‘We’ve got to have equal rights for everyone’ — List of Sean Penn Oscar nominations, wins
Posted: January 2026
List of Oscar nominations and wins for Sean Penn. Sean Penn has been nominated for 6 Academy Awards and won 2. Year indicates year/period for which films were eligible for awards consideration, not year of ceremony. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database, Wikipedia
2025: One Battle After Another (Best Supporting Actor) (nominee, result pending) — Other nominees: Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another), Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein), Delroy Lindo (Sinners), Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)
WON: 2008: Milk (Best Actor) — Other nominees: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Richard Jenkins (The Visitor)
WON: 2003: Mystic River (Best Actor) — Other nominees: Jude Law (Cold Mountain) Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl), Ben Kingsley (House of Sand and Fog), Bill Murray (Lost in Translation)
2001: I Am Sam (Best Actor) — lost to Denzel Washington (Training Day). Other nominees: Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind), Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom), Will Smith (Ali)
1999: Sweet and Lowdown (Best Actor) — lost to Kevin Spacey (American Beauty). Other nominees: Denzel Washington (The Hurricane), Richard Farnsworth (The Straight Story), Russell Crowe (The Insider)
1995: Dead Man Walking (Best Actor) — lost to Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas). Other nominees: Richard Dreyfuss (Mr. Holland’s Opus), Anthony Hopkins (Nixon), Massimo Troisi (The Postman) (Posthumously)