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Overview
Mini Biography:
Powerhouse film performer capable of intensely moving work who has gone... moreTrivia:
His performance as "Jeff Spicoli" in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) is ranked #9 on Premiere... moreAwards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 45 wins & 48 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(1548 articles)
Come Join the Party! (From FilmExperience. 17 August 2009, 5:47 AM, PDT)
Movies We Love: The Game
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 12 August 2009, 10:28 AM, PDT)
Filmography
Actor:
- This Must Be the Place (2010) (pre-production)
... aka Questo deve essere il posto (Italy) - Fair Game (2010) (post-production) .... Joseph Wilson
- The Tree of Life (2009) (post-production) .... Adult Jack
- Milk (2008/I) .... Harvey Milk
- Persepolis (2007) (voice: English version) .... Mr. Satrapi - Marjane's father
- All the King's Men (2006) .... Willie Stark
... aka Das Spiel der Macht (Germany) - The Interpreter (2005) .... Tobin Keller
... aka L'interprète (France) - 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
- I Am Sam (2001) .... Sam Dawson
- "Friends" .... Eric (2 episodes, 2001)
- The One with the Stain (2001) TV episode .... Eric
- The One with the Halloween Party (2001) TV episode .... Eric - The Beaver Trilogy (2000) .... Groovin' Larry (segment "Beaver Kid 2")
- The Weight of Water (2000) .... Thomas Janes
... aka Le poids de l'eau (France) - Before Night Falls (2000) .... Cuco Sanchez
... aka Antes que anochezca (USA: Spanish title) - Up at the Villa (2000) .... Rowley Flint
- Sweet and Lowdown (1999) .... Emmet Ray
- The Thin Red Line (1998) .... 1st Sgt. Welsh
- Hurlyburly (1998) .... Eddie
- Hugo Pool (1997) .... Strange Hitchhiker
... aka Pool Girl (UK: DVD title) - The Game (1997) .... Conrad Van Orton
- U Turn (1997) .... Bobby Cooper
... aka U Turn - Ici commence l'enfer (France) - She's So Lovely (1997) .... Eddie Quinn
... aka Call It Love
... aka She's So Lovely (France) - Loved (1997) .... Man on the Hill (Michael)
- Dead Man Walking (1995) .... Matthew Poncelet
- Carlito's Way (1993) .... David Kleinfeld
- Cruise Control (1992) .... Jeffrey
- State of Grace (1990) .... Terry Noonan
- Cool Blue (1990) (V) (uncredited) .... Phil the Plumber
- We're No Angels (1989) .... Jim
- Casualties of War (1989) .... Sergeant Tony Meserve
- Judgment in Berlin (1988) .... Guenther X
... aka Ein Richter für Berlin (West Germany)
... aka Escape to Freedom - Colors (1988) .... Officer Danny McGavin
- Shanghai Surprise (1986) .... Glendon Wasey
- At Close Range (1986) .... Brad Whitewood Jr.
- The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) .... Daulton Lee
- Racing with the Moon (1984) .... Henry 'Hopper' Nash
- Crackers (1984) .... Don Dillard
- Bad Boys (1983) .... Mick O'Brien
- Summerspell (1983) .... Buddy
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) .... Jeff Spicoli
... aka Fast Times (Australia: poster title) (International: English title: informal short title)
... aka Fast Times at Ridgemont High (UK: video title) - Taps (1981) .... Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
... aka The Siege at Bunker Hill: T.A.P.S (UK: TV title) - The Killing of Randy Webster (1981) (TV) .... Don Fremont
- Hellinger's Law (1981) (TV) .... Bit Part
- "Barnaby Jones" .... Sam (1 episode, 1979)
- School of Terror (1979) TV episode .... Sam - "Little House on the Prairie" .... Kid (1 episode, 1974)
... aka "Little House: A New Beginning" (USA: last season title)
- The Voice of Tinker Jones (1974) TV episode (uncredited) .... Kid
Director:
- Into the Wild (2007)
- Peter Gabriel: Play (2004) (V) (video "The Barry Williams Show")
- 11'09''01 - September 11 (2002) (segment "USA")
... aka 11 septembre 2001 (Iran: Persian title)
... aka 11'09''01 - September 11 (France)
... aka 11'09''01: Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre (France)
... aka Eleven Minutes, Nine Seconds, One Image: September 11 (International: English title)
... aka September 11 (USA) - Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 (2001) (V) (video "Highway Patrolman")
- The Pledge (2001)
- The Crossing Guard (1995)
- The Indian Runner (1991)
... aka Indian Runner (Japan: English title)
Producer:
- Witch Hunt (2008) (executive producer)
- Into the Wild (2007) (producer)
- The Pledge (2001) (producer)
- She's So Lovely (1997) (executive producer)
... aka Call It Love
... aka She's So Lovely (France) - Loved (1997) (producer)
- The Crossing Guard (1995) (producer)
Writer:
- Into the Wild (2007) (screenplay)
- 11'09''01 - September 11 (2002) (segment "USA")
... aka 11 septembre 2001 (Iran: Persian title)
... aka 11'09''01 - September 11 (France)
... aka 11'09''01: Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre (France)
... aka Eleven Minutes, Nine Seconds, One Image: September 11 (International: English title)
... aka September 11 (USA) - The Crossing Guard (1995) (written by)
- The Indian Runner (1991) (written by)
... aka Indian Runner (Japan: English title)
Thanks:
- Follow the Prophet (2009) (thanks)
- Death Proof (2007) (special thanks)
... aka Grindhouse Presents: Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof (USA: DVD title)
... aka Grindhouse: Death Proof (International: English title)
... aka Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof (USA: complete title)
... aka Quentin Tarantino's Thunder Bolt (USA: informal alternative title) - Jackass Number Two (2006) (thanks)
- Babel (2006) (special thanks)
... aka Babel (France) - The Darwin Awards (2006) (special thanks)
- Daltry Calhoun (2005) (special thanks)
- Mystic River: Beneath the Surface (2004) (V) (special thanks)
- Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) (thanks)
- And Then One Night: The Making of 'Dead Man Walking' (2001) (TV) (special thanks)
- Being John Malkovich (1999) (acknowledgment)
Self:
- The People Speak (2009) (post-production) .... Himself
- Deflating the Elephant: Framed Messages Behind Conservative Dialogue (2009) (V) .... Narrator
