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• SEAN {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}AMY AWARD-WNG ACTOR SEAN PENN IS KNOWN FOR HIS STARRG ROL FILMS SUCH AS 'FAST TIM AT RIDGEMONT HIGH,' 'MYSTIC RIVER' AND 'MILK.'{LOR:#323232;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: MAR 30, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;--POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} A{POSN:ABSOLUTE;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{BACKGROUND:#C92228;BOTTOM:0;PADDG:.5REM;RIGHT:0;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG:0.39REM;}}{DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:1REM;WIDTH:1REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:1.063REM;HEIGHT:1.063REM;}}{LE-HEIGHT:1;MARG-TOP:0.3125REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0;}}{LOR:#595959;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}PHOTO: KEV WTER/GETTY {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}(1960-){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO IS SEAN PENN?ACTOR AND FILMMAKER SEAN PENN MA HIS FILM BUT 1981'S TAPS. HIS BREAKOUT ROLE ME 1982, WHEN HE PLAYED JEFF SPILI FAST TIM AT RIDGEMONT HIGH. LATER ACTG WORK CLUD DEAD MAN WALKG (1995) AND SHE'S SO LOVELY (1997), AND WRG, PRODUCG AND DIRECTG THE CROSSG GUARD (1995), AMONG OTHER PROJECTS. PENN'S MORE RECENT ACTG CREDS CLU UP THE VILLA, THE WEIGHT OF WATER, ALL THE KG'S MEN, I AM SAM, MILK AND TREE OF LIFE. HE HAS WON SEVERAL HONORS AS AN ACTOR AND FILMMAKER, CLUDG TWO AMY AWARDS FOR BT ACTOR. IN EARLY 2016, PENN FOUND HIMSELF EMBROILED NTROVERSY FOLLOWG HIS ROLLG STONE TERVIEW WH FUGIVE DG LORD {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}JOAQU "EL CHAPO" GUZMAN.EARLY LIFESEAN JT PENN WAS BORN ON AUGT 17, 1960, SANTA MONI, CALIFORNIA. HIS FATHER, LEO, WAS AN ACTOR AND DIRECTOR. HIS MOTHER, EILEEN RYAN, WAS AN ACTRS. PENN GREW UP LOS ANGEL AND ATTEND SANTA MONI HIGH SCHOOL ALONG WH FELLOW STUNTS AND FUTURE ACTORS E ESTEVEZ, CHARLIE SHEEN AND ROB LOWE. AN TERT FILMMAKG, SPECIFILLY DIRECTG, LED TO PENN'S PASSN FOR ACTG, WHICH CLUD SEVERAL EARLY TV PARTS. HE MOVED TO NEW YORK CY AT THE AGE OF 19 AND SOON LAND A PART A BROADWAY PLAY, HEARTLAND. IN 1981, HE MA HIS FILM BUT ALONGSI BUDDG STAR TOM CISE AND AMY AWARD WNER TIMOTHY HUTTON THE ARY SCHOOL DRAMA TAPS. PENN'S BREAKTHROUGH ROLE ME A YEAR LATER WHEN HE PLAYED THE PERPETUALLY STONED SURFER JEFF SPILI THE HIGH SCHOOL EDY FAST TIM AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982) OPPOSE