Sean Penn Receives Mock Oscar in Ukraine After Skipping Academy Awards; Actor’s Trophy Made of Train Metal ‘That Was Damaged by the Russians’ in a Missile Strike

Sean Penn opted out of attending the 2026 Oscars and was in the Ukraine when his name was called as the winner of the best supporting actor prize for his performance as Colonel Lockjaw in Paul Thomas Anderson’s best picture-winning “One Battle After Another.” It was the third Oscar win of Penn’s career (following “Mystic River” and “Milk”). But it turns out he was still awarded a trophy, with a twist fitting of the actor’s activism efforts in the Ukraine.

In a video shared on social media by Ukrainian Railways CEO Oleksandr Pertsovskyi (via Entertainment Weekly), Penn is seen receiving an “IronOscar” in lieu of the real Oscar trophy he was not on hand to get in person. Pertsovskyi wrote in a caption: “Sean Penn opted for the trip to [Ukraine] vs. Oscar ceremony at Dolby Theater where he was awarded his 3rd. We couldn’t leave our great…