*H*T
Production
Fair Game
Joseph Wilson
Taps
Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
The Gunman
Jim Terrier
I'm Still Here
Sean Penn (uncredited)
September 5
Production
kid 90
Production
At Close Range
Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr.
BRATS
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
We're No Angels
Jim
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
All the King's Men
Willie Stark
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Self
Racing with the Moon
Henry 'Hopper' Nash
The Professor and the Madman
Dr. William Chester Minor
Brando: The Documentary
Self
Manas
Production
The Crossing Guard
Writing
State of Grace
Terry
The Last Face
Directing
Sweet and Lowdown
Emmet Ray
She's So Lovely
Eddie Quinn
The Indian Runner
Directing
Words of War
Production
A Constant Forge
Self
What Just Happened
Sean Penn
Flag Day
John Vogel
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Sean Penn
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Samuel Bicke
Brando
Self
Crackers
Dillard
The People Speak
Self
Hugo Pool
Strange Hitchhiker
The Weight of Water
Thomas Janes
Asphalt City
Gene Rutkovsky
Before Night Falls
Cuco Sanchez
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
This Must Be the Place
Cheyenne
Animals in War
Shanghai Surprise
Glendon Wasey
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Self
Loved
Man on the Hill (Michael)
The Falcon and the Snowman
Daulton Lee
Cool Blue
Phil the Plumber (uncredited)
War Made Easy
Self - Narrator (Voice)
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
It's All About Love
Marciello
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
(voice)
The Killing of Randy Webster
Don Fremont
Gonzo Girl
Beaver Trilogy
"Groovin' Larry" Huff
Up at the Villa
Rowley Flint
Hurlyburly
Eddie
Searching for Debra Winger
Self (uncredited)
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Self
Hellinger's Law
Bit Part (uncredited)
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Narrator
Bukowski: Born Into This
Self
The Last Party
Self
Americans
Commie
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Self
Inside Björk
Self
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Self
Judgment in Berlin
Guenther X
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Superpower
Self
Bruce Springsteen – The America whisperer
Self : Actor, Director & Writer (Archive footage)
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
Himself (archive footage)
This So-Called Disaster
Ray
Witch Hunt
Himself (Narrator)
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Self
Untitled Sean Penn Film
Directing
Candles
Art
Becoming Madonna
Self (archive footage)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
Pizza Guy
The Gun on Second Street
Production
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
Sweet Micky for President
Self
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Self
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
Himself
21 Grams: In Fragments
Self
Untitled Jamal Khashoggi Project
Production
Citizen Penn
Himself
Madonna: The Name of the Game
Self
Cruise Control
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Self
Summerspell
Buddy
Sound of Sun
Man
The Human Experiment
Narrator
In Thanks We Trust
Self
Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story
Himself
The Beaver Kid 2
Groovin' Larry
Mad Hannans
Sean Penn, l'enfant terrible de l'Amérique
Self
Deflating the Elephant
Narrator
Haiti Untold
El Chapo & Sean Penn: Bungle in the Jungle
Self