• Name: Sean Penn
  
• Birth Name: Sean Justin Penn
  
• Height: 5' 10
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: August 17, 1960
  
• Birth Place: Santa Monica, California, USA
  
• Profession: actor, director, writer
  
• Education: Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California (studied Auto Mechanics and Speech)
  
•   : studied acting with Peggy Feury
  
• Husband/Wife: Robin Wright Penn (actress; born on April 8, 1966; married on April 27, 1996), Madonna (actress, musician; born on August 16, 1958; married on August 16, 1985; divorced on January 10, 1989)
  
• Relationship: Susan Sarandon (actress; born on October 4, 1946; dated briefly in 1984), Elizabeth McGovern (actress; born on July 18, 1961; engaged in 1983; separated in 1984)
  
• Father: Leo Penn (director; born on August 27, 1921; married in 1958; died on September 5, 1998 - cancer)
  
• Mother: Eileen Ryan (actress)
  
• Brother: Chris Penn (actor; born on June 10, 1962), Michael Penn (composer; born on August 1, 1958)
  
• Son: Hopper Jack Penn (born on August 6, 1993; mother: Robin Wright Penn)
  
• Daughter: Dylan Francis Penn (born on April 13, 1991; mother: Robin Wright Penn)
  
• Claim to fame: as Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
  

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• "I think that people like the Howard Sterns, the Bill O'Reillys, and to a lesser degree the [Osama] bin Ladens of the world, are making a horrible contribution."
• “Family makes me feel there's a reason I'm alive... I'm feeling my life, which I didn't always do partly because I'd be drunk a lot.”
• "I'm in the showbizz because I need Money!"
• "I hate journalists, or better, I hate paparazzi. Yeah, I punched them out and I'll do it again if it's necessary. I think a fist in their face is the only way to protect my private life. I demand my freedom, and I must have it."
• "If too many people like you, you're doing something wrong."
• Accepting his Independent Spirit Award: "You tolerate me, you really tolerate me."
• "I don't think you can get away with putting your talents in a toilet bowl and not having them flushed away forever. There is a level of murder of one's soul and of the culture that they're supposed to be feeding vitamins to…"
• "Simply put, if there is a war or continued sanctions against Iraq, the blood of Americans and Iraqis alike will be on our hands."

• Academy Awards: Best Actor, MYSTIC RIVER (2004)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, MYSTIC RIVER (2004)
• Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, MYSTIC RIVER (2004)
• Florida Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actor, MYSTIC RIVER (2004)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama, MYSTIC RIVER (2004)
• Golden Satellite Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, MYSTIC RIVER (2004)
• Independent Spirit Awards: Special Distinction Award, 21 GRAMS (2004)
• Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actor, MYSTIC RIVER (2004)
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards: Sierra Award - Best Actor, MYSTIC RIVER (2004)
• London Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actor of the Year, MYSTIC RIVER (2004)
• Vancouver Film Critics Circle: Best Actor, MYSTIC RIVER (2004)
• National Board of Review awards: best actor, for MYSTIC RIVER and 21 GRAMS (2003).
• Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Ensemble Cast, MYSTIC RIVER (2003)
• San Sebastián International Film Festival: Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award (2003)
• Venice Film Festival: Volpi Cup - Best Actor, 21 GRAMS (2003)
• Venice Film Festival: UNESCO Award, SEPTEMBER 11 (2002)
• Denver International Film Festival: John Cassavetes Award (2000)
• San Francisco International Film Festival: Peter J. Owens Award (1999)
• Venice Film Festival: Volpi Cup - Best Actor, HURLYBURLY (1998)
• Cannes Film Festival: Best Actor, SHE'S SO LOVELY (1997)
• Berlin International Film Festival: Silver Berlin Bear - Best Actor, DEAD MAN WALKING (1996)
• Independent Spirit Awards: Best Male Lead, DEAD MAN WALKING (1996)
• Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion, THE CROSSING GUARD (1995)
• Golden Apple Awards: Sour Apple (1986)
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: New Generation Award (1983)

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