Sean Penn Net Worth
Sean Penn Net Worth is
$150 Million
Sean Penn Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Sean Penn is an American actor. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in Mystic River and Milk. Penn began his acting career in television with a brief appearance in a 1974 episode of Little House on the Prairie, directed by his father Leo Penn. Following his film deb... | Full Name | Sean Penn |
| Net Worth | $150 Million |
| Date Of Birth | August 17, 1960 |
| Place Of Birth | Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Film director, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Politician |
| Education | Santa Monica College, Santa Monica High School |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Spouse | Robin Wright (m. 1996–2010), Madonna (m. 1985–1989) |
| Children | Dylan Frances Penn, Hopper Jack Penn |
| Parents | Eileen Ryan Penn, Leo Penn |
| Siblings | Chris Penn, Michael Penn |
| Partner | Charlize Theron (2014–) |
| Nicknames | Sean Justin Penn |
| Awards | Silver Bear for Best Actor award, Academy Award, New York Film Critics Circle Award, Golden Globe Award, Satellite Award, |
| Nominations | MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss, Golden Lion, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, César Award for Best Foreign Film... |
| Movies | “Little House on the Prairies”, “Taps”,“The Falcon and the Snowman”, “At Close Range”, “The Indian Runner”,, “Mystic River”“The Crossing Road”, “The Pledge” |
| Star Sign | Leo |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Intense emotional acting style |
| 2 | Frequently plays unsympathetic and cruel characters with a hidden moral center |
| 3 | Often stars in films that reflect his liberal political views |
| 4 | Known for playing deeply intense yet sympathetic characters prone to violence |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| I Am Sam (2001) | $5,000,000 |
| The Thin Red Line (1998) | $300,000 |
| Hurlyburly (1998) | $150,000 |
| Shanghai Surprise (1986) | $1,000,000 |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | Voting for Donald Trump is the equivalent of masturbating your way into Hell while supporting a guy who looks like a blonde magician. |
| 2 | I think guns are not something to be missed. Especially, on a serious note, when we talk about it this week, this tragic thing that happened in Paris. I'd like to see more guns go to sculpture. I'd like to see it happen. I don't know that we've come to a time where we can be a gunless society, but we're certainly not working the way we're flying with them. |
| 3 | [on decadence in Hollywood culture] I think you're talking about a human weakness that's pervasive in all cultures of business, whether it be Hollywood or others. They talk about the drug culture, for example, in Hollywood. I've never gone anywhere that I didn't see a similar drug culture. We look everywhere to try and make a darkened penny a shiny one, and you're going to have both in your pocket. |
| 4 | In my teens, I fell in love with the movies. And so when I got involved I was a genius in terms of how the movies that were made in the generation that inspired me got made. But the financing wasn't there to do 'em anymore. Trauma. I'm caught in a business that I'm in love with the idea of - the whole process that's possible. Only now they're not making movies - they're representing them. |
| 5 | I do think that, in general, the standard of aspiration is low. Very low. And mostly they're just doing a bunch of monkey-fuck-rat movies, most actors and actresses. And I blame them just as much as I do the business. I know everybody wants to make some money, everybody's got a modeling contract, everybody's selling jewelry and perfume. I'm blinded by it. |
| 6 | [on Woody Allen] didn't ask to see or know anything [about my character] until he rolled the camera. His feeling is that the best, complete thing he's going to get is going to come out of the actor's instinct. And what he finds out on day one is whether or not he cast it well. |
| 7 | (On Daniel Day-Lewis): He may very well be the greatest actor ever recorded to the screen. |
| 8 | Let's face it. I'm a person that feels pretty alienated from the rest of the world and never felt understood by anyone. |
| 9 | [backing Woody Harrelson for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar] The Messenger (2009) is one of those rare platforms for a familiar American actor to reinvent himself. Woody Harrelson conjures a heart and presence of previously untapped immensity and emotional power. He deserves a BIG nod. He's done the hardest thing an actor can do. He's made something new. |
| 10 | [2008, on his love of road trips] I've been a road-rat since I got my drivers license at 16, so I've probably gone across America 20 times. |
| 11 | [on how selections will be made while being the head jury member at Cannes in 2008] The best way to be honest is to try to emancipate ourselves from the effects of fashion, to try to find what will stay with us forever. We've got to do the opposite of the Academy that gives out the Oscars, where manipulation and very good marketing are rewarded. |
| 12 | [on Clint Eastwood] He's one of the few legends who isn't a disappointment. |
| 13 | [interview with Lynn Darling, 1991] The Madonna stuff just made it clear. After it was over, I could see what was left that I was in control of. I'm very fond of my ex-wife, but at 24, I didn't realize the difference between a great first date and a lifetime commitment. |
| 14 | I don't like any directors. I don't get along with any of them. Mostly I think they're a bunch of whiny people without any point of view. So I don't want to be around them at six o'clock in the morning with make-up and bells on. And I'm probably the same way for the actors on my set - but that's their problem. |
| 15 | With the Academy Awards, if you're standing there and looking out, you're not going to see many people who can find their butt with their hand. |
| 16 | This might be the last thing anybody would see, but I'm probably shy. I've never gone to a party where I didn't drink alcohol. I have a great time, but I'm not comfortable. My straight nature is not very social. That doesn't mean I haven't caught myself being terribly arrogant. |
| 17 | [on Madonna] I met her on the shoot of that video ["Material Girl"]. Madonna had done "Like a Virgin", so she was a phenom, but nothing could have told anybody what would happen next. I describe that marriage as loud. That's how I remember it. And frankly, I don't recall having a single conversation in four years of marriage. I've talked to her a couple of times since, and there's a whole person there. I just didn't know it. |
| 18 | (on his role in The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)) It was the hardest thing I've ever done. My wife thinks it's the best. I don't call it my best, because either I've done something well or I haven't. I think I did this one well. I'd go back and fix some things in everything I've done. Usually, if I've done something really well, I'd only re-shoot half the film. |
