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Powerhouse film performer capable of intensely moving work who has gone from strength to strength during a colourful film career, and who has drawn much media attention for his stormy private life and political viewpoints, California-born Sean Penn is the second son of actress Eileen Ryan & director Leo Penn... See full bio »

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2012 The Gangster Squad (post-production)
Mickey Cohen
 
2011 This Must Be the Place
Cheyenne
 
2011 The Tree of Life
Jack
 
2010/I Fair Game
Joe Wilson
 
2008/I Milk
Harvey Milk
 
2008 What Just Happened
Sean Penn
 
2007 Persepolis
Mr. Satrapi - Marjane's father (voice: English version)
 
2006 All the King's Men
Willie Stark
 
2005 The Interpreter
Tobin Keller
 
2004 The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Samuel J. Bicke
 
2003 21 Grams
Paul Rivers
 
2003 Mystic River
Jimmy Markum
 
2003 It's All About Love
Marciello
 
2001 I Am Sam
Sam Dawson
 
2001 Friends (TV series)
Eric
– The One with the Stain (2001) … Eric
– The One with the Halloween Party (2001) … Eric
 
2000 The Weight of Water
Thomas Janes
 
2000 Before Night Falls
Cuco Sanchez
 
2000 Up at the Villa
Rowley Flint
 
1999 Sweet and Lowdown
Emmet Ray
 
1998 The Thin Red Line
1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
 
1998 Hurlyburly
Eddie
 
1997 Hugo Pool
Strange Hitchhiker
 
1997 Ellen (TV series)
Sean Penn
– Emma (1997) … Sean Penn (uncredited)
 
1997 The Game
Conrad Van Orton
 
1997 U Turn
Bobby Cooper
 
1997 She's So Lovely
Eddie Quinn
 
1997 Loved
Man on the Hill (Michael)
 
1996 Talking with David Frost (TV series)
Guest
– Sean Penn (1996) … Guest
 
1995 Dead Man Walking
Matthew Poncelet
 
1993 Carlito's Way
David Kleinfeld
 
1992 Cruise Control (short)
Jeffrey
 
1990 State of Grace
Terry Noonan
 
1990 Cool Blue (video)
Phil the Plumber (uncredited)
 
1989 We're No Angels
Jim
 
1989 Casualties of War
Sgt. Tony Meserve
 
1988 Judgment in Berlin
Guenther X
 
1988 Colors
Officer Danny McGavin
 
1986 Shanghai Surprise
Glendon Wasey
 
1986 At Close Range
Brad Whitewood Jr.
 
1985 The Falcon and the Snowman
Daulton Lee
 
1984 Racing with the Moon
Henry 'Hopper' Nash
 
1984 Crackers
Dillard
 
1983 Bad Boys
Mick O'Brien
 
1983 Summerspell
Buddy
 
1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Jeff Spicoli
 
1981 Taps
Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
 
1981 The Killing of Randy Webster (TV movie)
Don Fremont
 
1981 Hellinger's Law (TV movie)
Bit Part
 
1979 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Sam
– School of Terror (1979) … Sam
 
1974 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Kid
– The Voice of Tinker Jones (1974) … Kid (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (8 titles)
2011 Love Hate Love (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2010 Dirty Hands Caravan (documentary) (producer)
 
2008 Witch Hunt (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2007 Into the Wild (producer)
 
2001 The Pledge (producer)
 
1997 She's So Lovely (executive producer)
 
1997 Loved (producer)
 
1995 The Crossing Guard (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (8 titles)
2013 The Comedian (pre-production)
 
2007 Into the Wild
 
2004 Peter Gabriel: Play (video) (video "The Barry Williams Show")
 
2002 September 11 (segment "USA")
 
2001 Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 (video documentary) (video "Highway Patrolman")
 
2001 The Pledge
 
1995 The Crossing Guard
 
1991 The Indian Runner
 
Show ShowWriter (4 titles)
2007 Into the Wild (screenplay)
 
2002 September 11 (segment "USA")
 
1995 The Crossing Guard (written by)
 
1991 The Indian Runner (written by)
 
Show ShowThanks (13 titles)
2009 Possession(s) (short) (thanks for inspiration)
 
