Sean Penn wins supporting actor Oscar for 'One Battle After Another,' but misses ceremony

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

However, Penn was not contiguous for the ceremony, which became the 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 the New York Times, Penn near to Europe, wherever his program was to sojourn Ukraine. Penn has notably supported Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, adjacent giving him 1 of his Oscars statuettes successful 2022.

The triumph marks the 3rd Academy Award for the 65-year-old Penn and his archetypal successful the supporting category. He antecedently earned pb histrion Oscars for “Mystic River” (2003) and “Milk” (2008), and had been nominated 3 different times successful starring roles earlier this year. He bushed 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 the lone four-time acting winner.

Penn, who delivers a volatile, darkly comic show successful Anderson’s sprawling governmental thriller, emerged arsenic the race’s front-runner aft a astonishment triumph astatine the BAFTA Awards and the Actor Awards, whose voting assemblage overlaps heavy with the question representation academy.

Presenter Kiernan Culkin accepted the grant connected Penn’s behalf. “Sean Penn couldn’t beryllium present this evening — oregon didn’t privation to, truthful I’ll beryllium accepting the his behalf.” Culkin said.