JENNIFER JASON LEIGH AND JUDGE REHOLD. PENN THEN GARNERED ACCLAIM FOR HIS FIRST STARRG ROLE 1983'S BAD BOYS AND FOR THE DRAMA THE FALN AND THE SNOWMAN (1985).IN 1985, PENN GAED A WHOLE NEW MEASURE OF FAME WHEN HE MARRIED POP IN MADONNA. THEIR TUMULTUO FOUR-YEAR MARRIAGE PRODUCED ONE DISMAL MOVIE, 1986'S SHANGHAI SURPRISE, AND A BARRAGE OF TABLOID HEADL. PENN'S "BAD BOY" IMAGE ONLY CREASED WH HIS NTUED HOSTILY TOWARD THE AGGRSIVE PAPARAZZI—HE SERVED 34 DAYS PRISON 1987 FOR PUNCHG AN EXTRA WHO TRIED TO TAKE HIS PICTURE. PENN AND MADONNA DIVORCED 1989.ACTG AND DIRECTG CAREERIN 1991, TWO YEARS AFTER EARNG RAVE REVIEWS FOR HIS PERFORMANCE CASUALTI OF WAR (1989), PENN DIRECTED HIS FIRST FILM. THE FEATURE THE INDIAN RUNNER OPENED TO A LIMED RELEASE AND ULTIMATELY MA A B LS THAN $200,000 AT THE BOX OFFICE. CRICS GAVE THE FILM D PRAISE. THOUGH HE PREVLY CLAIMED HE QU ACTG, PENN RETURNED TO THE ONT OF THE MERA 1993, PLAYG A KE-ADDLED CRIMAL LAWYER BRIAN DE PALMA'S CARLO'S WAY, -STARRG AL PACO. HIS PERFORMANCE EARNED HIM A GOLN GLOBE NOMATN FOR BT SUPPORTG ACTOR. IN 1995, HE STARRED AS A ATH ROW MATE SEARCHG FOR SALVATN THE FILM DEAD MAN WALKG, BASED ON THE TE STORY BY HELEN PREJEAN. THE FILM EARNED PENN AMY AWARD AND GOLN GLOBE NOMATNS, AS WELL AS AN INPENNT SPIR AWARD. THE FILM ALSO DID WELL WH DIENC, GROSSG MORE THAN $80 LN WORLDWI. THAT SAME YEAR, HE WROTE, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED THE CROSSG GUARD, A DARK DRAMA STARRG HIS BOYHOOD IDOL, JACK NICHOLSON. THE FILM RECEIVED POSIVE REVIEWS OM CRICS, AS WELL AS A GOLN GLOBE NOMATN FOR ANJELI HTON.REGNN FOR 'MYSTIC RIVER'PENN NEXT STARRED AS A LOVICK, JEALO HBAND NICK CASSAVET'S SHE'S SO LOVELY (1997), -STARRG JOHN TRAVOLTA AND PENN'S REAL-LIFE SEND WIFE, ROB WRIGHT. ALTHOUGH PENN (WHO ALSO SERVED AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) WON THE BT ACTOR AWARD AT THE CANN FILM FTIVAL, SHE'S SO LOVELY DID NOT ATTRACT A WI DIENCE. PENN APPEARED TWO OTHER MAJOR FILMS 1997: THE POORLY RECEIVED U-TURN, DIRECTED BY OLIVER STONE, AND THE H ACTN-THRILLER THE GAME, STARRG MICHAEL DOUGLAS. IN HURLYBURLY (1998), PENN REPRISED A ROLE HE PLAYED ON THE LOS ANGEL STAGE 1988. THAT SAME YEAR, HE ALSO STARRED THE CRILLY ACCLAIMED WORLD WAR II DRAMA THE TH RED LE, DIRECTED BY TERRENCE MALICK. IN 1999, THE UNPREDICTABLE PENN TOOK HOLLYWOOD BY SURPRISE WHEN HE GARNERED A SEND AMY AWARD NOMATN FOR BT ACTOR, TURNG ANOTHER SEARG, DARKLY PLEX PERFORMANCE AS THE DISSOLUTE JAZZ GUARIST AT THE CENTER OF WOODY ALLEN'S SWEET AND LOWDOWN. IN 2000, HE STARRED THE ROMANTIC UP THE VILLA WH KRISTEN STT THOMAS, AND THE WEIGHT OF WATER. HIS THIRD DIRECTORIAL FEATURE, THE THRILLER THE PLEDGE, AGA STARRED NICHOLSON AND WRIGHT. THEN 2002, PENN STARRED OPPOSE MICHELLE PFEIFFER I AM SAM, PLAYG A MENTALLY DISABLED MAN WHO FIGHTS TO REGA CTODY OF HIS YOUNG DGHTER. HE RECEIVED HIS THIRD OSR NOMATN FOR THE ROLE. