Sean Penn has joined one of the vital rarified teams in Hollywood historical past: the three-time performing Oscar winners. Penn has received Finest Supporting Actor for his efficiency in “One Battle After One other” on the 98th Academy Awardsinserting him amongst a gaggle that features Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, and Daniel Day-Lewis.
Penn didn’t attend the ceremony, with presenter Kieran Culkin saying “Sean Penn couldn’t be right here tonight, or didn’t wish to,” and accepting the award on Penn’s behalf.
Because the white supremacist and wannabe Christmas Adventurer Col. Steven Lockjaw, Penn supplied the final word antagonist for Anderson’s father-daughter story. His vile physicality and blithering insecurity blurred the road between true evil and Pynchonesque absurdity, completely connecting the 2 extremes in Paul Thomas Anderson’s politically charged blockbuster.
The character was loosely based mostly on Brock Vond from Thomas Pynchon’s “Vineland,” although Anderson modified the names and modernized the setting to put his personal spin on the supply materials.
Whereas that is Penn’s first win within the supporting class, he beforehand took house Finest Actor in 2004 and 2009 for his performances in Clint Eastwood’s “Mystic River” and Gus van Sant’s “Milk.” The previous noticed him play an ex-con who groups up with a childhood buddy who grew to become a detective to analyze the homicide of his daughter. Within the latter, he performed famed LGBTQ activist Harvey Milk, who grew to become the primary brazenly homosexual man to carry public workplace in California.
Earlier than profitable, Penn additionally obtained three earlier nominations within the class for his performances in “Useless Man Strolling,” “I Am Sam,” and “Candy and Lowdown.”
Penn is now the eighth actor to win three Oscars as a performer. Walter Brennan received for “Come and Get It,” “Kentucky,” and “The Westerner;” Ingrid Bergman received for “Gaslight,” “Anastasia,” and “Homicide on the Orient Categorical;” Frances McDormand was honored for “Fargo,” “Three Billboards Exterior Ebbing, Missouri,” and “Nomadland;” Day-Lewis has wins for “My Left Foot,” “There Will Be Blood” (additionally written and directed by Anderson), and “Lincoln;” Nicholson received for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Phrases of Endearment,” and “As Good as It Will get;” and Streep took house Oscars for “Kramer vs. Kramer,” “Sophie’s Selection,” and “The Iron Girl.”
However the final title for many performing Oscar victories nonetheless belongs to Katharine Hepburn, who received 4 statues for “Morning Glory,” “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” “The Lion in Winter,” and “On Golden Pond.”
The 98th Academy Awards passed off on the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 15, with Conan O’Brien returning as host. The ceremony was broadcast stay on ABC beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Take a look at the total record of winners proper right here.