Awards & Nominations

1983

National Board of Reviews
Los Angeles Film Critics Association


New Generation Award
to encourage a promising newcomer
(well this definitively worked out alright!)                                     

1991

Locarno Film Festival

The Indian Runner
Nomination for Best Film          

1994

Hollywood Foreign Press
Association                          

Nominated for a Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actor
in a Supporting Role
for Carlito`s Way                                       

1995

Venice International Filmfestival

Nominated for a Golden Lion
Best Film
for Crossing Guard                                        

1996

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Nominated for an Oscar
Best Actor in a Leading Role
for Dead Man Walking
Hollywood Foreign Press Association  

Nominated for a Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actor in a Drama
for Dead Man Walking
Berlin International Film Festival

Silver Bear for Best Actor
for Dead Man Walking
Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film

Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor
for Dead Man Walking
IFP (Independent Feature Project)

Independent Spirit Award 
Best Male Lead
for Dead Man Walking
SAG Awards Committee

Nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Dead Man Walking

1997

Cannes International
Film Festival		 Best Actor Award
for
She`s so Lovely                    

1998

Venice International
Film Festival		 Coppa Volpi 
Best Actor
for Hurlyburly                      

1999

San Francisco International
Film Festival		 Peter J. Owens Award                       
IFP (Independent
Feature Project)		 Independent Spirit Award 
Best Male Lead
for Hurlyburly

2000

Academy of Motion
Picture Arts  and  Science        

Nominated for an Oscar
Best Actor in a Leading Role
for Sweet and Lowdown 
Hollywood Foreign Press
Association                                 
Nominated for a Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
for Sweet and Lowdown
Denver International Film Festival
John Cassavetes Award
International Press Academy

Nominated for a Golden Satellite Award
Best Performance by an Actor
for Sweet and Lowdown

2001

Berlin International Film Festival Nominated for a Golden Bear
for The Pledge                                                         
Cannes Film Festival
Nominated for the Golden Palm
for The Pledge


Chlotrudis Society for
Independent Film                             
Nominated for the Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor
for Sweet and Lowdown

2002

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences                  
Nominated for an Oscar
Best Actor in a Leading Role
for I am Sam
International Press Academy


Nominated for a Golden Satellite Award
Best Performance by an Actor
for I am Sam
SAG Awards Committee
Nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for I am Sam
UNESCO
UNESCO Award
for 11`09``01 - September 11
(shared with the other directors of this movie)
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Nominated for a BFCA-Award
for I am Sam
Film Workers Association Copenhagen
Nominated for the Bodil-Award, given by the danish film critics, in the category Best American Film
for The Pledge

2003

Venice Film Festival                                      Coppa Volpi for Best Actor
for 21 grams
Boston Society of Film Critics
BSFC-Award
for Best Ensemble Cast
for Mystic River 
National Film Award of France
Nominated for a César
for Best European Union Film
for 11`09``01 - September 11
(shared with the other directors of this movie)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
NBR-Award
Best Actor
for 21 grams and Mystic River

San Sebastian International Film Festival		 Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award

2004

Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences                                         

 Oscar
Best Actor in a Leading Role
for Mystic River                          
Hollywood Foreign Press Association  


Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actor in a Drama
for Mystic River
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards


BFCA-Award
Best Actor
for Mystic River
International Press Academy
Golden Satellite Award
Best Performance by an Actor in a Drama
for 21 grams and  Mystic River
Independent Spirits Awards
Special Distinction Award
shared with Alejandro Gonáles Iñarritu (director), Guillermo Arriaga (screenwriter), Robert Salemo (producer),
Naomi Watts and Benicio del Toro
for 21 grams
(Special price, because of the budget 21 grams could not get the regular price - you just have to be imaginative ...)
Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association Award DFWFCA-Award
Best Actor
for Mystic River
Florida Film Critics Circle Award
FFCC-Award
Best Actor
for 21 grams and Mystic River
International Federation of Television Archives
Nominated for the Audience Award
Best International Actor
for Mystic River
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
KCFCC-Award
Best Actor
for Mystic River
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
Sierra Award
Best Actor
for 21 grams and Mystic River
London Critics Circle Film Awards
ALFS-Award
Actor of the Year
for Mystic River
Center for Steinbeck Studies
at San Jose State University                   		 John Steinbeck Award
For artists who buck the status quo and fight for a better world
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
PFCS-Award
Best Ensemble Acting
shared with the cast
for 21 grams
Online Film Critics Society Awards
OFCS Award
Best Actor
for Mystic River

2005

Sean Penn in Teheran
Irans Museum of Cinema Honorary Award 

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