Who is Sean Penn ?
# Sean Justin Penn is popular as Sean Penn.
# He was born on August 17, 1960.
# He is an American actor, filmmaker, and political activist. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic River (2003) and the biopic Milk (2008).
# He began his acting career in television with a brief appearance in episode 112 of Little House on the Prairie (December 4, 1974), directed by his father Leo Penn.
# Following his film debut in the drama Taps (1981) and a diverse range of film roles in the 1980s, including Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Penn garnered critical attention for his roles in the crime dramas At Close Range (1986), State of Grace (1990), and Carlito’s Way (1993).
# He became known as a prominent leading actor with the drama Dead Man Walking (1995), for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination and the Best Actor Award at the Berlin Film Festival.
Who is Sean Penn Dating ?
Penn was engaged to actress Elizabeth McGovern, his co-star in Racing with the Moon (1984).
He met pop singer Madonna in February 1985, and they married that August on her birthday.
At the end of his first marriage, Penn moved in with actress Robin Wright, and their first child, a daughter named Dylan Frances, was born April 13, 1991.
Their second child, son Hopper Jack, was born August 6, 1993.
Penn and Wright separated in 1995, during which time he developed a relationship with Jewel, after he spotted her performing on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
In December 2013, Penn began dating actress Charlize Theron.
The two announced their engagement in December 2014. Theron ended their relationship in June 2015.
Quick Facts
- Full Name: Sean Justin Penn
- Nick Name: Sean Penn
- Occupation: Actor, Filmmaker and political activist
- Date of Birth: August 17, 1960
- Birth Place: Santa Monica, California, United States
- Sun-sign: Leo
- Nationality: American
- Ethnicity: Mixed, Italian and Irish
- Education: Santa Monica High School
- Father Name: Leo Penn
- Mother Name: Eileen Ryan Penn
- Brother Name: Chris Penn, Michael Penn
- Sister Name: None
- Spouse: Robin Wright (1996-2010), Madonna (1985-1989), Children Dylan Frances Penn, Hooper Jack Penn
- Others: Liam Penn (Nephew), Amerigo Giuseppe Annicci (Grandfather), Elizabeth Penn (Grandmother), Rose Isabel Annucci (Grandmother)
- Height : 5 feet 10 inches
- Weight: 75 kg
- Shoe size: 9 US
- Chest size: unknown
- Arms/Biceps size: Unknown
- Waist size: Unknown
- Hair Color: Dark Brown
- Eye Color: Blue
- Sexuality: Straight
- Net Worth: $150 million
- Ex-girlfriends: Charlize Theron