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.

US actor Sean Penn has been gifted an Oscar-shaped award made from war-damaged rail metal by Ukraine, after he skipped Sunday's ceremony to visit the war-torn country. Penn, 65, won his third Academy Award for his supporting actor role in political thriller One Battle Another but was absent from the ceremony.

Sean Penn picked up an Oscar this week after all. Not the Oscar – the one he won Sunday for his performance in One Battle After Another – but a fairly reasonable facsimile thereof made from the war-damaged metal of a Ukrainian railcar.

Ukrainian Railways CEO Oleksandr Pertsovskyi presented the Best Supporting Actor winner with an "IronOscar" after Penn skipped the Oscars.

US actor Sean Penn, who skipped Sunday's Oscars ceremony to visit Ukraine, has been gifted a symbolic version of the famous statuette made from the damaged metal of a train

While Sean Penn didn't attend the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday — and wasn't present to accept his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "One Battle After Another" — Ukrainian officials stepped in to recognize the actor's commitment to supporting them through its war with Russia by gifting him a mock Oscar crafted with steel from railways destroyed by Russian missiles.

American actor Sean Penn was given a symbolic Oscar made from the metal of a Ukrainian railcar damaged by Russian missiles. The Academy Award-shaped statue was presented to him by Ukrainian Railways CEO Oleksandr Pertsovskyi.

Sean Penn gifted with Oscar-style award in Ukraine after skipping the award show