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Sean Penn

Awards

Sean Penn

75 wins & 115 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Winner Oscar
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Harvey Milk
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Winner Oscar
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Mystic River
  • Sam je suis Sam (2001)
    2002 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Sam je suis Sam
  • Sean Penn in Accords & désaccords (1999)
    2000 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Accords & désaccords
  • Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn in La dernière marche (1995)
    1996 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • La dernière marche

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2008 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Foreign Film - English Language
    • Into the Wild

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Superpower (2023)
    2023 Nominee Berlinale Documentary Award
    • Superpower
    Shared with: Aaron Kaufman · Billy Smith · Sergei Bespalov · Danny Gabai · Lauren Terp
  • Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn in La dernière marche (1995)
    1996 Winner Silver Berlin Bear
    • Best Actor
    • La dernière marche

Bodil Awards

  • Jack Nicholson in The Pledge (2001)
    2002 Nominee Bodil
    • Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
    • The Pledge

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

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

BAFTA Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Leading Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • 21 grammes (2003)
    2004 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • 21 grammes
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Mystic River

Critics Choice Awards

  • Sean Penn
    2012 Winner Joel Siegel Award
  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Winner Critics Choice Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Winner Critics Choice Award
    • Best Acting Ensemble
    • Harvey Milk
    Shared with: James Franco · Josh Brolin · Victor Garber · Stephen Spinella · Denis O'Hare · Emile Hirsch · Diego Luna
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2008 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Director
    • Into the Wild
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2008 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Writer
    • Into the Wild

Cannes Film Festival

  • Sean Penn, Katheryn Winnick, and Dylan Penn in Flag Day (2021)
    2021 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Flag Day
  • Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem in The Last Face (2016)
    2016 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • The Last Face
  • Jack Nicholson in The Pledge (2001)
    2001 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • The Pledge
  • John Travolta, Sean Penn, and Robin Wright in She's So Lovely (1997)
    1997 Winner Best Actor
    • She's So Lovely
  • Viggo Mortensen in The Indian Runner (1991)
    1991 Nominee SACD Prize
    • Directors' Fortnight
    • The Indian Runner

César Awards, France

  • Sean Penn
    2015 Winner Honorary César
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2009 Nominee César
    • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
    • Into the Wild
    USA.
  • 11'09''01: Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre (2002)
    2003 Nominee César
    • Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne)
    • 11'09''01: Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre
    Shared with: Youssef Chahine · Amos Gitai · Alejandro G. Iñárritu · Shôhei Imamura · Claude Lelouch · Ken Loach · Samira Makhmalbaf · Mira Nair · Idrissa Ouedraogo · Danis Tanovic

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2007 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Into the Wild
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Mystic River
  • Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn in La dernière marche (1995)
    1996 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • La dernière marche
  • L'Impasse (1993)
    1994 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • L'Impasse

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Winner DFWFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2007 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Into the Wild
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Winner DFWFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Mystic River

David di Donatello Awards

  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2008 Nominee David
    • Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
    • Into the Wild

Denver Film Festival

  • Sean Penn
    2000 Winner John Cassavetes Award

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2008 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Into the Wild

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Winner FFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Mystic River
    • 21 grammes

Golden Apple Awards

  • Sean Penn
    1986 Winner Sour Apple

Golden Globes, USA

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • Harvey Milk
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • Mystic River
  • Sean Penn in Accords & désaccords (1999)
    2000 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
    • Accords & désaccords
  • Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn in La dernière marche (1995)
    1996 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • La dernière marche
  • L'Impasse (1993)
    1994 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • L'Impasse

Satellite Awards

  • Julia Roberts in Gaslit (2022)
    2023 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Actor in a Miniseries, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Gaslit
  • Sean Penn and Naomi Watts in Fair Game (2010)
    2010 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Fair Game
  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
    • Harvey Milk
  • The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
    2005 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
    • The Assassination of Richard Nixon
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Winner Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
    • Mystic River
    • 21 grammes

Gotham Awards

  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2007 Winner Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Feature
    • Into the Wild
    Shared with: Art Linson · Bill Pohlad

Grammy Awards

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

Hollywood Film Awards

  • Sean Penn
    2010 Winner Humanitarian Award

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Male Lead
    • Harvey Milk
  • 21 grammes (2003)
    2004 Winner Special Distinction Award
    • 21 grammes
    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
  • Hollywood Sunrise (1998)
    1999 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Male Lead
    • Hollywood Sunrise
  • Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn in La dernière marche (1995)
    1996 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Male Lead
    • La dernière marche

Irish Film and Television Awards

  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Nominee Audience Award
    • Best International Actor
    • Mystic River

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2008 Nominee Silver Ribbon
    • Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo)
    • Into the Wild

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2003 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Mystic River

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Winner Sierra Award
    • Best Actor
    • Mystic River
    • 21 grammes

Locarno Film Festival

  • Viggo Mortensen in The Indian Runner (1991)
    1991 Nominee Golden Leopard
    • The Indian Runner