2009 Where the Wild Things Are (special thanks)
 
2009 Follow the Prophet (thanks)
 
2007 Death Proof (special thanks)
 
2007 Hounddog (the producers wish to thank)
 
2006 Jackass Number Two (documentary) (thanks)
 
2006 Babel (special thanks)
 
2006 The Darwin Awards (special thanks)
 
2005 Daltry Calhoun (special thanks)
 
2004 Mystic River: Beneath the Surface (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2001 Dogtown and Z-Boys (documentary) (thanks)
 
2001 And Then One Night: The Making of 'Dead Man Walking' (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
1999 Being John Malkovich (acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (100 titles)
2011-2012 Piers Morgan Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 January 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 October 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2009-2012 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 January 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 January 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2012 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division (short)
Himself
 
2011 A Decade of Difference: A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. Clinton Foundation
Himself
 
2011 Guys Choice Awards 2011 (TV movie)
Himself - Award Winner
 
2011 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Haiti (2011) … Himself
 
2010 Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2010/I I'm Still Here
Himself (uncredited)
 
2010 If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (2010) … Himself
 
1995-2010 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 19 July 2010 (2010) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 28 November 2008 (2008) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 21 September 2007 (2007) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 2 July 2004 (2004) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 26 December 2001 (2001) … Himself - Guest
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1996-2010 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #18.6 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 March 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
2010 The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
2007-2010 Real Time with Bill Maher (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.3 (2010) … Himself
– Episode #5.11 (2007) … Himself
 
2007-2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 March 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 30 January 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 January 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 January 2009 (2009) … Himself
See all 8 episodes »
 
2005-2010 Larry King Live (TV series)
Himself
– Celine Dion (2010) … Himself
– Haiti's Orphans at Risk! (2010) … Himself
– Sean Penn (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 September 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2010 Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (TV series)
Himself
– Sean Penn (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Dirty Hands Caravan (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The People Speak (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 American Politics All You Can Eat (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Deflating the Elephant: Framed Messages Behind Conservative Dialogue (video documentary)
Narrator
 
2009 Milk: Hollywood Comes to San Francisco (documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Himself
– 34ème nuit des Césars (2009) … Himself
 
2009 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– After Oscar Special (2009) … Himself - Guest
 
2009 2009 Vanity Fair Oscar Party (video short)
Himself
 
2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role
 
2009 The Making of 'Anton' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2009 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner Male Actor in a Leading Role
 
2009 The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner Best Actor
 
2008 Open the Debates: Super Rally in Denver, CO 2008 (video)
Himself
 
2008 Witch Hunt (documentary)
Himself - Narrator
 
2008 VH1 Rock Honors (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 VH1 Rock Honors: The Who (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 The Insider (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 June 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Into the Wild: The Story, the Characters (video short)
Himself
 
2008 Into the Wild: The Experience (video short)
Himself
 
2008 Caiga quien caiga (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 January 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Speechless (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Iconoclasts (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Sean Penn and Jon Krakauer (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #15.15 (2007) … Himself - Guest
 
2007 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death (documentary)
Narrator
 
2007 Brando (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself
– Robert Pinsky/Sean Penn (2007) … Himself
 
2006 The 16th Annual Gotham Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2006 Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film (documentary)
Himself
 
2005-2006 Corazón de... (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 September 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 September 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2006 When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Invasion of the Ideas (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (TV series documentary)
Himself - Actor
– Death Penalty (2006) … Himself - Actor
 
2006 2006 Independent Spirit Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 GMTV (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The 77th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
2004 Viva la Bam (TV series)
Himself
– Fort Knoxville (2004) … Himself
 
2004 The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Two and a Half Men (TV series)
Himself
– Back Off Mary Poppins (2004) … Himself
 
2004 21 Grams: In Fragments (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Ninth November Night (documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Mystic River: From Page to Screen (TV documentary short)
Himself - 'Jimmy'
 
