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Sean Penn

Sean Penn

Acting

August 17, 1960 (65 years old)
Santa Monica, California, USA
Male
142 Movies
38 TV Shows

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Penn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Mystic River
Mystic River

Mystic River

2003 7.7

as Jimmy Markum

Age 43 (now 65)
The Game
The Game

The Game

1997 7.6

as Conrad Van Orton

Age 37 (now 65)
21 Grams
21 Grams

21 Grams

2003 7.3

as Paul Rivers

Age 43 (now 65)
I Am Sam
I Am Sam

I Am Sam

2001 7.6

as Sam Dawson

Age 41 (now 65)
Milk
Milk

Milk

2008 7.2

as Harvey Milk

Age 48 (now 65)
Carlito's Way
Carlito's Way

Carlito's Way

1993 7.8

as David Kleinfeld

Age 33 (now 65)
One Battle After Another
One Battle After Another

One Battle After Another

2025 7.4

as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw

Age 65
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

2013 7.2

as Sean O'Connell

Age 53 (now 65)
This Must Be the Place
This Must Be the Place

This Must Be the Place

2011 7.0

as Cheyenne

Age 51 (now 65)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

1982 6.8

as Jeff Spicoli

Age 21 (now 65)
The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line

The Thin Red Line

1998 7.4

as 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh

Age 38 (now 65)
Dead Man Walking
Dead Man Walking

Dead Man Walking

1995 7.3

as Matthew Poncelet

Age 35 (now 65)
Gangster Squad
Gangster Squad

Gangster Squad

2013 6.4

as Mickey Cohen

Age 52 (now 65)
The Professor and the Madman
The Professor and the Madman

The Professor and the Madman

2019 7.1

as Dr. William Chester Minor

Age 58 (now 65)
Licorice Pizza
Licorice Pizza

Licorice Pizza

2021 7.0

as Jack Holden

Age 61 (now 65)
U Turn
U Turn

U Turn

1997 6.6

as Bobby Cooper

Age 37 (now 65)