Awards

Sean Penn

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75 wins & 113 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

2009 Winner Oscar
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Milk
2004 Winner Oscar
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Mystic River
2002 Nominee Oscar
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
- I Am Sam
2000 Nominee Oscar
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Sweet and Lowdown
1996 Nominee Oscar
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Dead Man Walking

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

2008 Nominee FCCA Award
- Best Foreign Film - English Language
- Into the Wild

Berlin International Film Festival

2023 Nominee Berlinale Documentary Award
- Superpower
Shared with: Aaron Kaufman · Billy Smith · Sergei Bespalov · Danny Gabai · Lauren Terp
1996 Winner Silver Berlin Bear
- Best Actor
- Dead Man Walking

Bodil Awards

2002 Nominee Bodil
- Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
- The Pledge

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

2008 Winner BSFC Award
- Best Actor
- Milk
Tied with Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008).
2003 Winner BSFC Award
- Best Ensemble Cast
- Mystic River
Shared with: Kevin Bacon · Laurence Fishburne · Marcia Gay Harden · Laura Linney · Tim Robbins
2003 Nominee BSFC Award
- Best Actor
- Mystic River

BAFTA Awards

2009 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Leading Actor
- Milk
2004 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- 21 Grams
2004 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Mystic River

Critics Choice Awards

2012 Winner Joel Siegel Award
2009 Winner Critics Choice Award
- Best Actor
- Milk
2009 Winner Critics Choice Award
- Best Acting Ensemble
- Milk
Shared with: James Franco · Josh Brolin · Victor Garber · Stephen Spinella · Denis O'Hare · Emile Hirsch · Diego Luna
2008 Nominee Critics Choice Award
- Best Director
- Into the Wild
2008 Nominee Critics Choice Award
- Best Writer
- Into the Wild

Cannes Film Festival

David di Donatello Awards

2008 Nominee David
- Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
- Into the Wild

Denver Film Festival

2000 Winner John Cassavetes Award

Directors Guild of America, USA

2008 Nominee DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- Into the Wild

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

2004 Winner FFCC Award
- Best Actor
- Mystic River
- 21 Grams

Golden Apple Awards

1986 Winner Sour Apple

Golden Globes, USA

2009 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Milk
2004 Winner Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Mystic River
2000 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
- Sweet and Lowdown
1996 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Dead Man Walking
1994 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- Carlito's Way

Satellite Awards

2023 Nominee Satellite Award
- Best Actor in a Miniseries, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Gaslit
2010 Nominee Satellite Award
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Fair Game
2008 Nominee Satellite Award
- Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
- Milk
2005 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
- The Assassination of Richard Nixon
2004 Winner Golden Satellite Award
- Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
- Mystic River
- 21 Grams

Gotham Awards

2007 Winner Gotham Independent Film Award
- Best Feature
- Into the Wild
Shared with: Art Linson · Bill Pohlad

Grammy Awards

2006 Nominee Grammy
- Best Spoken Word Album
For "Chronicles - Volume One (Bob Dylan)"

Hollywood Film Awards

2010 Winner Humanitarian Award

Film Independent Spirit Awards

2009 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
- Best Male Lead
- Milk
2004 Winner Special Distinction Award
- 21 Grams
21 Grams was ineligable for the regular awards because of its budget.
Shared with: Alejandro G. Iñárritu · Guillermo Arriaga · Robert Salerno · Benicio Del Toro · Naomi Watts
1999 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
- Best Male Lead
- Hurlyburly
1996 Winner Independent Spirit Award
- Best Male Lead
- Dead Man Walking

Irish Film and Television Awards

2004 Nominee Audience Award
- Best International Actor
- Mystic River

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

2008 Nominee Silver Ribbon
- Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo)
- Into the Wild

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

2003 Winner KCFCC Award
- Best Actor
- Mystic River

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

2004 Winner Sierra Award
- Best Actor
- Mystic River
- 21 Grams

Locarno Film Festival

1991 Nominee Golden Leopard
- The Indian Runner

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2009 Nominee ALFS Award
- Actor of the Year
- Milk
2004 Winner ALFS Award
- Actor of the Year
- Mystic River

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

2008 Winner LAFCA Award
- Best Actor
- Milk
2003 Nominee LAFCA Award
- Best Actor
- 21 Grams
- Mystic River
1983 Winner New Generation Award
- Bad Boys

