Kieran Culkin poked fun at Sean Penn‘s absence after he won the award within the Best Actor in a Supporting Role category on the 2026 Oscars.
“Sean couldn’t be here this evening — or didn’t wish to be — so I’ll be accepting the award on his behalf,” Culkin, 43, quipped after Penn, 65, won for One Battle After One other in the course of the Sunday, March 15, awards show on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Other contenders within the Best Supporting Actor category included Benicio del Toro for One Battle After One other, Jacob Elordi for Frankenstein, Delroy Lindo for Sinners and Stellan Skarsgård for Sentimental Value.
Prior to the 98th Academy Awards, del Toro, 59, and Penn were the one nominees within the Best Supporting Actor race who were already Oscar winners.
Del Toro previously took home the award for Best Supporting Actor in 2001 for his role in Traffic. He also received a further nod within the category in 2004 for 21 Grams.
As for Penn, he’s a two-time Oscar winner for Best Actor, earning the accolade for Mystic River in 2004 and Milk in 2009. Before winning the glory for the primary time, he was nominated in the identical category for Dead Man Walking in 1996, Sweet and Lowdown in 2000 and I Am Sam in 2002.
For his or her part, Elordi, 28, Lindo, 73, and Skarsgård, 74, all became first-time Academy Award nominees this 12 months.
Throughout the 2026 awards season, voters spread the love within the supporting actor category across the important thing ceremonies. Penn notably won each an Actor Award and a BAFTA Award for One Battle After One other, though he skipped each ceremonies. On the Actor Awards earlier this month, Penn overcame del Toro, Elordi, Sinners’ Miles Caton and Hamnet’s Paul Mescal, while he defeated del Toro, Elordi, Mescal, Skarsgård and I Swear’s Peter Mullan on the BAFTA Awards in February.
After nominations for the 2026 Oscars were revealed, film fans were quick to call out some major surprises and snubs. When Lewis Pullman and Danielle Brooks teamed as much as announce the nominees for the 98th annual Academy Awards on January 22, many movie fans weren’t surprised to see Sinners dominate the nominations list, with a […]
Skarsgård received his own recognition on the Golden Globes in January, taking home the supporting actor award in a race against del Toro, Elordi, Mescal, Penn and Jay Kelly’s Adam Sandler.
In his Golden Globes acceptance speech, Skarsgård joked that his eight children were “very educational” in his preparation for Sentimental Value.
“I’m playing a father who’s a nasty father there,” he said on the time. “And my children have really told me what a nasty father is.”
On the Critics Alternative Awards in January, Elordi bested del Toro, Mescal, Penn, Sandler and Skarsgård within the supporting actor category. While he revealed that he “didn’t plan” a speech, Elordi thanked his parents and his Frankenstein collaborators, especially director Guillermo del Toro, who has inspired him since his childhood.
“I really like you. All of us love you. You made my dreams after I was 11,” he raved while addressing the filmmaker. “I’m so completely happy to be here.”