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Trivia
Birth name: Sean Justin Penn
Date of birth: 17 August 1960
Place of birth: Santa Monica,
California, USA
Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Spouse: Robin Wright Penn (27
April 1996 - present) 2 children, Madonna (16 August 1985 - 10
January 1989) (divorced).
He served 32 days in jail in 1987 for
hitting an extra.
He and Robin Wright Penn lived together from
1991 until their marriage in 1996. They had two children before their
marriage.
They lost their home in the Malibu fire in
November 1993.
Appeared with his brother Chris Penn in At
Close Range (1986), in which their actress mother, Eileen Ryan, played
their grandmother.
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New
Actors of 1984" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36.
Ranked #76 in Empire (UK) magazine's
"The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Brother of actor Chris Penn, son of Leo Penn
and Eileen Ryan.
Brother of musician Michael Penn.
Moved to Marin County (North of San
Francisco) to avoid raising his children in Hollywood.
Daughter, with Robin Wright Penn, Dylan
Frances (b. 13 April 1991).
Son, with Robin Wright Penn, Hopper Jack (b.
6 August 1993).
His son is named after two family friends,
Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson.
Brother-in-law of Aimee Mann
Quit smoking (or at least cut down) on his
40th birthday for health reasons. Prior to that, he was known as one of
Hollywood's heaviest smokers, smoking at least four packs a day.
Dated musician and actress Jewel Kilcher for
a time. He directed the music video for her song "You Were Meant
For Me" in 1997.
On September 11, 2004, he received the John
Steinbeck award at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. The award
is given out by the San Francisco Chronicle and benefits San Jose State
University. The evening included film clips and discussion with Peter
Coyote. The biggest surprise of the night was that Bruce Springsteen (a
longtime friend of Sean's and the first recipient of the award)
presented it to him.
His father was a Jew of Russian and
Lithuanian blood and his mother was Irish-Catholic. His grandparents ran
a Jewish deli for some time in New York.
In October 2002, bought a $56,000 ad in the
Washington Post to publish an open letter to President Bush asking him
to slow down the march of war towards Iraq. He wrote it as a father of
two children and as a son of a WW II veteran.
His father, Leo Penn, had been blacklisted
in the 50s Hollywood.
He and his family moved out of Hollywood to
Marin County, north of San Francisco because he was "tired of a lot
of aspects of Los Angeles, the main one being raising the kids in a
company town".
His car, a limited-edition 1987 Buick Grand
National, was stolen in Berkeley months after his return from Iraq.
Among the lost contents were 2 guns.
He and director Clint Eastwood discussed the
possibility of Penn starring in Blood Work (2002). Though it didn't work
out, they got the opportunity to work together later in Mystic River
(2003).
Andy Warhol was a guest during his August
16, 1985 marriage to Madonna.
A popular indie-band in The Netherlands is
called "Seanpenn".
Briefly engaged to actress-photographer
Pamela Springsteen, sister of Bruce Springsteen. Sean and Pamela were
both cast in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982).
Credits Malcolm McDowell as the best actor
with whom he's worked.
As of 2005, the only actor to ever receive a
Best Actor nomination for a Woody Allen film, besides Allen himself.
Shares a birthday with friend and
sometime-co-star Robert
De Niro.
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