Acting
Sean Penn
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.
Filmography
Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another
Film · 2026
Samuel Bayer Beyond the Frame
Film · 2026
Red Rue Express
Film · 2026
Animals in War
Film · 2025
One Battle After Another
Film · 2025
In Thanks We Trust
Film · 2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Series · 2025
aka Charlie Sheen
Series · 2025
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Series · 2025
BRATS
Film · 2024
Bruce Springsteen: The America Whisperer
Film · 2024
Asphalt City
Film · 2024
Daddio
Film · 2024
Sean Penn, l'enfant terrible de l'Amérique
Film · 2024
Becoming Madonna
Film · 2024
Superpower
Film · 2023
Gonzo Girl
Film · 2023
Gaslit
Series · 2022
Licorice Pizza
Film · 2021
Flag Day
Film · 2021
Val
Film · 2021
Citizen Penn
Film · 2020
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
Film · 2020
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
Film · 2020
The Professor and the Madman
Film · 2019
Lights Out with David Spade
Series · 2019
The First
Series · 2018
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Series · 2018
Sound of Sun
Film · 2017
Mad Hannans
Film · 2017
The Angry Birds Movie
Film · 2016
El Chapo & Sean Penn: Bungle in the Jungle
Film · 2016
Sweet Micky for President
Film · 2015
The Human Experiment
Film · 2015
The Gunman
Film · 2015
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
Film · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Film · 2014
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Film · 2014
Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story
Film · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Gangster Squad
Film · 2013
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Film · 2013
Haiti Untold
Film · 2012
Americans
Film · 2012
The Tree of Life
Film · 2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Film · 2011
This Must Be the Place
Film · 2011
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Film · 2011
I'm Still Here
Film · 2010
Fair Game
Film · 2010
The People Speak
Film · 2009
Deflating the Elephant
Film · 2009
Milk
Film · 2008
What Just Happened
Film · 2008
Witch Hunt
Film · 2008
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Film · 2008
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Series · 2008
Brando
Film · 2007
War Made Easy
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Brando: The Documentary
Series · 2007
All the King's Men
Film · 2006
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Film · 2006
VH1 Rock Honors
Series · 2006
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Series · 2006
The Interpreter
Film · 2005
Iconoclasts
Series · 2005
The Reichen Show
Series · 2005
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Film · 2004
21 Grams: In Fragments
Film · 2004
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Film · 2004
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Film · 2004
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Film · 2004
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Film · 2004
Mystic River
Film · 2003
21 Grams
Film · 2003
It's All About Love
Film · 2003
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Film · 2003
Inside Björk
Film · 2003
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Film · 2003
Bukowski: Born Into This
Film · 2003
This So-Called Disaster
Film · 2003
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Film · 2003
Viva La Bam
Series · 2003
Two and a Half Men
Series · 2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Film · 2002
Searching for Debra Winger
Film · 2002
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Film · 2002
I Am Sam
Film · 2001
The Weight of Water
Film · 2001
Before Night Falls
Film · 2000
Beaver Trilogy
Film · 2000
Up at the Villa
Film · 2000
A Constant Forge
Film · 2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Series · 2000
Sweet and Lowdown
Film · 1999
Being John Malkovich
Film · 1999
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Film · 1999
The Early Show
Series · 1999
Where Are They Now?
Series · 1999
Family Guy
Series · 1999
Hurlyburly
Film · 1998
The Thin Red Line
Film · 1998
U Turn
Film · 1997
The Game
Film · 1997
Hugo Pool
Film · 1997
She's So Lovely
Film · 1997
Loved
Film · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
Dead Man Walking
Film · 1995
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
Film · 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Series · 1994
Friends
Series · 1994
Carlito's Way
Film · 1993
The Last Party
Film · 1993
Madonna: The Name of the Game
Film · 1993
Cruise Control
Film · 1992
The Larry Sanders Show
Series · 1992
State of Grace
Film · 1990
Cool Blue
Film · 1990
The Word
Series · 1990
Casualties of War
Film · 1989
We're No Angels
Film · 1989
Colors
Film · 1988
Judgment in Berlin
Film · 1988
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Film · 1987
At Close Range
Film · 1986
Shanghai Surprise
Film · 1986
The Falcon and the Snowman
Film · 1985
Racing with the Moon
Film · 1984
Crackers
Film · 1984
Bad Boys
Film · 1983
Summerspell
Film · 1983
Risky Business
Film · 1983
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Film · 1982
Taps
Film · 1981
The Killing of Randy Webster
Film · 1981
The Beaver Kid 2
Film · 1981
Hellinger's Law
Film · 1981
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Little House on the Prairie
Series · 1974
aspekte
Series · 1965
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Snake Island
Film