Sean Penn

ActorProducerDirectorWriterCrew Aug 17 (age 65) Santa Monica, California, USA 1965–2025 (60 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Into the Wild

Director

Film

Mystic River

Jimmy Markum

Film

The Game

Conrad Van Orton

Film

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Sean O'Connell

Film

Carlito's Way

David Kleinfeld

Film

Being John Malkovich

Sean Penn (uncredited)

Film

The Thin Red Line

1st Sgt. Edward Welsh

Film

One Battle After Another

Col. Steven J. Lockjaw

Filmography

Acting (144)

Movies (110)

One Battle After Another

2025

as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw

Animals in War

In Thanks We Trust

as Self

Daddio

2024

as Clark

6.3

Bruce Springsteen – The America whisperer

2024

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

8.0

BRATS

2024

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Asphalt City

as Gene Rutkovsky

Becoming Madonna

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

Sean Penn, l'enfant terrible de l'Amérique

as Self

Gonzo Girl

Superpower

as Self

Licorice Pizza

as Jack Holden

Flag Day

as John Vogel

Citizen Penn

as Himself

Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read

2020

as Pizza Guy

5.4

The Professor and the Madman

2019

as Dr. William Chester Minor

Mad Hannans

Sound of Sun

as Man

The Angry Birds Movie

2016

as Terence (voice)

6.3

El Chapo & Sean Penn: Bungle in the Jungle

as Self

The Gunman

as Jim Terrier

Beaver Trilogy Part IV

2015

as Himself (archive footage)

7.4

Sweet Micky for President

2015

as Self

6.8

The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles

2014

as Self

7.1

Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story

2014

as Himself

6.2

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

2014

as Self

7.0

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

as Sean O'Connell

Gangster Squad

as Mickey Cohen

The Human Experiment

as Narrator

Americans

as Commie

Haiti Untold

The Tree of Life

as Jack

This Must Be the Place

2011

as Cheyenne

7.0

Woody Allen: A Documentary

2011

as Self

6.9

Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division

2011

as Self

Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune

as Self

Fair Game

as Joseph Wilson

I'm Still Here

as Sean Penn (uncredited)

6.0

The People Speak

2009

as Self

7.2

Deflating the Elephant

2009

as Narrator

Milk

as Harvey Milk

What Just Happened

as Sean Penn

Witch Hunt

as Himself (Narrator)

7.0

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

2008

as Self

Brando

2007

as Self

6.8

War Made Easy

2007

as Self - Narrator (Voice)

7.2

All the King's Men

2006

as Willie Stark

5.8

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

as Self

The Interpreter

as Tobin Keller

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

2004

as Samuel Bicke

6.5

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

2004

as Self

7.0

Mystic River: Beneath the Surface

2004

as Self

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

2004

as Self(archive footage) (uncredited)

2.0

21 Grams: In Fragments

2004

as Self

Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

2004

as Self

7.5

Mystic River: From Page to Screen

2003

as Self

Mystic River

as Jimmy Markum

21 Grams

as Paul Rivers

It's All About Love

as Marciello

Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)

2003

as Self

5.0

This So-Called Disaster

as Ray

Pauly Shore Is Dead

as Sean Penn

Bukowski: Born Into This

as Self

Inside Björk

as Self

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

as Self

Dogtown and Z-Boys

as Narrator

Searching for Debra Winger

as Self (uncredited)

I Am Sam

as Sam Dawson

The Weight of Water

as Thomas Janes

Before Night Falls

as Cuco Sanchez

Up at the Villa

as Rowley Flint

Beaver Trilogy

as "Groovin' Larry" Huff

A Constant Forge

as Self

Being John Malkovich

as Sean Penn (uncredited)

7.4

Sweet and Lowdown

1999

as Emmet Ray

6.8

Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High

1999

5.8

The Thin Red Line

1998

as 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh

Hurlyburly

as Eddie

The Game

as Conrad Van Orton

U Turn

as Bobby Cooper

She's So Lovely

as Eddie Quinn

Loved

as Man on the Hill (Michael)

4.2

Hugo Pool

1997

as Strange Hitchhiker

Dead Man Walking

as Matthew Poncelet

Carlito's Way

as David Kleinfeld

The Last Party

as Self

Madonna: The Name of the Game

1993

as Self

Cruise Control

State of Grace

as Terry

Cool Blue

as Phil the Plumber (uncredited)

Casualties of War

as Sgt. Tony Meserve

We're No Angels

as Jim

Colors

as Danny McGavin

Judgment in Berlin

as Guenther X

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

1987

as (voice)

7.1

At Close Range

1986

as Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr.

6.8

Shanghai Surprise

1986

as Glendon Wasey

4.2

The Falcon and the Snowman

as Daulton Lee

Crackers

as Dillard

Racing with the Moon

as Henry 'Hopper' Nash

Bad Boys

as Mick O'Brien

Risky Business

as Passenger in Car (uncredited)

6.6

Summerspell

1983

as Buddy

8.0

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

1982

as Jeff Spicoli

6.8

Taps

1981

as Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer

6.8

Hellinger's Law

1981

as Bit Part (uncredited)

7.5

The Beaver Kid 2

1981

as Groovin' Larry

4.3

The Killing of Randy Webster

1981

as Don Fremont

5.8

"American Arts & Culture" Presents John Horatio Malkovich: "Dance of Despair and Disillusionment"

as Self

Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame

as Himself

Television (34)

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

2025

as Self - Actor and Founder of CORE

5.0

aka Charlie Sheen

2025

as Self

7.5

Variety & CNN Actors on Actors

2025

as Self

Gaslit

2022

as John Mitchell

6.8

Lights Out with David Spade

2019

as Self

5.6

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

The First

as Tom Haggerty

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self

6.2

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self - Guest

5.9

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

2008

as Self

7.5

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

Brando: The Documentary

2007

as Self

4.5

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

as Self

VH1 Rock Honors

The Reichen Show

as Self

Iconoclasts

as Self

Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self

Two and a Half Men

as Sean Penn

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Viva La Bam

Celebrities Uncensored

as Self

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Sean Penn

Family Guy

as Sean Penn (voice)

Where Are They Now?

as Self

The Early Show

as Self

The View

as Self

Friends

as Eric

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

7.5

The Larry Sanders Show

as Sean Penn

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Little House on the Prairie

as Boy (uncredited)

aspekte

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Crew (34)

Movies (33)

Manas

Executive Producer

Words of War

Executive Producer

September 5

Producer

Asphalt City

Producer

Superpower

Director

kid 90

Executive Producer

Flag Day

Director

Flag Day

Producer

The Last Face

Director

The Gunman

Producer

The Gunman

Screenplay

The Human Experiment

Executive Producer

Americans

Story

Where the Wild Things Are

Thanks

Into the Wild

Director

Into the Wild

Producer

Into the Wild

Screenplay

September 11

Director

September 11

Writer

The Pledge

Director

The Pledge

Producer

She's So Lovely

Executive Producer

Loved

Producer

The Crossing Guard

Director

The Crossing Guard

Producer

The Crossing Guard

Writer

The Indian Runner

Director

The Indian Runner

Screenplay

Candles

Set Decoration

The Gun on Second Street

Executive Producer

Untitled Jamal Khashoggi Project

Director

Untitled Jamal Khashoggi Project

Producer

Untitled Sean Penn Film

Director

Television (1)

C*A*U*G*H*T

2023

Executive Producer

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