LOS ANGELES — Harrison Ford will obtain a lifetime achievement award in March from the actors union SAG-AFTRA.
“Harrison Ford is a singular presence in American life; an actor whose iconic characters have formed world tradition,” the union’s president, Sean Astin, mentioned in an announcement Thursday. “We’re honored to rejoice a legend whose influence on our craft is indelible.”
He’ll decide up the Life Achievement Award on March 1 on the 32nd Actor Awards offered by the Display Actors Guild-American Federation of Tv and Radio Artists. The awards ceremony will likely be streamed stay on Netflix from the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Corridor.
Ford, 83, has quite a few iconic roles in a profession spanning six many years. He grew to become a world star as Han Solo within the 1977 “Star Wars,” reprising the position a number of instances as the primary movie grew right into a franchise. As swashbuckling archaeologist Indiana Jones, he launched one other franchise in 1981 with “Raiders of the Misplaced Ark.”
And he starred in two “Blade Runner” motion pictures as Rick Deckard, together with a full slate of tv roles.
By the years, Ford has earned quite a few accolades, together with the Critics Selection Profession Achievement Award (2024), Golden Globes Cecil B. DeMille Award (2002), AFI Life Achievement Award (2000) and extra.
“I’m deeply honored to be chosen as this yr’s recipient of the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award,” he mentioned within the assertion. “To be acknowledged by my fellow actors means an important deal to me. I’ve spent most of my life on movie units, working alongside unimaginable actors and crews, and I’ve at all times felt grateful to be a part of this neighborhood.”
The SAG-AFTRA life achievement accolade honors an actor who demonstrates the “best beliefs of the performing occupation.” It additionally acknowledges his work on various humanitarian and environmental causes.
