Sean Penn: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: PBS - Firing Line - Sean Penn. Jul 23, 2026
Add new Web site: PBS - Firing Line - Sean Penn. May 25, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR Illinois - Sean Penn On Acting, Activism And Being An Author. Apr 20, 2026
Changed β€œHeartlands” to β€œHeartland.” Mar 16, 2026
Added cross-reference. Mar 16, 2026
Updated Oscar win for performance in One Battle After Another. Mar 15, 2026
Media added. Mar 11, 2026
Added Top Questions. Mar 09, 2026
Updated with BAFTA win. Feb 23, 2026
Noted that he received an Oscar nomination for his work in One Battle After Another. Jan 22, 2026
Article revised and updated. Sep 26, 2025
Anniversary information added. Aug 13, 2025
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Sean Penn. Jul 12, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC News - Sean Penn: Hollywood hellraiser turned activist. Apr 19, 2025
Add new Web site: The Washington Post - Sean Penn still has more to say. Oct 29, 2024
Add new Web site: All American Entertainment Speakers - Sean Penn. Jun 18, 2024
Revised to modernize spellings, enhance caption. Apr 30, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 29, 2024
Added the film Licorice Pizza and the TV miniseries Gaslit. May 04, 2022
Added the film Flag Day. Aug 20, 2021
Noted the end of the TV series The First and added the movie The Professor and the Madman. Jun 25, 2019
Added the TV series The First. Sep 14, 2018
Added the novel Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff. Mar 29, 2018
Noted his voice work in animated films. May 18, 2016
Noted the release of The Gunman (2015). Mar 20, 2015
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Sean Penn. Jun 09, 2014
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Sean Penn. Sep 16, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Sean Penn. Sep 16, 2013
Added the movie Gangster Squad (2013). Jan 11, 2013
Added the movie This Must Be the Place (2011). Nov 02, 2012
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Sean Penn. Jul 14, 2011
Added the movie The Tree of Life (2011). May 27, 2011
Added the movie Fair Game (2010). Nov 05, 2010
Added his 2010 divorce from Robin Wright and his relief efforts in Haiti. Aug 24, 2010
Added photograph. Aug 04, 2010
Revised the first paragraph to delete his Oscar win for Mystic River. Feb 24, 2009
Updated to mention 2008 Academy Award win for Milk. Feb 23, 2009
Added Academy Award nomination. Jan 23, 2009
Article revised and updated. Nov 26, 2008
Article revised and updated. Nov 01, 2007
New article added. Oct 03, 2007
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