Editing Sean Penn (section)

==Early life==
Penn was born in [[Santa Monica, California]],<ref name=chapman/> to actor and director [[Leo Penn]] and actress [[Eileen Ryan]] (''née'' Annucci).<ref name=chapman>{{cite book|title=Culture Wars: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices|page=425|author=Chapman, Roger|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|year=2010|edition=Revised|isbn= 978-0-765-62250-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Alex|last=Bilmes|url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/film/news/a7675/sean-penn-interview/|title=Sean Penn Is Esquire's March Cover Star|work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]|date=February 16, 2015|access-date=May 8, 2018}}</ref> His older brother is musician [[Michael Penn]]. His younger brother, actor [[Chris Penn]], died in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tribune |date=January 24, 2006 |title=Actor Chris Penn found dead at residence |url=https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/get_out/actor-chris-penn-found-dead-at-residence/article_3dc8efc3-b6f7-5ae0-b2de-115ef95bb365.html |access-date=March 7, 2022 |website=East Valley Tribune}}</ref> His father was a [[Jews|Jew]] whose parents were emigrants from [[Merkinė]] in Lithuania,<ref>{{cite web|first=The Lithuanian |last=Tribute|url=https://www.delfi.lt/en/world-lithuanians/hollywood-star-sean-penns-grandfather-came-from-which-town-in-lithuania.d?id=71288406|title=Hollywood star Sean Penn's grandfather came from which town in Lithuania?|work=[[Delfi (web portal)|Delfi]]|date=February 19, 2012|access-date=May 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pfefferman |first1=Naomi |title=Spectator |url=http://jewishjournal.com/old_stories/465/ |website=[[Jewish Journal]] |access-date=June 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214044709/https://jewishjournal.com/old_stories/465/ |archive-date=February 14, 2023 |date=October 16, 1997 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="religion">Tugend, Tom (March 5, 2004). [https://www.jweekly.com/2004/03/05/despite-the-hobbits-jews-win-a-few-oscars/ Despite the hobbits, Jews win a few Oscars]. ''J. The Jewish News of Northern California''. Retrieved May 25, 2018.</ref><ref>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/celeb/penn.htm ''Sean Penn Genealogy''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230143146/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/celeb/penn.htm |date=December 30, 2008}}.</ref><ref name="kelly" /> and his mother was a [[Catholic]] of Irish and Italian descent.<ref name="kelly">{{cite book|author=Kelly, Richard T.|title=Sean Penn: His Life and Times|pages=9–10|publisher=[[Canongate Books]]|year=2004|isbn=1-84195-623-6}}</ref><ref>According to Penn's mother, his father may have had distant [[Sephardic Jewish]] ancestry, as his family's surname was originally "Piñón".</ref>

Penn was raised in a secular home in [[Malibu, California]],<ref name="religion"/> and attended [[Malibu High School|Malibu Park Junior High School]] and [[Santa Monica High School]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/garchik/article/Sean-Penn-an-optimist-who-tries-to-save-the-world-6773004.php |work=San Francisco Chronicle |title=Sean Penn, an optimist who tries to save the world |first=Leah |last=Garchik |date=January 21, 2016 |access-date=August 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-06-ca-abram6-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |title=Don't Get Him Started |first=Rachel |last=Abramowitz |date=January 6, 2002 |access-date=May 23, 2010}}</ref> He began{{when|date=October 2023}} making short films with some of his childhood friends including actors [[Emilio Estevez]] and [[Charlie Sheen]], who lived near his home.<ref name=tca>Stated on ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'', 1999</ref>