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Biography of the Day: Sean Penn

“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.”
Penn was born in Santa Monica, California, to Leo Penn, an actor and director, and Eileen Ryan, an actress. Penn's father was the son of Elizabeth Melincoff and Maurice Daniel Penn, Jewish immigrants from Lithuania and Russia, respectively, and the grandson of Rabbis. Penn's mother is a Roman Catholic of Italian and Irish descent. Penn was raised in a secular home and is an Agnostic. According to Ryan, his father had distant Spanish ancestry as his family surname was originally "Piñon", but it was changed when his grandfather immigrated to the United States. He has one living brother, musician Michael Penn. Another brother, Chris, died in 2006.
Penn launched his career with the 1981 film Taps, followed a year later with the comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High in the role of Jeff Spicoli and has since starred in over 40 movies. He was awarded an Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in Mystic River. Penn has also been nominated for three other Academy Awards in recognition of his roles in I Am Sam, Sweet and Lowdown and Dead Man Walking.
In 1985, Penn gave a memorable performance in the role of Andrew Daulton Lee in The Falcon and the Snowman. Lee was a former drug dealer by trade, who was convicted of espionage for the Soviet Union and was originally sentenced to life in prison. Lee was paroled in 1998. According to a April 8, 2005 interview in The Guardian, Penn later hired Lee as his personal assistant, partly because he wanted to reward Lee for allowing him to play Lee in the film, and also because he was a firm believer in rehabilitation and thought Andrew Lee should be reintegrated into society now that he is a free man again.
In 1991, Penn made his directorial debut with The Indian Runner, a film based on Bruce Springsteen's song "Highway Patrolman" from the Nebraska album. He has since directed three more films: The Crossing Guard in 1995, and The Pledge in 2001 and Into the Wild in 2007. He also directed Shania Twain's music video "Dance with the One That Brought You" in 1993 and Peter Gabriel's music video "The Barry Williams Show" in 2002. He also appeared on an episode of Viva La Bam in 2004 with his son Hopper.In 2004, Penn was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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