Sean Penn

Sean Penn
Penn in 2023
Born	Sean Justin Penn (1960-08-17) August 17, 1960 (age 63) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor film director
Years active	1974–present
Works	Full list
Spouses	Madonna ​ ​ (m. 1985; div. 1989)​ Robin Wright ​ ​ (m. 1996; div. 2010)​ Leila George ​ ​ (m. 2020; div. 2022)​
Children	Dylan Penn Hopper Penn
Parents	Leo Penn Eileen Ryan
Relatives	Chris Penn (brother) Michael Penn (brother)
Awards	Full list

Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960)^[1][2] is an American actor and film director. He is known for his intense leading man roles in film. Over his career he has earned numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Volpi Cup Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for three BAFTA Awards. Penn received the Honorary César in 2015.

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 later won two Academy Awards for Best Actor for his roles as a grieving father in Mystic River (2003) and Harvey Milk in Milk (2008). He was also Oscar-nominated for Dead Man Walking (1995), Sweet and Lowdown (1999) and I Am Sam (2001). Penn's other notable roles include in Casualties of War (1989), State of Grace (1990), Carlito's Way (1993), She's So Lovely (1997), 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 films 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 Gaslight (2022).

In addition to his film work, Penn has also engaged in political and social activism. This includes his criticism of the George W. Bush administration, his contact with the Presidents of Cuba and Venezuela, and his humanitarian work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and his support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amidst the Russian-Ukrainian War.^[3][4]