Harrison Ford Receives SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award as Woody Harrelson Presents at 2026 Actor Awards
Harrison Ford received the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award from Woody Harrelson at the 32nd Actor Awards on Sunday night, March 1, 2026, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in a ceremony streaming live on Netflix. Ford walked to the stage to "The Raiders March" from Indiana Jones amid lengthy applause and a kiss from his wife, Calista Flockhart.
Ford acknowledged the moment with characteristic humor: "I feel incredibly grateful for this kind attention but to be clear I also am quite humbled. I'm in a room of actors many of whom are here because they have been nominated to receive a prize for their amazing work while I'm here to receive an award for being alive." He then added that receiving a lifetime achievement award felt premature: "it's a little weird to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the half-point of my career — I'm still a working actor."
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Harrelson brought his trademark humor to the presentation, opening by declaring he was there to honor "one of the greatest actors of all time" — before pausing to say he was referring to Leonardo DiCaprio and telling the teleprompter to "keep up."
He praised Ford's most recent role in Shrinking, saying it "proves that his charm, sly delivery, and charisma are timeless," before concluding: "Whatever he is doing, we know that it is in the hands of a master." Harrelson also acknowledged Ford's climate advocacy and his work as a licensed pilot.
The two actors have never shared the screen directly, but carry a franchise connection: Harrelson appeared in Solo: A Star Wars Story as a character in the backstory of Ford's iconic Han Solo. SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin described Ford as "a singular presence in American life; an actor whose iconic characters have shaped world culture."
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The evening's most emotional moment came when Catherine O'Hara won Outstanding Female Actor in a Comedy Series for The Studio. O'Hara died January 30 after a brief illness at age 71. Her co-star Seth Rogen accepted the award on her behalf, and the crowd rose to its feet.
Sean Penn won Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role for One Battle After Another, beating Miles Caton for Sinners, Benicio Del Toro for One Battle After Another, Jacob Elordi for Frankenstein, and Paul Mescal for Hamnet. Penn was not in attendance to accept.
