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Sean Penn (born August 17, 1960 in Santa Monica,
California) is an United States|American film
actor. Penn is the son of the late Jewish director
Leo Penn (who was blacklisted during McCarthyism
for refusing to testify) and Irish-Italian
Catholic actress, Eileen Ryan. He has two
brothers: actor Chris Penn and musician Michael
Penn.

Penn launched his career in the film Fast Times at
Ridgemont High in the role of Jeff Spicoli, and
has since starred in over 40 film|movies and won
an Academy Award|Oscar for Mystic River
(movie)|Mystic River. He has also been nominated
for three other Academy Awards for his roles in
the films I Am Sam, Sweet and Lowdown and Dead Man
Walking. 

In 1991, Penn made his directorial debut with The
Indian Runner, a film based on Bruce Springsteen's
song Highway Patrolman from the Nebraska (album). 
He has since directed two more films, both
starring Jack Nicholson, The Crossing Guard in
1995 and The Pledge in 2001.

Penn's personal life has been a volatile one.  He
married pop music|pop star Madonna
(entertainer)|Madonna in 1985, a relationship
marred by violent outbursts against the press
intrusion into his life, including one incident
for which he was arrested. After a divorce in
1989, Penn started a relationship with Robin
Wright Penn|Robin Wright, with whom he had two
children before marrying her in 1996.

On October 18, 2002, Penn placed a $56,000
advertisement in the Washington Post asking
President of the United States|President George W.
Bush to end a cycle of violence. It was written as
an open letter and referred to the 2003 invasion
of Iraq|planned attack on Iraq and the War on
Terror. In the letter, Penn also criticized the
Bush administration for its "deconstruction of
civil liberties" and its "simplistic and
inflammatory view of good and evil."  Penn visited
Iraq briefly in December 2002, largely eschewing
meetings with the press.

On April 10, 2003, Penn's limited-edition 1987
Buick Buick Regal|Grand National, with two
firearms in the trunk, was stolen in Berkeley,
California. Penn came under criticism that his
gas-guzzling car and gun ownership did not jibe
with his advocacy of political liberalism|liberal
causes.

On June 10, 2005, Penn made an unexpected visit to
Iran and attended Friday prayer|Friday praying
ceremony in Tehran University, acting as a
journalist on an assignment for the San Francisco
Chronicle.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=peop
leNews&storyID=8756527

==Partial filmography==
===Acting===
*All the King's Men (2005 movie)|All the King's
Men (2005 in film|2005)
*The Interpreter (2005 in film|2005)
*The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004 in
film|2004)
*Pauly Shore is Dead (2004)
*It's All About Love (2004)
*Bukowski: Born Into This World (2004)
*21 Grams (2003 in film|2003)
*Mystic River (movie)|Mystic River (2003)
*9%2711%27%2701_September_11|9'11''
01 September 11 (2002 in film|2002)
*The Weight of Water (2002)
*Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002)
*I Am Sam (2001 in film|2001)
*The Beaver Trilogy (2001)
*Before Night Falls (2000)
*Up at the Villa (2000)
*Sweet and Lowdown (1999 in film|1999)
*The Thin Red Line (1998 film)|The Thin Red Line
(1998)
*Hurlyburly (1998)
*The Game (film)|The Game (1997)
*U Turn (1997)
*Hugo Pool (1997)
*She's So Lovely (1997)
*Dead Man Walking (1995)
*Carlito's Way (1993)
*State of Grace (1990)
*Casualties of War (movie)|Casualties of War
(1989)
*We're No Angels (1989)
*Colors (movie)|Colors (1988)
*Judgment in Berlin (1988)
*Cool Blue (1988)
*Shanghai Surprise (1986)
*At Close Range (1986)
*The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
*Racing with the Moon (1984)
*Crackers (1984)
*Bad Boys (1983 movie)|Bad Boys (1983)
*Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
*The Killing of Randy Webster (1981)
*Taps (movie)|Taps (1981)

===Directing===
*The Crossing Guard
*The Indian Runner
*The Pledge

==Quotes==
"If there's one thing that actors know
—other than there weren't any WMDs—
it's that there is no such thing as best in
acting." --After winning the Academy Award for
Best Actor in 2004.

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0000576|name=Sean Penn
* http://www.westlord.com/sean-penn/ Sean Penn
Website - at WestLord

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Sean Penn (born August 17, 1960 in Santa Monica,
California) is an United States|American film
actor. Penn is the son of the late Jewish director
Leo Penn (who was blacklisted during McCarthyism
for refusing to testify) and Irish-Italian
Catholic actress, Eileen Ryan. He has two
brothers: actor Chris Penn and musician Michael
Penn.

