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 by: Khadijah Kanji Pictures courtesy of: google toc
 * Sean Penn**

About Khadijah:
 I am a third year International Management student at the University of Ottawa. I chose to do WikiSpace on Sean Penn because, apart from his success in Hollywood, he is an outspoken political activist. Vocally condemning US wars, foreign policy stances and the Bush administration in general, Sean Penn has leveraged his fame for (what I would argue) a greater good.

Reflection on Wiki Use:
I consider myself relatively technologically incompetent, and was therefore apprehensive about having to create a WikiSpace! While I found there are defintely some challenging aspects to making a very detailed Wiki (such as using text editor), I was quite pleased to find that, after some initial fiddling around, I was able to put together an alright (well, I hope!) four pages. A wonderful aspect of the WIki is, of course, the ability to edit the work of ones' peers...a feature which, of course, has allowed for the Empire of Wikipedia! I am glad to have the experience, and I"m sure I"ll be using this application in the future!

Sean Penn Quick Facts:
Given name - Sean Justin Penn Hometown - Santa Monica, California, USA Birthday - August 17, 1960 Parents - Eileen Ryan (actress) & Leo Penn (director) Occupation - Activist, Actor, Film Producer, Script Writer Relationship Status - Married to Robin Wright Penn (with two children)

(Information selected from: IMDB.com)

Trivia:
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 * He served 32 days in jail in 1987 for hitting an extra.
 * Quit smoking for a while on his 40th birthday for health reasons. Prior to that, he was known as one of Hollywood's heaviest smokers,
 * smoking at least four packs of cigarettes a day.
 * In October 2002, he bought a $56,000 ad in the Washington Post to publish an open letter to President George W. Bush asking him to
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">slow down the march of war towards Iraq. He wrote it as a father of two children and as a son of a WW II veteran
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">His father, Leo Penn, had been blacklisted in the 50s Hollywood.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A popular indie-band in The Netherlands is called "Seanpenn".
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Is an avid surfer.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Detailed Biography:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">For more detailed information about the life of Sean Penn, please visit these following sites: http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/sean_penn_biog.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Penn http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/sean-penn/

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Film Career:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sean Penn...

//Acted in://
 * < ===Milk (2008)=== ||< ...Harvey Milk ||
 * ===Persepolis (2007)=== || .....Mr Satrapi ||
 * ===I Am Sam (2001)=== || .....Sam Dawson ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">(For more information by Khadijah on these movies, please follow the links)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Directed:// Into the Wild (2007) The Pledge (2001) The Indian Runner (1991)

//Produced:// Witch Hunt (2008) Into the Wild (2007) The Crossing Guard (1995)

//Wrote:// Into the Wild (2007) The Crossing Guard (1995) The Indian Runner (1991)

For more titles acted in/directed by/produced by/written by Sean Penn, please visit: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000576/

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Honours:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Won '2003 Best Actor' Academy Award for 'Mystic River' - Nominated three other times for 'Best Actor' Academy Award - Won 1996 Silver Bear for Best Actor for 'Dead Man Walking' - Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1984" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36. - Ranked #76 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]

For a complete list of Sean Penn's awards, please visit: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019044/awards

[[rss url="http://www.popsugar.com/tag/Sean+Penn"] ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Political Activism Career: == <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Sean Penn has publicly criticized the Bush Adminstration, particularly on the ongoing War on Iraq and on its lack of help given to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. He has travelled worldwide and met with leaders that have been shunned by the United States, namely Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. He has been published in several progressive journals, including 'The Nation'.As well, Penn has been able to express some of his political ideologies through his work on-screen. Most recently, this has included the film 'Milk'.For articles written by Sean Penn, please visit:http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081215/penn - reflecting on conversations with Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castrohttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-penn/country-first-or-how-the_b_126965.html - criticism of the American Republican Partyhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/22/DDGJUEAF041.DTL - speaking from IranFor articles written about Sean Penn's career as a political activist (both critical and flattering), please visit:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/06/AR2007080600563.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Pennhttp://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2008/12/milk-star-sean.html== == <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">RSS Feed: == ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Watch! Sean Penn deliver speech at anti-war protest: == ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> == ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">media type="youtube" key="RucN2B4rPvg" height="344" width="425"

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Political Activism Career:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sean Penn has been openly critical of the Bush administration on a number of issues: both foreign policy (namely the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq) and treatment of citizens (i.e. lack of care given to victims of Hurricane Katrina). He has met and interviewed foreign leaders condemened by the United States, such as Fidel Castro of Cuba an Hugo Chavez of Venezuala. He has been published in progressive journals. Follow the links to see some of his work : <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081215/penn <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-penn/mountain-of-snakes_b_146765.html

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Watch! Sean Penn on Larry King Live :
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