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Actor of the Year
    • Harvey Milk
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Winner ALFS Award
    • Actor of the Year
    • Mystic River

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • 21 grammes (2003)
    2003 Nominee LAFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • 21 grammes
    • Mystic River
  • Sean Penn in Bad Boys: Les Mauvais Garçons (1983)
    1983 Winner New Generation Award
    • Bad Boys: Les Mauvais Garçons

MTV Movie + TV Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee MTV Movie Award
    • Best Kiss
    • Harvey Milk
    Shared with: James Franco

National Board of Review, USA

  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2003 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Actor
    • Mystic River
    • 21 grammes

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Winner NSFC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Mystic River
  • Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn in La dernière marche (1995)
    1996 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Actor
    • La dernière marche
  • Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn in Le jeu du faucon (1985)
    1986 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Le jeu du faucon
    Tied with James Mason for La partie de chasse (1985) in 3rd place.

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2003 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Mystic River

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • Superpower (2023)
    2024 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
    • Superpower
    Shared with: Sergei Bespalov · Aaron Kaufman · Billy Smith · Danny Gabai

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Actor
    • Mystic River

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • 2009 Winner Desert Palm Achievement Award
    • Milk
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2008 Winner Director of the Year Award
    • Into the Wild

PGA Awards

  • Sean Penn
    2011 Winner Stanley Kramer Award

Razzie Awards

  • Madonna and Sean Penn in Shanghai Surprise (1986)
    1987 Nominee Razzie Award
    • Worst Actor
    • Shanghai Surprise

San Francisco International Film Festival

  • Sean Penn
    1999 Winner Peter J. Owens Award

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Sean Penn
    2003 Winner Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

  • Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)
    2002 Winner Modern Master Award
    • Dogtown and Z-Boys
    • The Beaver Trilogy
    • Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool

Screen Actors Guild Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Winner Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    • Harvey Milk
  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • Harvey Milk
    Shared with: Josh Brolin · Joseph Cross · James Franco · Victor Garber · Emile Hirsch · Diego Luna · Denis O'Hare · Alison Pill
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Nominee Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    • Mystic River
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    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
  • Sam je suis Sam (2001)
    2002 Nominee Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    • Sam je suis Sam

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Winner SEFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2003 Nominee SEFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Mystic River

São Paulo International Film Festival

  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2007 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Foreign Feature Film
    • Into the Wild
    Tied with Persepolis (2007).

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Nominee TFCA Award
    • Best Performance, Male
    • Harvey Milk

USC Scripter Award

  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2008 Nominee USC Scripter Award
    • Into the Wild
    Shared with: Jon Krakauer

Venice Film Festival

  • 21 grammes (2003)
    2003 Winner Volpi Cup
    • Best Actor
    • 21 grammes
  • 11'09''01: Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre (2002)
    2002 Winner UNESCO Award
    • 11'09''01: Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre
    Shared with: Youssef Chahine · Amos Gitai · Alejandro G. Iñárritu · Shôhei Imamura · Claude Lelouch · Ken Loach · Samira Makhmalbaf · Mira Nair · Idrissa Ouedraogo · Danis Tanovic
  • Hollywood Sunrise (1998)
    1998 Winner Volpi Cup
    • Best Actor
    • Hollywood Sunrise
  • Jack Nicholson in Crossing Guard (1995)
    1995 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Crossing Guard

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2008 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Into the Wild

BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards

  • Sean Penn
    2008 Winner Britannia Award
    • Excellence in Film

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Winner SFFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
    Tied with Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008).

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Winner VFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Winner VFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Mystic River

Sant Jordi Awards

  • Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn in La dernière marche (1995)
    1996 Nominee Sant Jordi
    • Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero)
    • La dernière marche

Kinema Junpo Awards

  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2009 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Foreign Film Director
    • Into the Wild
    Tied with Sidney Lumet for 7h58 ce samedi-là (2007).
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2009 Nominee Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Into the Wild

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Winner PFCS Award
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role
    • Harvey Milk
  • 21 grammes (2003)
    2004 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • 21 grammes
  • 21 grammes (2003)
    2004 Winner PFCS Award
    • Best Ensemble Acting
    • 21 grammes
    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

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • Sean Penn in Accords & désaccords (1999)
    2001 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Actor
    • Accords & désaccords
  • Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn in La dernière marche (1995)
    1996 Winner Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Actor
    • La dernière marche

Capri, Hollywood

  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2007 Winner Capri Movie of the Year Award
    • Into the Wild
    Tied with L'inconnue (2006).

