Actor
Sean Penn
- Born: 17 August 1960, Santa Monica, California, USA
- Estimated net worth: $70 million
Sean Penn is an acclaimed American actor known for his intense performances and versatility across genres. He gained recognition for roles in films like 'Mystic River', 'Milk', and 'Dead Man Walking'. With a career spanning several decades, he has established…
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About Sean Penn
Sean Penn is an acclaimed American actor known for his intense performances and versatility across genres. He gained recognition for roles in films like 'Mystic River', 'Milk', and 'Dead Man Walking'. With a career spanning several decades, he has established a reputation for both his acting and directing, often taking on complex characters that showcase his emotional depth and commitment to his craft.
- Born
- 17 August 1960, Santa Monica, California, USA
- Known for
- Acting
- Height
- 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
- Spouses
- Leila George (2016-2022)
- Children
- 2 (Dylan Penn, Hopper Penn)
- Parents
- Leo Penn, Eileen Ryan
- Estimated net worth
- $70 million
Fun facts about Sean Penn
- Sean Penn was initially interested in a career in music before pursuing acting.
- He has directed several films, including 'Into the Wild' and 'The Last Face'.
Famous Sean Penn quotes
“I think the best way to get to know someone is to spend time with them.”
“You know, I don't think of myself as a political activist. I think of myself as a human being.”
“I'm not a hero, I'm just a guy who likes to help.”
Sean Penn filmography
Cast (152)
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Red Rue Express Movie | himself | 8.0 |
| 2026 | Samuel Bayer Beyond the Frame Movie | Self | |
| 2026 | Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another Movie | Self | 8.0 |
| 2025 | Variety & CNN Actors on Actors TV | Self | 5.5 |
| 2025 | Animals in War Movie | Unknown character | 8.0 |
| 2025 | In Thanks We Trust Movie | Self | |
| 2025 | One Battle After Another Movie | Col. Steven J. Lockjaw | 7.3 |
| 2025 | aka Charlie Sheen TV | Self | 7.5 |
| 2025 | Everybody's Live with John Mulaney TV | Self - Actor and Founder of CORE | 6.7 |
| 2024 | Becoming Madonna Movie | Self (archive footage) | 6.8 |
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bruce Springsteen: The America Whisperer Movie | Self : Actor, Director & Writer (Archive footage) | 8.0 |
| 2024 | Daddio Movie | Clark | 6.3 |
| 2024 | BRATS Movie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 6.1 |
| 2024 | Sean Penn, l'enfant terrible de l'Amérique Movie | Self | 7.5 |
| 2024 | Asphalt City Movie | Gene Rutkovsky | 6.2 |
| 2023 | Gonzo Girl Movie | Unknown character | 2.0 |
| 2023 | Superpower Movie | Self | 5.5 |
| 2022 | Gaslit TV | John Mitchell | 6.8 |
| 2021 | Licorice Pizza Movie | Jack Holden | 6.9 |
| 2021 | Flag Day Movie | John Vogel | 5.8 |
| 2021 | Val Movie | Self (archive) | 7.2 |
| 2020 | Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity Movie | Self | 7.4 |
| 2020 | Citizen Penn Movie | Self | |
| 2020 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read Movie | Pizza Guy | 5.4 |
| 2019 | Lights Out with David Spade TV | Self | 5.8 |
| 2019 | The Professor and the Madman Movie | Dr. William Chester Minor | 7.1 |
| 2018 | The First TV | Tom Haggerty | 6.0 |
| 2018 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover TV | Self | 8.0 |
| 2017 | Sound of Sun Movie | Man | 7.5 |
| 2017 | Mad Hannans Movie | Unknown character | |
| 2016 | The Angry Birds Movie Movie | Terence (voice) | 6.3 |
| 2016 | El Chapo & Sean Penn: Bungle in the Jungle Movie | Self | 4.8 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV | Self | 6.1 |
| 2015 | The Human Experiment Movie | Narrator | 6.2 |
| 2015 | The Gunman Movie | Jim Terrier | 5.8 |
| 2015 | Beaver Trilogy Part IV Movie | Self (archive footage) | 7.4 |
