The One Battle After Another star’s failure to collect his best supporting actor award – because he was visiting Ukraine – only serves to burnish his reputation

With this, his third Oscar – he won best actor for Mystic River in 2004 and Milk in 2009 – Penn joins an elite band of triple winners, including Daniel Day-Lewis and Jack Nicholson

The Best Supporting Actor winner wasn't on hand to accept his statuette for his performance in "One Battle After Another."

In honouring One Battle After Another, Academy voters finally welcomed Hollywood’s prodigal son into the fold

The One Battle After Another star’s failure to collect his best supporting actor award – because he was visiting Ukraine – only serves to burnish his reputation