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![Sean Penn - winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for his performance in "Milk" - February 22, 2009. | Sean penn, Best actor, Actors Sean Penn - winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for his performance in "Milk" - February 22, 2009. | Sean penn, Best actor, Actors](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ed/c3/0c/edc30c7ded4fb2841bd3fd964a01e244.jpg)
Sean Penn - winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for his performance in "Milk" - February 22, 2009. | Sean penn, Best actor, Actors
![Feb 22, 2009 - Hollywood, California, USA - SEAN PENN poses with Best Actor Oscar in the Press Room at the 81st Academy Awards (Credit Image: © Jonathan Alcorn/ZUMA Press Stock Photo - Alamy Feb 22, 2009 - Hollywood, California, USA - SEAN PENN poses with Best Actor Oscar in the Press Room at the 81st Academy Awards (Credit Image: © Jonathan Alcorn/ZUMA Press Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/C9NMJX/feb-22-2009-hollywood-california-usa-sean-penn-poses-with-best-actor-C9NMJX.jpg)
Feb 22, 2009 - Hollywood, California, USA - SEAN PENN poses with Best Actor Oscar in the Press Room at the 81st Academy Awards (Credit Image: © Jonathan Alcorn/ZUMA Press Stock Photo - Alamy
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![Sean Penn with his award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for 'Milk', in the press room of the 81st Academy Awards ceremony, held at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, Sean Penn with his award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for 'Milk', in the press room of the 81st Academy Awards ceremony, held at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E3F83N/sean-penn-with-his-award-for-best-actor-in-a-leading-role-for-milk-in-the-press-room-of-the-81st-academy-awards-ceremony-held-at-the-kodak-theater-in-los-angeles-ca-usa-on-february-22-2009-photo-by-lionel-hahnabacapresscom-2E3F83N.jpg)
Sean Penn with his award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for 'Milk', in the press room of the 81st Academy Awards ceremony, held at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles,
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![Sean Penn poses with his best actor Oscar for "Milk" backstage during the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 22, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES) (OSCARS-BACKSTAGE Stock Photo - Alamy Sean Penn poses with his best actor Oscar for "Milk" backstage during the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 22, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES) (OSCARS-BACKSTAGE Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D185TN/sean-penn-poses-with-his-best-actor-oscar-for-milk-backstage-during-the-81st-academy-awards-in-hollywood-california-february-22-2009-reutersmike-blake-united-states-oscars-backstage-2D185TN.jpg)
Sean Penn poses with his best actor Oscar for "Milk" backstage during the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 22, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES) (OSCARS-BACKSTAGE Stock Photo - Alamy
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