Sean Penn gets Oscar for Best Actor

Sean Penn got the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the movie that got him the award was ‘Milk’. The 48-year-old played the role of the late Harvey Milk who was an American politician and a gay rights activist.

Sean Penn is also the ex-husband of pop star Madonna. He had also won an Oscar for Best Actor for the 2003 American movie ‘Mystic River’.