Penn launched his career in the film Fast Times at
Ridgemont High in the role of Jeff Spicoli, and
has since starred in over 40 film|movies and won
an Academy Award|Oscar for Mystic River
(movie)|Mystic River. He has also been nominated
for three other Academy Awards for his roles in
the films I Am Sam, Sweet and Lowdown and Dead Man
Walking. 

In 1991, Penn made his directorial debut with The
Indian Runner, a film based on Bruce Springsteen's
song Highway Patrolman from the Nebraska (album). 
He has since directed two more films, both
starring Jack Nicholson, The Crossing Guard in
1995 and The Pledge in 2001.

Penn's personal life has been a volatile one.  He
married pop music|pop star Madonna
(entertainer)|Madonna in 1985, a relationship
marred by violent outbursts against the press
intrusion into his life, including one incident
for which he was arrested. After a divorce in
1989, Penn started a relationship with Robin
Wright Penn|Robin Wright, with whom he had two
children before marrying her in 1996.

On October 18, 2002, Penn placed a $56,000
advertisement in the Washington Post asking
President of the United States|President George W.
Bush to end a cycle of violence. It was written as
an open letter and referred to the 2003 invasion
of Iraq|planned attack on Iraq and the War on
Terror. In the letter, Penn also criticized the
Bush administration for its "deconstruction of
civil liberties" and its "simplistic and
inflammatory view of good and evil."  Penn visited
Iraq briefly in December 2002, largely eschewing
meetings with the press.

On April 10, 2003, Penn's limited-edition 1987
Buick Buick Regal|Grand National, with two
firearms in the trunk, was stolen in Berkeley,
California. Penn came under criticism that his
gas-guzzling car and gun ownership did not jibe
with his advocacy of political liberalism|liberal
causes.

On June 10, 2005, Penn made an unexpected visit to
Iran and attended Friday prayer|Friday praying
ceremony in Tehran University, acting as a
journalist on an assignment for the San Francisco
Chronicle.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=peop
leNews&storyID=8756527

==Partial filmography==
===Acting===
*All the King's Men (2005 movie)|All the King's
Men (2005 in film|2005)
*The Interpreter (2005 in film|2005)
*The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004 in
film|2004)
*Pauly Shore is Dead (2004)
*It's All About Love (2004)
*Bukowski: Born Into This World (2004)
*21 Grams (2003 in film|2003)
*Mystic River (movie)|Mystic River (2003)
*9%2711%27%2701_September_11|9'11''
01 September 11 (2002 in film|2002)
*The Weight of Water (2002)
*Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002)
*I Am Sam (2001 in film|2001)
*The Beaver Trilogy (2001)
*Before Night Falls (2000)
*Up at the Villa (2000)
*Sweet and Lowdown (1999 in film|1999)
*The Thin Red Line (1998 film)|The Thin Red Line
(1998)
*Hurlyburly (1998)
*The Game (film)|The Game (1997)
*U Turn (1997)
*Hugo Pool (1997)
*She's So Lovely (1997)
*Dead Man Walking (1995)
*Carlito's Way (1993)
*State of Grace (1990)
*Casualties of War (movie)|Casualties of War
(1989)
*We're No Angels (1989)
*Colors (movie)|Colors (1988)
*Judgment in Berlin (1988)
*Cool Blue (1988)
*Shanghai Surprise (1986)
*At Close Range (1986)
*The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
*Racing with the Moon (1984)
*Crackers (1984)
*Bad Boys (1983 movie)|Bad Boys (1983)
*Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
*The Killing of Randy Webster (1981)
*Taps (movie)|Taps (1981)

===Directing===
*The Crossing Guard
*The Indian Runner
*The Pledge

==Quotes==
"If there's one thing that actors know
—other than there weren't any WMDs—
it's that there is no such thing as best in
acting." --After winning the Academy Award for
Best Actor in 2004.

Spicoli Springs into Action: 
EFFORTS by Hollywood actor Sean Penn to aid New
Orleans victims stranded by Hurricane Katrina
foundered badly overnight, when the boat he was
piloting to launch a rescue attempt sprang a leak.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page
/0,5478,16494464%5E1702,00.html

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0000576|name=Sean Penn

 

*http://www.seanpenn.de.ms International Sean Penn
Fanpage