MTV Movie + TV Awards

2009 Nominee MTV Movie Award
- Best Kiss
- Milk
Shared with: James Franco

National Board of Review, USA

2003 Winner NBR Award
- Best Actor
- Mystic River
- 21 Grams

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

2009 Winner NSFC Award
- Best Actor
- Milk
2004 Nominee NSFC Award
- Best Actor
- Mystic River
1996 Nominee NSFC Award
- Best Actor
- Dead Man Walking
1986 Nominee NSFC Award
- Best Actor
- The Falcon and the Snowman
Tied with James Mason for The Shooting Party (1985) in 3rd place.

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2008 Winner NYFCC Award
- Best Actor
- Milk
2003 Nominee NYFCC Award
- Best Actor
- Mystic River

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

2024 Nominee Emmy
- Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
- Superpower
Shared with: Sergei Bespalov · Aaron Kaufman · Billy Smith · Danny Gabai

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2009 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Actor
- Milk
2004 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Actor
- Mystic River

Palm Springs International Film Festival

PGA Awards

2011 Winner Stanley Kramer Award

Razzie Awards

1987 Nominee Razzie Award
- Worst Actor
- Shanghai Surprise

San Francisco International Film Festival

1999 Winner Peter J. Owens Award

San Sebastián International Film Festival

2003 Winner Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

2002 Winner Modern Master Award

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2009 Winner Actor
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- Milk
2009 Nominee Actor
- Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- Milk
Shared with: Josh Brolin · Joseph Cross · James Franco · Victor Garber · Emile Hirsch · Diego Luna · Denis O'Hare · Alison Pill
2004 Nominee Actor
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- Mystic River
2004 Nominee Actor
- Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- Mystic River
Shared with: Kevin Bacon · Laurence Fishburne · Marcia Gay Harden · Laura Linney · Tim Robbins
2002 Nominee Actor
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- I Am Sam

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

2008 Winner SEFCA Award
- Best Actor
- Milk
2003 Nominee SEFCA Award
- Best Actor
- Mystic River

São Paulo International Film Festival

2007 Winner Audience Award
- Best Foreign Feature Film
- Into the Wild
Tied with Persepolis (2007).

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

2008 Nominee TFCA Award
- Best Performance, Male
- Milk

USC Scripter Award

2008 Nominee USC Scripter Award
- Into the Wild
Shared with: Jon Krakauer

Venice Film Festival

2003 Winner Volpi Cup
- Best Actor
- 21 Grams
2002 Winner UNESCO Award
- September 11
Shared with: Youssef Chahine · Amos Gitai · Alejandro G. Iñárritu · Shôhei Imamura · Claude Lelouch · Ken Loach · Samira Makhmalbaf · Mira Nair · Idrissa Ouedraogo · Danis Tanovic
1998 Winner Volpi Cup
- Best Actor
- Hurlyburly
1995 Nominee Golden Lion
- The Crossing Guard

Writers Guild of America, USA

2008 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Into the Wild

BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards

2008 Winner Britannia Award
- Excellence in Film

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

2008 Winner SFFCC Award
- Best Actor
- Milk
Tied with Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008).

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

2009 Winner VFCC Award
- Best Actor
- Milk
2004 Winner VFCC Award
- Best Actor
- Mystic River

Sant Jordi Awards

1996 Nominee Sant Jordi
- Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero)
- Dead Man Walking

Kinema Junpo Awards

2009 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
- Best Foreign Film Director
- Into the Wild
Tied with Sidney Lumet for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007).
2009 Nominee Kinema Junpo Award
- Best Foreign Language Film
- Into the Wild

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

2008 Winner PFCS Award
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role
- Milk
2004 Nominee PFCS Award
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- 21 Grams
2004 Winner PFCS Award
- Best Ensemble Acting
- 21 Grams
Shared with: Kevin Chapman · Benicio Del Toro · Teresa Delgado · Clea DuVall · Charlotte Gainsbourg · Danny Huston · Melissa Leo · Eddie Marsan · Marc Musso · Naomi Watts

Chlotrudis Awards

2009 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
- Best Actor
- Milk
2001 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
- Best Actor
- Sweet and Lowdown
1996 Winner Chlotrudis Award
- Best Actor
- Dead Man Walking

