Penn, who won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw in “One Battle After Another,” has been an outspoken advocate for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people since Russia launched a war on the country in 2022.
The actor met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy not long after Russia invaded and gave him his first Oscar statuette, which he earned for his performance in “Mystic River,” The Hollywood Reporter recently reported.
Penn, at the time, said that he hoped Zelenskyy would accept the “symbolic silly thing” from him and “bring it back to Malibu” when Ukraine defeated Russia in the war.
After Penn was a no-show Sunday, presenter Kieran Culkin accepted the actor’s most-recent statuette in his absence.
The New York Times, citing two sources familiar with Penn’s travel plans, said it wasn’t clear what the actor planned to do in Ukraine or where he would be in the country. The newspaper noted that there “remained some possibility” that Penn’s travel plans may have changed.
His absence at Sunday’s ceremony comes after he skipped the BAFTAs and the Actor Awards earlier this year.
Penn’s third statuette puts him in the same company as Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson and Walter Brennan, all of whom are tied for the most acting wins by a male actor at the Oscars.
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