Sean Penn
Sean Penn · Arts & Literature
American actor and director (Mystic River, Milk); father Leo Penn was of Lithuanian and Russian Jewish descent.
1960, Santa Monica, California, United States
United States
Sean Penn is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — American actor and director (Mystic River, Milk); father Leo Penn was of Lithuanian and Russian Jewish descent.
Sean Penn is an actor and director who won two Academy Awards for Best Actor, for 'Mystic River' and 'Milk', and is also known for his humanitarian relief work. His father, actor and director Leo Penn, was of Lithuanian and Russian Jewish descent; his mother, Eileen Ryan, was of Irish and Italian Catholic background. Penn has described himself as raised without a strong religious identity.
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American actor and director (Mystic River, Milk); father Leo Penn was of Lithuanian and Russian Jewish descent.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Penn
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