| 2015 | Sweet Micky for President Movie | Self | 6.8 |
| 2014 | Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story Movie | Self | 6.2 |
| 2014 | Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey Movie | Self | 7.0 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV | Self - Guest | 5.8 |
| 2014 | The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles Movie | Self | 7.1 |
| 2013 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Movie | Sean O'Connell | 7.2 |
| 2013 | Gangster Squad Movie | Mickey Cohen | 6.4 |
| 2012 | Americans Movie | Commie | 3.9 |
| 2012 | Haiti Untold Movie | Unknown character | |
| 2011 | Woody Allen: A Documentary Movie | Self | 6.9 |
| 2011 | This Must Be the Place Movie | Cheyenne | 7.0 |
| 2011 | The Tree of Life Movie | Jack | 6.7 |
| 2011 | Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune Movie | Self | 6.6 |
| 2010 | I'm Still Here Movie | Sean Penn (uncredited) | 5.9 |
| 2010 | Fair Game Movie | Joseph Wilson | 6.5 |
| 2009 | The People Speak Movie | Self | 7.2 |
| 2009 | Deflating the Elephant Movie | Narrator | |
| 2008 | Milk Movie | Harvey Milk | 7.2 |
| 2008 | What Just Happened Movie | Sean Penn | 5.4 |
| 2008 | Witch Hunt Movie | Self (Narrator) | 6.9 |
| 2008 | VH1 Rock Honors: The Who Movie | Self | |
| 2008 | Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis TV | Self | 7.5 |
| 2007 | War Made Easy Movie | Narrator (Voice) | 7.2 |
| 2007 | Brando: The Documentary TV | Self | 4.5 |
| 2007 | Brando Movie | Self | 6.8 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show TV | Self | 7.2 |
| 2006 | Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride Movie | Self | 7.2 |
| 2006 | All the King's Men Movie | Willie Stark | 5.8 |
| 2006 | When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts TV | Self | 7.5 |
| 2006 | VH1 Rock Honors TV | Unknown character | 7.0 |
| 2005 | Iconoclasts TV | Self | 7.5 |
| 2005 | The Reichen Show TV | Self | 4.8 |
| 2005 | The Interpreter Movie | Tobin Keller | 6.3 |
| 2004 | The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing Movie | Self | 7.0 |
| 2004 | Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild Movie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2.0 |
| 2004 | Mystic River: Beneath the Surface Movie | Self | 9.5 |
| 2004 | The Assassination of Richard Nixon Movie | Samuel Bicke | 6.5 |
| 2004 | Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments Movie | Self | 8.3 |
| 2004 | 21 Grams: In Fragments Movie | Self | 7.0 |
| 2003 | 21 Grams Movie | Paul Rivers | 7.3 |
| 2003 | Mystic River: From Page to Screen Movie | Self | 10.0 |
| 2003 | Viva La Bam TV | Unknown character | 6.6 |
| 2003 | Mystic River Movie | Jimmy Markum | 7.7 |
| 2003 | Two and a Half Men TV | Sean Penn | 7.4 |
| 2003 | Inside Björk Movie | Self | 8.6 |
| 2003 | Celebrities Uncensored TV | Self | 4.9 |
| 2003 | Pauly Shore Is Dead Movie | Sean Penn | 4.4 |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher TV | Self | 6.0 |
| 2003 | Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) Movie | Self | 6.7 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV | Self | 5.3 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV | Self - Guest | 5.3 |
| 2003 | Bukowski: Born Into This Movie | Self | 6.8 |
| 2003 | It's All About Love Movie | Marciello | 5.4 |
| 2003 | This So-Called Disaster Movie | Ray | 5.2 |
| 2002 | Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick Movie | Self | 7.0 |
| 2002 | Searching for Debra Winger Movie | Self (uncredited) | 6.4 |
| 2002 | Dogtown and Z-Boys Movie | Narrator | 7.0 |
| 2001 | I Am Sam Movie | Sam Dawson | 7.6 |
| 2001 | The Weight of Water Movie | Thomas Janes | 5.4 |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm TV | Sean Penn | 8.1 |
| 2000 | A Constant Forge Movie | Self | 6.8 |