2004 Mystic River: Beneath the Surface (video documentary short)
Himself - 'Jimmy Markum'
 
2004 The 76th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role
 
2004 The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
 
2004 Tinseltown TV (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 January 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
1997-2003 Nyhetsmorgon (TV series)
Himself / Jimmy Markum
– Om filmen 'Mystic River' (2003) … Himself / Jimmy Markum
– Om filmen 'The Game' (1997) … Himself
 
2003 Premio Donostia a Sean Penn (TV movie)
Himself - Honoree
 
2003 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert De Niro (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 MTV Icon: Metallica (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs the Late Henry Moss (documentary)
Himself/Ray
 
2003 Bukowski: Born into This (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Pauly Shore Is Dead
Himself
 
2002 Rosy-Fingered Dawn: a Film on Terrence Malick (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Becoming Sam (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Searching for Debra Winger (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 January 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2001 See How They Run (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Gran premio internazionale della TV (TV series)
Himself
– 18th Edition (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Dogtown and Z-Boys (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2000 An Actor's Look at John Cassavetes (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 VH-1 Where Are They Now? (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Music Movie Stars (2000) … Himself
 
2000 American Arts & Culture Presents John Horatio Malkovich 'Dance of Despair & Disillusionment' (video short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2000 A Constant Forge (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Being John Malkovich
Himself (uncredited)
 
1999 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Himself
– Sean Penn (1999) … Himself
 
1999 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey (TV special)
Himself
 
1999 Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 The Larry Sanders Show (TV series)
Himself
– Flip (1998) … Himself
 
1987-1995 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Host / Robert DeNiro / …
– Laura Leighton/Rancid (1995) … Himself (uncredited)
– Sean Penn/L.L. Cool J, Michael Penn & The Pull (1987) … Himself - Host/Various/Robert DeNiro
 
1994 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Nicholson (TV special)
Himself
 
1993 The 1993 Billboard Music Awards (TV special)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1993 The Last Party (documentary)
Himself
 
1992 The Word (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.21 (1992) … Himself
 
1991 Schneeweißrosenrot (documentary)
Himself
 
1986-1991 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 September 1991 (1991) … Himself
– Episode dated 9 October 1986 (1986) … Himself
 
1987 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (TV documentary) (voice)
 
1985 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Gene Kelly (TV special documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (33 titles)
2011 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
 
2009 TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases
 
2009 Banda sonora (TV series)
 
2008 Seitenblicke (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (TV documentary)
Himself/Jimmy Markum (uncredited)
 
2007-2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
2007 Forbes 20 Under 25: Young, Rich and Famous (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2007 The Colbert Report (TV series)
 
2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 CNN Presents (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Video on Trial (TV series)
 
2006 Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 100 Greatest Teen Stars
Himself
 
2005 Noche Hache (TV series)
 
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Corazón de... (TV series)
 
2004 101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2003-2004 Celebrities Uncensored (TV series)
 
2003 It's All About Love... og Thomas Vinterberg (TV documentary short)
Marciello (uncredited)
 
2003 VH1: All Access (TV series)
 
2002 The 74th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Sam Dawson
 
2000 The Beaver Trilogy (documentary)
Groovin' Larry (segment "Beaver Kid 2")
 
2000 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Emmet Ray
 
2000 Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (TV documentary)
Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
 
1999 Saturday Night Live 25 (TV special documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1998 The Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live (TV special documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1998 ... y otras mujeres de armas tomar (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 The 68th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Matthew Poncelet
 
1989 Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (TV special)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Music video: Directed "You Were Meant For Me" by Jewel Kilcher See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 2 Print Biographies  | 13 Interviews  | 26 Articles  | 16 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

5' 9½" (1.77 m)
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Personal Quote:

I've always operated under the notion that audiences don't always know when they're being lied to, but that they always know when they're being told the truth. If there are what I think are unsung truths to be talked about in a film, through a character, through a story, and that dominates the piece... See more »

Trivia:

In June 1987 Penn was sentenced to sixty days for probation violations including reckless driving and assault. The sentence was reduced to thirty-three days "in anticipation of good behavior." Penn served five days, was released to film a movie, and then served out the remainder of his sentence in private jail facilities for which he paid an extra eighty dollars per day. See more »

Trademark:

Intense emotional Acting style See more »

Star Sign:

Leo