Sean Penn gets honorable mention after skipping 2026 Oscars

Sean Penn won an honorary oscar after the skip 2026 Oscars.

“Sean Penn chose to go to the Dolby Theater for 🇺🇦 the Oscars and won his third 🏆 there,” Ukraine Railways CEO Alexander Perzovsky By X wrote on Tuesday, March 17th. “We couldn’t not honor our good friend and loyal Ukrainian Raiwlays (sic) passengers. So, on behalf of all of us, I present Sean with an Iron Oscar!”

The prize awarded to Payne, 65, was forged from metal taken from a destroyed train car.

“You missed out on an Oscar. Plus, you gave your last Oscar to the president. So we made this,” Pezowski said in a video shared by X. (In November 2022, Penn presented one of his Oscars to the president of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.)

“You said metal survived, so we wrote some words here that are very special to us,” Pezowski continued as he presented Payne with his gift. “It’s not golden, but it’s very real and it comes from the heart. That’s important to us.”

Sean Penn chose to go to the Dolby Theater to watch 🇺🇦 with the Oscars, where he won his third 🏆. We cannot fail to reward our good friends and loyal Ukrainian Raiwlays passengers. So on behalf of all of us, I present Sean with an Iron Oscar! pic.twitter.com/OLyzOY4h7L

— Oleksandr Pertsovskyi (@Pertsovskyi_O) March 17, 2026

Payne expressed his gratitude and hugged Pezowski.

The actor won his third Oscar on Sunday, March 15, for his role as Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw in the film. one battle after another. Kieran Culkin Awarded in the Best Supporting Actor category Before receiving the award Represents Payne.

“Sean can’t come tonight – or doesn’t want to come – so I’ll be accepting the award on his behalf,” Culkin said before taking the stage.

a report published new york times on sunday Payne’s absence explained It was because of his trip to Ukraine.

“His plan late last week was to visit Ukraine,” the report said. “There was no specification of what he would do there or where in the country he would go.”

There had been speculation that Payne’s “schedule may change,” but he ultimately missed the ceremony.

Sunday was Penn’s third Oscar win. Previously, he had performed in 2003 with ” mystic river and the role in 2008 milk. He is one of four actors to win three Oscars in his career, joining the ranks of the best actor Oscars. jack nicholson, Daniel Day Lewis and Walter Brennan.