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Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his intense leading man roles in film. His accolades include three Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and nominations for an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award. He received the Honorary César in 2015 and the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2022.
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entertainment · American actor and filmmaker (born 1960) · film actor · film director · screenwriter · film producer · stage actor · television actor · actor · voice actor · director · writer · also Sean Penn, Penn
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2026· 12 entries
“the legalisation of Argentinian immigration to the Malvinas/Falkland Islands is one that it seems might have been addressed, but for the speculative discovery of booming offshore oil in the surrounding seas this past year”
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“We cower as you point your fingers telling us to support our troops. You and the smarmy pundits in your pocket– those who bathe in the moisture of your soiled and blood-soaked underwear–can take that noise and shove it.”
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The Guardian: Sean Penn to direct January 6 drama with Bradley Cooper set to star
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for One Battle After Another (2026).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for One Battle After Another (2026).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for One Battle After Another (2026).
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The Guardian: How much does Sean Penn hate selfies? Enough to invoke the Holocaust
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Snopes rated the claim “Actor Sean Penn said, "President Donald Trump is an enemy of Americans, Republicans, Democrats, Independents and every new child born. An enemy of mankind. He is indeed an enemy of the state.”” Correct Attribution.
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The Guardian: Sean Penn receives ‘Oscar’ made from damaged Ukrainian rail carriage after Zelenskyy meeting
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The Guardian: One no-show after another: Sean Penn joins an exclusive band of Oscar-winning refuseniks
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The Guardian: Sean Penn wins best supporting actor Oscar for One Battle After Another
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2025· 2 entries
Reported claimRated The actor did not comment on the National Anti-Corruption Bureau investigation, and the video on this topic was fabricated by propagandists. Since the very beginning of the full-scale invasion, the actor has repeatedly visited Ukraine, met with Volodymyr Zelensky, and consistently supported the country in the fight against Russian aggression. · StopFake
StopFake rated the claim “Sean Penn Refused to Travel to Ukraine Due to Corruption Scandal” The actor did not comment on the National Anti-Corruption Bureau investigation, and the video on this topic was fabricated by propagandists. Since the very beginning of the full-scale invasion, the actor has repeatedly visited Ukraine, met with Volodymyr Zelensky, and consistently supported the country in the fight against Russian aggression..
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Appeared on the Netflix late-night talk show Everybody's Live with John Mulaney alongside Adam Sandler
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2023· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Actor Mark Wahlberg once said, "If you don't like the USA, please leave and take your comrades Alec Baldwin, Cher, Madonna, Rosie [O'Donnell], Jennifer Lawrence, Miley Cyrus, Mark Ruffalo, Sean Penn, Robert De Niro, Barbra Streisand, Matt Damon, Oprah [Winfrey], Colin Kaepernick and the whole lot…” Incorrect Attribution.
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Penn directed his first documentary film, Superpower, profiling the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival
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2022· 7 entries
Awarded Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class (2022).
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USA Today rated the claim “Sean Penn's pre-war Ukraine visit is evidence of propaganda” Missing Context.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Sean Penn’s trip to Ukraine in November is evidence the war is staged.” False.
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Penn said, "If we allow it [Ukraine] to fight alone, our soul as America is lost
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Penn visited Ukraine to film a documentary about the Russian invasion of that country
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“If we allow it [Ukraine] to fight alone, our soul as America is lost.”
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Penn expressed his position on masculinity, saying, "I am in the club that believes that men in American culture have become wildly feminised
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2021· 3 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Actor Sean Penn (born 1960) is the son-in-law of Actor Vincent D'Onofrio (Born 1959).” True.
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Penn portrayed Jack Holden, an actor based on William Holden, in the Paul Thomas Anderson directed coming of age comedy-drama Licorice Pizza
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Penn denounced cancel culture, describing it as "ludicrous"
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2020· 2 entries
“Armenians are being slaughtered by Trump pal Erdogan with weapons WE provided. THIS is NOT America! Biden for America”
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Penn played himself in a cameo role in the Curb Your Enthusiasm season 10 episode "The Spite Store"
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2019· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “U.S. actor Sean Penn said "[Venezuela President Nicolas] Maduro is way better than Trump, any day, no question about it ... If Trump wins again, I'm moving my family to Venzuela where they'll be safe!"” False.
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Hulu canceled the series after one season
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2018· 1 entry
Penn starred in his first leading role in a television series portraying Tom Hagerty, an astronaut chosen to be one of the first people to visit Mars in the Hulu science fiction drama series The First created by Beau Wil
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2016· 3 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Actor Sean Penn was killed in January 2016.” False.