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, HE STARRED CLT EASTWOOD'S SMALL-TOWN DRAMA MYSTIC RIVER, FOR WHICH HE EARNED AN AMY AWARD FOR BT ACTOR. IN 2006, PENN STARRED AS WILLIE STARK, A FICTNAL CHARACTER BASED LOOSELY ON LOUISIANA ERNOR HUEY LONG, ALL THE KG'S MEN. HE WENT ON TO DIRECT THE TE-LIFE STORY OF A YOUNG MAN LIVG RAL ALASKA INTO THE WILD (2007), STARRG EE HIRSCH. SEND OSR FOR 'MILK'STEPPG BACK ONT OF THE MERAS, PENN WON HIS SEND AMY AWARD FOR BT ACTOR FOR HIS PORTRAYAL OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY POLICIAN, HARVEY MILK, THE FILM MILK (2008). THE FILM, DIRECTED BY G VAN SANT, RECEIVED MORE THAN 40 AWARD NOMATNS AND PERFORMED WELL AT THE BOX OFFICE. PENN LATER HAD A SUPPORTG ROLE THE MALICK FILM TREE OF LIFE (2011). THAT SAME YEAR, HE STARRED THE PENNT DRAMA THIS MT BE THE PLACE, WHICH PENN PLAYED A FORMER ROCK STAR WHO SEARCHED FOR A NAZI WAR CRIMAL TO AVENGE HIS FATHER. PENN TACKLED AN FAMO ROLE GANGSTER SQUAD (2013), A MOVIE ABOUT THE CLASH BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ANIZED CRIME LOS ANGEL THE 1940S AND 1950S. HE PORTRAYED THE NOTOR CRIME BOSS MICKEY COHEN AND RYAN GOSLG PLAYED A MEMBER OF THE POLICE FORCE WHO OPPOS HIM. THE PROJECT HAD BEEN SCHLED FOR A FALL 2012 RELEASE BUT WAS LAYED BEE OF THE FILM'S SHOOTOUT SCENE A MOVIE THEATER, WHICH EVOKED MEMORI OF THE JULY 2012 SHOOTGS SI A COLORADO MOVIE THEATER. WARNER BROTHERS, THE STUD BEHD SQUAD, SUBSEQUENTLY MA EDS TO THE FILM.PENN HAD A SMALL SUPPORTG ROLE 2014'S THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MTY, STARRG BEN STILLER, AND IS FEATURED THE 2015 ACTN DRAMA THE GUNMAN. HE ALSO MA HEADL AFTER THE FEBARY 2015 AMY AWARDS TELEST: PENN UTTERED AN OFF-LOR JOKE ABOUT IEND ALEJANDRO GONZAL IñáRRU WHILE ANNOUNCG THE DIRECTOR'S BIRDMAN W FOR BT PICTURE.'EL CHAPO' MEETGIN AN 11,000-WORD ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON ROLLG STONE'S WEBSE ON JANUARY 9, 2016, PENN REVEALED THAT HE HAD MET WH MEXIN DG KGP JOAQUíN "EL CHAPO" GUZMáN AT AN UNDISCLOSED LOTN OCTOBER 2015. GUZMáN, WHO HAD ORCHTRATED A DARG PE OM A HIGH-SECURY PRISON THREE MONTHS EARLIER, WAS LOOKG TO HAVE A MOVIE MA ABOUT HIS LIFE, AND