Capri, Hollywood

2007 Winner Capri Movie of the Year Award
- Into the Wild
Tied with The Unknown Woman (2006).

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

2012 Nominee COFCA Award
- Best Ensemble
- The Tree of Life
Shared with: Brad Pitt · Jessica Chastain · Hunter McCracken · Laramie Eppler · Tye Sheridan
2009 Nominee COFCA Award
- Best Actor
- Milk
2004 Winner COFCA Award
- Best Actor
- Mystic River

Austin Film Critics Association

2008 Winner AFCA Award
- Best Actor
- Milk

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

2003 Nominee WAFCA Award
- Best Actor
- Mystic River

Zurich Film Festival

2011 Winner Golden Icon Award

Rome Film Fest

2007 Winner Premiere Prize
- Into the Wild

Dubai International Film Festival

2010 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

International Cinephile Society Awards

2009 Nominee ICS Award
- Best Actor
- Milk
2004 Nominee ICS Award
- Best Actor
- Mystic River
2nd place

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

2008 Winner SLFCA Award
- Best Actor
- Milk
2007 Nominee SLFCA Award
- Best Director
- Into the Wild
2007 Nominee SLFCA Award
- Best Screenplay
- Into the Wild
Shared with: Jon Krakauer

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

2011 Nominee EDA Female Focus Award
- Humanitarian Activism Award
Tied with Sandra Bullock.
2008 Winner EDA Award
- Best Actor
- Milk
2007 Nominee EDA Award
- Best Picture
- Into the Wild
Shared with: Bill Pohlad · Art Linson
2007 Nominee EDA Award
- Best Director
- Into the Wild

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

2008 Nominee DFCS Award
- Best Actor
- Milk
2007 Nominee DFCS Award
- Best Director
- Into the Wild

New York Film Critics, Online

2008 Winner NYFCO Award
- Best Actor
- Milk

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

2009 Winner DFCC
- Best Actor
- Milk

Jupiter Award

2009 Winner Jupiter Award
- Best International Director
- Into the Wild

SESC Film Festival, Brazil

2004 Winner Audience Award
- Best Foreign Actor (Melhor Ator Estrangeiro)
- Mystic River
Tied with Olivier Gourmet for The Son (2002).

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

2008 Nominee UFCA Award
- Best Actor
- Milk
Tied with Richard Jenkins for The Visitor (2007).
2003 Nominee UFCA Award
- Best Actor
- Mystic River

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

2008 Winner HFCS Award
- Best Actor
- Milk
2008 Nominee HFCS Award
- Best Director
- Into the Wild

FICE - Federazione Italiana Cinema d'Essai

2008 Winner Audience Award
- Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
- Into the Wild

Online Film & Television Association

2009 Winner OFTA Film Award
- Best Actor
- Milk
2004 Winner OFTA Film Award
- Best Actor
- Mystic River

Village Voice Film Poll

2008 Winner VVFP Award
- Best Actor
- Milk

International Online Film Critics' Poll

2010 Nominee IOFCP Award
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Milk
2010 Nominee IOFCP Award
- Best Actor of the Decade
- Mystic River

Awards Circuit Community Awards

2008 Nominee ACCA
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Milk
2008 Nominee ACCA
- Best Cast Ensemble
- Milk
Shared with: James Franco · Emile Hirsch · Josh Brolin · Diego Luna
2003 Nominee ACCA
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
- 21 Grams
2003 Nominee ACCA
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Mystic River
2003 Nominee ACCA
- Best Cast Ensemble
- Mystic River
Shared with: Tim Robbins · Kevin Bacon · Laurence Fishburne · Marcia Gay Harden · Laura Linney · Tom Guiry · Emmy Rossum

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)

2009 Nominee IOMA
- Best Actor (Miglior attore protagonista)
- Milk
2008 Winner IOMA
- Best Picture (Miglior film)
- Into the Wild
2008 Nominee IOMA
- Best Director (Miglior regia)
- Into the Wild
2008 Nominee IOMA
- Best Adapted Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura non originale)
- Into the Wild
2004 Nominee IOMA
- Best Actor (Miglior attore protagonista)
- 21 Grams