Directed credits
8
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Sean Penn
Acting
Career Snapshot
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5.0
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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 0All crew credits: 22
TMDB ID: 2228
IMDb ID: nm0000576
Known for: Acting
Born: August 17, 1960
Age: 65
Place of birth: Santa Monica, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.62
Wikidata: Q44221
Also known as
Sean Justin Penn
Frequent jobs
Director (8)Executive Producer (7)Producer (3)Screenplay (1)Set Decoration (1)Story (1)Thanks (1)
Biography
Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his intense leading man roles in film. His accoladesinclude two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for three British Academy Film Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Grammy Award. He received the Honorary César in 2015 and the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2022. Penn made his feature film debut in the drama Taps (1981), before taking roles in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Bad Boys (1983), and At Close Range (1986). He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for playing a grieving father in Mystic River (2003) and the gay rights activist Harvey Milk in Milk (2008). He was Oscar-nominated for Dead Man Walking (1995), Sweet and Lowdown (1999), and I Am Sam (2001). He also acted in Casualties of War (1989), State of Grace (1990), Carlito's Way (1993), The Game(1997), The Thin Red Line (1998), Hurlyburly (1998), 21 Grams (2003), Fair Game (2010), The Tree of Life (2011), Licorice Pizza (2021), Daddio(2023), and One Battle After Another (2025). Penn made his directorial film debut with the crime drama The Indian Runner (1991), followed by The Crossing Guard (1995), The Pledge (2001), and Into the Wild (2007). On stage, he acted in the Broadway plays Heartland (1981) and Slab Boys (1983). On television, he portrayed an astronaut in the Hulu drama series The First (2018) and John N. Mitchell in the Starz political thriller miniseries Gaslit (2022). Penn has also engaged in political and social activism, including his criticism of the George W. Bush administration, his contact with the presidents of Cuba and Venezuela, his humanitarian work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and his support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amidst the Russian-Ukrainian war. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Penn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Sean Penn.
5.5
Superpower
Director
2023 Movie
5.8
Flag Day
Director
2021 Movie
5.5
The Last Face
Director
2017 Movie
7.8
Into the Wild
Director
2007 Movie
6.4
September 11
Director
2002 Movie
6.6
The Pledge
Director
2001 Movie
6.0
The Crossing Guard
Director
1995 Movie
6.5
The Indian Runner
Director
1991 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Sean Penn.
7.8
Carlito's Way
as David Kleinfeld
1993 Movie
7.8
Into the Wild
Director
2007 Movie
7.7
Mystic River
as Jimmy Markum
2003 Movie
7.6
The Game
as Conrad Van Orton
1997 Movie
7.6
I Am Sam
as Sam Dawson
2001 Movie
7.4
The Thin Red Line
as 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
1998 Movie
7.4
One Battle After Another
as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
2025 Movie
7.4
Being John Malkovich
as Sean Penn (uncredited)
1999 Movie
7.3
Dead Man Walking
as Matthew Poncelet
1995 Movie
7.3
21 Grams
as Paul Rivers
2003 Movie
7.2
Milk
as Harvey Milk
2008 Movie
7.2
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Sean O'Connell
2013 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Sean Penn.
8.4
Friends
as Eric • 2 eps
1994 Series
8.0
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Sean Penn • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.9
Little House on the Prairie
1 eps
1974 Series
7.7
The Larry Sanders Show
as Sean Penn • 2 eps
1992 Series
7.5
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
as Self • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.4
Two and a Half Men
as Sean Penn • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.4
Family Guy
as Sean Penn (voice) • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 2 eps
1953 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host • 1 eps
1975 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Sean Penn.
7.4
One Battle After Another
as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
2025 Movie
7.2
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Sean O'Connell
2013 Movie
7.6
The Game
as Conrad Van Orton
1997 Movie
7.7
Mystic River
as Jimmy Markum
2003 Movie
6.3
The Angry Birds Movie
as Terence (voice)
2016 Movie
7.0
Licorice Pizza
as Jack Holden
2021 Movie
7.8
Into the Wild
Director
2007 Movie
7.4
The Thin Red Line
as 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
1998 Movie
7.0
Bad Boys
as Mick O'Brien
1983 Movie
7.8
Carlito's Way
as David Kleinfeld
1993 Movie
6.8
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
as Jeff Spicoli
1982 Movie
7.4
Being John Malkovich
as Sean Penn (uncredited)
1999 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Sean Penn.
7.4
Family Guy
as Sean Penn (voice) • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.4
Friends
as Eric • 2 eps
1994 Series
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.4
Two and a Half Men
as Sean Penn • 1 eps
2003 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
8.0
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Sean Penn • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host • 1 eps
1975 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter • 1 eps
1944 Series
4.3
The View
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
6.0
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self • 4 eps
2003 Series
7.9
Little House on the Prairie
1 eps
1974 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Sean Penn.
6.7
Words of War
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
8.2
Manas
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
7.0
September 5
Producer
2024 Movie
6.1
Asphalt City
Producer
2024 Movie
7.1
kid 90
Executive Producer
2021 Movie
5.8
The Gunman
Screenplay
2015 Movie
6.5
The Human Experiment
Executive Producer
2013 Movie
4.0
Americans
Story
2012 Movie
6.5
Where the Wild Things Are
Thanks
2009 Movie
4.2
Loved
Producer
1997 Movie
5.9
She's So Lovely
Executive Producer
1997 Movie
Candles
Set Decoration
Movie
The Gun on Second Street
Executive Producer
Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Sean Penn.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Sean Penn.
8.0
Animals in War
2025 Movie
In Thanks We Trust
as Self
2025 Movie
7.4
One Battle After Another
as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
2025 Movie
7.5
Bruce Springsteen – The America whisperer
as Self : Actor, Director & Writer (Archive footage)
2024 Movie
6.3
Daddio
as Clark
2024 Movie
5.9
BRATS
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024 Movie
7.6
Sean Penn, l'enfant terrible de l'Amérique
as Self
2024 Movie
6.1
Asphalt City
as Gene Rutkovsky
2024 Movie
1.3
Gonzo Girl
2023 Movie
5.5
Superpower
as Self
2023 Movie
7.0
Licorice Pizza
as Jack Holden
2021 Movie
5.8
Flag Day
as John Vogel
2021 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Sean Penn.
7.5
aka Charlie Sheen
as Self • 2 eps
2025 Series
5.0
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
as Self - Actor and Founder of CORE • 1 eps
2025 Series
6.8
Gaslit
as John Mitchell • 8 eps
2022 Series
5.6
Lights Out with David Spade
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
6.0
The First
as Tom Haggerty • 8 eps
2018 Series
7.5
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
1 eps
2018 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.5
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
as Self • 1 eps
2008 Series
4.5
Brando: The Documentary
as Self • 2 eps
2007 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.5
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
as Self • 4 eps
2006 Series