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Acting

Sean Penn

Career: Active from 1981 to 2025, busiest in 1997 and 2003 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 53
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: One Battle After Another
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 79 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sean Penn Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Fantasy
0.9, average 1.7
Wholesome
2.7, average 3.4
Scare
1.9, average 2.6
Physical Comedy
1.7, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Moral Ambiguity 11
Character-Driven 9
Character Study 8
Social Commentary 7
Slow Burn 4
Coming-of-Age 4
Star-Studded Cast 3
Character-Driven Drama 3
Moral Conflict 3
Ethical Dilemmas 3
Psychological Drama 3
Political Intrigue 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

96

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

5 titles

Untitled Sean Penn Film

Writer, Producer

Untitled Jamal Khashoggi Project

Director, Producer

The Gun on Second Street

Executive Producer

Untitled Sean Penn Film

Director

Candles

Set Decoration

2020s

13 titles · average score 67

One Battle After Another

84

as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw

Manas

75

Executive Producer

Words of War

72

Executive Producer

Daddio

68

as Clark

Asphalt City

52

as Gene Rutkovsky

September 5

77

Producer

Superpower

52

Director

Gaslit

73

TV show · as John Mitchell

Licorice Pizza

79

as Jack Holden

Flag Day

50

as John Vogel

kid 90

67

Executive Producer

Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read

60

as Pizza Guy

2010s

14 titles · average score 54

The Professor and the Madman

53

as Dr. William Chester Minor

The First

65

TV show · as Tom Haggerty

The Last Face

32

Director

The Angry Birds Movie

51

as Terence (voice)

The Gunman

38

as Jim Terrier

The Human Experiment

47

as Narrator

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

63

as Sean O'Connell

Gangster Squad

48

as Mickey Cohen

Americans

49

as Commie

This Must Be the Place

64

as Cheyenne

The Tree of Life

77

as Jack

Fair Game

69

as Joseph Wilson

2000s

26 titles · average score 64

Milk

82

as Harvey Milk

What Just Happened

43

as Sean Penn

Into the Wild

79

Director, Screenplay

All the King's Men

40

as Willie Stark

The Interpreter

61

as Tobin Keller

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

66

as Samuel Bicke

Mystic River

83

as Jimmy Markum

21 Grams

76

as Paul Rivers

It's All About Love

32

as Marciello

I Am Sam

53

as Sam Dawson

The Pledge

69

Producer, Director

The Weight of Water

45

as Thomas Janes

1990s

19 titles · average score 66

Sweet and Lowdown

73

as Emmet Ray

Family Guy

64

TV show · as Sean Penn (voice)

The Thin Red Line

78

as 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh

Hurlyburly

58

as Eddie

The Game

74

as Conrad Van Orton

U Turn

61

as Bobby Cooper

She's So Lovely

56

as Eddie Quinn

Dead Man Walking

77

as Matthew Poncelet

The Crossing Guard

60

Writer, Producer

Carlito's Way

78

as David Kleinfeld

The Indian Runner

62

Screenplay, Director

State of Grace

72

as Terry

1980s

18 titles · average score 60

Casualties of War

74

as Sgt. Tony Meserve

We're No Angels

46

as Jim

Colors

68

as Danny McGavin

At Close Range

74

as Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr.

Shanghai Surprise

29

as Glendon Wasey

The Falcon and the Snowman

73

as Daulton Lee

Racing with the Moon

57

as Henry 'Hopper' Nash

Crackers

22

as Dillard

Bad Boys

72

as Mick O'Brien

Summerspell

as Buddy

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

71

as Jeff Spicoli

Taps

63

as Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer

1970s

1 title · average score 82

Little House on the Prairie

82

TV show · as Boy (uncredited)