Sean Penn

Sean Penn

Actor & Director (b. 1960)
i How is this score calculated?

The ThumbScore for Sean Penn (74.1%) is the average audience approval rating across 31 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Sean's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

31
Movies
74.1%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Frequent Collaborators

Catherine Keener (3)Nick Nolte (3)Benicio del Toro (3)John C. Reilly (3)Emile Hirsch (2)

Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his intense leading man roles in film. His accolades include three Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for three British Academy Film Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Grammy Award. He received the Honorary CΓ©sar in 2015 and the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2022. Penn made his feature film debut in the drama Taps (1981), before taking roles in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Bad Boys (1983), and At Close Range (1986). He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for playing a grieving father in Mystic River (2003) and the gay rights activist Harvey Milk in Milk (2008). He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing the ruthless military officer Colonel Steven J.

Lockjaw in One Battle After Another (2025). He was Oscar-nominated for Dead Man Walking (1995), Sweet and Lowdown (1999), and I Am Sam (2001). He also acted in Casualties of War (1989), State of Grace (1990), Carlito's Way (1993), The Game(1997), The Thin Red Line (1998), Hurlyburly (1998), 21 Grams (2003), Fair Game (2010), The Tree of Life (2011), Licorice Pizza (2021) and Daddio (2023). Penn made his directorial film debut with the crime drama The Indian Runner (1991), followed by The Crossing Guard (1995), The Pledge (2001), and Into the Wild (2007). On stage, he acted in the Broadway plays Heartland (1981) and Slab Boys (1983). On television, he portrayed an astronaut in the Hulu drama series The First (2018) and John N. Mitchell in the Starz political thriller miniseries Gaslit (2022). Penn has also engaged in political and social activism, including his criticism of the George W.

Born 1960-08-17 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

On ThumbScore, Sean Penn appears in 31 films with an average audience score of 74.1%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Filmography & Ratings

I Am Sam
I Am Sam
2001
πŸ‘ 90%
Carlito's Way
Carlito's Way
1993
πŸ‘ 86%
Gangster Squad
Gangster Squad
2013
πŸ‘ 85%
The Angry Birds Movie
The Angry Birds Movie
2016
πŸ‘ 85%
Into the Wild
Into the Wild
2007
πŸ‘ 84%
The Game
The Game
1997
πŸ‘ 84%
Sweet and Lowdown
Sweet and Lowdown
1999
πŸ‘ 84%
21 Grams
21 Grams
2003
πŸ‘ 83%
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
πŸ‘ 83%
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013
πŸ‘ 82%
Mystic River
Mystic River
2003
πŸ‘ 82%
Milk
Milk
2008
πŸ‘ 82%
Dead Man Walking
Dead Man Walking
1995
πŸ‘ 82%
The Professor and the Madman
The Professor and the Madman
2019
πŸ‘ 82%
This Must Be the Place
This Must Be the Place
2011
πŸ‘ 81%
Casualties of War
Casualties of War
1989
πŸ‘ 81%
The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line
1998
πŸ‘ 76%
U Turn
U Turn
1997
πŸ‘ 74%
Colors
Colors
1988
πŸ‘ 74%
One Battle After Another
One Battle After Another
2025
πŸ‘ 71%
The Pledge
The Pledge
2001
πŸ‘ 71%
We're No Angels
We're No Angels
1989
πŸ‘ 67%
The Gunman
The Gunman
2015
πŸ‘ 65%
Shanghai Surprise
Shanghai Surprise
1986
πŸ‘ 65%
Fair Game
Fair Game
2010
πŸ‘ 64%
Licorice Pizza
Licorice Pizza
2021
πŸ‘ 63%
The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life
2011
πŸ‘ 62%
Asphalt City
Asphalt City
2024
πŸ‘ 62%
The Interpreter
The Interpreter
2005
πŸ‘ 59%
The Weight of Water
The Weight of Water
2001
πŸ‘ 55%
What Just Happened
What Just Happened
2008
πŸ‘ 52%
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