Sean Penn Wins Third Oscar for 'One Battle After Another'
Actor Sean Penn was awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor on Sunday night at Los Angeles's Dolby Theater, though he did not attend to collect his trophy. He received this honor in Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" after being presented by Kieran Culkin and beating co-star Benicio del Toro along with other nominees including Delroy Lindo and Stellan Skarsgård. This achievement marks Penn as the fourth male actor ever, joining Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson, and Walter Brennan to win three acting Oscars in his career so far.
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1Sean Penn won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar at the 98th Academy Awards for his role in 'One Battle After Another.'
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2Penn received a third career acting award but did not attend or collect it from Los Angeles.
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3Presenter Kieran Culkin stated that Sean either could not be there this evening, chose to stay away due to past controversies involving Paul Thomas Anderson and the film's subject matter.
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Sean Penn won the supporting actor Oscar for 'One Battle After Another,' but he was not present at Los Angeles ceremony.
— (Los Angeles Times)He defeated his co-star Benicio del Toro, Sinners star Delroy Lindo and Sentimental Value's Stellan Skarsgard to win Best Supporting Actor award in One Battle After Another while skipping the event
— (Standard.co.uk)"Sean Penn couldn't be here this evening — or didn't want to," says presenter Kieran Culkin who accepted his third Oscar on behalf of actor.
— (Variety)Actor Sean Penn won a third Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2018 but did not attend the ceremony due to plans to visit Ukraine and support President Volodymyr Zelensky, leading presenter Kieran Culpin's acceptance speech on his behalf. He defeated nominees including Benicio Del Toro by playing Col. Steven J. Lockjaw in Paul Thomas Anderson's film *One Battle After Another*.
Sean Penn won his fourth Oscar after receiving it remotely from Kieran Culkin due to not attending Los Angeles. In other news at the 2026 Academy Awards, Amy Madigan became a first-time winner for her role in *Weapons*, Ryan Coogler took best original screenplay with Sinners, and there was an unprecedented tie between two live-action short films that Conan O'Brien jokingly claimed ruined Oscar pools over.