Image: Wikimedia CommonsSean Penn
American actor
- Born August 17, 1960
- 15 movies
Sean Penn is an American actor and filmmaker who has won three Academy Awards: Best Actor for Mystic River and Milk, and Best Supporting Actor for One Battle After Another (2025). He made his feature debut in Taps (1981) and appeared in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. As a director he made The Indian Runner, The Pledge and Into the Wild.
Sean Penn appears in 15 films in The Rerun, from 1982 to 2025. That includes 1 title as director. Most of that work is in drama, comedy and crime. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Paul Thomas Anderson (2), Benicio del Toro (2), John C. Reilly (2), Josh Brolin (2), Ben Stiller (2).
Known for
- One Battle After Another (2025), Steven J. Lockjaw. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for this film.
- Mystic River (2003). He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing a grieving father.
- Milk (2008), Harvey Milk. He won a second Best Actor Academy Award for playing Harvey Milk.
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982).
- Into the Wild (2007), Director.
Movies
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Sean Penn been in?
- Sean Penn appears in One Battle After Another (2025), Licorice Pizza (2021), Gangster Squad (2013), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), The Tree of Life (2011), Milk (2008), Into the Wild (2007), 21 Grams (2003), Mystic River (2003), Being John Malkovich (1999), The Game (1997) and Dead Man Walking (1995) on The Remote.
- When was Sean Penn born?
- Sean Penn was born on 17 August 1960.
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