| 2000 | Before Night Falls Movie | Cuco Sanchez | 6.7 |
| 2000 | Beaver Trilogy Movie | "Groovin' Larry" Huff | 6.8 |
| 2000 | Up at the Villa Movie | Rowley Flint | 5.3 |
| 1999 | Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High Movie | Unknown character | 6.0 |
| 1999 | Sweet and Lowdown Movie | Emmet Ray | 6.8 |
| 1999 | The Early Show TV | Self | 6.2 |
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich Movie | Sean Penn (uncredited) | 7.4 |
| 1999 | Where Are They Now? TV | Self | 6.7 |
| 1999 | Family Guy TV | Sean Penn (voice) | 7.4 |
| 1998 | Hurlyburly Movie | Eddie | 5.5 |
| 1998 | The Thin Red Line Movie | 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh | 7.4 |
| 1997 | Hugo Pool Movie | Strange Hitchhiker | 5.3 |
| 1997 | Loved Movie | Man on the Hill (Michael) | 4.4 |
| 1997 | U Turn Movie | Bobby Cooper | 6.6 |
| 1997 | The Game Movie | Conrad Van Orton | 7.6 |
| 1997 | She's So Lovely Movie | Eddie Quinn | 5.9 |
| 1997 | The View TV | Self | 4.3 |
| 1995 | Dead Man Walking Movie | Matthew Poncelet | 7.3 |
| 1994 | Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame Movie | Self | |
| 1994 | Friends TV | Eric | 8.4 |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio TV | Self | |
| 1993 | Carlito's Way Movie | David Kleinfeld | 7.8 |
| 1993 | The Last Party Movie | Self | 5.2 |
| 1993 | Madonna: The Name of the Game Movie | Self | |
| 1992 | Cruise Control Movie | Unknown character | 5.5 |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show TV | Sean Penn | 7.8 |
| 1990 | State of Grace Movie | Terry | 6.9 |
| 1990 | The Word TV | Unknown character | 6.0 |
| 1990 | Cool Blue Movie | Phil the Plumber (uncredited) | 4.6 |
| 1989 | Casualties of War Movie | Sgt. Tony Meserve | 7.2 |
| 1989 | We're No Angels Movie | Jim | 6.2 |
| 1988 | Judgment in Berlin Movie | Guenther X | 5.4 |
| 1988 | Colors Movie | Danny McGavin | 6.5 |
| 1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam Movie | (voice) | 7.2 |
| 1986 | Shanghai Surprise Movie | Glendon Wasey | 4.3 |
| 1986 | At Close Range Movie | Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr. | 6.8 |
| 1985 | The Falcon and the Snowman Movie | Daulton Lee | 6.4 |
| 1984 | Racing with the Moon Movie | Henry 'Hopper' Nash | 6.3 |
| 1984 | Crackers Movie | Dillard | 4.7 |
| 1983 | Risky Business Movie | Passenger in Car (uncredited) | 6.6 |
| 1983 | Summerspell Movie | Buddy | 8.0 |
| 1983 | Bad Boys Movie | Mick O'Brien | 7.0 |
| 1982 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High Movie | Jeff Spicoli | 6.8 |
| 1981 | Taps Movie | Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer | 6.7 |
| 1981 | The Beaver Kid 2 Movie | Groovin' Larry | 4.3 |
| 1981 | The Killing of Randy Webster Movie | Don Fremont | 6.0 |
| 1981 | Hellinger's Law Movie | Bit Part (uncredited) | 8.8 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live TV | Self (uncredited) | 6.9 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live TV | Self - Host | 6.9 |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie TV | Boy (uncredited) | 8.0 |
| 1965 | aspekte TV | Self | 8.5 |
| 1953 | The Oscars TV | Self | 7.1 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards TV | Self - Nominee | 7.0 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards TV | Self - Presenter | 7.0 |
| TBA | Snake Island Movie | Unknown character |
Crew (38)
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Black Sunflowers Movie | Executive Producer · Production | |
| 2025 | Words of War Movie | Executive Producer · Production | 6.8 |
| 2025 | Manas Movie | Executive Producer · Production | 8.2 |
| 2024 | September 5 Movie | Producer · Production | 7.0 |
| 2024 | Asphalt City Movie | Producer · Production | 6.2 |
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| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | C*A*U*G*H*T TV | Executive Producer · Production | 5.1 |
