Sean Penn Biography, Wiki, Net Worth, Personal Life, Height, Weight, Career

Sean Penn Biography: Penn has won two Academy Awards for his parts in the mystery drama ‘Mystic River’ and the biopic ‘Milk.’ His acting career began with a brief appearance in episode 112 of ‘Little House on the Prairie,’ directed by his father, Leo Penn.

Sean Penn Biography

Sean Penn Biography: Sean Justin Penn was born on August 17, 1960, in Santa Monica, California. His father, Leo Penn, was also an actor and director, as was his mother, Eileen Ryan. Michael Penn, his older brother, is a musician. Chris Penn, his younger brother, was also an actor who died in 2006. Penn was raised in a secular home (although his father’s family is Jewish and his mother’s family is Catholic). He went to Santa Monica High School and had childhood friends with celebrities Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen, who resided nearby. Penn first worked in film when he began shooting short films with his friends. His first official acting role was as an extra in an episode of “Little House on the Prairie” in 1974 when his father directed multiple seasons of the show.

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Sean Penn Personal

Penn was engaged to actress Elizabeth McGovern before he began dating pop singer Madonna. He first met Madonna in February 1985, and they married in August of that year. Madonna first requested a divorce in December 1987 but later withdrew the papers, only to re-file in January 1989. Following the divorce, Penn began dating actress Robin Wright, with whom he has two daughters. Penn had a brief relationship with singer Jewel while separated from Wright in 1995. He would one day reunite with Wright, and they married in April 1996.

Penn and Wright went through a series of separations and reconciliations before finally separating in July 2010. Penn dated actress Charlize Theron from 2013 to 2015 and began dating actress Leila George in 2016. Penn is well-known for his political involvement. He was a strong critic of George W. Bush’s government. He has traveled abroad multiple times for political and diplomatic reasons, including a 2005 reporting assignment for The San Francisco Chronicle that took him to Iran.

Sean Penn Career

Sean Penn made his film debut as a military high school cadet in the 1981 action-drama picture “Taps.” A year later, he appeared in an ensemble cast in the popular comedy “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (1982) with Forest Whitaker, Eric Stoltz, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Phoebe Cates. His portrayal as laid-back stoner/surfer Jeff Spicoli contributed to popularizing the term “dude” in American popular culture. However, Penn’s breakthrough portrayal as troubled teenager Mick O’Brien in the drama “Bad Boy” (1983) established his standing as a serious performer. Penn continued to feature in films throughout the 1980s, including “Racing with the Moon” (1984), “The Falcon and the Snowman” (1985), “At Close Range” (1986), and the critically panned “Shanghai Surprise” (1985), which starred his new wife at the time, singer Madonna. He took a break from acting in the early 1990s to focus on his directorial career.

He returned to the film in 1993 with a supporting part in “Carlito’s Way,” for which he received a nomination from the Golden Globes for Best Supporting Actor. He built on his breakthrough with a prevalent part in “Dead Man Walking” (1995), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award again in 1999 for his performance in “Sweet and Lowdown” and again in 2001 for portraying a mentally challenged father in “I Am Sam.” In 2003, he received his first Academy Award nomination for his primary performance in the murder drama “Mystic River.”

Penn starred in “The Assassination of Richard Nixon” in 2004 and was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences the following year. His next major part was in the popular but commercially failed film “All the King’s Men” (2006). He earned his second Academy Award for depicting real-life gay-rights leader and politician Harvey Milk in the 2008 film “Milk.” Penn has also appeared in “She’s So Lovely” (1997), “The Game” (1997), “Hurlyburly” (1998), “Up at the Villa” (2000), “The Weight of Water” (2000), “It’s All About Love” (2003), “21 Grams” (2003), “The Interpreter” (2005), “Fair Game” (2010), “The Tree of Life” (2011), “The Gunman” (2015), and “The Professor and the Madman” (2019). In addition, he voiced Terence in the 2016 animated family picture “Angry Birds.” He also provided voice work for an episode of “Family Guy” in 2016.