Sean Penn

Acteur, Producteur, Directeur, Scénariste

17 août 1960 (65 ans)
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 accolades include three 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 won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing the ruthless military officer Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw in One Battle After Another (2025). 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) and Daddio (2023).

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.

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Films & Séries sur Plex

  • Sam, je suis Sam
    Sam, je suis Sam2001
  • The Pledge
    The Pledge2001
  • Fair Game
    Fair Game2010
  • Gunman
    Gunman2015
  • This Must Be the Place
    This Must Be the Place2011
  • Accords et désaccords
    Accords et désaccords1999
  • Bad Boys
    Bad Boys1983
  • Hollywood Sunrise
    Hollywood Sunrise1998
  • The Last Face
    The Last Face2016
  • Words of War
    Words of War2025

Connue pour

  • Mystic River
    Mystic River2003
  • Into the Wild
    Into the Wild2007
  • 21 grammes
    21 grammes2003
  • Une bataille après l'autre
    Une bataille après l'autre2025
  • Harvey Milk
    Harvey Milk2008
  • The Game
    The Game1997
  • Sam, je suis Sam
    Sam, je suis Sam2001
  • L'Impasse
    L'Impasse1993
  • Ça chauffe au lycée Ridgemont
    Ça chauffe au lycée Ridgemont1982
  • La Vie rêvée de Walter Mitty
    La Vie rêvée de Walter Mitty2013
  • La Dernière Marche
    La Dernière Marche1995
  • The Pledge
    The Pledge2001
  • Gangster Squad
    Gangster Squad2013
  • La Ligne rouge
    La Ligne rouge1998
  • U Turn : Ici commence l'enfer
    U Turn : Ici commence l'enfer1997
  • L'interprète
    L'interprète2005
  • Licorice Pizza
    Licorice Pizza2021
  • Accords et désaccords
    Accords et désaccords1999
  • The Tree of Life
    The Tree of Life2011
  • Gunman
    Gunman2015

Filmographie

2025
2025
One Battle After Another · as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
2023
Daddio · as Clark
2023
Asphalt City · as Gene Rutkovsky
2023
2022
Bonnie · as Jeff Spicoli
2022
Gaslit · as John Mitchell
2021
Licorice Pizza · as Jack Holden
2021
Flag Day · as John Vogel
2020
2019
2019
The Professor and the Madman · as Dr. William Chester Minor
2018
The First · as Tom Haggerty
2018
2017
2016
The Angry Birds Movie · as Terence (voice)
2015
The Gunman · as Jim TerrierSur Plex
2013
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · as Sean O'connell
2013
The Human Experiment · as Narrator
2013
Gangster Squad · as Mickey Cohen
2012
2011
This Must Be the Place · as CheyenneSur Plex
2011
The Tree of Life · as Jack
2010
Fair Game · as Joseph WilsonSur Plex
2010
I'm Still Here · as Sean Penn (uncredited)
2008
Milk · as Harvey Milk
2007
2006
All the King's Men · as Willie Stark
2005
The Interpreter · as Tobin Keller
2004
2003
21 Grams · as Paul Rivers
2003
2003
Mystic River · as Jimmy Markum
2003
It's All About Love · as Marciello
2003
2002
2001
I Am Sam · as Sam DawsonSur Plex
2001
Dogtown and Z-Boys · as Narrator
2000
2000
The Weight of Water · as Thomas Janes
2000
Before Night Falls · as Cuco Sanchez
2000
The Beaver Trilogy · as "groovin' Larry" Huff
2000
Up at the Villa · as Rowley Flint
2000
1999
Sweet and Lowdown · as Emmet RaySur Plex
1999
Being John Malkovich · as Sean Penn (uncredited)
1999
Family Guy · as Sean Penn (voice)
1998
Hurlyburly · as EddieSur Plex
1998
The Thin Red Line · as 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
1997
Hugo Pool · as Strange Hitchhiker
1997
Loved · as Man On The Hill (michael)
1997
U Turn · as Bobby Cooper
1997
The Game · as Conrad Van Orton
1997
She's So Lovely · as Eddie Quinn
1996
The 68th Annual Academy Awards · as Matthew Poncelet
1995
Dead Man Walking · as Matthew Poncelet
1994
Friends · as Eric
1993
Carlito's Way · as David Kleinfeld
1990
State of Grace · as Terry
1989
Cool Blue · as Phil The Plumber (uncredited)
1989
We're No Angels · as Jim
1989
Casualties of War · as Sgt. Tony Meserve
1988
Judgment in Berlin · as Guenther X
1988
Colors · as Danny Mcgavin
1987
1986
Shanghai Surprise · as Glendon Wasey
1986
At Close Range · as Bradford 'brad' Whitewood Jr.
1985
The Falcon and the Snowman · as Daulton Lee
1984
Racing with the Moon · as Henry 'hopper' Nash
1984
Crackers · as Dillard
1983
Risky Business · as Passenger In Car (uncredited)
1983
Summerspell · as Buddy
1983
Bad Boys · as Mick O'brienSur Plex
1982
Fast Times at Ridgemont High · as Jeff Spicoli
1981
Taps · as Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
1981
1981
Hellinger's Law · as Bit Part (uncredited)
1974
Little House on the Prairie · as Boy (uncredited)
1973
Barnaby Jones · as Sam