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Best Sean Penn Movies Ranked
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Sean Penn Acting Filmography (107)
Animals in War
2025
One Battle After Another
2025·Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
In Thanks We Trust
2025·Self
BRATS
2024·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bruce Springsteen – The America whisperer
2024·Self : Actor, Director & Writer (Archive footage)
Asphalt City
2024·Gene Rutkovsky
Daddio
2024·Clark
Sean Penn, l'enfant terrible de l'Amérique
2024·Self
Becoming Madonna
2024·Self (archive footage)
Superpower
2023·Self
Gonzo Girl
2023
Licorice Pizza
2021·Jack Holden
Flag Day
2021·John Vogel
Citizen Penn
2020·Himself
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
2020·Pizza Guy
The Professor and the Madman
2019·Dr. William Chester Minor
Sound of Sun
2017·Man
Mad Hannans
2017
The Angry Birds Movie
2016·Terence (voice)
El Chapo & Sean Penn: Bungle in the Jungle
2016·Self
Sweet Micky for President
2015·Self
The Human Experiment
2015·Narrator
The Gunman
2015·Jim Terrier
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
2015·Himself (archive footage)
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
2014·Self
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014·Self
Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story
2014·Himself
Gangster Squad
2013·Mickey Cohen
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013·Sean O'Connell
Haiti Untold
2012
Americans
2012·Commie
The Tree of Life
2011·Jack
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011·Self
This Must Be the Place
2011·Cheyenne
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2011·Self
I'm Still Here
2010·Sean Penn (uncredited)
Fair Game
2010·Joseph Wilson
The People Speak
2009·Self
Deflating the Elephant
2009·Narrator
Milk
2008·Harvey Milk
What Just Happened
2008·Sean Penn
Witch Hunt
2008·Himself (Narrator)
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008·Self
Brando
2007·Self
War Made Easy
2007·Narrator (Voice)
All the King's Men
2006·Willie Stark
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006·Self
The Interpreter
2005·Tobin Keller
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004·Samuel Bicke
21 Grams: In Fragments
2004·Self
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004·Self
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
2004·Self
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004·Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
2004·Self
Mystic River
2003·Jimmy Markum
21 Grams
2003·Paul Rivers
It's All About Love
2003·Marciello
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
2003·Self
Inside Björk
2003·Self
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003·Sean Penn
Bukowski: Born Into This
2003·Self
This So-Called Disaster
2003·Ray
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
2003·Self
Dogtown and Z-Boys
2002·Narrator
Searching for Debra Winger
2002·Self (uncredited)
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
2002·Self
I Am Sam
2001·Sam Dawson
The Weight of Water
2001·Thomas Janes
Before Night Falls
2000·Cuco Sanchez
Beaver Trilogy
2000·"Groovin' Larry" Huff
Up at the Villa
2000·Rowley Flint
A Constant Forge
2000·Self
Sweet and Lowdown
1999·Emmet Ray
Being John Malkovich
1999·Sean Penn (uncredited)
Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1999
Hurlyburly
1998·Eddie
The Thin Red Line
1998·1st Sgt. Edward Welsh
U Turn
1997·Bobby Cooper
The Game
1997·Conrad Van Orton
Hugo Pool
1997·Strange Hitchhiker
She's So Lovely
1997·Eddie Quinn
Loved
1997·Man on the Hill (Michael)
Dead Man Walking
1995·Matthew Poncelet
Carlito's Way
1993·David Kleinfeld
The Last Party
1993·Self
Madonna: The Name of the Game
1993·Self
Cruise Control
1992
State of Grace
1990·Terry
Cool Blue
1990·Phil the Plumber (uncredited)
Casualties of War
1989·Sgt. Tony Meserve
We're No Angels
1989·Jim
Colors
1988·Danny McGavin
Judgment in Berlin
1988·Guenther X
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987·(voice)
At Close Range
1986·Bradford 'Brad' Whitewood Jr.
Shanghai Surprise
1986·Glendon Wasey
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985·Daulton Lee
Racing with the Moon
1984·Henry 'Hopper' Nash
Crackers
1984·Dillard
Bad Boys
1983·Mick O'Brien
Summerspell
1983·Buddy
Risky Business
1983·Passenger in Car (uncredited)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982·Jeff Spicoli
Taps
1981·Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
The Killing of Randy Webster
1981·Don Fremont
The Beaver Kid 2
1981·Groovin' Larry
Hellinger's Law
1981·Bit Part (uncredited)