Sean Penn

65 years old Santa Monica, California, USA

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.

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Recent movies

# Name Character Rating
1 One Battle After Another (2025) Col. Steven J. Lockjaw 6.9
2 BRATS (2024) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 7.3
3 Daddio (2024) Clark -
4 Superpower (2023) Director / Writer -
5 Asphalt City (2023) Gene Rutkovsky -
6 Licorice Pizza (2021) Jack Holden 7.1
7 Flag Day (2021) Director / Writer -
8 The Professor and the Madman (2019) Dr. William Chester Minor 6.5
9 The Last Face (2017) Director / Writer 6
10 The Angry Birds Movie (2016) Terence (voice) 6.6
11 The Gunman (2015) Director / Writer 5.9
12 The Human Experiment (2015) Narrator 8
13 The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles (2014) Self -
14 Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story (2014) Himself -
15 Gangster Squad (2013) Mickey Cohen 7
16 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) Sean O'Connell 7.4
17 This Must Be the Place (2011) Cheyenne 7.1
18 Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011) Self -
19 The Tree of Life (2011)
Oscars 2012 		Jack 6.2
20 Fair Game (2010) Joseph Wilson 6.8
21 I'm Still Here (2010) Sean Penn (uncredited) 5.3
22 The People Speak (2009) Self 7
23 What Just Happened (2008) Sean Penn 3.4
24 Milk (2008)
Oscars 2009 		Harvey Milk 7.5
25 Witch Hunt (2008) Himself (Narrator) 8
26 Brando (2007) Self -
27 Into the Wild (2007)
Oscars 2008 		Director / Writer 7.9
28 Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride (2006) Self -
29 All the King's Men (2006) Willie Stark 4
30 The Interpreter (2005) Tobin Keller 6.7
31 The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) Samuel Bicke 6.3
32 Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003) Sean Penn -
33 Mystic River (2003)
Oscars 2004 		Jimmy Markum 7.6
34 Bukowski: Born Into This (2003) Self -
35 It's All About Love (2003) Marciello 6.7
36 21 Grams (2003)
Oscars 2004 		Paul Rivers 7.4
37 Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002) Narrator 9.5
38 September 11 (2002) Director / Writer 7
39 The Pledge (2001) Director / Writer 6.6
40 I Am Sam (2001)
Oscars 2002 		Sam Dawson 7.6
41 The Weight of Water (2001) Thomas Janes 7
42 A Constant Forge (2000) Self 5
43 Before Night Falls (2000)
Oscars 2001 		Cuco Sanchez -
44 Being John Malkovich (1999)
Oscars 2000 		Sean Penn (uncredited) 7.5
45 Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Oscars 2000 		Emmet Ray 7
46 Hurlyburly (1998) Eddie -
47 The Thin Red Line (1998)
Oscars 1999 		1st Sgt. Edward Welsh 7.3
48 The Game (1997) Conrad Van Orton 7.6
49 U Turn (1997) Bobby Cooper 6.3
50 Hugo Pool (1997) Strange Hitchhiker 5
51 She's So Lovely (1997) Eddie Quinn 5.5
52 Dead Man Walking (1995) Matthew Poncelet 7
53 The Crossing Guard (1995) Director / Writer 4
54 Carlito's Way (1993) David Kleinfeld 7.4
55 The Indian Runner (1991) Director / Writer -
56 State of Grace (1990) Terry 7
57 Cool Blue (1990) Phil the Plumber (uncredited) -
58 Casualties of War (1989) Sgt. Tony Meserve 7.8
59 We're No Angels (1989) Jim 7
60 Colors (1988) Danny McGavin 7.5
61 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) (voice) -
62 At Close Range (1986) Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr. 6
63 Shanghai Surprise (1986) Glendon Wasey 5
64 The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) Daulton Lee 6
65 Racing with the Moon (1984) Henry 'Hopper' Nash -
66 Bad Boys (1983) Mick O'Brien 7
67 Risky Business (1983) Passenger in Car (uncredited) 6.2
68 Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) Jeff Spicoli 7.4
69 Taps (1981) Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer 7.2