HAD AGREED TO AN TERVIEW THROUGH PENN'S NTACT WH MEXIN ACTRS KATE L CASTILLO.IN THE ARTICLE, PENN MARVELED AT THE SECURY MEASUR TAKEN BY EL CHAPO'S MEN, CLUDG THEIR TRANSPORTATN ABOARD A PLANE WH A VICE TO JAM RADAR SIGNALS, AS WELL AS THE HEALTHY, RELAXED NDN OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST WANTED FUGIV. HE NOTED, "I TAKE NO PRI KEEPG SECRETS THAT MAY BE PERCEIVED AS PROTECTG CRIMALS, NOR DO I HAVE ANY GLOATG ARROGANCE AT POSG FOR SELFI WH UNKNOWG SECURY MEN . . WILL BE THE FIRST TERVIEW EL CHAPO HAD EVER GRANTED OUTSI AN TERROGATN ROOM, LEAVG ME NO PRECENT BY WHICH TO MEASURE THE HAZARDS."THE ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED ONE DAY AFTER GUZMáN'S REPTURE LOS MOCHIS, MEXI. MEXIN THORI SAID THEY WERE ABLE TO ZERO ON THE DG LORD'S LOTN THROUGH HIS CELL PHONE AND ELECTRONIC EXCHANG, ALTHOUGH WAS UNCLEAR WHETHER ANY OF THOSE EXCHANG WERE WH PENN. IT WAS ALSO UNCLEAR WHETHER THE ACTOR WAS FACG LEGAL PROBLEMS FOR HIS VOLVEMENT THE SUATN.'BOB HONEY' AUDBOOK AND NOVELIN 2016, PENN NARRATED AN DBOOK TLED BOB HONEY WHO JT DO STUFF. ALLEGEDLY WRTEN BY A MAN NAMED PAPPY PARIAH, BOB HONEY TELLS THE STORY OF A MIDDLE-AGED MAN WHO WORRI ABOUT THE STATE OF HIS UNTRY WHILE WORKG FOR THE ERNMENT AS A HMAN.PENN FOLLOWED 2018 BY FLHG THE WORK OUT NOVEL FORM. ALONG WH S PUZZLG VOBULARY, THE BOOK ME UNR FIRE FOR A DIATRIBE THAT SUGGTED KILLG THE PRINT, AS WELL AS A POETIC EPILOGUE THAT CRICIZED ASPECTS OF THE #METOO MOVEMENT. THE NEW YORK TIM REFERRED TO AS A "A RIDDLE WRAPPED AN ENIGMA AND CLOAKED CRAZY."THE BOOK'S PUBLISHER, ATRIA, FOLLOWED WH FULL-PAGE ADS THE NEW YORK TIM AND THE WASHGTON POST, WHICH SNIPPETS OF CRIL QUOT ARE UNTERED WH A TEASER FOR POSIVE REVIEWS AT THE PANY WEBSE AND A CHALLENGE TO "READ AND CI FOR YOURSELF." ATRIA ALSO ISSUED A PRS RELEASE THAT QUTNED WHETHER PENN WAS BEG GIVEN A FAIR CHANCE TO "EXPAND HIS ARTISTIC PROFILE" AMID THE "GROWG CULTURE OF DIVISIVENS" THE UNTRY. PERSONAL LIFESEVEN YEARS AFTER HIS DIVORCE OM MADONNA, PENN AND HOE OF CARDS STAR ROB WRIGHT WED 1996. THE UPLE HAS TWO CHILDREN. THE UPLE DIVORCED 2010 A NON-AMIBLE SPL. IN EARLY 2014, REPORTS SURFACED THAT PENN WAS DATG A FELLOW OSR WNER, ACTRS CHARLIZE THERON. THEY QUIETLY GOT ENGAGED THAT DECEMBER, BUT BY THE FOLLOWG JUNE, WAS REVEALED THAT THE UPLE HAD END THEIR RELATNSHIP.IN AUGT 2020, PENN TIED THE KNOT WH LEILA GEE, HIS GIRLIEND OF FOUR {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
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• SEAN PENN AND GAY RIGHTS