| 19 | I became an actor because of Robert De Niro. |
| 20 | [on his marriage to Madonna] She was in the process of becoming the biggest star in the world. I just wanted to make my films and hide. I was an angry young man. I had a lot of demons and don't really know who could've lived with me at the time. I was just as badly behaved as her, so I can't point the finger of blame. |
| 21 | [1999] Nic Cage [Nicolas Cage] is no longer an actor. He's more like a performer. |
| 22 | If the primary statement of the film is that if you have good abs it's OK to kill people, I pass. |
| 23 | There's an interesting parallel between Bush [George W. Bush] and Richard Nixon. While Nixon was clearly a superior statesman and in many ways a more intelligent politician, what they share is a kind of boldness in how they emote their insecurities. What we're finding with George Bush, part of what's familiar to people and that adds to his likability for many, is that there's a commonality of deep insecurity and his handling it with a kind of bravado. What they both did is handle things with a similar certainty - certainty being the "disease of kings". |
| 24 | The bigger issue is that it's an absolutely stupid notion that you should take the title of someone's profession and attach it to what they should not do. It has nothing to do with citizenry. |
| 25 | I don't consider myself specifically political, you know? I think of working as an actor as being a human thing. The concerns I have that fall into politics are human concerns. |
| 26 | I've always operated under the notion that audiences don't always know when they're being lied to, but that they always know when they're being told the truth. If there are what I think are unsung truths to be talked about in a film, through a character, through a story, and that dominates the piece, that's the key for me. I think the biggest thing is to not participate in the damaging, lying cinema. |
| 27 | The horror of the Academy Awards is what the press does leading up to it, to make it a popular TV show. Where they'll actually make it like it's an arm- wrestling event between two actors. That becomes very petty, and that's something that's embarrassing to follow up with accepting the invitation to the party. |
| 28 | Your life is what you bring to any story. This is a life craft. It's "How do you feel? Who are you? What do you have to say?" |
| 29 | I think it's really important to be able to feel your own life, and I had felt so numbed by what had been a kind of surreal saturation of what was going on in the Middle East and what it was going to mean, particularly relative to my kids' future and things like that. |
| 30 | E.L. Doctorow had a quote I've used a lot of times, that the responsibility of the artist is to know the time in which he lives. |
| 31 | The major studios are by and large banks and they give you what is by and large a loan to make a movie. Like banks, they want their money back plus. |
| 32 | I was brought up in a country that relished fear-based religion, corrupt government and an entire white population living on stolen property that they murdered for and that is passed on from generation to generation. |
| 33 | You build a cage based on your sense of the truth and your sense of the aspects of the character that need to tell the story. If you've done your job right, which I've had varying degrees of success doing at different times in my life, then you're able to function very freely within that cage. |
| 34 | I can never get ahead of the game because of the movies I do. |
| 35 | I had a house burn down once, and everything in life burned, except my family, and it was so liberating. I didn't have a bad moment about it. It sort of reinvigorated my interest in a lot of things. I wonder if there should be some kind of anarchy. |
| 36 | Hollywood is much more creatively corrupt than it is economically [corrupt]. It takes $1 for them to kill their dreams. Their dreams are worth more than $1. |
| 37 | [Discussing Oliver Stone] I think that his basic pig nature keeps him from doing the best of what he ought to do. And it keeps him from being someone I want to run into. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He was Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. first choice for the role of the Joker for the movie The Dark Knight (2008) but he turned down the part because he didn't want to play a role that had already been played by his longtime friend Jack Nicholson. The role ultimately went to Heath Ledger. |
| 2 | He has worked with 8 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: John Schlesinger, Oliver Stone, Woody Allen, Kathryn Bigelow, Clint Eastwood, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Sydney Pollack, and Barry Levinson. |
| 3 | Campaigned for John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. |
| 4 | Publicly supported Argentina's claim to the Falkland Islands. |
| 5 | Publicly endorsed Hillary Clinton as the Democratic candidate in the 2016 US presidential election. |
| 6 | He is half-Jewish. |
| 7 | He was criticized for publicly calling for more gun control in the United States, despite admitting that he owned guns. |
| 8 | In January 2016, shortly after the recapture of the notorious fugitive drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, Rolling Stone magazine published an interview with him that Sean Penn conducted during the time the Sinaloa drug cartel head was still at large ("El Chapo" had escaped from a Mexican maximum-security prison in 2015). Guzmán contacted Penn via a Mexican movie and TV star, Kate del Castillo, who, after playing a drug kingpin in a Mexican TV show, had been contacted by Guzmán in the hope that she would make a movie about his life. After his interview was published, Penn was criticized by the Obama administration and investigated by the Mexican government for failing to aid authorities in recapturing Guzmán earlier than they did. |
| 9 | His father Leo Penn, a writer was blacklisted during McCarthy era in Hollywood. |
| 10 | Is a Practitioner of Jeet Kune Do. |
| 11 | Was considered for the role of Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon (1987) & the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in Batman (1989). |
| 12 | Received an honorary César award in France for his body of work in 2015, Marion Cotillard presented the award to him. [20 February, 2015]. |
| 13 | In three consecutive years won acting prizes in the three major film festivals: Berlin Silver Bear Best Actor (Dead Man Walking [1995]) in 1996, Cannes Best Actor (She's So Lovely [1997]) in 1997, and Venice Volpi Cup Best Actor (Hurlyburly [1998]) in 1998 becoming the fastest among the four actors to have accomplished the feat of winning in the aforementioned film festivals. |
