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Sean Justin Penn is an American actor, director, and filmmaker. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic River (2003) and the biopic Milk (2008).

Birth Name

Sean Justin Penn

Born

Wednesday, 17 August 1960

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Project		2021
Flag Day		2020
Citizen Penn	Himself	2020
Lights Out with David Spade	Self	2019
The Movies	Jeff Spicoli (archive footage)	2019
An Accidental Studio	(archive footage)	2019
The Professor and the Madman	Dr. William Chester Minor	2019
The First	Tom Hagerty, Tom Haggerty	2018
The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate Del Castillo Story	Himself	2017
Sound of Sun	Man	2017

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Project		2021
Flag Day		2020
Citizen Penn	Himself	2020
Lights Out with David Spade	Self	2019
The Movies	Jeff Spicoli (archive footage)	2019
An Accidental Studio	(archive footage)	2019
The Professor and the Madman	Dr. William Chester Minor	2019
The First	Tom Hagerty, Tom Haggerty	2018
The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate Del Castillo Story	Himself	2017
Sound of Sun	Man	2017
American Lion	Andrew Jackson	2017
The Angry Birds Movie	Terence (voice)	2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self - Guest	2015
3 Hikers	Himself	2015
The Gunman	Terrier	2015
Sweet Micky For President	Himself	2015
Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story	Himself	2014
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey	Himself	2014
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty	Sean O'Connell	2013
The Human Experiment	Narrator	2013
The Lead with Jake Tapper	Self	2013
Gangster Squad	Mickey Cohen	2013
Americans	Commie	2012
The Hollywood Fast Lane	Himself - Interviewee	2012
Haiti Untold	Himself	2012
Woody Allen: A Documentary	Himself	2011
This Must Be The Place	Cheyenne	2011
Close Up	Himself - Interviewee	2011
The Tree of Life	Jack	2011
Bad Boy Kummer	Himself (archive footage)	2011
Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune	Actor	2011
Conan	Himself - Guest, Himself	2010
Overheard with Evan Smith	Self - Interviewee	2010
Fair Game	Joe Wilson	2010
If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise	Himself	2010
The People Speak	Himself	2009
Richard Roeper & the Movies	Joe Wilson	2009
Crossing Over		2009
Milk	Harvey Milk	2008
What Just Happened	Sean Penn	2008
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis	Himself	2008
Witch Hunt	Himself - Narrator	2008
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death	Himself - Narrator (voice)	2007
Persepolis	Mr. Satrapi - Marjane's Father (voice)	2007
Brando	Himself	2007
The Graham Norton Show	Self - Guest	2007
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film	Himself	2006
All The King's Men	Willie Stark	2006
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts	Himself	2006
Iconoclasts	Himself	2005
The Colbert Report	Himself - Guest, Himself	2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade	Himself	2005
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations	Himself	2005
The Interpreter	Tobin Keller	2005
Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood	Himself (archive footage)	2004
The Assassination Of Richard Nixon	Samuel Bicke	2004
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing	Himself	2004
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years	Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer (archive footage)	2003
Viva La Bam	Himself	2003
Mystic River	Jimmy Markum	2003
Two and a Half Men	Sean Penn	2003
Anderson Cooper 360°	Self	2003
21 Grams	Paul Rivers	2003
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'	Kleinfeld (archive footage)	2003
Celebrities Uncensored	Himself	2003
MTV Icon: Metallica	Himself	2003
Pauly Shore Is Dead	Sean Penn	2003
Real Time with Bill Maher	Self - Guest	2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Himself - Guest, Himself	2003
Penn & Teller: Bullshit!	Himself - Actor	2003
Bukowski: Born into This	Himself	2003
It's All About Love	Marciello	2003
This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs the Late Henry Moss	Ray	2003
Inside Björk	Himself	2003
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick	Himself	2002
I Am Sam	Sam Dawson	2002
See How They Run	Himself	2001
Dogtown and Z-Boys	Narrator (voice)	2001
The Beaver Trilogy	Groovin' Larry	2000
Before Night Falls	Cuco Sanchez	2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm	Sean Penn	2000
The Weight Of Water	Thomas Janes	2000
Up At The Villa	Rowley Flint	2000
Sweet and Lowdown	Emmet Ray	2000
A Constant Forge	Himself	2000
Being John Malkovich	Himself	1999
Family Guy	Sean Penn (voice)	1999
VH-1 Where Are They Now?	Himself	1999
Hurlyburly	Eddie	1998
The Thin Red Line	1st Sgt. Welsh	1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey	Himself	1998
Hugo Pool	Andy	1997
U Turn	Bobby Cooper	1997
The Game	Conrad	1997
She's So Lovely	Eddie Quinn	1997
Loved	Man on the Hill (Michael)	1997
The Daily Show	Self - Guest	1996
Dead Man Walking	Matthew Poncelet	1996
Friends	Eric	1994
Extra with Billy Bush	Self (archive footage), Self	1994
Inside the Actors Studio	Himself - Guest, Himself (archive footage)	1994
Ellen	Sean Penn	1994
Carlito's Way	Kleinfeld	1993
Late Show with David Letterman	Himself - Guest	1993
The Last Party	Himself	1993
Cruise Control	Jeffrey	1992
The Larry Sanders Show	Sean Penn	1992
Madonna: Truth or Dare		1991
State of Grace	Terry Noonan	1990
The Word	Himself	1990
Cool Blue	Phil the Plumber (uncredited)	1990
We're No Angels	Jim	1989
Casualties Of War	Sgt. Tony Meserve	1989
CNN Newsroom	Self	1989
Colors	Danny McGavin	1988
Judgment In Berlin	Guenther X	1988
Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam	(voice)	1987
Shanghai Surprise	Glendon Wasey	1986
American Masters	Self	1986
At Close Range	Brad Jr.	1986
The Falcon And The Snowman	Daulton Lee	1985
Racing With The Moon	Henry 'Hopper' Nash	1984
Crackers	Dillard	1984
Risky Business	Cameo (uncredited)	1983
Summerspell	Buddy	1983
Bad Boys	Mick O'Brien	1983
Not Necessarily the News	Himself (archive footage)	1983
Fast Times At Ridgemont High	Jeff Spicoli	1982
Taps	Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer	1981
Entertainment Tonight	Himself (archive footage), Himself	1981
The Killing of Randy Webster	Don Fremont	1981
Hellinger's Law	Cameo (uncredited)	1981
CBS News Sunday Morning	Himself, Self	1979
20/20	Himself - Actor (archive footage)	1978
Saturday Night Live	Himself - Host / Various / Robert DeNiro	1975
Little House on the Prairie	Kid	1974
Barnaby Jones	Sam	1973
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Himself - Guest, Himself	1962

Director Filmography

Title	Year

Flag Day	2020
The Last Face	2017
Into the Wild	2007
September 11	2002
The Pledge	2001
The Crossing Guard	1995
The Indian Runner	1991

Producer Filmography

Title	Year

Flag Day	2020
American Lion	2017
The Gunman	2015
The Human Experiment	2013
Love Hate Love	2011
Witch Hunt	2008
Into the Wild	2007
The Pledge	2001
She's So Lovely	1997
Loved	1997
The Crossing Guard	1995

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Year	Type	Category	Won

2009	Oscar	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Won
2009	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama	Nominated
2004	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Won
2004	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama	Won
2002	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated
2000	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated
2000	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical	Nominated
1996	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated
1996	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama	Nominated
1994	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture	Nominated