Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn is an American film actor, filmmaker, political activist and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2004. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in Mystic River and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor for his performance in Milk.
Penn was born in Los Angeles County, California, the son of Leo Penn, an actor and director, and Eileen Ryan (née Annucci), an actress. He has one living brother, musician Michael Penn. Another brother, actor Chris Penn, died in 2006. His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Lithuania and Russia, while his mother is a Catholic of Italian and Irish descent. According to Penn’s mother, Leo Penn may have had distant Spanish ancestry, as the family’s surname was originally “Piñón”. Penn was raised in a secular home and is an agnostic.
Other Information
- Birth name: Sean Justin Penn
- Born: August 17, 1960
- Birth place: Santa Monica, California, U.S.
- Occupation: Actor
- Years active: 1974–present
- Spouses: Madonna (1985–1989); Robin Wright Penn (1996–present)
- Awards won: Academy Awards: Best Actor – 2003 Mystic River – 2008 Milk; Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama – 2003 Mystic River; Screen Actors Guild Awards: Best Actor – 2008 Milk; Other awards: Berlin Silver Bear for Best Actor – 1996 Dead Man Walking, Best Actor Award – Cannes Film Festival – 1997 She’s So Lovely, Venice Volpi Cup for Best Actor – 1998 Hurlyburly – 2003 21 Grams, NBR Award for Best Actor – 2003 Mystic River; 21 Grams, NSFC Award for Best Actor – 2008 Milk, NYFCC Award for Best Actor – 2008 Milk, SEFCA Award for Best Actor – 2008 Milk, LAFCA Award for Best Actor – 2008 Milk, DFWFCA Award for Best Actor – 2003 Mystic River – 2008 Milk
Links
- Sean Penn at the Internet Movie Database
- Sean Penn’s visit to Iran at the San Francisco Chronicle
- Guardian Unlimited Interview, April 8, 2005
- Esquire magazine interview/profile
- Into the Wild website.
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