| 14 | One of four people to have achieved the rare feat of winning an acting prize in the three major film festivals: Venice Film Festivel, Cannes Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival. The others to do so are Julianne Moore, Juliette Binoche and Jack Lemmon. Additionally, all four actors have won acting Oscars. |
| 15 | As of 2014, has appeared in four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Thin Red Line (1998), Mystic River (2003), Milk (2008) and The Tree of Life (2011). |
| 16 | Attended the 2003 San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain. [September 2003] |
| 17 | Attended the Cannes Film Festival. [May 2001] |
| 18 | Attended the Cannes Film Festival. [May 2000] |
| 19 | Attended the Cannes Film Festival in France. [May 2011] |
| 20 | Attended the BFI London Film Festival (on Oct. 25th) as well as the 2nd Rome Film Festival (on Oct. 24th) to promote his film Into the Wild. [October 2007] |
| 21 | Attended the 2004 Cannes Film Festival in France. [May 2004] |
| 22 | Release of the book, "Sean Penn: His Life and Times" by Richard T. Kelly. [2004] |
| 23 | Attended the Cesar Film Awards in Paris, France on Feb. 27th. [February 2009] |
| 24 | Attended the 2008 Cannes Film Festival in France. [May 2008] |
| 25 | Attended the Venice Film Festival in Italy on Sept. 5th. [September 2003] |
| 26 | Attended the Mike Tyson vs Michael Spinks fight at Trump Plaza on June 27th in Atlantic City, New Jersey. [June 1988] |
| 27 | Directed one Oscar nominated performance: Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild (2007). |
| 28 | Was engaged to Elizabeth McGovern. They met on the set of Racing with the Moon (1984). |
| 29 | The longest he has gone without an Oscar nomination if 5 years, between Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008). |
| 30 | Has openly declared that he'd much rather direct movies than act in them (interview: Piers Morgan Tonight: Episode dated 14 October 2011 (2011)). |
| 31 | Ranks his good friend Philip Seymour Hoffman as one of the greatest actors of his generation (interview: Piers Morgan Tonight: Episode dated 14 October 2011 (2011)). |
| 32 | Visited Egypt and Libya. [October 2011] |
| 33 | Is the subject of the song, "Sean Penn Blues", by Lloyd Cole & The Commotions. |
| 34 | Was ordered to complete 300 hours of community service and 36 hours of anger management therapy after being charged with misdemeanor vandalism. Penn reportedly kicked a paparazzi in the leg in October 2009 and was initially charged with battery and vandalism. [May 2010] |
| 35 | In June 1987 Penn was sentenced to sixty days for probation violations including reckless driving and assault. The sentence was reduced to thirty-three days "in anticipation of good behavior." Penn served five days, was released to film a movie, and then served out the remainder of his sentence in private jail facilities for which he paid an extra eighty dollars per day. |
| 36 | Penn's At Close Range (1986) director James Foley served as best man at Penn and Madonna's wedding (1985). |
| 37 | Flew to Haiti on January 21 2010 to help the relief effort after the earthquake. |
| 38 | Born at 3:17 PM (PDT). |
| 39 | Robin Wright once again filed for divorce. She had previously stated in More magazine that, although they withdrew their divorce papers in early 2009, they are no longer together. [August 2009] |
| 40 | His publicist is Mara Buxbaum. |
| 41 | Lost out to Christopher Atkins for the role of Richard in The Blue Lagoon (1980) on the final day of auditions. |
| 42 | Requested to withdraw the papers he filed for legal separation from Robin Wright. [May 2009] |
| 43 | Filed for divorce from Robin Wright, a year after they reconciled after she had filed for divorce in late 2007. [April 2009] |
| 44 | In October 2008, he traveled to Cuba where he met with and interviewed President Raúl Castro. |
| 45 | Is very good friends with Robert De Niro. The two share the same birthday and would often throw a joint birthday party together. |
| 46 | He is the 9th person to win 2 Academy Awards for Best Actor. |
| 47 | He and ex-wife Madonna's birthdays are a day apart. They married on her 27th birthday and he turned 25 the next day. |
| 48 | Milo Ventimiglia listed him as his favorite actor. |
| 49 | Former son-in-law of Silvio Ciccone. |
| 50 | Former brother-in-law of Christopher Ciccone, Martin Ciccone, Paula Ciccone, Anthony Ciccone, Melanie Ciccone, Mario Ciccone, and Jennifer Ciccone. |
| 51 | He toured Caracas, Venezuela, in August 2007 with President Hugo Chávez,. |
| 52 | 2008's Jury president of Cannes Film Festival. |
| 53 | Is an avid surfer. |
| 54 | Wife Robin Wright filed papers for divorce after 11 years of marriage on December 21, 2007, citing irreconcilable differences. The couple is seeking joint custody of their two teenage children. In April 2008 they withdrew the petition. |
| 55 | Good friends with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich. |
| 56 | Was in the same acting class as Michelle Pfeiffer at the end of the 70s or early 80s. |
| 57 | Refuses to talk about his ex-wife Madonna in interviews. On her 1989 "Like A Prayer" album, she wrote a song about their failed marriage called "Till Death Do Us Part". |
| 58 | His performance as "Jeff Spicoli" in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) is ranked #9 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. |
| 59 | As of 2005, the only actor to ever receive a Best Actor nomination for a Woody Allen film, besides Allen himself. |
| 60 | Credits Malcolm McDowell as the best actor with whom he's worked. |
| 61 | Briefly engaged to actress-photographer Pamela Springsteen, sister of Bruce Springsteen. The two were both in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). |
| 62 | A popular indie-band in The Netherlands is called "Seanpenn". |
| 63 | Andy Warhol was a guest during his August 16, 1985 marriage to Madonna. |
| 64 | He and director Clint Eastwood discussed the possibility of Sean starring in Blood Work (2002). Though it didn't work out, they got the opportunity to work together later in Mystic River (2003). |
| 65 | 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. |
| 66 | 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". |
| 67 | His father, Leo Penn, had been blacklisted in the 1950s for his political beliefs. |
| 68 | In October 2002, he bought a $56,000 ad in the Washington Post to publish an open letter to President George W. 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. |
| 69 | His paternal grandparents were Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants (their families were from Russia and Lithuania). They ran a Jewish deli in New York for some time. His mother's heritage is half Italian and half Irish. |
| 70 | 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. |
| 71 | Quit smoking for a while 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 of cigarettes a day. |
| 72 | Brother-in-law of Aimee Mann. |
| 73 | His son is named after two family friends, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson. |