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HIS BREAKOUT ROLE ME 1982, WHEN HE PLAYED JEFF SPILI FAST TIM AT RIDGEMONT HIGH. LATER ACTG WORK CLUD DEAD MAN WALKG (1995) AND SHE'S SO LOVELY (1997), AND WRG, PRODUCG AND DIRECTG THE CROSSG GUARD (1995), AMONG OTHER PROJECTS. PENN'S MORE RECENT ACTG CREDS CLU UP THE VILLA, THE WEIGHT OF WATER, ALL THE KG'S MEN, I AM SAM, MILK AND TREE OF LIFE. HE HAS WON SEVERAL HONORS AS AN ACTOR AND FILMMAKER, CLUDG TWO AMY AWARDS FOR BT ACTOR. IN EARLY 2016, PENN FOUND HIMSELF EMBROILED NTROVERSY FOLLOWG HIS ROLLG STONE TERVIEW WH FUGIVE DG LORD {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}JOAQU "EL CHAPO" GUZMAN.EARLY LIFESEAN JT PENN WAS BORN ON AUGT 17, 1960, SANTA MONI, CALIFORNIA. HIS FATHER, LEO, WAS AN ACTOR AND DIRECTOR. HIS MOTHER, EILEEN RYAN, WAS AN ACTRS. PENN GREW UP LOS ANGEL AND ATTEND SANTA MONI HIGH SCHOOL ALONG WH FELLOW STUNTS AND FUTURE ACTORS E ESTEVEZ, CHARLIE SHEEN AND ROB LOWE. AN TERT FILMMAKG, SPECIFILLY DIRECTG, LED TO PENN'S PASSN FOR ACTG, WHICH CLUD SEVERAL EARLY TV PARTS. HE MOVED TO NEW YORK CY AT THE AGE OF 19 AND SOON LAND A PART A BROADWAY PLAY, HEARTLAND. IN 1981, HE MA HIS FILM BUT ALONGSI BUDDG STAR TOM CISE AND AMY AWARD WNER TIMOTHY HUTTON THE ARY SCHOOL DRAMA TAPS. PENN'S BREAKTHROUGH ROLE ME A YEAR LATER WHEN HE PLAYED THE PERPETUALLY STONED SURFER JEFF SPILI THE HIGH SCHOOL EDY FAST TIM AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982) OPPOSE JENNIFER JASON LEIGH AND JUDGE REHOLD. PENN THEN GARNERED ACCLAIM FOR HIS FIRST STARRG ROLE 1983'S BAD BOYS AND FOR THE DRAMA THE FALN AND THE SNOWMAN (1985).IN 1985, PENN GAED A WHOLE NEW MEASURE OF FAME WHEN HE MARRIED POP IN MADONNA. THEIR TUMULTUO FOUR-YEAR MARRIAGE PRODUCED ONE DISMAL MOVIE, 1986'S SHANGHAI SURPRISE, AND A BARRAGE OF TABLOID HEADL. PENN'S "BAD BOY" IMAGE ONLY CREASED WH HIS NTUED HOSTILY TOWARD THE AGGRSIVE PAPARAZZI—HE SERVED 34 DAYS PRISON 1987 FOR PUNCHG AN EXTRA WHO TRIED TO TAKE HIS PICTURE. PENN AND MADONNA DIVORCED 1989.ACTG AND DIRECTG CAREERIN 1991, TWO YEARS AFTER EARNG RAVE REVIEWS FOR HIS PERFORMANCE CASUALTI OF WAR (1989), PENN DIRECTED HIS FIRST FILM. THE FEATURE THE INDIAN RUNNER OPENED TO A LIMED RELEASE AND ULTIMATELY MA A B LS THAN $200,000 AT THE BOX OFFICE. CRICS GAVE THE FILM D PRAISE. THOUGH HE PREVLY CLAIMED HE QU ACTG, PENN RETURNED TO THE ONT OF THE MERA 1993, PLAYG A KE-ADDLED CRIMAL LAWYER BRIAN DE PALMA'S CARLO'S WAY, -STARRG AL PACO. HIS PERFORMANCE EARNED HIM A GOLN GLOBE NOMATN FOR BT SUPPORTG ACTOR. IN 1995, HE STARRED AS A ATH ROW MATE SEARCHG FOR SALVATN THE FILM DEAD MAN WALKG, BASED ON THE TE STORY BY HELEN PREJEAN. THE FILM EARNED PENN AMY AWARD AND GOLN GLOBE NOMATNS, AS WELL AS AN INPENNT SPIR AWARD. THE FILM ALSO DID WELL WH DIENC, GROSSG MORE THAN $80 LN WORLDWI. THAT SAME YEAR, HE WROTE, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED THE CROSSG GUARD, A DARK DRAMA STARRG HIS BOYHOOD IDOL, JACK NICHOLSON. THE FILM RECEIVED POSIVE REVIEWS OM