Actor

Sean Penn

American actor, screenwriter, and film director

1960 - today

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His biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 86 in 2024). Sean Penn is the 236th most popular actor (up from 310th in 2024), the 532nd most popular biography from United States (up from 568th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular American Actor.

Sean Penn is most famous for being an actor and director. He has won two Academy Awards, one for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Mystic River, and one for Best Director for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

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7.4M

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Past 12 months

73.55

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87

Sean Penn's biography appears in 87 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 98% of all Actors.

Aug 17

Sean Penn shares a August 17 birthday with Robert De Niro, Pierre de Fermat, and Charles I of Austria.

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Sean Penn's Wikipedia page drew 7.4M views over the past year — 15× the average among Actors.

1.1M

Sean Penn's biography drew 1.1M page views from non-English Wikipedia editions in the past year — fame that reaches well beyond the English-speaking world.

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Among Actors

Among actors, Sean Penn ranks 236 out of 13,578. Before him are Philippe Noiret, Louis Gossett Jr., Antonio Banderas, David Morse, Dolph Lundgren, and Richard Widmark. After him are Willem Dafoe, Jim Belushi, Giuliano Gemma, John Hurt, Kim Basinger, and Anne Hathaway.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Sean Penn ranks 15. Before him are John F. Kennedy Jr., Rafael Benítez, Miguel Díaz-Canel, Jeffrey Dahmer, Hassan Nasrallah, and Antonio Banderas. After him are Jo Nesbø, Julianne Moore, Pierluigi Collina, Joachim Löw, Hugh Grant, and Tilda Swinton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sean Penn ranks 532 out of 20,380. Before him are Dean Martin (1917), Herman Hollerith (1860), Jim Mattis (1950), David Morse (1953), Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), and Richard Widmark (1914). After him are Stephen Hillenburg (1961), Gertrude Stein (1874), Harriet Tubman (1820), Joe Frazier (1944), Willem Dafoe (1955), and Jim Belushi (1954).

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Among Actors In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sean Penn ranks 123. Before him are James Hong (1929), Robert Taylor (1911), Romina Power (1951), Louis Gossett Jr. (1936), David Morse (1953), and Richard Widmark (1914). After him are Willem Dafoe (1955), Jim Belushi (1954), Kim Basinger (1953), Anne Hathaway (1982), Danny Trejo (1944), and John Malkovich (1953).

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