Sean Penn is a renowned and very successful American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer who has been seen working actively on his since the year 1974.

Quick Infos
Full NameSean Justin Penn
Date of Birth17 August 1960
Birth PlaceSanta Monica, California, U.S
Parent(s)Leo Penn and Eileen Ryan Penn
Occupationactor, director, screenwriter and producer
spouse(s)Madonna(m.1985, div.1987)
Robin Wright(m. 1996, div. 2010)
Leila George(m.2020)
Net Worth150 million

 

Personal Life and Relationship

Sean Penn, whose real name is Sean Justin Penn, was born on 17 August 1960 in Santa Monica, California, U.S., as the son of his father, Leo Penn, and his mother, Eileen Ryan Penn. His father used to be an actor and director where her mother is an actress. He had a younger brother whose name is Chris Penn and he died in 2006.

Before, he became engaged with Elizabeth McGovern and also had a relationship with an actress and activist Susan Sarandon. After that, he had met Madonna in February 1985 and they got married in August of the same year. After that, in December 1987, Madonna filed for divorce but she later withdrew it. Later, she again filed for a divorce.

Later, he went to live with an actress Robin Wright and gave birth to their daughter as a first child on 13 April 1991 and named Dylan Frances. After that, they also gave birth to their son as a second child on August 6, 1993, and named Jewel. Further, they were also separated in 1995 after he was in a relationship with Jewel.

But, Sean Penn and Wright reconciled with each other and got married on April 27, 1996, but later, they filed for divorce, and then, after some months they again withdrew the case. On July 22, 2010, they were finally divorced. After that, from the year 2013 to 2015, he lived in a relationship with Charlize Theron who is a South African actress. Currently, he was in a relationship with Leila George since 2016 where they got married on July 30, 2020.

Sean PennNationality and Physical Stats

Sean Penn holds an American nationality and belongs to the ethnicity of Ashkenazi Jewish, Italian and Irish. He is currently 60 years old with a height of 5 feet 8 inches and weighs 70 kg. He had got dark brown hair with blue eyes. As he was born on 17 August, his zodiac sign is Leo.

 

Early Life and Education

Earlier, he had joined Malibu Park Junior High School for his study and went to attend Santa Monica High School. Later, he was seen making short movies with his childhood friends.

 

Career

Television Career

Sean Penn started his acting career after he had been cast on an American Western historical drama series “Little House on the Prairie” in 1974. After that, he was seen appearing as Sam on a television detective series “Barnaby Jones” in 1979. In 1981, he was cast as Don Fremont on an American made-for-television drama movie “The Killing of Randy Webster”

Further, Sean Penn was seen playing the role on an American television sitcom “Ellen” in 1997 and also seen on an American television sitcom “The Larry Sanders Show”. After that, he was also seen as Eric on an American sitcom “Friends” in the year 2001. In 2004, he was also seen appearing on an American reality television series “Viva La Bam”. Further, he was cast into series like “Two and a Half man”, “The First” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm”. In 2016, he also voiced on an American animated sitcom “Family Guy” 2016.

Sean PennFilm Career

Sean Penn started his film career after he had been cast in an American drama movie “Taps” in the year 1981. After that, he was seen playing the role of a documentary movie “The Beaver Trilogy” in 1982. Later, he was also seen as Michael O’Brien on an American coming-of-age crime drama movie “Bad Boys” in 1983. In the same year, he was seen appearing on an American teen sex movie “Risky Business” and also seen on “Summerspell”.

Further, he was cast in several movies including “Crackers”, “Racing with the Moon”, “The Falcon and the Showman”, “At Close Range”, “Shanghai Surprise”, “Colors”, “Judgment in Berlin”, “Casualties of War”, “We’re No Angels”, “State of Grace”, “Cool Blue” and “Cruise Control”.

In the year 1995, Sean Penn was seen playing the role as Matthew Poncelet on an American crime drama movie “Dead Man Walking” for which he had won several awards including the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, Silver Bear for Best Actor and “Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actor. After that, he was seen appearing in several movies like “Loved”, “U-Turn”, “The Game”, “Hugo Pool”, “The Thin Red Line” and “Being John Malkovich”.

In 1997, he was seen as Eddie Quinn on an American romantic drama movie “She’s So Lovely” for which he had won Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. After that, he was seen appearing in an independent movie “Hurlyburly” as Eddie for which he had won Volpi Cup for Best Actor. likewise, he was seen playing several roles in several movies like “Sweet and Lowdown”, “Up at the Villa”, “Before Night Falls”, “The Weight of Water”, “I Am Sam”, “Pauly Shore Is Dead”, “It’s All About Love”, “The Assassination of Richard Nixon”, “The Interpreter”, “All the King’s Men”, “Persepolis”, “What Just Happened”, “Tropic Thunder” and “Fair Game”.

In the year 2003, Sean Penn was cast as James “Jimmy” Markum in an American neo-noir mystery crime drama movie “Mystic River alongside Emmy Rossum and Tim Robbins, for which he had won so many awards including “Academy Award for Best Actor, “Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast, “Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, “Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor and many more. In the same year, he was also cast as Paul Rivers on an American crime drama movie “21 Grams” for which he had won Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor, and many more.

Also, in 2008, he appeared as Harvey Milk is an American biographical movie “Milk” 2008 for which he had also won so many awards like “Academy Award for Best Actor”, “Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, “Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor and many more. Further, he was seen playing various roles in various movies like “The Tree of Life”, “This Must Be The Place”, “Americans”, “Gangster Squad”, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, “The Gunman”, “Sound of Sun”, “The Professor and the Madman” and “Flag Day”. Besides this, he was also seen providing his over character Terence on a computer-animated comedy movie “The Angry Birds Movie” in 2016.

Sean Penn was also seen directing several movies like “The Indian Runner”, “The Crossing Guard”, “The Pledge”, “11`09”01 September 11”, “Into the Wild”, “The Last Face” and “Flag Day” where some of the movies were written and also produced by him. He was also seen directing the music videos like “Highway Patrolman”, “North Dakota”, “Dance with the One That Brought You”, “You Were Meant for Me”, “The Barry Williams Show” and “I Forgive It All”.

Sean Penn
Stage

Sean Penn was also seen playing roles in the plays like “Heartland” and “Slab Boys”.

 

Net Worth

The estimated net worth of Sean Penn is 150 million.

 

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