Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor, screenwriter and film director, also known for his political and social activism. He is a two-time Academy Award winner for his roles in Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008), as well as the recipient of a Golden Globe Award for the former and a Screen Actors Guild Award for the latter. Penn began his acting career in television with a brief appearance in a 1974 episode of Little House on the Prairie, directed by his father Leo Penn. Following his film debut in 1981's Taps and a diverse range of film roles in the 1980s, Penn emerged as a prominent leading actor with the 1995 drama film Dead Man Walking, for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination and the Best Actor Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Penn subsequently received another two Oscar nominations for Sweet and Lowdown (1999) and I Am Sam (2001), before winning his first Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 for Mystic River and a second one in 2008 for Milk. He has also won a Best Actor Award of the Cannes Film Festival for She's So Lovely (1997), and two Best Actor Awards at the Venice Film Festival for Hurlyburly (1998) and 21 Grams (2003).
Members of British Parliament are lining up to slam Sean Penn ... and his movies -- trashing him over recent comments he made concerning Britain’s stance over the Falkland Islands. In… READ MORE >
Sean Penn is figuring out why he sometimes flies into rages ... this according to a sealed letter submitted to the judge in his criminal battery case.Penn had a progress hearing today in the case… READ MORE >
It was Sean Penn to the rescue today ... when his assistant fell down in the shower and messed up her arm ... and the actor rushed her to urgent care. Sources close to the actor tell TMZ ...… READ MORE >
Sean Penn's busting his ass to help Haiti's earthquake recovery -- but the company hired to fix his website failed to put in the same effort ... according to a new lawsuit filed by Sean's… READ MORE >
They are supposedly broken up, but Scarlett Johansson and Sean Penn posed for a pic together during last night's Spike TV Guys Choice Awards. Maybe he really is just that into her. READ MORE >
Scarlett Johansson and Sean Penn were spotted holding hands last night outside of an after party for the White House Correspondents' Dinner.It's shocking, but true ... the WHCD has after parties. READ MORE >
The paparazzo who was attacked by Sean Penn in 2009 is donating all of the money he won in the court settlement to various charities -- including one cause very dear to Penn's heart ... Haiti. TMZ… READ MORE >
Sean Penn's paparazzi attack case is now over and out -- almost a year after Sean plead no contest to vandalism ... TMZ has learned Penn and the pap have settled the photog's civil suit.… READ MORE >
Charlie Sheen better make sure his warlock passport papers are in order -- because we're told he plans on bringing his comedy tour to Haiti ... with the help of close pal Sean Penn. Sources close… READ MORE >
Scarlett Johansson and Sean Penn dating rumors have been swirling -- but TMZ now has cold, hard, irrefutable proof ... that they had lunch together, and that ScarJo's foot really likes Sean's lap.… READ MORE >