| 74 | Became a father for the 2nd time at age 32 when his girlfriend [now 2nd ex-wife] Robin Wright gave birth to their son Hopper Penn on August 6, 1993. |
| 75 | Became a father for the 1st time at age 30 when his girlfriend [now 2nd ex-wife] Robin Wright gave birth to their daughter Dylan Penn on April 13, 1991. |
| 76 | Moved to Marin County (North of San Francisco) to avoid raising his children in Hollywood. |
| 77 | Middle brother of musician Michael Penn and Chris Penn. |
| 78 | Son of Leo Penn and Eileen Ryan. |
| 79 | Ranked #76 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] |
| 80 | Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1984" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36. |
| 81 | Appeared with his brother Chris Penn in At Close Range (1986), in which their actress mother, Eileen Ryan, played their grandmother. |
| 82 | They lost their home in the Malibu fire in November 1993. |
| 83 | He and Robin Wright lived together off and on for 7 years and had two children before their marriage in 1996. |
| 84 | He served 32 days in jail in 1987 for hitting an extra. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taps | 1981/I | Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer | |
| The Killing of Randy Webster | 1981 | TV Movie | Don Fremont |
| Hellinger's Law | 1981 | TV Movie | Bit Part |
| The Beaver Kid 2 | 1981 | Short | Groovin' Larry |
| Barnaby Jones | 1979 | TV Series | Sam |
| Little House on the Prairie | 1974-1975 | TV Series | Kid |
| American Lion | 2017 | TV Mini-Series pre-production | Andrew Jackson |
| The Professor and the Madman | 2017 | post-production | Dr. William Chester Minor |
| Family Guy | 2016 | TV Series | Sean Penn |
| Angry Birds | 2016 | Terence (voice) | |
| Sound of Sun | 2016 | Short | Man |
| The Gunman | 2015 | Terrier | |
| Jay-Z Feat. Beyoncé: Part II - On the Run | 2014 | Video short | |
| The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | 2013 | Sean O'Connell | |
| Gangster Squad | 2013 | Mickey Cohen | |
| Americans | 2012 | Short | Commie |
| This Must Be the Place | 2011 | Cheyenne | |
| The Tree of Life | 2011 | Jack | |
| I'm Still Here | 2010/I | Sean Penn (uncredited) | |
| Fair Game | 2010/I | Joe Wilson | |
| Milk | 2008/I | Harvey Milk | |
| What Just Happened | 2008 | Sean Penn | |
| Persepolis | 2007 | Mr. Satrapi - Marjane's father (English version, voice) | |
| All the King's Men | 2006 | Willie Stark | |
| The Interpreter | 2005 | Tobin Keller | |
| Two and a Half Men | 2004 | TV Series | Sean Penn |
| The Assassination of Richard Nixon | 2004 | Samuel J. Bicke | |
| 21 Grams | 2003 | Paul Rivers | |
| Mystic River | 2003 | Jimmy Markum | |
| It's All About Love | 2003 | Marciello | |
| Pauly Shore Is Dead | 2003 | Sean Penn | |
| I Am Sam | 2001 | Sam Dawson | |
| Friends | 2001 | TV Series | Eric |
| The Weight of Water | 2000 | Thomas Janes | |
| Before Night Falls | 2000 | Cuco Sanchez | |
| Up at the Villa | 2000 | Rowley Flint | |
| Sweet and Lowdown | 1999 | Emmet Ray | |
| The Thin Red Line | 1998 | 1st Sgt. Edward Welsh | |
| Hurlyburly | 1998 | Eddie | |
| The Larry Sanders Show | 1998 | TV Series | Sean Penn |
| Hugo Pool | 1997 | Strange Hitchhiker | |
| Ellen | 1997 | TV Series | Sean Penn |
| The Game | 1997 | Conrad | |
| U Turn | 1997 | Bobby Cooper | |
| She's So Lovely | 1997 | Eddie Quinn | |
| Loved | 1997 | Man on the Hill (Michael) | |
| Dead Man Walking | 1995 | Matthew Poncelet | |
| Carlito's Way | 1993 | Kleinfeld | |
| Cruise Control | 1992 | Short | Jeffrey |
| State of Grace | 1990 | Terry Noonan | |
| Cool Blue | 1990 | Video | Phil the Plumber (uncredited) |
| We're No Angels | 1989 | Jim | |
| Casualties of War | 1989 | Sgt. Tony Meserve | |
| Judgment in Berlin | 1988 | Guenther X | |
| Colors | 1988 | Danny McGavin | |
| Shanghai Surprise | 1986 | Glendon Wasey | |
| At Close Range | 1986 | Brad Jr. | |
| The Falcon and the Snowman | 1985 | Daulton Lee | |
| Racing with the Moon | 1984 | Henry 'Hopper' Nash | |
| Crackers | 1984 | Dillard | |
| Summerspell | 1983 | Buddy | |
| Risky Business | 1983 | Cameo (uncredited) | |
| Bad Boys | 1983 | Mick O'Brien | |
| Fast Times at Ridgemont High | 1982 | Jeff Spicoli |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Lion | 2017 | TV Mini-Series executive producer - 1 episode pre-production | |
| The Gunman | 2015 | producer | |
| The Human Experiment | 2013 | Documentary executive producer | |
| Sebastian Beach One Fine Day | 2012 | Documentary associate producer | |
| Love Hate Love | 2011 | Documentary executive producer | |
| Dirty Hands Caravan | 2010 | Documentary producer | |
| Witch Hunt | 2008 | Documentary executive producer | |
| Into the Wild | 2007 | producer | |
| The Pledge | 2001/I | producer | |
| She's So Lovely | 1997 | executive producer | |
| Loved | 1997 | producer | |
| The Crossing Guard | 1995 | producer |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Last Face | 2016 | ||
| Into the Wild | 2007 | ||
| Peter Gabriel: Play | 2004 | Video video "The Barry Williams Show" | |
| September 11 | 2002 | segment "USA" | |
| Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 | 2001 | Video documentary video "Highway Patrolman" | |
| The Pledge | 2001/I | ||
| Jewel: You Were Meant for Me, Version 2 | 1996 | Video short | |
| The Crossing Guard | 1995 | ||
| Shania Twain: Dance with the One That Brought You | 1993 | Video short | |
| The Indian Runner | 1991 |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Gunman | 2015 | screenplay | |
| Americans | 2012 | Short story | |
| Into the Wild | 2007 | screenplay | |
| September 11 | 2002 | segment "USA" | |
| The Crossing Guard | 1995 | written by | |
| The Indian Runner | 1991 | written by |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boulevard | 2014 | thanks | |
| On the Road | 2012 | thanks | |
| Possession(s) | 2009 | thanks for inspiration | |
| Where the Wild Things Are | 2009 | special thanks | |
| Follow the Prophet | 2009 | thanks | |
| Death Proof | 2007 | special thanks | |
| Hounddog | 2007 | the producers wish to thank | |
| Jackass Number Two | 2006 | Documentary thanks | |
| Babel | 2006/I | the director wishes to thank | |
| The Darwin Awards | 2006 | special thanks | |
| Daltry Calhoun | 2005 | special thanks | |
| Mystic River: Beneath the Surface | 2004 | Video documentary short special thanks | |
| Dogtown and Z-Boys | 2001 | Documentary thanks | |
| And Then One Night: The Making of 'Dead Man Walking' | 2001 | TV Movie documentary special thanks | |
| Being John Malkovich | 1999 | acknowledgment |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39th Annual Kennedy Center Honors | 2016 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Who Is Pappy Pariah? | 2016 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Real Time with Bill Maher | 2007-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Le journal du Festival | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| 60 Minutes | 2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Actor (segment "Sean Penn") |
