Age: 66
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Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his intense leading man roles in film. His accolades include three Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for three British Academy Film Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Grammy Award. He received the Honorary César in 2015 and the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2022. Penn made his feature film debut in the drama Taps (1981), before taking roles in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Bad Boys (1983), and At Close Range (1986). He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for playing a grieving father in Mystic River (2003) and the gay rights activist Harvey Milk in Milk (2008). He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing the ruthless military officer Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw in One Battle After Another (2025). He was Oscar-nominated for Dead Man Walking (1995), Sweet and Lowdown (1999), and I Am Sam (2001). He also acted in Casualties of War (1989), State of Grace (1990), Carlito's Way (1993), The Game(1997), The Thin Red Line (1998), Hurlyburly (1998), 21 Grams (2003), Fair Game (2010), The Tree of Life (2011), Licorice Pizza (2021) and Daddio (2023). Penn made his directorial film debut with the crime drama The Indian Runner (1991), followed by The Crossing Guard (1995), The Pledge (2001), and Into the Wild (2007). On stage, he acted in the Broadway plays Heartland (1981) and Slab Boys (1983). On television, he portrayed an astronaut in the Hulu drama series The First (2018) and John N. Mitchell in the Starz political thriller miniseries Gaslit (2022). Penn has also engaged in political and social activism, including his criticism of the George W. Bush administration, his contact with the presidents of Cuba and Venezuela, his humanitarian work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and his support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amidst the Russian-Ukrainian war. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Penn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Sean Penn
Thaddeus Ross
for Thaddeus Ross in Captain Marvel
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As the Kree Empire's homeworld faces collapse, decorated officer Mar-Vell is sent on what he believes is a peaceful mission to Earth. Under the human identity of Dr. Walter Lawson, he is tasked with studying humanity and determining whether Earth could become a new home for his people. While observing life on the planet, Mar-Vell befriends young military officer Rick Jones and forms a growing connection with Captain Carol Danvers, slowly discovering the compassion and resilience of the human race. When Kree soldiers arrive for a routine inspection, Rick accidentally uncovers the truth about Mar-Vell's identity. Ordered to eliminate the witness, the soldiers force Mar-Vell into an impossible choice. Saving Rick means killing his fellow Kree and becoming a fugitive from the empire he has faithfully served. As his commanding officer, Yon-Rogg, secretly buys him time, Mar-Vell struggles to understand why his own people have turned against him. Believing the attack to be a tragic misunderstanding, Mar-Vell returns to Hala to plead his case before the Supreme Intelligence. Instead, he uncovers a conspiracy that shatters everything he believed about the Kree Empire. The all-knowing Supreme Intelligence is nothing more than a manufactured illusion, created to justify endless conquest, and Earth's fate was decided long before he ever arrived. Captured and condemned, Mar-Vell faces execution until Yon-Rogg makes one final choice between duty and friendship, allowing his former protégé to escape. Pursued across the stars by Ronan the Accuser and with Thanos watching from the shadows, Mar-Vell survives a desperate chase before realizing he can never return to Earth without leading the Kree to it. Seeking refuge on the distant world of Skrullos, he leaves behind the only home he has come to love, embracing a new purpose as the hero humanity will one day know as Captain Marvel.