| 2023 | Superpower Movie | Director · Directing | 5.5 |
| 2021 | Flag Day Movie | Producer · Production | 5.8 |
| 2021 | Flag Day Movie | Director · Directing | 5.8 |
| 2021 | kid 90 Movie | Executive Producer · Production | 6.9 |
| 2017 | The Last Face Movie | Director · Directing | 5.5 |
| 2015 | The Human Experiment Movie | Executive Producer · Production | 6.2 |
| 2015 | The Gunman Movie | Screenplay · Writing | 5.8 |
| 2015 | The Gunman Movie | Producer · Production | 5.8 |
| 2012 | Americans Movie | Story · Writing | 3.9 |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are Movie | Thanks · Crew | 6.5 |
| 2007 | Into the Wild Movie | Screenplay · Writing | 7.8 |
| 2007 | Into the Wild Movie | Director · Directing | 7.8 |
| 2007 | Into the Wild Movie | Producer · Production | 7.8 |
| 2002 | September 11 Movie | Writer · Writing | 6.4 |
| 2002 | September 11 Movie | Director · Directing | 6.4 |
| 2001 | The Pledge Movie | Producer · Production | 6.6 |
| 2001 | The Pledge Movie | Director · Directing | 6.6 |
| 1997 | Loved Movie | Producer · Production | 4.4 |
| 1997 | She's So Lovely Movie | Executive Producer · Production | 5.9 |
| 1995 | The Crossing Guard Movie | Director · Directing | 6.0 |
| 1995 | The Crossing Guard Movie | Writer · Writing | 6.0 |
| 1995 | The Crossing Guard Movie | Producer · Production | 6.0 |
| 1991 | The Indian Runner Movie | Screenplay · Writing | 6.5 |
| 1991 | The Indian Runner Movie | Director · Directing | 6.5 |
| TBA | Candles Movie | Set Decoration · Art | |
| TBA | The Gun on Second Street Movie | Executive Producer · Production | |
| TBA | Untitled Sean Penn Film Movie | Director · Directing | |
| TBA | Untitled Sean Penn Film Movie | Director · Directing | |
| TBA | Untitled Sean Penn Film Movie | Writer · Writing | |
| TBA | Untitled Sean Penn Film Movie | Producer · Production | |
| TBA | Untitled Jamal Khashoggi Project Movie | Producer · Production | |
| TBA | Untitled Jamal Khashoggi Project Movie | Director · Directing |
Latest releases
- Red Rue Express2026 / TMDB 8.0
- Samuel Bayer Beyond the Frame2026
- Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another2026 / TMDB 8.0
- Animals in War2025 / TMDB 8.0
- In Thanks We Trust2025
- One Battle After Another2025 / TMDB 7.3
Questions about Sean Penn
What are Sean Penn's most famous films?
Sean Penn is known for several acclaimed films including 'Mystic River', 'Milk', and '21 Grams'. His performances in these movies earned him critical acclaim and numerous awards.
Has Sean Penn won any Oscars?
Yes, Sean Penn has won two Academy Awards for Best Actor. He received the Oscars for his roles in 'Mystic River' (2004) and 'Milk' (2009).
What was Sean Penn's first major film?
Sean Penn's first major film role was in 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' (1982), where he played the iconic character Jeff Spicoli, which helped launch his career in Hollywood.
How many children does Sean Penn have?
Sean Penn has two children, Dylan Penn and Hopper Penn, from his marriage to actress Robin Wright.
What is Sean Penn's estimated net worth?
Sean Penn's estimated net worth is around $70 million, which he has accumulated through his successful acting and directing career.
What notable awards has Sean Penn received?
In addition to his two Oscars, Sean Penn has received multiple Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA Award, highlighting his talent and impact in the film industry.
Has Sean Penn directed any notable films?
Yes, Sean Penn has directed several notable films, including 'Into the Wild' (2007) and 'The Pledge' (2001), both of which received critical acclaim.
What is Sean Penn known for in his acting style?
Sean Penn is known for his intense and immersive acting style, often portraying complex characters that require deep emotional engagement and authenticity.