Sean Penn Wins Supporting Actor Oscar For 'one Battle After Another,' But Misses Ceremony

Sean Penn won nan supporting character Oscar connected Sunday nighttime for his capacity arsenic nan ruthless, racist Col. Steven J. Lockjaw successful Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another.”

However, Penn was not coming for nan ceremony, which became nan taxable of jokes from Culkin and O’Brien.

“We person a ‘no show’ from Sean Penn.” O’Brien said. “Stay tuned.”

According to a study by nan New York Times, Penn near to Europe, wherever his scheme was to sojourn Ukraine. Penn has notably supported Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, moreover giving him 1 of his Oscars statuettes successful 2022.

The triumph marks nan 3rd Academy Award for nan 65-year-old Penn and his first successful nan supporting category. He antecedently earned lead character Oscars for “Mystic River” (2003) and “Milk” (2008), and had been nominated 3 different times successful starring roles earlier this year. He hit retired chap nominees Benicio Del Toro for “One Battle After Another,” Jacob Elordi for “Frankenstein,” Delroy Lindo for “Sinners” and Stellan Skarsgård for “Sentimental Value.”

With his victory, Penn joins Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Ingrid Bergman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Frances McDormand and Walter Brennan arsenic three-time Oscar winners for acting. Katharine Hepburn is nan only four-time acting winner.

Penn, who delivers a volatile, darkly comic capacity successful Anderson’s sprawling governmental thriller, emerged arsenic nan race’s front-runner aft a astonishment triumph astatine nan BAFTA Awards and nan Actor Awards, whose voting assemblage overlaps heavy pinch nan mobility image academy.

Sean Penn did not be nan Oscars, truthful presenter Kiernan Culkin accepted nan grant connected Penn’s behalf. “Sean Penn couldn’t beryllium present this evening — aliases didn’t want to, truthful I’ll beryllium accepting nan his behalf.” Culkin said.