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Yukari Yakumo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:59 PM
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Sean Penn joins exclusive club.
Edited on Sun Feb-22-09 11:59 PM by Yukari Yakumo
Mr. Penn's Best Actor win for his role as Harvey Milk is his second Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role. (His other Best Actor win was for the role of Jimmy Markum in Mystic River.)

Sean Penn joins an exclusive group of actors who have won the Best Actor award twice. The other actors who have done this are Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Marlon Brando, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks, Jack Nicholson, and Daniel Day-Lewis.

No actor has won the Best Actor award three times.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:59 PM
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1. He should have won for "Dead Man Walking." n/t
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:03 AM
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3. I think so too
He often plays unsympathetic characters but they're all completely believable.

His performance in "Dead Man Walking" was genius, showing us the essential humanity of a completely unredeemable character.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:04 AM
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4. That was a great movie.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:19 AM
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11. He was great in it. So was Sarandon. n/t
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adadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:04 AM
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5. Yes he should have
I love Sean Penn...even when he was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:14 AM
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10. Oh my god yes.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:03 AM
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2. Penn is blessed with the grit and the gleam of a great character actor.
He had a very strong field of competitors this year and his colleagues voted him the award -- I'm guessing that no director in the joint could have found much fault in any of the five actors' performances -- but Penn's was an angel's eyebrow better.

He deserves to cart that trophy back home tonight.
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vanderBeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:05 AM
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6. Who would've thought Spicoli had it in him?
Great, great actor
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:21 AM
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13. Certainly not Madonna! LOL! n/t
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Lisa0825 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:29 AM
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14. I still think of Spicoli when I see him! But I have great respect for the range of his talent.
He can play an unforgettable comic character in a movie like Fast Times, and a tragic case in "Dead Man Walking." I have not yet seen Milk, but will soon. I adore Sean Penn as an actor and as a human activist.
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vanderBeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:38 AM
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16. Oh, I kid with the Spicoli thing too
because I always thinks it's funny that the stoner/surfer and the football star from Ridgemont High have now both won Oscars.

I think he is an incredible actor and, if possible, an even better human being.
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Mira Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:06 AM
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7. Sean Penn - All Thumbs up - I am so thrilled ! And a wonderful empassioned
plea for equality under the law.
He deserves this second Oscar, and it should have been his third, Dead Man Walking was a masterpiece of a performance.
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:09 AM
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8. Agreed. It *should* be his third.
He's an awesome actor.
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:12 AM
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9. He's not done yet. I think he'll get a third.
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Janice325 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:19 AM
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12. I agree with you.
I never thought I'd even LIKE Sean Penn as a person, but after tonight's acceptance speech, I'd love to give the guy a big old hug.

WOW!!
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robinlynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:33 AM
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15. and he certainly deserves to be a member of that exclusive club!
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