CRICS, AS WELL AS A GOLN GLOBE NOMATN FOR ANJELI HTON.REGNN FOR 'MYSTIC RIVER'PENN NEXT STARRED AS A LOVICK, JEALO HBAND NICK CASSAVET'S SHE'S SO LOVELY (1997), -STARRG JOHN TRAVOLTA AND PENN'S REAL-LIFE SEND WIFE, ROB WRIGHT. ALTHOUGH PENN (WHO ALSO SERVED AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) WON THE BT ACTOR AWARD AT THE CANN FILM FTIVAL, SHE'S SO LOVELY DID NOT ATTRACT A WI DIENCE. PENN APPEARED TWO OTHER MAJOR FILMS 1997: THE POORLY RECEIVED U-TURN, DIRECTED BY OLIVER STONE, AND THE H ACTN-THRILLER THE GAME, STARRG MICHAEL DOUGLAS. IN HURLYBURLY (1998), PENN REPRISED A ROLE HE PLAYED ON THE LOS ANGEL STAGE 1988. THAT SAME YEAR, HE ALSO STARRED THE CRILLY ACCLAIMED WORLD WAR II DRAMA THE TH RED LE, DIRECTED BY TERRENCE MALICK. IN 1999, THE UNPREDICTABLE PENN TOOK HOLLYWOOD BY SURPRISE WHEN HE GARNERED A SEND AMY AWARD NOMATN FOR BT ACTOR, TURNG ANOTHER SEARG, DARKLY PLEX PERFORMANCE AS THE DISSOLUTE JAZZ GUARIST AT THE CENTER OF WOODY ALLEN'S SWEET AND LOWDOWN. IN 2000, HE STARRED THE ROMANTIC UP THE VILLA WH KRISTEN STT THOMAS, AND THE WEIGHT OF WATER. HIS THIRD DIRECTORIAL FEATURE, THE THRILLER THE PLEDGE, AGA STARRED NICHOLSON AND WRIGHT. THEN 2002, PENN STARRED OPPOSE MICHELLE PFEIFFER I AM SAM, PLAYG A MENTALLY DISABLED MAN WHO FIGHTS TO REGA CTODY OF HIS YOUNG DGHTER. HE RECEIVED HIS THIRD OSR NOMATN FOR THE ROLE. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, HE STARRED CLT EASTWOOD'S SMALL-TOWN DRAMA MYSTIC RIVER, FOR WHICH HE EARNED AN AMY AWARD FOR BT ACTOR. IN 2006, PENN STARRED AS WILLIE STARK, A FICTNAL CHARACTER BASED LOOSELY ON LOUISIANA ERNOR HUEY LONG, ALL THE KG'S MEN. HE WENT ON TO DIRECT THE TE-LIFE STORY OF A YOUNG MAN LIVG RAL ALASKA INTO THE WILD (2007), STARRG EE HIRSCH. SEND OSR FOR 'MILK'STEPPG BACK ONT OF THE MERAS, PENN WON HIS SEND AMY AWARD FOR BT ACTOR FOR HIS PORTRAYAL OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY POLICIAN, HARVEY MILK, THE FILM MILK (2008). THE FILM, DIRECTED BY G VAN SANT, RECEIVED MORE THAN 40 AWARD NOMATNS AND PERFORMED WELL AT THE BOX OFFICE. PENN LATER HAD A SUPPORTG ROLE THE MALICK FILM TREE OF LIFE (2011). THAT SAME YEAR, HE STARRED THE PENNT DRAMA THIS MT BE THE PLACE, WHICH PENN PLAYED A FORMER ROCK STAR WHO SEARCHED FOR A NAZI WAR CRIMAL TO AVENGE HIS FATHER. PENN TACKLED AN FAMO ROLE GANGSTER SQUAD (2013), A MOVIE ABOUT THE CLASH BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ANIZED CRIME LOS ANGEL THE 1940S AND 1950S. HE PORTRAYED THE NOTOR CRIME BOSS MICKEY COHEN AND RYAN GOSLG PLAYED A MEMBER OF THE POLICE FORCE WHO OPPOS HIM. THE PROJECT HAD BEEN SCHLED FOR A FALL 2012 RELEASE BUT WAS LAYED BEE OF THE FILM'S SHOOTOUT SCENE A MOVIE THEATER, WHICH EVOKED MEMORI OF THE JULY 2012 SHOOTGS SI A COLORADO MOVIE THEATER. WARNER BROTHERS, THE STUD BEHD SQUAD, SUBSEQUENTLY MA EDS TO THE FILM.PENN HAD A SMALL SUPPORTG ROLE 2014'S THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MTY, STARRG BEN STILLER, AND IS FEATURED THE 2015 ACTN DRAMA THE GUNMAN. HE