# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sean-penn
# Generated: 2026-09-03T12:24:28.835Z

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description: "Two Best Actor Oscars anchor a career built on volatile intensity — the grieving father in Mystic River, Harvey Milk in biopic form — but the offscreen pugilism and humanitarian deployments to Haiti and Ukraine keep the name loud between films."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born August 17, 1960, Penn broke through playing Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) before pivoting to darker, coiled roles in Bad Boys and At Close Range. He earned five Oscar nominations across the '90s and 2000s for Dead Man Walking, Sweet and Lowdown, I Am Sam, then won twice: Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008). He directed four features, including Into the Wild (2007), and acted steadily through The Tree of Life, Licorice Pizza, and into 2023's Daddio. In 2025 he took Best Supporting Actor for playing a corrupt officer in One Battle After Another. Offscreen he ran relief operations in post-Katrina New Orleans and post-earthquake Haiti, met with Cuba and Venezuela's presidents, and documented Ukraine's war, receiving the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2022.