| 3 Hikers | 2015 | Documentary | Himself |
| Rencontres de cinéma | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2007-2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Good Morning America | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Conan | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 87th Annual Academy Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Picture |
| La nuit des Césars | 2009-2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself - César d'honneur / Himself |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Sweet Micky for President | 2015 | Documentary | Himself |
| Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles | 2014 | TV Special | Himself |
| Piers Morgan Tonight | 2011-2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Paul McCartney: Queenie Eye | 2013 | Video short | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Human Experiment | 2013 | Documentary | Narrator |
| CNBC Meets | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Hollywood Fast Lane | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee |
| Haiti Untold | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| Close Up | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee |
| Person to Person | 2012 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Le grand journal de Canal+ | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| American Masters | 2011-2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Tavis Smiley | 2009-2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Himself |
| A Decade of Difference: A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. Clinton Foundation | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division | 2011 | Short | Himself |
| Guys Choice Awards 2011 | 2011 | TV Special | Himself - Award Winner |
| Festival international de Cannes | 2009-2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Dirty Hands Caravan | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune | 2010 | Documentary | Actor / Activist |
| Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise | 2010 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Charlie Rose | 1995-2010 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Democracy Now! | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1996-2010 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 82nd Annual Academy Awards | 2010 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role |
| Larry King Live | 2005-2010 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Making of Anton AKA Trapped | 2009 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The People Speak | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
| American Politics All You Can Eat | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
| Deflating the Elephant: Framed Messages Behind Conservative Dialogue | 2009 | Video documentary | Narrator |
| Milk: Hollywood Comes to San Francisco | 2009 | Documentary short | Himself |
| The Oprah Winfrey Show | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| 2009 Vanity Fair Oscar Party | 2009 | Video short | Himself |
| The 81st Annual Academy Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Himself - Winner |
| The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Himself - Winner Best Actor |
| 2008 Britannia Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Himself |
| Open the Debates: Super Rally in Denver, CO 2008 | 2008 | Video | Himself |
| Witch Hunt | 2008 | Documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| VH1 Rock Honors | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
| VH1 Rock Honors: The Who | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Insider | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Into the Wild: The Experience | 2008 | Video short | Himself |
| Into the Wild: The Story, the Characters | 2008 | Video short | Himself |
| Caiga quien caiga | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Speechless | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| 13th Annual Critics' Choice Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Himself |
| Iconoclasts | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 1995-2007 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino | 2007 | TV Movie | Himself |
| War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death | 2007 | Documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Brando | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Colbert Report | 2007 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 16th Annual Gotham Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film | 2006 | Documentary | Himself |
| Corazón de... | 2005-2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts | 2006 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Die Invasion der Ideen | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Penn & Teller: Bullshit! | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Actor |
| 2006 Independent Spirit Awards | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Reichen Show | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Mon plus grand moment de cinéma | 2005 | TV Series short | Himself |
| GMTV | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 77th Annual Academy Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role |
| Biography | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Viva la Bam | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing | 2004 | Documentary | Himself |
| 21 Grams: In Fragments | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Ninth November Night | 2004 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Mystic River: Beneath the Surface | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself - 'Jimmy Markum' |
| Mystic River: From Page to Screen | 2004 | TV Short documentary | Himself - 'Jimmy' |
| Caiga quien caiga | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 76th Annual Academy Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role |
| Tinseltown TV | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Premio Donostia a Sean Penn | 2003 | TV Special | Himself - Honoree |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert De Niro | 2003 | TV Movie | Himself |
| MTV Icon: Metallica | 2003 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs the Late Henry Moss | 2003 | Documentary | Ray |
| Bukowski: Born into This | 2003 | Documentary | Himself |
| Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments | 2002 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Lying for a Living | 2002 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Rosy-Fingered Dawn: a Film on Terrence Malick | 2002 | Documentary | Himself |
| Becoming Sam | 2002 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Searching for Debra Winger | 2002 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 2002 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| See How They Run | 2001 | Documentary | Himself |