ALSO MA HEADL AFTER THE FEBARY 2015 AMY AWARDS TELEST: PENN UTTERED AN OFF-LOR JOKE ABOUT IEND ALEJANDRO GONZAL IñáRRU WHILE ANNOUNCG THE DIRECTOR'S BIRDMAN W FOR BT PICTURE.'EL CHAPO' MEETGIN AN 11,000-WORD ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON ROLLG STONE'S WEBSE ON JANUARY 9, 2016, PENN REVEALED THAT HE HAD MET WH MEXIN DG KGP JOAQUíN "EL CHAPO" GUZMáN AT AN UNDISCLOSED LOTN OCTOBER 2015. GUZMáN, WHO HAD ORCHTRATED A DARG PE OM A HIGH-SECURY PRISON THREE MONTHS EARLIER, WAS LOOKG TO HAVE A MOVIE MA ABOUT HIS LIFE, AND HAD AGREED TO AN TERVIEW THROUGH PENN'S NTACT WH MEXIN ACTRS KATE L CASTILLO.IN THE ARTICLE, PENN MARVELED AT THE SECURY MEASUR TAKEN BY EL CHAPO'S MEN, CLUDG THEIR TRANSPORTATN ABOARD A PLANE WH A VICE TO JAM RADAR SIGNALS, AS WELL AS THE HEALTHY, RELAXED NDN OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST WANTED FUGIV. HE NOTED, "I TAKE NO PRI KEEPG SECRETS THAT MAY BE PERCEIVED AS PROTECTG CRIMALS, NOR DO I HAVE ANY GLOATG ARROGANCE AT POSG FOR SELFI WH UNKNOWG SECURY MEN . . WILL BE THE FIRST TERVIEW EL CHAPO HAD EVER GRANTED OUTSI AN TERROGATN ROOM, LEAVG ME NO PRECENT BY WHICH TO MEASURE THE HAZARDS."THE ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED ONE DAY AFTER GUZMáN'S REPTURE LOS MOCHIS, MEXI. MEXIN THORI SAID THEY WERE ABLE TO ZERO ON THE DG LORD'S LOTN THROUGH HIS CELL PHONE AND ELECTRONIC EXCHANG, ALTHOUGH WAS UNCLEAR WHETHER ANY OF THOSE EXCHANG WERE WH PENN. IT WAS ALSO UNCLEAR WHETHER THE ACTOR WAS FACG LEGAL PROBLEMS FOR HIS VOLVEMENT THE SUATN.'BOB HONEY' AUDBOOK AND NOVELIN 2016, PENN NARRATED AN DBOOK TLED BOB HONEY WHO JT DO STUFF. ALLEGEDLY WRTEN BY A MAN NAMED PAPPY PARIAH, BOB HONEY TELLS THE STORY OF A MIDDLE-AGED MAN WHO WORRI ABOUT THE STATE OF HIS UNTRY WHILE WORKG FOR THE ERNMENT AS A HMAN.PENN FOLLOWED 2018 BY FLHG THE WORK OUT NOVEL FORM. ALONG WH S PUZZLG VOBULARY, THE BOOK ME UNR FIRE FOR A DIATRIBE THAT SUGGTED KILLG THE PRINT, AS WELL AS A POETIC EPILOGUE THAT CRICIZED ASPECTS OF THE #METOO MOVEMENT. THE NEW YORK TIM REFERRED TO AS A "A RIDDLE WRAPPED AN ENIGMA AND CLOAKED CRAZY."THE BOOK'S PUBLISHER, ATRIA, FOLLOWED WH FULL-PAGE ADS THE NEW YORK TIM AND THE WASHGTON POST, WHICH SNIPPETS OF CRIL QUOT ARE UNTERED WH A TEASER FOR POSIVE REVIEWS AT THE PANY WEBSE AND A CHALLENGE TO "READ AND CI FOR YOURSELF." ATRIA ALSO ISSUED A PRS RELEASE THAT QUTNED WHETHER PENN WAS BEG GIVEN A FAIR CHANCE TO "EXPAND HIS ARTISTIC PROFILE" AMID THE "GROWG CULTURE OF DIVISIVENS" THE UNTRY. PERSONAL LIFESEVEN YEARS AFTER HIS DIVORCE OM MADONNA, PENN AND HOE OF CARDS STAR ROB WRIGHT WED 1996. THE UPLE HAS TWO CHILDREN. THE UPLE DIVORCED 2010 A NON-AMIBLE SPL. IN EARLY 2014, REPORTS SURFACED THAT PENN WAS DATG A FELLOW OSR WNER, ACTRS CHARLIZE THERON. THEY QUIETLY GOT ENGAGED THAT DECEMBER, BUT BY THE FOLLOWG JUNE, WAS REVEALED THAT THE UPLE HAD END THEIR RELATNSHIP.IN AUGT 2020, PENN TIED THE KNOT WH LEILA GEE, HIS GIRLIEND OF FOUR {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

