Sean Penn

Also Credited As:

Sean Justin Penn
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Biography

Hailed as one of the finest actors of his generation, Sean Penn earned multiple Oscar nominations for his onscreen intensity and proved a powerful filmmaking talent at the helm of his own character-driven dramas like "The Crossing Guard" (1995) and "The Pledge" (2001) - all the while remaining the ultimate Hollywood outsider. Penn originally broke through with his iconic turn as stoned surfer Jeff Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Other

Born

Sean Justin Penn on August 17, 1960 in Burbank, California, USA

LATEST CREDITS

I Am Sam

Sam Dawson

Shanghai Surprise

Glendon Wasey

Racing With the Moon

Henry "Hopper" Nash

Fast Times At Ridgemont High

Jeff Spicoli

State of Grace

Terry

All The King's Men

Willie Stark

Colors

Danny McGavin

She's So Lovely

Eddie

The Prone Gunman

Actor

Hurlyburly

Eddie

Bad Boys

Mick O'Brien

The Thin Red Line

1st Sergeant Welsh

In Search of Captain Zero: A Surfer's Road Trip Beyond the End of the Road

Actor

U-Turn

Bobby Cooper

Mystic River

Jimmy Markum

Milk

Harvey Milk

At Close Range

Brad Whitewood Jr

Untitled (Jez Butterworth Project)

John Vogel

This Must Be the Place

Cheyenne

The Last Photograph

Actor (in talks)

Sweet and Lowdown

Emmet Ray

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Samuel Bicke

Untitled (Polsky Films/Dorian Paskowitz Project)

Dorian Paskowitz

Fair Game

Ambassador Joseph Wilson

Pauly Shore is Dead

Himself--Cameo