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Sean Penn

Acting

Born August 17, 1960 · Santa Monica, California, USA

Also known as Sean Justin Penn

Biography

Sean Justin Penn is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his intense leading man roles in film. His accolades include three Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award. He received the Honorary César in 2015 and the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2022.

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Awards & recognition

  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2026
  • BAFTA Award — Best Actor in a Supporting Role · 2026
  • Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role · 2026
  • Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class · 2022
  • Producers Guild Stanley Kramer Award · 2011
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  • Academy Award — Best Actor · 2009
  • Academy Award — Best Actor · 2004
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama · 2004
  • Volpi Cup — Best Actor · 2003
  • Volpi Cup — Best Actor · 1998
  • Cannes Film Festival Award — Best Actor · 1997
  • Academy Award — Best Actor · 2009 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actor · 2004 · nominated
  • International Cinephile Society Award — Best Actor · 2004 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actor · 2002 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actor · 2000 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actor · 1996 · nominated
  • Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Actor · 1987 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Friends

1994as Eric

Manas

2025Executive Producer

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000as Sean Penn

Animals in War

2025

Bruce Springsteen: The America Whisperer

2024as Self : Actor, Director & Writer (Archive footage)

Little House on the Prairie

1974as Boy (uncredited)

Persepolis

2007as Marjane's Father (voice) (English language version)

Into the Wild

2007Director, Producer, Screenplay

Carlito's Way

1993as David Kleinfeld

Mystic River

2003as Jimmy Markum

The Larry Sanders Show

1992as Sean Penn

I Am Sam

2001as Sam Dawson

The Game

1997as Conrad Van Orton

Aka Charlie Sheen

2025as Self

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

2008as Self

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

2006as Self

Iconoclasts

2005as Self

Beaver Trilogy Part IV

2015as Himself (archive footage)

Two and a Half Men

2003as Sean Penn

Family Guy

1999as Sean Penn (voice)

Being John Malkovich

1999as Sean Penn (uncredited)

The Thin Red Line

1998as 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh

One Battle After Another

2025as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw

21 Grams

2003as Paul Rivers

Dead Man Walking

1995as Matthew Poncelet

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

2013as Sean O'Connell

The People Speak

2009as Self

Milk

2008as Harvey Milk

War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death

2007as Narrator (Voice)

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

2006as Self

Casualties of War

1989as Sgt. Tony Meserve

The Professor and the Madman

2019as Dr. William Chester Minor

September 5

2024Producer

Kid 90

2021Executive Producer

This Must Be the Place

2011as Cheyenne

Witch Hunt

2008as Himself (Narrator)

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

2004as Self

Dogtown and Z-Boys

2001as Narrator

State of Grace

1990as Terry

Bad Boys

1983as Mick O'Brien

Licorice Pizza

2021as Jack Holden

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self (uncredited)

Becoming Madonna

2024as Self (archive footage)

Gaslit

2022as John Mitchell

Sweet Micky for President

2015as Self

Bukowski: Born into This

2003as Self

Sweet and Lowdown

1999as Emmet Ray

At Close Range

1986as Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

1982as Jeff Spicoli