Sean Penn
Sean Penn
Sean Penn has appeared in 43 movies on CringeMDb. 27 contain sex scenes, nudity or sexual violence, and 16 do not.
- Most recent parent-safe movie: Flag Day (2021)
- Most recent with adult content: One Battle After Another (2025)
Born August 17, 1960 · Known for acting
62.8% Featured Movie Cringe Score (43 movies)
Sean Penn Movie Credits
Certified Parent-Safe
Mystic River
...as Jimmy Markum
Dogtown and Z-Boys
...as Narrator
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
...as Samuel Bicke
I Am Sam
...as Sam Dawson
The Thin Red Line
...as 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
The Tree of Life
...as Jack
Searching for Debra Winger
...as Self (uncredited)
Fair Game
...as Joseph Wilson
She's So Lovely
...as Eddie Quinn
Up at the Villa
...as Rowley Flint
Gangster Squad
...as Mickey Cohen
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
...as Sean O'Connell
The Angry Birds Movie
...as Terence (voice)
This So-Called Disaster
...as Ray
Flag Day
...as John Vogel
Val
...as Self (archive)
Certified Cringeworthy
The Interpreter
...as Tobin Keller
21 Grams
...as Paul Rivers
Milk
...as Harvey Milk
U Turn
...as Bobby Cooper
Dead Man Walking
...as Matthew Poncelet
Licorice Pizza
...as Jack Holden
All the King's Men
...as Willie Stark
The Game
...as Conrad Van Orton
Before Night Falls
...as Cuco Sanchez
I'm Still Here
...as Sean Penn (uncredited)
Carlito's Way
...as David Kleinfeld
Hurlyburly
...as Eddie
What Just Happened
...as Sean Penn
Hugo Pool
...as Strange Hitchhiker
It's All About Love
...as Marciello
Sweet and Lowdown
...as Emmet Ray
The Weight of Water
...as Thomas Janes
This Must Be the Place
...as Cheyenne
Loved
...as Man on the Hill (Michael)
The Gunman
...as Jim Terrier
One Battle After Another
...as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
The Last Party
...as Self
Pauly Shore Is Dead
...as Sean Penn
Bukowski: Born Into This
...as Self
Being John Malkovich
...as Sean Penn (uncredited)
Asphalt City
...as Gene Rutkovsky
Daddio
...as Clark
About Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) 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, and nominations for three British Academy Film Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Grammy Award. He received the Honorary César in 2015 and the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2022.
Penn made his feature film debut in the drama Taps (1981), before taking roles in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Bad Boys (1983), and At Close Range (1986). He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for playing a grieving father in Mystic River (2003) and the gay rights activist Harvey Milk in Milk (2008). He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing the ruthless military officer Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw in One Battle After Another (2025). He was Oscar-nominated for Dead Man Walking (1995), Sweet and Lowdown (1999), and I Am Sam (2001). He also acted in Casualties of War (1989), State of Grace (1990), Carlito's Way (1993), The Game(1997), The Thin Red Line (1998), Hurlyburly (1998), 21 Grams (2003), Fair Game (2010), The Tree of Life (2011), Licorice Pizza (2021) and Daddio (2023).
Penn made his directorial film debut with the crime drama The Indian Runner (1991), followed by The Crossing Guard (1995), The Pledge (2001), and Into the Wild (2007). On stage, he acted in the Broadway plays Heartland (1981) and Slab Boys (1983). On television, he portrayed an astronaut in the Hulu drama series The First (2018) and John N. Mitchell in the Starz political thriller miniseries Gaslit (2022).
Penn has also engaged in political and social activism, including his criticism of the George W. Bush administration, his contact with the presidents of Cuba and Venezuela, his humanitarian work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and his support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amidst the Russian-Ukrainian war.
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