American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)
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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.
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…
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Every day, this elected leader is called a dictator here, and we just accept it, and accept it. And this is mainstream media.
Thank you, you Commie, homo-loving sons of guns.
Thank you. If there's one thing that actors know, other than that there weren't any WMDs, it's that there is no such thing as best in acting.
You tolerate me. You really tolerate me.
You and your smarmy pundits — and the smarmy pundits you have in your pocket — can take your war and shove it.
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