| Gran premio internazionale della TV | 2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool | 2001 | Documentary | Himself |
| Dogtown and Z-Boys | 2001 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| A Constant Forge | 2000 | Documentary | Himself |
| An Actor's Look at John Cassavetes | 2000 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| VH-1 Where Are They Now? | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| American Arts & Culture Presents John Horatio Malkovich 'Dance of Despair & Disillusionment' | 2000 | Video short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey | 1999 | TV Special | Himself |
| Being John Malkovich | 1999 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Inside the Actors Studio | 1999 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High | 1999 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| 1996 VH1 Honors | 1996 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Talking with David Frost | 1996 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Saturday Night Live | 1987-1995 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Host / Various / ... |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Nicholson | 1994 | TV Special | Himself |
| Maury | 1994 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 1993 Billboard Music Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Last Party | 1993 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Word | 1991-1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| Schneeweißrosenrot | 1991 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1986-1991 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| Late Night with David Letterman | 1991 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | 1987 | TV Movie documentary voice | |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Gene Kelly | 1985 | TV Special documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra | 2014-2017 | TV Series | Himself |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Fox News Reporting | 2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| 20/20 | 2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Actor |
| Boots on the Ground in Haiti | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
| Ok! TV | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Gangster Squad: Tough Guys with Style | 2013 | Video documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Announcement | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Inside the Actors Studio | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Richard Roeper & the Movies | 2010 | TV Series | Joe Wilson |
| Bad Boy Kummer | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases | 2009 | TV Movie | |
| Banda sonora | 2009 | TV Series | Emmet Ray |
| Seitenblicke | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself (segment "Schnapp SCHÜSSE") |
| Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / Jimmy Markum (uncredited) |
| The O'Reilly Factor | 2007-2008 | TV Series | Himself - 'Pinhead' (segment "Pinheads & Patriots") / Himself |
| Forbes 20 Under 25: Young, Rich and Famous | 2007 | TV Movie | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Colbert Report | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| CNN Presents | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Video on Trial | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon | 2006 | TV Special | Himself |
| Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow | 2006 | TV Special | Himself |
| 100 Greatest Teen Stars | 2006 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| Corazón de... | 2005-2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Noche Hache | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade | 2005 | TV Special | Himself (uncredited) |
| Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe | 2005 | TV Special | Himself |
| 101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments | 2004 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Biography | 2002-2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Celebrities Uncensored | 2003-2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Gomorron | 1997-2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Making of 'Carlito's Way' | 2003 | Video documentary short | Kleinfeld |
| 60 Minutes | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Actor |
| It's All About Love... og Thomas Vinterberg | 2003 | TV Short documentary | Marciello (uncredited) |
| La guerra en el cine | 2003 | Video documentary short | 1st Sgt. Welsh |
| VH1: All Access | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 74th Annual Academy Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Sam Dawson |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer |
| The Beaver Trilogy | 2000 | Documentary | Groovin' Larry (segment "Beaver Kid 2") |
| The 72nd Annual Academy Awards | 2000 | TV Special | Emmet Ray |
| Saturday Night Live 25 | 1999 | TV Special documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live | 1998 | TV Special documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| ... y otras mujeres de armas tomar | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 68th Annual Academy Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Matthew Poncelet |
| Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | 1989 | TV Special | Himself (uncredited) |
| Pat Metheny Group & David Bowie: This Is Not America | 1985 | Video short | Daulton Lee |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Honorary César | César Awards, France | ||
| 2012 | Joel Siegel Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | ||
| 2011 | Stanley Kramer Award | PGA Awards | ||
| 2011 | Golden Icon Award | Zurich Film Festival | ||
| 2010 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Dubai International Film Festival | ||
| 2010 | Humanitarian Award | Hollywood Film Awards | ||
| 2009 | Jupiter Award | Jupiter Award | Best International Director | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2009 | Kinema Junpo Award | Kinema Junpo Awards | Best Foreign Film Director | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2009 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2009 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2009 | Desert Palm Achievement Award | Palm Springs International Film Festival | Milk (2009) | |
| 2009 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Milk (2008) |
| 2009 | VFCC Award | Vancouver Film Critics Circle | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2009 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Milk (2008) |
| 2009 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2009 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Acting Ensemble | Milk (2008) |
