# List of awards and nominations received by Sean Penn

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Sean Penn
Sean Penn is an American actor, director and producer. He has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for three BAFTA Awards. In 2015 he received an Honorary César.
Penn has received two Academy Awards for Best Actor for his roles as a grieving father in the Clint Eastwood drama Mystic River (2003) and Harvey Milk in the Gus Van Sant drama Milk (2008). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles as a killer on death row in Dead Man Walking (1995), a jazz guitarist in Sweet and Lowdown (1999), and a mentally challenged man in I Am Sam (2001). He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for Mystic River and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Milk.
He won the Berlin International Film Festival's Silver Bear for Best Actor for Dead Man Walking (1995), the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his role in She's So Lovely (1997) and Venice International Film Festival's Volpi Cup for Best Actor for Hurlyburly (1989) and 21 Grams (2003).

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1996 | Best Actor | Dead Man Walking | Nominated |
| 2000 | Best Actor | Sweet and Lowdown | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Actor | I Am Sam | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Actor | Mystic River | Won |
| 2009 | Best Actor | Milk | Won |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2004 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Mystic River | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | 21 Grams | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Milk | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

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

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1996 | Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role | Dead Man Walking | Nominated |
| 2002 | Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role | I Am Sam | Nominated |
| 2004 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Mystic River | Nominated |
| 2004 | Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role | Mystic River | Nominated |
| 2009 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Milk | Nominated |
| 2009 | Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role | Milk | Won |

## Industry awards
### Berlin International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1995 | Silver Bear for Best Actor | Dead Man Walking | Won | |
| 2022 | Berlinale Documentary Award | Superpower | Nominated | |

### Cannes Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1997 | Best Actor | She's So Lovely | Won |
| 2001 | Palme d'Or | The Pledge | Nominated |
| 2016 | Palme d'Or | The Last Face | Nominated |
| 2021 | Palme d'Or | Flag Day | Nominated |

### César Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2003 | Best European Union Film | September 11 | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best Foreign Film | Into the Wild | Nominated |
| 2015 | Honorary César | Honorary César | Honored |

### Critics' Choice Movie Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2001 | Best Actor | I Am Sam | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Actor | Mystic River | Won |
| 2007 | Best Director | Into the Wild | Nominated |
| 2007 | Best Writer | Into the Wild | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Actor | Milk | Won |
| 2008 | Best Acting Ensemble | Milk | Won |
| 2011 | Joel Siegel Award | Joel Siegel Award | Honored |

### Directors Guild of America Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2007 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Into the Wild | Nominated | |

### Independent Spirit Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1995 | Best Male Lead | Dead Man Walking | Won |
| 1998 | Best Male Lead | Hurlyburly | Won |
| 2003 | Special Distinction Award | 21 Grams | Won |
| 2008 | Best Male Lead | Milk | Nominated |

### Venice International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1995 | Golden Lion | The Crossing Guard | Nominated |
| 1998 | Volpi Cup for Best Actor | Hurlyburly | Won |
| 2002 | UNESCO Award | September 11 | Won |
| 2003 | Volpi Cup for Best Actor | 21 Grams | Won |