Photo Credit: Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for Santa Barbara International Film Festival Sean Penn added another Academy Award to his career but did not appear at the ceremony to collect it. The actor ...

Penn won Best Supporting Actor for his performance in 2025's 'One Battle After Another' at the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 15 Tommy McArdle is a Writer-Reporter on the Movies team at PEOPLE.

Sean Penn’s absence from the 2026 Oscars quickly became a point of discussion following his win in the supporting actor category. While viewers speculated about the reason, new details have since ...

Sean Penn won his third Oscar during the 98th Academy Awards, but he didn’t attend the star-studded event. During the Sunday, March 15, awards show, Penn, 65, won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor ...

Sean, thanks to you, we know what a true friend of Ukraine is. You have stood with Ukraine since the first day of the full-scale war. This is still true today. And we know that you will continue to ...

Sean Penn was given an honorary Academy Award after skipping out on the 2026 Oscars. “Sean Penn opted for the trip to vs. Oscar ceremony at Dolby Theater where he was awarded his 3rd ,” Ukrainian ...

Sean Penn just won his third Oscar — but he wasn't there to accept it. The Tree of Life star won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his turn in Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle ...

In 2026, Sean Penn was considered the favorite to win the best supporting actor category. Other nominees included Stellan Skarsgard, Jacob Elordi, Delroy Lindo and Penn’s One Battle After Another ...

Sean Penn was not in Hollywood to receive his latest Academy Award. The actor won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw in the film One Battle After ...

Sean Penn won Best Supporting Actor at the 2026 Oscars for 'One Battle After Another' Tommy McArdle is a Writer-Reporter on the Movies team at PEOPLE. He joined the brand in 2022. Genya SAVILOV / AFP ...

Sean Penn wasn’t in Hollywood Sunday to receive his third Academy Award, but the “One Battle After Another” actor proudly accepted a replicated Oscars trophy in Ukraine, where he arrived on Monday.

After questions swirled about Sean Penn's Oscar no-show, his absence is starting to make more sense. The 65-year-old actor, nominated during the March 15 Academy Awards for his performance in "One ...