| 2009 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Lead Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | IOMA | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Best Picture (Miglior film) | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2008 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | NYFCO Award | New York Film Critics, Online | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | Director of the Year Award | Palm Springs International Film Festival | Into the Wild (2007) | |
| 2008 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | SFFCC Award | San Francisco Film Critics Circle | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | SEFCA Award | Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | SLFCA Award | St. Louis Film Critics Association, US | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | VVFP Award | Village Voice Film Poll | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | AFI Award | AFI Awards, USA | Movie of the Year | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2008 | EDA Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | Austin Film Critics Award | Austin Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | Britannia Award | BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards | Excellence in Film | |
| 2008 | BSFC Award | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | DFWFCA Award | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | Audience Award | FICE - Federazione Italiana Cinema d'Essai | Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2008 | HFCS Award | Houston Film Critics Society Awards | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2007 | Premiere Prize | Rome Film Fest | Into the Wild (2007) | |
| 2007 | Audience Award | São Paulo International Film Festival | Best Foreign Feature Film | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2007 | Capri Movie of the Year Award | Capri, Hollywood | Into the Wild (2007) | |
| 2007 | Gotham Independent Film Award | Gotham Awards | Best Feature | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2004 | IOMA | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Best Actor (Miglior attore protagonista) | Misty River (2015) |
| 2004 | Sierra Award | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Best Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | Actor of the Year | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Ensemble Acting | 21 Grams (2003) |
| 2004 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | Audience Award | SESC Film Festival, Brazil | Best Foreign Actor (Melhor Ator Estrangeiro) | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | VFCC Award | Vancouver Film Critics Circle | Best Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | DFWFCA Award | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | FFCC Award | Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | Special Distinction Award | Independent Spirit Awards | 21 Grams (2003) | |
| 2003 | KCFCC Award | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2003 | NBR Award | National Board of Review, USA | Best Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2003 | Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award | San Sebastián International Film Festival | ||
| 2003 | Volpi Cup | Venice Film Festival | Best Actor | 21 Grams (2003) |
| 2003 | BSFC Award | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Ensemble Cast | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2002 | Modern Master Award | Santa Barbara International Film Festival | Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) | |
| 2002 | UNESCO Award | Venice Film Festival | 11'09''01 - September 11 (2002) | |
| 2000 | John Cassavetes Award | Denver International Film Festival | ||
| 1999 | Peter J. Owens Award | San Francisco International Film Festival | ||
| 1999 | Special Achievement Award | Satellite Awards | Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble | The Thin Red Line (1998) |
| 1998 | Volpi Cup | Venice Film Festival | Best Actor | Hurlyburly (1998) |
| 1997 | Best Actor | Cannes Film Festival | She's So Lovely (1997) | |
| 1996 | Silver Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | Best Actor | Dead Man Walking (1995) |
| 1996 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Actor | Dead Man Walking (1995) |
| 1996 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Male Lead | Dead Man Walking (1995) |
| 1986 | Sour Apple | Golden Apple Awards | ||
| 1983 | New Generation Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Bad Boys (1983) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Palme d'Or | Cannes Film Festival | The Last Face (2016) | |
| 2012 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | The Tree of Life (2011) |
| 2011 | Movies for Grownups Award | AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | Best Grownup Love Story | Fair Game (2010) |
| 2011 | EDA Female Focus Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Humanitarian Activism Award | Tied with Sandra Bullock |
| 2010 | IOFCP Award | International Online Film Critics' Poll | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Milk (2008) |
| 2010 | IOFCP Award | International Online Film Critics' Poll | Best Actor of the Decade | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2010 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Fair Game (2010) |
| 2010 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Lead Actor of the Decade | Milk (2008) |
| 2009 | ICS Award | International Cinephile Society Awards | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2009 | IOMA | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Best Actor (Miglior attore protagonista) | Milk (2008) |
| 2009 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | Actor of the Year | Milk (2008) |
| 2009 | MTV Movie Award | MTV Movie Awards | Best Kiss | Milk (2008) |
| 2009 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2009 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Milk (2008) |
| 2009 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Milk (2008) |
| 2009 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Leading Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2009 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2009 | César | César Awards, France | Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2009 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Ensemble Cast | Milk (2008) |
| 2009 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Male Lead | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | Silver Ribbon | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo) | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2008 | IOMA | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Best Director (Miglior regia) | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2008 | IOMA | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Best Adapted Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura non originale) | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2008 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | TFCA Award | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Best Performance, Male | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | USC Scripter Award | USC Scripter Award | Into the Wild (2007) | |
