Sean Penn
Penn in 2013, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Sean Justin Penn
Place of Birth: Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: August 17, 1960
Ethnicity:
*father – Ashkenazi Jewish
*mother – Italian, Irish
Sean Penn is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and political activist. He has twice won the Academy Award for Best Actor, for Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008).
He is the son of actor and director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan (born Eileen Annucci). He is the brother of musician Michael Penn and actor Chris Penn. His father was Jewish, the son of emigrants from Russia and/or Lithuania. His mother, who was raised Catholic, was of half Italian and half Irish ancestry.
Sean has two children, model Dylan Penn and actor Hopper Penn, with his former wife, actress Robin Wright. Sean’s brother Michael is married to singer and songwriter Aimee Mann.
Sean’s mother had said that his father could have had Sephardi Jewish ancestry, as the family’s original surname is said to be Pinon.
Sean’s paternal grandfather was named Moische/Maurice Daniel Penn (the son of Bebka or Lillian). Moische was a Jewish emigrant from Merkinė, Lithuania.
Sean’s paternal grandmother was named Elizabeth M. Melincoff (the daughter of Maurice Melincoff/Malinikoff and Sarah). Elizabeth was a Jewish emigrant, from Russia or Lithuania.
Sean’s maternal grandfather was Americus William Annucci (born Amerigo Giuseppe Annucci, the son of Federico/Francisco Annucci and Sofia/Sophia Bettini). Americus was born in New York, to Italian parents. Federico was born in Potenza, Basilicata, the son of Antonio Annucci and Gratzia Cappobianco. Sofia was the daughter of Luigi Bettini and Vincenza D’Antonio.
Sean’s maternal grandmother was Rose Isabel Ryan (the daughter of Thomas Ryan and Mary Sheehan). Rose was born in New York, to an Irish father and to a mother who was born in New York, to Irish parents.
Sources: Genealogies of Sean Penn – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
https://www.geni.com
Sean’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Sean’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Sean’s maternal great-grandparents, Federico/Francisco Annucci and Sofia/Sophia Bettini – https://familysearch.org
Sean’s maternal grandmother, Rose Isabel Ryan, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
He is a bad person
Cool.
Question: How Irish are you? Have you ever traced your Irish roots?
Sean Penn: Well, what time of day how Irish? I think the way you answer this question is… a quarter. I’m Spanish, Russian, Italian and Irish.
http://www.oocities.org/indianrunner60/AOLchat.html
He told, he’s “Russian”??? Actually, he doesn’t denyed,
that he’s a half-jew.
Di Caprio, too?
I ment, if “russian” is a political correct variante for an
“east-european jew”
I just imagined him toghether with his dad in Russian,
claiming “we are russian”
Very handsome man. I thought he was just Italian.
“penn” is not italian name so surely not
And he’s not hansome
Yeah, i thought that too.
He actually is extremely handsome. This is what a REAL man is supposed to look like. Not like many of you modern day, estrogen-filled, girly-looking Nancy boys.
His mother also said that his dad might also could’ve had Spanish/French ancestry hence the last name Pinon and It’s on wikipedia with a source…
And “Spanish” is political correct for “Sephardic”