Sean Penn - Family and Companions

• father Leo Penn: blacklisted during the 1950s; met wife when he took over for Jason Robards as Hickey in NYC production of "The Iceman Cometh" in the late 1950s; died on September 5, 1998 at the age of 77
• mother Eileen Ryan: gave up a flourishing stage career to raise her sons; resumes acting career in the late 1980s, appearing in films like "Parenthood" (1989), Penn's "The Indian Runner" (1991), and "Magnolia"
• brother Michael Penn: born on August 1, 1958; wrote score for "Boogie Nights"; married to singer-songwriter Aimee Mann
• brother Christopher Penn: born on October 10, 1965; acted together in "At Close Range"
• daughter Dylan Francis Penn: born on April 13, 1991 in Los Angeles; mother, Robin Wright
• son Hopper Jack Penn: born on August 6, 1993; mother, Robin Wright; named after Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson

• Pam Springsteen: sister of Bruce Springsteen
• Elizabeth McGovern: met on set of "Racing With the Moon"; engaged c. 1983-84; separated in 1984
• Susan Sarandon: together briefly in 1984; later co-starred together in "Dead Man Walking" (1995)
• wife Madonna: born on August 16, 1958; married on August 16, 1985; divorced in 1989; acted together in "Shanghai Surprise" (1986); Penn does not refer to her by name in interviews but calls her "the first wife"
• wife Robin Wright: born on April 8, 1966; met in 1987 but did not become romantically involved until after acting together in "State of Grace" (1990); had stormy relationship, separating in 1995 and reuniting in early 1996; married on April 27, 1996; mother of Penn's two children; formerly married to actor Dane Witherspoon
• Jewel: no longer together; born c. 1974