Cast
Sean Penn
Acting
Cast
Sean Penn
Known for
Acting
Born
1960-08-17
From
Santa Monica, California, USA
Also known as Sean Justin Penn
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 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.
One Battle After Another
as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Sean O'Connell
The Angry Birds Movie
as Terence (voice)
The Game
as Conrad Van Orton
Mystic River
as Jimmy Markum
Licorice Pizza
as Jack Holden
The Thin Red Line
as 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
Carlito's Way
as David Kleinfeld
I Am Sam
as Sam Dawson
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
as Jeff Spicoli
The Tree of Life
as Jack
Gangster Squad
as Mickey Cohen
The Interpreter
as Tobin Keller
Being John Malkovich
as Sean Penn (uncredited)
Risky Business
as Passenger in Car (uncredited)
Colors
as Danny McGavin
Dead Man Walking
as Matthew Poncelet
Bad Boys
as Mick O'Brien
Milk
as Harvey Milk
21 Grams
as Paul Rivers
State of Grace
as Terry
Casualties of War
as Sgt. Tony Meserve
U Turn
as Bobby Cooper
Daddio
as Clark
Fair Game
as Joseph Wilson
The Gunman
as Jim Terrier
Taps
as Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
The Professor and the Madman
as Dr. William Chester Minor
We're No Angels
as Jim
All the King's Men
as Willie Stark
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Daulton Lee
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
as Self
What Just Happened
as Sean Penn
I'm Still Here
as Sean Penn (uncredited)
At Close Range
as Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr.
This Must Be the Place
as Cheyenne
BRATS
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as (voice)
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
as Samuel Bicke
Sweet and Lowdown
as Emmet Ray
Shanghai Surprise
as Glendon Wasey
The People Speak
as Self
Before Night Falls
as Cuco Sanchez
The Weight of Water
as Thomas Janes
Hugo Pool
as Strange Hitchhiker
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
Asphalt City
as Gene Rutkovsky
Flag Day
as John Vogel
Loved
as Man on the Hill (Michael)
She's So Lovely
as Eddie Quinn
Pauly Shore Is Dead
as Sean Penn
Dogtown and Z-Boys
as Narrator
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
as Self
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self (uncredited)
Brando
as Self
It's All About Love
as Marciello
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
as Self
Inside Björk
as Self
Hurlyburly
as Eddie
Up at the Villa
as Rowley Flint
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
as Himself
Judgment in Berlin
as Guenther X
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
as Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
Racing with the Moon
as Henry 'Hopper' Nash
Crackers
as Dillard
Superpower
as Self
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
as Pizza Guy
The Last Party
as Self
The Killing of Randy Webster
as Don Fremont
Gonzo Girl
Bukowski: Born Into This
as Self
Becoming Madonna
as Self (archive footage)
Americans
as Commie
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
as Himself (archive footage)
Bruce Springsteen: The America Whisperer
as Self : Actor, Director & Writer (Archive footage)
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
as Self
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
as Self
Cruise Control
A Constant Forge
as Self
Cool Blue
as Phil the Plumber (uncredited)
The Human Experiment
as Narrator
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
as Self
War Made Easy
as Narrator (Voice)
Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story
as Himself
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
as Self
Beaver Trilogy
as "Groovin' Larry" Huff
This So-Called Disaster
as Ray
Hellinger's Law
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
as Self
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
as Self
The Beaver Kid 2
as Groovin' Larry
Summerspell
as Buddy
Sweet Micky for President
as Self
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
as Self
Animals in War
Citizen Penn
as Himself
Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another
as Self
Sound of Sun
as Man
21 Grams: In Fragments
as Self
Witch Hunt
as Himself (Narrator)
Madonna: The Name of the Game
as Self
Sean Penn, l'enfant terrible de l'Amérique
as Self
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
as Self
Deflating the Elephant
as Narrator
Haiti Untold
El Chapo & Sean Penn: Bungle in the Jungle
as Self
Mad Hannans
In Thanks We Trust
as Self