| 2008 | WGA Award (Screen) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Best Adapted Screenplay | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2008 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Cast Ensemble | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2008 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Writer | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2008 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | David | David di Donatello Awards | Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2008 | DFCS Award | Detroit Film Critic Society, US | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | DGA Award | Directors Guild of America, USA | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2008 | FCCA Award | Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Foreign Film - English Language | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2008 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Motion Picture | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2008 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Director | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2008 | Golden Schmoes | Golden Schmoes Awards | Best Actor of the Year | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | HFCS Award | Houston Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2008 | ICP Award | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Best Lead Performance | Milk (2008) |
| 2007 | SLFCA Award | St. Louis Film Critics Association, US | Best Director | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2007 | SLFCA Award | St. Louis Film Critics Association, US | Best Screenplay | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2007 | EDA Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Picture | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2007 | EDA Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Director | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2007 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Screenplay, Adapted | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2007 | DFWFCA Award | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2007 | DFCS Award | Detroit Film Critic Society, US | Best Director | Into the Wild (2007) |
| 2006 | Stinker Award | The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | Most Annoying Fake Accent: Male | All the King's Men (2006) |
| 2005 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama | The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) |
| 2004 | Audience Award | Irish Film and Television Awards | Best International Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | IOMA | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Best Actor (Miglior attore protagonista) | 21 Grams (2003) |
| 2004 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | 21 Grams (2003) |
| 2004 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | 21 Grams (2003) |
| 2004 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Lead Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Ensemble Cast | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Ensemble Cast | 21 Grams (2003) |
| 2003 | WAFCA Award | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2003 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Actor in a Leading Role | 21 Grams (2003) |
| 2003 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2003 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Cast Ensemble | 21 Grams (2003) |
| 2003 | César | César Awards, France | Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne) | 11'09''01 - September 11 (2002) |
| 2002 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama | I Am Sam (2001) |
| 2002 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | I Am Sam (2001) |
| 2002 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | I Am Sam (2001) |
| 2002 | Bodil | Bodil Awards | Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) | The Pledge (2001) |
| 2001 | Palme d'Or | Cannes Film Festival | The Pledge (2001) | |
| 2001 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Actor | Sweet and Lowdown (1999) |
| 2000 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical | Sweet and Lowdown (1999) |
| 2000 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Sweet and Lowdown (1999) |
| 2000 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Sweet and Lowdown (1999) |
| 1999 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Male Lead | Hurlyburly (1998) |
| 1996 | Sant Jordi | Sant Jordi Awards | Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero) | Dead Man Walking (1995) |
| 1996 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Dead Man Walking (1995) |
| 1996 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Dead Man Walking (1995) |
| 1996 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Dead Man Walking (1995) |
| 1996 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Dead Man Walking (1995) |
| 1995 | Golden Lion | Venice Film Festival | The Crossing Guard (1995) | |
| 1994 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Carlito's Way (1993) |
| 1994 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Carlito's Way (1993) |
| 1991 | Golden Leopard | Locarno International Film Festival | The Indian Runner (1991) | |
| 1987 | Razzie Award | Razzie Awards | Worst Actor | Shanghai Surprise (1986) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | UFCA Award | Utah Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Milk (2008) |
| 2008 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Milk (2008) |
| 2004 | ICS Award | International Cinephile Society Awards | Best Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2004 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | 21 Grams (2003) |
| 2004 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2003 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2003 | SEFCA Award | Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2003 | UFCA Award | Utah Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2003 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Cast Ensemble | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2003 | BSFC Award | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actor | Mystic River (2003) |
| 2002 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | I Am Sam (2001) |
| 1996 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Actor | Dead Man Walking (1995) |
| 1995 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Dead Man Walking (1995) |
3rd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Actor | The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) |
Known for movies
Mystic River (2003)
as Jimmy Markum
21 Grams (2003)
as Paul Rivers
Milk (2008)
as Harvey Milk
Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)
as Narrator