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A day after Mexican officials announced the capture of fugitive Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán in a militarized raid, Rolling Stone reported that Penn and actress Kate del Castillo had conducted a secret i
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Penn began a relationship with Australian-American actress Leila George, daughter of actors Vincent D'Onofrio and Greta Scacchi
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2015· 3 entries
Penn starred in The Gunman, a French-American action thriller based on the novel The Prone Gunman, by Jean-Patrick Manchette
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Penn received the Honorary César for lifetime achievement
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And the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2022
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2013· 3 entries
“Venezuela and its revolution will endure under the proven leadership of Vice President Nicolás Maduro. Today the United States lost a friend it never knew it had. And poor people around the world lost a champion. I lost a friend I was blessed to have.”
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And was credited by Ostreicher for having personally nursed him back to health at Penn's home after his release
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Penn said: "Venezuela and its revolution will endure under the proven leadership of Vice President Nicolás Maduro
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2012· 4 entries
During his visit to Pakistan, Penn visited Bilquis Edhi Female Child Home and met Pakistani humanitarian worker Abdul Sattar Edhi and his wife Bilquis Edhi and laid floral wreaths at the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi in
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Accompanied by US Consul General William J
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Due largely to his visibility as an on-the-ground advocate for rescue and aid efforts in the aftermath, Penn was designated by then Haitian president Michel Martelly as Ambassador-at-Large for Haiti, the first time a non
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At the 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, Penn was recognized with the Peace Summit Award
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded Producers Guild Stanley Kramer Award (2011).
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for Milk (2009).
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Penn received the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film Milk
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2008· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Jury at the Cannes Festival (2008).
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2007· 2 entries
Penn said he supported Ohio Congressman Dennis J
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Penn appeared on The Colbert Report and had a "Meta-Free-Phor-All" versus Stephen Colbert that was judged by Robert Pinsky following Penn's criticisms of Bush
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2006· 2 entries
Penn received the Christopher Reeve First Amendment Award from the Creative Coalition for his commitment to free speech
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Penn joined author and media critic Norman Solomon and activist Cindy Sheehan as a special guest at their "Out of Iraq Forum" in Sacramento, California for the Progressive Democrats of America, an event organized to supp
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2005· 2 entries
Penn visited Iran, where, acting as a journalist on an assignment for the San Francisco Chronicle, he attended a Friday prayer at Tehran University
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And the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and his support for Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy amidst the Russian-Ukrainian war
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2004· 3 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for Mystic River (2004).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for Mystic River (2004).
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Penn played Samuel Bicke, a character based on Samuel Byck, who in 1974 attempted and failed to assassinate President Richard Nixon, in The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
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2003· 4 entries
Won Volpi Cup for Best Actor for 21 Grams (2003).
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And Milk in 2008, and was nominated three more times in the same category for Dead Man Walking (1995), Sweet and Lowdown (1999), and I Am Sam (2001)
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Starred in the Clint Eastwood directed Boston crime drama Mystic River portraying a grieving father looking for his daughter
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Penn sent an angry letter to its creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, inviting them to tour Iraq with him and ending with the statement, "fuck you"
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2002· 1 entry
Penn placed a $56,000 advertisement in The Washington Post, publicly asking then President George W
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2000· 1 entry
Penn acted in Julian Schnabel's drama Before Night Falls opposite Javier Bardem and Kathryn Bigelow's thriller The Weight of Water with Elizabeth Hurley
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1998· 1 entry
Won Volpi Cup for Best Actor for Hurlyburly (1998).
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for She's So Lovely (1997).
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Starred in the independent drama Hurlyburly based on the 1984 play of the same name by David Rabe
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1995· 1 entry
During which time he developed a relationship with Jewel, after he spotted her performing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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1993· 1 entry
“Dance with the One That Brought You”
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1990· 1 entry
Penn portrayed Detective Terry Noonan in the neo-noir State of Grace opposite Ed Harris and Gary Oldman
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1989· 1 entry
Penn began dating actress Robin Wright, and their first child, a daughter named Dylan Frances, was born April 13, 1991
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1985· 1 entry
Married on Madonna's 27th birthday; Penn turned 25 the next day
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1971· 1 entry
“is the conversation that began the Swift Boat attacks on Kerry, back in 1971 - where they brought in John O”
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1960· 2 entries
In Santa Monica, California, to actor and director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan (née Annucci)
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Born 1960-08-17.
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1920· 1 entry
Studied at Santa Monica College (1920).
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