Sean Penn

Films most known for:
    Mystic River, 21 Grams, DogTown and Z-Boys, Milk.
    Each film has some sort of accident, in which he has to recover.  Or he has to fight for something he believes in, this gives off a message that Sean Penn generally plays a loyal character who's willing to fight for what he thinks is right.
How he was treated in the Film industry:

   Fans and critics were enthused about his obvious talent and he next contributed a stellar performance alongside Timothy Hutton in the Cold War spy thriller The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), followed by a teaming with icy Christopher Walken in the chilling At Close Range (1986). The youthful Sean then paired up with his then wife, pop diva Madonna in the woeful, and painful, Shanghai Surprise, which was savaged by the critics, but Sean bounced back with a great job as a hot-headed young cop in Colors (1988), gave another searing performance as a US soldier in Vietnam committing atrocities in Casualties of War (1989) and appeared alongside Robert De Niro in the uneven comedy We're No Angels (1989). However, the 1990s was the decade in which Sean really got noticed by critics as a mature, versatile and accomplished actor, with a string of dynamic performances in first-class films. (1986), which was savaged by the critics, but Sean bounced back with a great job as a hot-headed young cop in