Sean Penn at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine Exposition Center. Los Angeles, CA - 01/25/09

RECENT CREDITS
Gangster Squad (FILM)  Jan. 11, 2013
This Must Be the Place (FILM)  Nov. 2, 2012
The Tree of Life (FILM)  May. 27, 2011
Fair Game (FILM)  Nov. 5, 2010
Milk (FILM)  Nov. 26, 2008


HIGHLIGHTS
Actor-director father Leo Penn was blacklisted during the McCarthy era in the '50s.
Made feature-film debut as an unruly cadet in Taps (1981).
Briefly dated Jewel and later directed her music video for "You Were Meant for Me" in 1997.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Gangster Squad  2013 -Mickey Cohen
Actor
Film


The Tree of Life  2011 -Jack O'Brien
Actor
Film


Director
Film


This Must Be the Place  2012 -Cheyenne
Actor
Film


Milk  2008 -Harvey Milk
Actor
Film


What Just Happened  2008 -Himself
Actor
Film


Persepolis  2007 -Ebi (English Version)
Voice
Film


Into the Wild  2007
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Film


All the King's Men  2006 -Willie Stark
Actor
Film


The Interpreter  2005 -Tobin Keller
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


It's All About Love  2004 -Marciello
Actor
Film


Riding Giants  2004 -Narrator
Voice
Film


21 Grams  2003 -Paul
Actor
Film


Mystic River  2003 -Jimmy Markum
Actor
Film


September 11  2003
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


The Weight of Water  2002 -Thomas Janes
Actor
Film


I Am Sam  2001 -Sam Dawson
Actor
Film


The Pledge  2001
Director, Producer
Film


Dogtown and Z-Boys  2001 -Narrator, Narrator
Actor, Voice
Film


Up at the Villa  2000 -Rowley Flint
Actor
Film


Sweet and Lowdown  1999 -Emmet Ray
Actor
Film


The Thin Red Line  1999 -First Sgt. Edward Welsh
Actor
Film


Hurlyburly  1998 -Eddie
Actor
Film


Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Film


State of Grace  1990 -Terry Noonan
Actor
Film


We're No Angels  1989 -Jim/Fr. Brown
Actor
Film


Casualties of War  1989 -Sgt. Meserve
Actor
Film


Judgment in Berlin  1988 -Gunther X
Actor
Film


Shanghai Surprise  1986 -Glendon Wasey
Actor
Film


At Close Range  1986 -Brad Whitewood, Jr.
Actor
Film


Friends  2001 -Eric
Actor
TV
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Actor
TV
Expand


Host
TV
Expand


Two and a Half Men   -Himself
Actor
TV
Expand


Fast Times at Ridgemont High  2002 -Jeff Spicoli
Actor
Film


The Beaver Trilogy  2001 -Groovin' Larry
Actor
Film


Before Night Falls  2000 -Cuco Sanchez
Actor
Film


Summerspell  1999 -Buddy
Actor
Film


Loved  1998 -Man on the Hill
Producer, Actor
Film


U-Turn  1997 -Bobby Cooper
Actor
Film


The Game  1997 -Conrad
Actor
Film


She's So Lovely  1997 -Eddie
Actor, Executive Producer
Film


Dead Man Walking  1995 -Mathew Poncelet
Actor
Film


Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Film


Carlito's Way  1993 -David Kleinfeld
Actor
Film


Colors  1988 -Danny McGavin
Actor
Film


The Falcon and the Snowman  1985 -Daulton Lee
Actor
Film


Crackers  1984 -Dillard
Actor
Film


Cool Blue   -Phil the Plumber (uncredited)
Actor
Film


Voice
Film


Bad Boys   -Mick O'Brien
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Racing with the Moon   -Henry "Hopper" Nash
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Hugo Pool   -Mysterious Hitchhiker
Actor
Film


Taps   -Alex Dwyer
Actor
Film


Witch Hunt   -Narrator
Executive Producer, Voice
Film


Fair Game  2010 -Joe Wilson
Actor
Film


Actor
Film




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Highlights

Actor-director father Leo Penn was blacklisted during the McCarthy era in the '50s.
Made feature-film debut as an unruly cadet in Taps (1981).
Briefly dated Jewel and later directed her music video for "You Were Meant for Me" in 1997.


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