Penn, Sean Justin
Born: Aug 17, 1960 AD
Currently alive, at 48 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Actors, Director, Producers
Currently alive, at 48 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Actors, Director, Producers
1960 – He was born Sean Justin Penn on the 17th day of August in Santa Monica, California. American actor.
- He attended Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, studying auto mechanics and speech, but did not graduate with a degree.
1981 – He launched his career with the film "Taps", followed a year later with the comedy "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" in the role of Jeff Spicoli and has since starred in over 40 movies.
1985 – He married the famous singer Madonna on August 16th and divorced four years later.
- He also gave a memorable performance in the role of Andrew Daulton Lee in The Falcon and the Snowman.
1996 - Married to Robin Wright on April 27th.
1997 - He directed the music video for her song "You Were Meant For Me".
2002 – On the 18th of October this year, he placed a $56,000 advertisement in the Washington Post asking President George W. Bush to end a cycle of violence. It was written as an open letter and referred to the planned attack on Iraq and the War on Terror.
2003 – He won Best Actor in the Academy Awards for his movie “Mystic River”.
- His Buick Grand National was stolen in Berkeley, California with two firearms in the trunk.
2004 – He won Best Actor at the Golden Globe Awards.
- He received the John Steinbeck award at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
2005 – He made a visit to Iran. Acting as a journalist on an assignment for the San Francisco Chronicle, he attended a Friday prayer ceremony at Tehran University.
- Was the only actor to ever receive a Best Actor nomination for a Woody Allen film, besides Woody Allen himself.
2006 - His younger brother Chris, who was famous for playing Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs, was found dead in his Santa Monica condominium on January 24th.
2007 – He publicly criticized President Bush and his handling of the war in Iraq. Penn blatantly questioned whether President Bush's twin daughters supported the war in Iraq.
- He attended Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, studying auto mechanics and speech, but did not graduate with a degree.
1981 – He launched his career with the film "Taps", followed a year later with the comedy "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" in the role of Jeff Spicoli and has since starred in over 40 movies.
1985 – He married the famous singer Madonna on August 16th and divorced four years later.
- He also gave a memorable performance in the role of Andrew Daulton Lee in The Falcon and the Snowman.
1996 - Married to Robin Wright on April 27th.
1997 - He directed the music video for her song "You Were Meant For Me".
2002 – On the 18th of October this year, he placed a $56,000 advertisement in the Washington Post asking President George W. Bush to end a cycle of violence. It was written as an open letter and referred to the planned attack on Iraq and the War on Terror.
2003 – He won Best Actor in the Academy Awards for his movie “Mystic River”.
- His Buick Grand National was stolen in Berkeley, California with two firearms in the trunk.
2004 – He won Best Actor at the Golden Globe Awards.
- He received the John Steinbeck award at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
2005 – He made a visit to Iran. Acting as a journalist on an assignment for the San Francisco Chronicle, he attended a Friday prayer ceremony at Tehran University.
- Was the only actor to ever receive a Best Actor nomination for a Woody Allen film, besides Woody Allen himself.
2006 - His younger brother Chris, who was famous for playing Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs, was found dead in his Santa Monica condominium on January 24th.
2007 – He publicly criticized President Bush and his handling of the war in Iraq. Penn blatantly questioned whether President Bush's twin daughters supported the war in Iraq.
Page last updated: 12:50am, 21st Feb '08
Related Books
  |
Chronicles: Volume One (Chronicles) by Bob Dylan (Audio CD - Oct 5, 2004) One would not anticipate a conventional memoir from Bob Dylan--indeed, one would not have foreseen an autobiography at all from the pen of the notoriously private legend. WhatChronicles: Volume...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
 |
  |
Disabled Fables: Aesop's Fables, Retold And Illustrated By Artists With Developmental Disabilities by Members of L A Goal (Hardcover - Feb 15, 2005) The time-honored stories of Aesop are shown through the eyes of artists with developmental disabilities. Includes a foreword by Sean Penn.As seen on theToday...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
Women Before 10 a.m. (Paperback - Oct 15, 2001) When our perennial bestseller, Women Before 10 a.m. first made waves in bookstores worldwide, many of the women in Veronique Vial's presciently delectable collection of portraits - Julia Stiles,... Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
Bob Dylan: Chronicles by Bob Dylan (Audio CD - Nov 15, 2004) |
|
  |
Sean Penn: His Life And Times by Richard T. Kelly (Hardcover - Nov 30, 2004) Sean Penn had barely hit our movie screens before he was hailed as "the best actor of his generation." Then his tumultuous marriage to Madonna turned his life into pulp fiction, even landing him in... |
|
  |
Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn't Tell You by Norman Solomon and Reese Erlich and Sean Penn (Paperback - Jan 29, 2003) Deftly separating truth from propaganda, Target Iraq is a hard-hitting expose of the harsh realities and consequences of the pending war and the media's failure to present the full spectrum of issues... |
|
