List of awards and nominations received by Sean Penn

Sean Penn awards and nominations
Penn at the New York Film Festival in 2013
Penn at the New York Film Festival in 2013
Totals[a]
Wins16
Nominations42
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Sean Penn

Sean Penn is an American actor, director and producer. He has earned acclaim for his intense broody roles in dramatic films. Over his career he has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, three Critics' Choice Awards a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for three BAFTA Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Grammy Award. In 2015 he received an Honorary César.

Penn's early roles include the teen comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), the crime drama Bad Boys (1983), and the war drama Casualties of War (1989). He earned the Venice International Film Festival's Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his role in Hurlyburly (1989). He played a sleazy lawyer in the Brian de Palma crime drama Carlito's Way (1993) which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. He gained widespread acclaim for his portrayal of a killer on death row in the Tim Robbins crime drama Dead Man Walking (1995) earning him the Silver Bear for Best Actor as well as nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role.

For his role in the Nick Cassavettes romantic drama She's So Lovely (1997) he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He earned further Academy Award for Best Actor nominations for his performances as a jazz guitarist in Woody Allen's romance Sweet and Lowdown (1999), and a mentally challenged man in Jessie Nelson's drama I Am Sam (2001). He won his second Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his role in the Alejandro González Iñárritu crime thriller 21 Grams (2003). That same year, he played a grieving father in the Clint Eastwood drama Mystic River (2003) for which he won the Academy Awards for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama as well as nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role.

Penn directed the adventure drama Into the Wild (2007) for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film. The following year, he portrayed gay rights activist Harvey Milk in the Gus Van Sant political drama Milk (2008), for which he received his second Academy Award for Best Actor as well as the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role with nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1996 Best Actor Dead Man Walking Nominated [1]
2000 Sweet and Lowdown Nominated [2]
2002 I Am Sam Nominated [3]
2004 Mystic River Won [4]
2009 Milk Won [5]

BAFTA Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2004 Best Actor in a Leading Role Mystic River Nominated [6]
21 Grams Nominated
2009 Milk Nominated [7]

Critics' Choice Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2001 Best Actor I Am Sam Nominated [8]
2003 Mystic River Won [9]
2007 Best Director Into the Wild Nominated [10]
Best Writer Nominated
2008 Best Actor Milk Won [11]
Best Acting Ensemble Won
2011 Joel Siegel Award Honored [12]

Emmy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2024 Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary Superpower Nominated [13]

Golden Globe Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1994 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Carlito's Way Nominated [14]
1996 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Dead Man Walking Nominated [14]
2000 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Sweet and Lowdown Nominated [14]
2004 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Mystic River Won [14]
2009 Milk Nominated [14]

Grammy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2006 Best Spoken World Album Bob Dylan: Chronicles Nominated [15]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1996 Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role Dead Man Walking Nominated [16]
2002 I Am Sam Nominated [17]
2004 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Mystic River Nominated [18]
Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role Nominated
2009 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Milk Nominated [19]
Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role Won

Other awards and nominations

Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref.
Berlin International Film Festival 1995 Silver Bear for Best Actor Dead Man Walking Won [20]
2022 Berlinale Documentary Award Superpower Nominated [20]
Cannes Film Festival 1997 Best Actor She's So Lovely Won [20]
2001 Palme d'Or The Pledge Nominated [20]
2016 The Last Face Nominated [20]
2021 Flag Day Nominated [20]
César Awards 2003 Best European Union Film September 11 Nominated [20]
2009 Best Foreign Film Into the Wild Nominated [20]
2015 Honorary César Honored [21]
Directors Guild of America Awards 2007 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Into the Wild Nominated [22]
Independent Spirit Awards 1995 Best Male Lead Dead Man Walking Won [23]
1998 Hurlyburly Won [24]
2003 Special Distinction Award 21 Grams Won [25]
2008 Best Male Lead Milk Nominated [26]
Venice International Film Festival 1995 Golden Lion The Crossing Guard Nominated [20]
1998 Volpi Cup for Best Actor Hurlyburly Won [27]
2002 UNESCO Award September 11 Won [20]
2003 Volpi Cup for Best Actor 21 Grams Won [28]

Honorary awards

Organizations Year Award Result Ref.
BAFTA\LA Britannia Award 2008 Stanley Kubrick Excellence in Film Award Honored [29]
César Awards 2015 Honorary César Honored [30]
Critics' Choice Awards 2011 Joel Siegel Award Honored [31]
Hollywood Film Awards 2011 Humanitarian Award Honored
Producers Guild of America Award 2011 Stanley Kramer Award Honored [32]
San Francisco International Film Festival 1999 Peter J. Owens Award Honored [33]
San Sebastian International Film Festival 2003 Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award Honored [34]
Television Academy 2022 Bob Hope Humanitarian Award Honored [35]
Zurich Film Festival 2011 Golden Icon Award Honored [36]

See also

References

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  32. ^ "Producers Guild To Honor Sean Penn". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
  33. ^ "50: SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL / Did Nicolas Cage snub Sean Penn, or vice versa?". SFGate. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
  34. ^ "In brief: San Sebastian honours Sean Penn". The Guardian. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
  35. ^ "Sean Penn receives the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award". Television Academy. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
  36. ^ "Zurich Film Festival Picks Sean Penn for its 2011 Golden Icon Award". IndieWire. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
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