"Clive is a gay man who tri to supprs his homosexualy Edwardian-era England. "Roger Ebert wrote: "He plays the role not as a man pretendg to be a woman, and not as a woman trapped a man's body, and not as a parody of a woman, and not as a gay man, but as a drag queen, perd: Lola, a tall, athletic performer thigh-high red boots who l the stage of a drag club as if she were born there, and is a pretty good sger, too. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, both straight, were both Osr-nomated for their performanc (Ledger lead, Gyllenhaal supportg) this film about two men fallg love and ntug their affair for film sred 87% on Rotten Tomato, wh the se's cril nsens readg: "A betifully epic Wtern, 'Brokeback Mounta''s gay love story is imbued wh heartbreakg universaly, helped by the movg performanc of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Sean Penn played gay activist Harvey Milk 2008's 'Milk.

Harvey Milk is one of the most important gay activists history, and straight actor Sean Penn won an Osr for playg him. Col Firth played a gay profsor 'A Sgle Man' 2009.

PL LYN WAS SEAN PENN’S FIRST GAY

Send Osr for 'Milk'Steppg back ont of the meras, Penn won his send Amy Award for bt actor for his portrayal of the first openly gay polician, Harvey Milk, the film Milk (2008). The film—based on Jon Kraker’s bt-sellg book of the same name—chronicl the journey of Christopher McCandls, an ialistic llege graduate who repudiat materialistic society as he hchhik through the Amerin Wt and ventur alone to the Alaskan 2008 Penn played the lead role Milk, which picts the life of Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials the Uned Stat.

Jam Fran has wrten several books – books wh tl such as Actors Anonymo and Straight Jam/Gay Jam and Real and Imagary Conversatns wh Lana l Rey – and birthed excciatg si projects, cludg the documentary Franphrenia (Or Don’t Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is) and the band Daddy. Starrg as Harvey Milk (Penn) and his younger gay lover Stt Smh (Fran), the G Van Sant-directed Milk, both men knew they would eventually have to embrace.

SEAN PENN AND GAY RIGHTS

In an terview wh the film's screenwrer Dt Lance Black for the November 2008 issue, Fran revealed that there were plenty of nerv on set, pecially when me to poppg Penn's (gay) cherry. 'Black: You broke Sean Penn's gay I did.

Penn also discs his troductn to the ncept of homosexualy: “I never heard the word ‘fag' until I was high school. I might have heard about homosexuals om Life magaze, but I never heard anythg rogatory. Did I know gay people?

CAN MACHO, NON-METRO ACTORS PLAY GAY?

I later me to fd out that there were gays the theater world who were iendly wh my fay. They claim that Rourke, who will fely be nomated for the sad meaty die but will not w, has been bad-mouthg Penn, who will get a nomatn for his gay rabble-roer and will w. Rourke allegedly sent a text msage to a pal sayg:Look seans an old iend of me and i didnt buy his performance at all—thought he did an average pretend actg like he was gay bis h one of the most homophobic people i knoSean Penn, a homophobe???

It seems Mickey Rourke was right back 2008, Penn is homophobic. Penn, a straight man, who won an Amy Award for playg a gay man who was assassated for his participatn the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement, has doubled down on his belief that men have bee "wildly femized" Amerin culture. Then, the actor won an Osr for his portrayal of Harvey Milk 2008's Milk, directed by G Van Sant, an Amerin bgraphil film based on the gay rights activist and polician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay person to be elected to office California.

Penn's stg as the gay historil figure was always ntroversial the LGBTQ+ muny – not only bee Penn's a straight actor, but also bee mors have long swirled he's abive – however, the actor's recent transphobic ments show how ltle he learned om portrayg Harvey Milk. Could there be a worse spokman for gay rights than Sean Penn? Durg his acceptance speech last night, he sarstilly scribed Amy voters as "mie, homo-lovg sons of guns.

SEAN PENN AND GAY RIGHTS

Still, unlike Sean Penn, most people who support gay rights do not also support munists. And munists do not generally have a good rerd on gay rights.

But if he really wanted to help the e, he might have given some thought to how his words--a chance to nnect wh lns of viewers across the untry--would sound to the people we still have to w over: morate voters who need to be persuad that gay rights are nsistent wh Amerin valu. My gus is that lumpg gays wh munists don't help. But Sean Penn's current portrayal of a gay polician has some crics llg his bt performance this tough-guy, straight actor was able to step to the sho of Harvey Milk, the untry's first openly gay polician, the new film "Milk" is as much a ttament to Penn's talent as is to a culture that has bee more acceptg of, while Penn receiv rav for his performance, some the gay muny wonr aloud why a gay actor uld not have played his role or any one of the others st wh straight actors Jam Fran, Ee Hirsch and Diego Luna.

"It has almost bee a re of passage for the leadg Hollywood actors to take on a gay role, " said David Hslaib, edorial director of the gay and lbian Web se "I thk Sean Penn's reer n only benef om a role like this.