Robert Morse

. "If there's one thing that actors know —other than there weren't any WMDs— it's that there is no such thing as best in acting." --After winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2004. He has been married three times and has five children. Penn came under criticism that his gas-guzzling car and gun ownership did not jibe with his advocacy of liberal causes. The PBS television version in 1992 earned him an Emmy Award. On April 10, 2003, Penn's limited-edition 1987 Buick Grand National, with two firearms in the trunk, was stolen in Berkeley, California. In 1990 he played Truman Capote in the one-man stage play, Tru, for which he received a second Tony Award (and his fifth nomination), this time for dramatic performance. In the letter, Penn also criticised the Bush administration for its "deconstruction of civil liberties" and its "simplistic and inflammatory view of good and evil." Penn visited Iraq briefly in December 2002, largely eschewing meetings with the press.

His most recent credit was the 2000 City of Angels, a minor medical drama in which he had a regular part. It was written as an open letter and referred to the planned attack on Iraq and the War on Terror. He had a featured role in the 1993 miniseries, Wild Palms. On October 18, 2002, Penn placed an $56,000 advertisement in the Washington Post asking President Bush to end a cycle of violence. Morse has appeared in numerous TV shows, beginning in 1955 with the soap opera The Secret Storm and including mysteries, comedies, and variety shows. They have two children together, born before the two were married. Morse was in the original Broadway cast of Sugar, a 1972 stage version of Some Like It Hot, for which he was nominated for another Tony. Once married to pop icon Madonna (August 16, 1985 to January 10, 1989), Penn is currently married to actress Robin Wright, whom he wed on April 27, 1996.

In 1965 he appeared in the black comedy The Loved One, a movie based on the novel by Evelyn Waugh that satirized the funeral business in Los Angeles, in particular the Forest Lawn Cemetery. Penn lives in Marin County, California, north of San Francisco. He also starred in the 1968 movie version. He has also been nominated for three other Academy Awards (for I Am Sam, Sweet and Lowdown and Dead Man Walking). Pierpont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, for which he received a Tony Award in 1961. Penn has starred in over 40 movies and has won an Academy Award(Oscar) for Mystic River. His most famous role was that of J. He has two brothers: actor Chris Penn and musician Michael Penn.

Morse created the role of Barnaby in The Matchmaker on Broadway in 1955 opposite Ruth Gordon, and reprised the role in 1958 in the filmed version, this time opposite Shirley Booth. Penn is the son of director Leo Penn, who was blacklisted during McCarthyism for refusing to testify. He served in the US Navy in the Korean War. Sean Penn (born August 17, 1960) is a American film actor noted for his inflammatory and sometimes violent personality. Morse was born in Newton, Massachusetts. Taps (1981). Morse is best known for his appearances in musicals and plays on Broadway, and has also acted in movies and TV shows. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982).

Robert Morse, (born May 18, 1931) is an American actor. Bad Boys (1983). Summerspell (1983). Crackers (1984). Racing with the Moon (1984).

The Falcon and the Snowman (1985). At Close Range (1986). Shanghai Surprise (1986). Colors (1988).

Judgment in Berlin (1988). Cool Blue (1988, uncredited, voice). Casualties of War (1989). We're No Angels (1989).

State of Grace (1990). Schneeweißrosenrot (1991). The Last Party (1993). Carlito's Way (1993).

Dead Man Walking (1995). Loved (1997). She's So Lovely (1997). U Turn (1997).

The Game (1997). Hugo Pool (1997). Hurlyburly (1998). The Thin Red Line (1998).

Being John Malkovich (1999, uncredited). Sweet and Lowdown (1999). Up at the Villa (2000). Before Night Falls (2000).

The Weight of Water (2000). Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001, voice). The Beaver Trilogy (2001). I Am Sam (2001).

9'11''01 September 11 (2002). It's All About Love (2003). Mystic River (2003). 21 Grams (2003).