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Penn at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. The following is a complete list of the filmography of American actor Sean Penn.
YearTitleRole1981Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer1982Larry "Groovin' Larry"1982Jeff Spicoli1983Michael "Mick" O'BrienExplore the career of Sean Penn, a versatile and acclaimed actor, producer, director, and writer. Browse his filmography, awards, trivia, photos, videos, and more on IMDb.
- January 1, 1
- 1.73 m
- Santa Monica, California, USA
Apr 23, 2022 · A list of 43 movies starring Sean Penn, ranked by user ratings and popularity. See his roles in crime, drama, comedy, romance, and more genres, from Mystic River to Licorice Pizza.
He has since directed six more films: the indie thriller The Crossing Guard (1995), the mystery film The Pledge (2001), and the biographical drama survival film Into the Wild (2007), the drama film The Last Face (2016), the crime/drama film Flag Day (2021), and most recently the documentary Superpower (2023).
- Colors (1988) 77%
- State of Grace (1990) 85%
- Casualties of War (1989) 84%
- The Falcon and The Snowman (1985) 83%
- The Tree of Life (2011) 85%
- At Close Range (1986) 86%
- Mystic River (2003) 89%
- Bad Boys (1983) 90%
- Dead Man Walking (1995) 95%
- Milk (2008) 93%
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Before New Jack City and the decade of hard-hitting urban cop dramas that followed, there was 1988’s Colors, starring Penn and Robert Duvall as a pair of LAPD officers out to purge the streets of gang activity — when they aren’t clashing with one another over their conflicting methods of serving and protecting the public, that is. There’s truly no ...
Director Phil Joanou opened his career with a better-than-average teen comedy (Three O’Clock High) and a well-intentioned, albeit indulgent rockumentary (U2: Rattle and Hum) — which is to say that few could have expected that he had it in him to helm a drama as tense and gripping as 1990’s State of Grace. Starring Penn as an undercover cop whose la...
By the time Casualties of War arrived in 1989, filmgoers had already seen a growing list of films about the wretched aftermath of the Vietnam War, including dramatic hits such as The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, and Platoon as well as action-driven blockbusters like the Rambo trilogy — which might go a little way towards explaining why they failed ...
The ’80s produced no shortage of Cold War dramas, but 1985’s The Falcon and the Snowman is utterly unlike any of them. Rather than a pulse-pounding thriller coasting on patriotism-driven intrigue, this fact-based, John Schlesinger-directed effort stars Penn as an opportunist drug dealer who finds himself lured into selling government secrets after ...
Nothing gets a cineaste’s anticipation humming like news of a new Terrence Malick film — and since Malick is nothing if not deliberate, we had plenty of time to hum over Tree of Life. Originally announced in the wake of Malick’s 2005 effort The New World, it tumbled down the release schedule throughout 2009 and 2010 before finally bowing in May 201...
1986 was the best of times and the worst of times for Sean Penn in the critics’ circle: August brought the roundly derided Shanghai Surprise, co-starring our subject and his newlywed bride Madonna in one of the decade’s most infamous flops, but April found him in a different — and altogether more successful — kind of family affair. At Close Rangepl...
Hollywood stories about childhood loyalties divided by adult lives that unfold on opposite sides of the law aren’t exactly in short supply, and really never have been — but when you have Clint Eastwood behind the camera, Brian Helgeland writing the script from a Dennis Lehane book, and a cast packed with reliable names like Penn, Laura Linney, Marc...
The word “iconic” is sorely overused, but Penn’s portrayal of the blissfully zonked stoner Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High richly deserves it — and it was followed by a complete 180 in 1983’s Bad Boys, a grim teen drama from director Rick Rosenthal about a petty hood (Penn) whose thirst for bigger scores puts him on a collision course with ...
Nine times out of 10, when you see a movie poster that focuses on a man and a woman, their characters are romantically involved. Not so 1995’s true events-inspired Dead Man Walking, starring Penn as a death row inmate and Susan Sarandon as Sister Helen Prejean, the real-life nun whose experiences advocating on behalf of a pair of convicted killers ...
Actors have earned acclaim for starring roles in biopics often enough that it’s easy to be cynical about the genre as a whole — but it’s just as easy to understand why Penn picked up his second Best Actor Oscar for his work in Milk. Directed by Gus Van Sant from a Dustin Lance Black screenplay, it stars Penn as Harvey Milk, the activist whose promi...
A list of the best reviewed work of the Gunman star, from his breakout role as Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High to his Oscar-winning performance in The Tree of Life. See why critics love his performances in films like Colors, State of Grace, Casualties of War and more.
Browse the movies of Sean Penn, one of the finest actors of his generation, with multiple Oscar nominations and a powerful filmmaking talent. See his highest rated, lowest rated, and upcoming films, as well as photos and trivia.
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Find out the biography, filmography, awards and activism of Sean Penn, an American actor and film director. Browse his roles in movies such as Mystic River, Milk, The Thin Red Line and more.
