Sean Penn

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Sean Penn at the Hammond Cinema Vanguard Award Tribute during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, seated in front of a backdrop with film festival text.

Sean Penn, center, in army uniform and helmet, crouches with three other soldiers in tall grass holding rifles in a scene from The Thin Red Line (1998).

Sean Penn as Harvey Milk stands smiling with his arm raised beside Victor Garber as Mayor George Moscone in front of ornate doors and an American flag in the film Milk.

Sean Penn as John Mitchell in a tuxedo, sitting at a bar with a pipe in his mouth, in a scene from the miniseries Gaslit; people and plants are in the background.

Sean Penn as Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw and Teyana Taylor as Perfidia walk through a dimly lit outdoor area with portable toilets and dramatic lights in a scene from "One Battle After Another."

Oscar winners for Mystic River

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Sean (Justin) Penn summary

Sean Penn: Media

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Sean Penn at the Hammond Cinema Vanguard Award Tribute during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, seated in front of a backdrop with film festival text.

Sean Penn

American actor and director Sean Penn, 2026.

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Sean Penn, center, in army uniform and helmet, crouches with three other soldiers in tall grass holding rifles in a scene from The Thin Red Line (1998).

The Thin Red Line

Sean Penn (center) in The Thin Red Line (1998), directed by Terrence Malick.

© 1998 Twentieth Century-Fox, Inc.

Oscar winner

Oscar winner

Sean Penn accepting the Academy Award for best actor for his performance in Mystic...

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Into the Wild

Into the Wild

Sean Penn (right) directing Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007).

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Sean Penn as Harvey Milk stands smiling with his arm raised beside Victor Garber as Mayor George Moscone in front of ornate doors and an American flag in the film Milk.

Milk

Sean Penn (left) and Victor Garber in Milk (2008).

© 2008 Focus Features with Axon Films and Groundswell Productions

Sean Penn as John Mitchell in a tuxedo, sitting at a bar with a pipe in his mouth, in a scene from the miniseries Gaslit; people and plants are in the background.

Gaslit

Sean Penn as U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell in the miniseries Gaslit...

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Sean Penn as Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw and Teyana Taylor as Perfidia walk through a dimly lit outdoor area with portable toilets and dramatic lights in a scene from "One Battle After Another."

One Battle After Another

Sean Penn as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw and Teyana Taylor as Perfidia Beverly Hills in...

© 2025 Warner Bros. Pictures/Ghoulardi Film Company

Oscar winners for Mystic River

Oscar winners for Mystic River

Tim Robbins (left) and Sean Penn after both won Academy Awards for their performances...

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