- "La nuit des Césars" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- 34ème nuit des Césars (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "Entertainment Tonight" .... Himself (7 episodes, 2007-2009)
... aka "E.T." (USA: informal title)
... aka "ET Weekend" (Australia: weekend title)
... aka "Entertainment This Week" (weekend title)
... aka "This Week in Entertainment" (USA: weekend title)
- Episode dated 23 February 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 30 January 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 26 January 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 7 January 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 7 November 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
(2 more) - 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009) (TV) .... Himself - Winner: Best Actor
- 2009 Vanity Fair Oscar Party (2009) (V) .... Himself
- "Tavis Smiley" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode dated 4 February 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009) (TV) .... Himself - Winner Male Actor in a Leading Role
... aka The 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards (Australia) - The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2009) (TV) .... Himself - Winner Best Actor
- Witch Hunt (2008) .... Narrator
- VH1 Rock Honors: The Who (2008) (TV) .... Himself
- VH1 Rock Honors (2008) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Insider" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 17 June 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself - Into the Wild: The Story, the Characters (2008) (V) .... Himself
- Into the Wild: The Experience (2008) (V) .... Himself
- What Just Happened (2008) .... Himself
- "Caiga quien caiga" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 16 January 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself - Speechless (2008) (TV) .... Himself
- "Iconoclasts" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
- Sean Penn and Jon Krakauer (2007) TV episode .... Himself - "Late Show with David Letterman" .... Himself - Guest (1 episode, 2007)
... aka "Late Show Backstage" (USA: title for episodes with guest hosts)
... aka "Letterman" (Australia)
... aka "The Late Show" (USA: informal short title)
- Episode #15.15 (2007) TV episode .... Himself - Guest - AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death (2007) .... Narrator
- "Real Time with Bill Maher" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
... aka "Real Time with Bill Maher: Electile Dysfunction '08" (USA: promotional title)
- Episode #5.11 (2007) TV episode .... Himself - Brando (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Colbert Report" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
- Episode dated 19 April 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself - The 16th Annual Gotham Awards (2006) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter
- Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film (2006) .... Himself
- "Corazón de..." .... Himself (3 episodes, 2005-2006)
- Episode dated 18 September 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 12 September 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 21 September 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "Larry King Live" .... Himself (3 episodes, 2005-2006)
- Sean Penn (2006) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 14 September 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 7 September 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" (2006) TV mini-series .... Himself (unknown episodes)
... aka "When the Levees Broke" (USA: short title) - Die Invasion der Ideen (2006) (TV) .... Himself
... aka Invasion of the Ideas (International: English title)
... aka L'invasion des idées (Germany) - 2006 Independent Spirit Awards (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- "GMTV" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode dated 6 September 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
- "Viva la Bam" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Fort Knoxville (2004) TV episode .... Himself - The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004) .... Himself
- "Two and a Half Men" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Back Off Mary Poppins (2004) TV episode .... Himself - 21 Grams: In Fragments (2004) (V) .... Himself
- Ninth November Night (2004) .... Himself
- Mystic River: From Page to Screen (2004) (TV) .... Himself - 'Jimmy'
- Mystic River: Beneath the Surface (2004) (V) .... Himself - 'Jimmy Markum'
- The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV) .... Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role
- The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2004) (TV) .... Himself
- 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004) (TV) .... Himself - Nominee: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- "Tinseltown TV" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode dated 10 January 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "Nyhetsmorgon" .... Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1997-2003)
- Filmen Mystic 'River'/Nyheter och väder (2003) TV episode .... Himself/Jimmy Markum
- The Game (1997) TV episode .... Himself - Premio Donostia a Sean Penn (2003) (TV) .... Himself - Honoree
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert De Niro (2003) (TV) .... Himself
- MTV Icon: Metallica (2003) (TV) .... Himself
- Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) (2003) .... Himself
- This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs the Late Henry Moss (2003) .... Himself/Ray
... aka This So-Called Disaster (USA: short title) - Bukowski: Born into This (2003) .... Himself
- Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003) .... Himself
... aka Pauly Shore Is Dead (Australia) - Rosy-Fingered Dawn: a Film on Terrence Malick (2002) .... Himself
- Becoming Sam (2002) (V) .... Himself
- Searching for Debra Winger (2002) (uncredited) .... Himself
