Sean Penn began his acting career in television, with a brief appearance in episode 112 of Little House on the Prairie on December 4, 1974, directed by his father Leo Penn.
Penn became known as a prominent leading actor with the drama Dead Man Walking , for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination and the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival. Penn received another two Oscar nominations for Woody Allen's comedy-drama Sweet and Lowdown and the drama I Am Sam , before winning his first Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 for Mystic River and a second one in 2008 for Milk.
Who Is Sean Penn Family?
Sean Penn was born in Santa Monica, California to actor and director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan. Penn's older brother is musician Michael Penn. His younger brother, actor Chris Penn, died in 2006.[6] His father was Jewish, the son of emigrants from Lithuania, Merkinė
Sean Penn has two kids Dylan Frances Penn and American actress and Hopper Penn