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Brad Pitt in The Tree of Life (2011)
    2012 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Ensemble
    • The Tree of Life
    Shared with: Brad Pitt · Jessica Chastain · Hunter McCracken · Laramie Eppler · Tye Sheridan
  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Winner COFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Mystic River

Austin Film Critics Association

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Winner AFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2003 Nominee WAFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Mystic River

Zurich Film Festival

  • Sean Penn
    2011 Winner Golden Icon Award

Rome Film Fest

  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2007 Winner Premiere Prize
    • Into the Wild

Dubai International Film Festival

  • Sean Penn
    2010 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Actor
    • Mystic River
    2nd place

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Winner SLFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2007 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Into the Wild
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2007 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Into the Wild
    Shared with: Jon Krakauer

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Sean Penn
    2011 Nominee EDA Female Focus Award
    • Humanitarian Activism Award
    Tied with Sandra Bullock.
  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Winner EDA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2007 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Picture
    • Into the Wild
    Shared with: Bill Pohlad · Art Linson
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2007 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Director
    • Into the Wild

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2007 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Into the Wild

New York Film Critics, Online

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Winner NYFCO Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Winner DFCC
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk

Jupiter Award

  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2009 Winner Jupiter Award
    • Best International Director
    • Into the Wild

SESC Film Festival, Brazil

  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Foreign Actor (Melhor Ator Estrangeiro)
    • Mystic River
    Tied with Olivier Gourmet for Le Fils (2002).

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Nominee UFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
    Tied with Richard Jenkins for The Visitor (2007).
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2003 Nominee UFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Mystic River

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Winner HFCS Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2008 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Into the Wild

FICE - Federazione Italiana Cinema d'Essai

  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2008 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
    • Into the Wild

Online Film & Television Association

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best Actor
    • Mystic River

Village Voice Film Poll

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Winner VVFP Award
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk

International Online Film Critics' Poll

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2010 Nominee IOFCP Award
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Harvey Milk
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2010 Nominee IOFCP Award
    • Best Actor of the Decade
    • Mystic River

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Harvey Milk
  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Cast Ensemble
    • Harvey Milk
    Shared with: James Franco · Emile Hirsch · Josh Brolin · Diego Luna
  • 21 grammes (2003)
    2003 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • 21 grammes
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2003 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Mystic River
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    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)

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Actor (Miglior attore protagonista)
    • Harvey Milk
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2008 Winner IOMA
    • Best Picture (Miglior film)
    • Into the Wild
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2008 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Director (Miglior regia)
    • Into the Wild
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2008 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Adapted Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura non originale)
    • Into the Wild
  • 21 grammes (2003)
    2004 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Actor (Miglior attore protagonista)
    • 21 grammes

Golden Schmoes Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Best Actor of the Year
    • Harvey Milk
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2003 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Best Actor of the Year
    • Mystic River

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson in Daddio (2023)
    2025 Nominee WFCC Award
    • Best Screen Couple
    • Daddio
    Shared with: Dakota Johnson

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Winner INOCA
    • Best Actor
    • Harvey Milk
  • Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
    2004 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Actor
    • Mystic River

The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards

  • Sean Penn in Les fous du roi (2006)
    2006 Nominee Stinker Award
    • Most Annoying Fake Accent: Male
    • Les fous du roi

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2008 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Lead Performance
    • Harvey Milk
    4th place.

Gold Derby Awards

  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2010 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Lead Actor of the Decade
    • Harvey Milk
    As Harvey Milk
  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Winner Gold Derby Film Award
    • Lead Actor
    • Harvey Milk
    As Harvey Milk
  • Sean Penn in Harvey Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Ensemble Cast
    • Harvey Milk
    Shared with: Josh Brolin · Joseph Cross · James Franco · Victor Garber · Emile Hirsch · Diego Luna · Denis O'Hare · Alison Pill
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2008 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Motion Picture
    • Into the Wild
    Shared with: Art Linson · Bill Pohlad
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    2008 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Director
    • Into the Wild

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • Sean Penn and Naomi Watts in Fair Game (2010)
    2011 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Grownup Love Story
    • Fair Game
    Shared with: Naomi Watts

Yoga Awards

  • Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem in The Last Face (2016)
    2018 Winner Yoga Award
    • Worst Foreign Director
    • The Last Face
  • Sean Penn in This Must Be the Place (2011)
    2013 Winner Yoga Award
    • Worst Hairstyle
    • This Must Be the Place

20/20 Awards

  • Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn in La dernière marche (1995)
    2016 Nominee Felix
    • Best Actor
    • La dernière marche
  • L'Impasse (1993)
    2014 Nominee Felix
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • L'Impasse
  • Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, and Thuy Thu Le in Outrages (1989)
    2010 Nominee Felix
    • Best Actor
    • Outrages

Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards

  • Julia Roberts in Gaslit (2022)
    2022 Nominee HCA Award
    • Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series, Anthology Series, or TV Movie
    • Gaslit

The Guardian's Best Films

  • 11'09''01: Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre (2002)
    2009 Winner Top Film
    • Top 10 Key Films of the Noughties
    • 11'09''01: Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre
    Shared with: Samira Makhmalbaf · Youssef Chahine · Shôhei Imamura · Alejandro G. Iñárritu · Claude Lelouch · Mira Nair · Idrissa Ouedraogo · Danis Tanovic · Amos Gitai · Ken Loach

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