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 2002)
- Episode dated 10 January 2002 (2002) TV episode .... Himself - Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (2002) (TV) .... Himself
- See How They Run (2001) .... Himself
- "Gran premio galà della TV" .... Himself (1 episode, 2001)
... aka "Gran premio internazionale dello spettacolo" (Italy: new title)
- Episode dated 22 May 2001 (2001) TV episode .... Himself - Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool (2001) .... Himself
- Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) (voice) .... Narrator
- An Actor's Look at John Cassavetes (2000) (V) .... Himself
- "VH-1 Where Are They Now?" .... Himself (1 episode, 2000)
- Music Movie Stars (2000) TV episode .... Himself - A Constant Forge (2000) .... Himself
... aka Charles Kiselyak's A Constant Forge (Australia) - American Arts & Culture Presents John Horatio Malkovich 'Dance of Despair & Disillusionment' (2000) (V) (uncredited) .... Himself
- Being John Malkovich (1999) (uncredited) .... Himself
- "Inside the Actors Studio" .... Himself (1 episode, 1999)
... aka "Inside the Actors Studio: The Craft of Theatre and Film" (USA: first season title)
- Episode #5.7 (1999) TV episode .... Himself - Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1999) (V) .... Himself
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey (1999) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Larry Sanders Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1998)
- Flip (1998) TV episode .... Himself - "Ellen" .... Himself (1 episode, 1997)
... aka "These Friends of Mine" (USA: first season title)
- Emma (1997) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself - "Saturday Night Live" .... Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1987-1995)
... aka "NBC's Saturday Night" (USA: complete title)
... aka "SNL 25" (USA: alternative title)
... aka "SNL" (USA: informal title)
... aka "Saturday Night Live '80" (USA: sixth season title)
... aka "Saturday Night Live 15" (USA: fifteenth season title)
... aka "Saturday Night Live 20" (USA: twentieth season title)
... aka "Saturday Night Live 25" (USA: twentiefifth season title)
... aka "Saturday Night" (USA: first season title)
- Laura Leighton/Rancid (1995) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself
- Sean Penn/L.L. Cool J, Michael Penn & The Pull (1987) TV episode .... Himself - Host/Various - The American Film Institute Salute to Jack Nicholson (1994) (TV) .... Himself
- The 1993 Billboard Music Awards (1993) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
- The Last Party (1993) .... Himself
- "The Word" .... Himself (1 episode, 1992)
- Episode #2.21 (1992) TV episode .... Himself - Schneeweißrosenrot (1991) .... Himself
... aka SnowwhiteRosered - "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1986-1991)
... aka "The Best of Carson" (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 20 September 1991 (1991) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 9 October 1986 (1986) TV episode .... Himself - Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) (TV) (voice)
... aka Dear America
Archive Footage:
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"Banda sonora"
- Episode #5.6 (2009) TV episode .... Emmet Ray -
"Seitenblicke"
- Episode dated 27 May 2008 (2008) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself (segment "Schnapp SCHÜSSE") - Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself/Jimmy Markum
-
"The O'Reilly Factor"
- Episode dated 16 January 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself - 'Pinhead' (segment "Pinheads & Patriots")
- Episode dated 13 December 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself - Forbes 20 Under 25: Young, Rich and Famous (2007) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
-
"The Colbert Report"
- Joel Klein (2007) TV episode .... Himself - Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (2007) (TV) .... Himself
-
"CNN Presents"
- Larry King: Fifty Years of Pop Culture (2007) TV episode .... Himself -
"Video on Trial"
- '80s Superstars (2006) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself - Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- "100 Greatest Teen Stars" (2006) .... Himself
-
"Noche Hache"
- Episode #1.21 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade (2005) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
- Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe (2005) (TV) .... Himself
-
"Corazón de..."
- Episode dated 5 September 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 25 January 2006 (????) TV episode .... Himself - 101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments (2004) (TV) .... Himself
- Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood (2004) (TV) .... Himself
-
"Biography"
- Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild (2004) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself -
"Celebrities Uncensored"
- Episode #2.3 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #1.4 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - It's All About Love... og Thomas Vinterberg (2003) (TV) (uncredited) .... Marciello
-
"VH1: All Access"
- Awesomely Wacky Celebrity Baby Names (????) TV episode .... Himself - The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002) (TV) .... Sam Dawson
- The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000) (TV) .... Emmet Ray
- Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000) (TV) .... Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer
- Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary (1999) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
- The Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live (1998) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
- ... y otras mujeres de armas tomar (1998) (TV) .... Himself
- The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996) (TV) .... Matthew Poncelet
- Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
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