Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

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Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
Awarded for"outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession"
Country United States
Presented by SAG-AFTRA
First award1962
Currently held by Harrison Ford (2025)
Website sagawards.org

The Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award is presented by the Screen Actors Guild's National Honors and Tributes Committee for "outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession." It predates the 1st Screen Actors Guild Awards by over thirty years. The award's first recipient was performer and comedian Eddie Cantor, in 1962. [1] Since then, it has been presented every year except 1963, 1981 and 2021. On two occasions, two people received the award the same year: in 1985, when it was presented to actor Paul Newman and actress Joanne Woodward, [2] and in 2000, when it was presented to civil rights activists Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. [3] The award was not given in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As of 2025, 63 people have received the award, of whom 40 are men and 23 women.

Award recipients

YearImageRecipient(s)PresenterRef.
1962 Eddie Cantor 1945.JPG Eddie Cantor N/a [1]
1963Not awarded
1964 Stan Laurel c1920.jpg Stan Laurel N/a [4]
1965 Bob Hope, 1978.jpg Bob Hope Charlton Heston [5]
1966 Barbara Stanwyck-publicity.jpg Barbara Stanwyck Ronald Reagan [6]
1967 William Gargan circa 1950s.JPG William Gargan N/a [7]
1968 Annex - Stewart, James (Call Northside 777) 01.jpg James Stewart Henry Fonda [8]
1969 Edward G. Robinson - still.jpg Edward G. Robinson N/a [9]
1970 Gregory Peck 1948.jpg Gregory Peck Charlton Heston [10]
1971 Charlton Heston - 1953.jpg Charlton Heston N/a [11]
1972 Frank Sinatra (1957 studio portrait close-up).jpg Frank Sinatra N/a [12]
1973 Martha Raye - still.JPG Martha Raye N/a [13]
1974 Walter Pidgeon-publicity.JPG Walter Pidgeon N/a [14]
1975 Rosalind Russell 1956.JPG Rosalind Russell N/a [15]
1976 Pearl Bailey - publicity.jpg Pearl Bailey N/a [16]
1977 James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy trailer 2.jpg James Cagney N/a [17]
1978 EdgarBergenandCharlieMcCarthyStageDoorCanteen1.jpg Edgar Bergen N/a [18]
1979 Katharine Hepburn publicity photograph.jpg Katharine Hepburn N/a [19]
1980 Leon Ames in The Postman Always Rings Twice trailer.jpg Leon Ames N/a [20]
1981Not awarded
1982 Kaye, Danny.jpg Danny Kaye N/a [21]
1983 Ralph Bellamy still.jpg Ralph Bellamy N/a [22]
1984 Iggie Wolfington N/a [23]
1985 Paul Newman - 1963.jpg Paul Newman N/a [2]
Joanne Woodward 1960.JPG Joanne Woodward N/a
1986 Nanette Fabray - 1950.jpg Nanette Fabray N/a [24]
1987 Red Skelton 1960 rebalance.jpg Red Skelton N/a [25]
1988 Gene kelly.jpg Gene Kelly N/a [26]
1989 Jack Lemmon - 1968.jpg Jack Lemmon N/a [27]
1990 Brock Peters 1961.JPG Brock Peters N/a [28]
1991 Burt Lancaster - publicity 1947.JPG Burt Lancaster N/a [29]
1992 Audrey Hepburn 1956om (3x4 cropped).jpg Audrey Hepburn N/a [30]
1993 Fantasy Island Ricardo Montalban (cropped).jpg Ricardo Montalbán Judson Scott [31]
1994 George Burns 1961.JPG George Burns Ann-Margret [32]
1995 Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here - Robert Redford photo.jpg Robert Redford Tom Skerritt [33]
1996 Studio publicity Angela Lansbury.jpg Angela Lansbury Glenn Close [34]
1997 Elizabeth Taylor, late 1950s.jpg Elizabeth Taylor Gregory Peck accepted the award on Taylor's behalf as she was hospitalized and unable to attend the awards ceremony. [35]
1998 Studio publicity Kirk Douglas.jpg Kirk Douglas Michael Douglas [36]
1999 Sidney Poitier 1968.jpg Sidney Poitier Denzel Washington [37]
2000 Ossiedavis.jpg Ossie Davis Whoopi Goldberg [3]
Ruby Dee - 1972.jpg Ruby Dee
2001 Ed Asner - 1985.jpg Ed Asner Tom Selleck [38]
2002 Clint Eastwood-Rawhide publicity.JPG Clint Eastwood Ray Romano and Morgan Freeman [39]
2003 Karl Malden - autographed.jpg Karl Malden Michael Douglas [40]
2004 James Garner Maverick.jpg James Garner Mel Gibson and Julie Andrews [41]
2005 Shirley Temple 1949.jpg Shirley Temple Jamie Lee Curtis [42]
2006 Julie Andrews Park Hyatt, Sydney, Australia 2013.jpg Julie Andrews Anne Hathaway [43]
2007 CharlesDurningMay2008.jpg Charles Durning Burt Reynolds [44]
2008 James Earl Jones (8516667383).jpg James Earl Jones Forest Whitaker [45]
2009 Betty White 2010.jpg Betty White Sandra Bullock [46]
2010 Ernest-Borgnine 2004.JPEG Ernest Borgnine Morgan Freeman [47]
2011 Mary Tyler Moore rework.jpg Mary Tyler Moore Dick Van Dyke [48]
2012 Dick Van Dyke by Gage Skidmore.jpg Dick Van Dyke Alec Baldwin [49]
2013 Rita Moreno 2014.jpg Rita Moreno Morgan Freeman [50]
2014 Debbie Reynolds.jpg Debbie Reynolds Carrie Fisher [51]
2015 Carol Burnett 2014.jpg Carol Burnett Tina Fey and Amy Poehler [52]
2016 Lily Tomlin 2014.jpg Lily Tomlin Dolly Parton [53]
2017 Morgan Freeman Deauville 2018.jpg Morgan Freeman Rita Moreno [54]
2018 Alan Alda 2015.jpg Alan Alda Tom Hanks [55]
2019 Robert De Niro Cannes 2016.jpg Robert De Niro Leonardo DiCaprio [56]
2020 Not awarded (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) [57]
2021 Helen Mirren-2208 (cropped).jpg Helen Mirren Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett [58]
2022 Sally Field (11205) (cropped).jpg Sally Field Andrew Garfield [59]
2023 Barbra Streisand with Francis Collins and Anthony Fauci (27806589237) (cropped).jpg Barbra Streisand Jennifer Aniston and Bradley Cooper [60]
2024 Jane Fonda at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival (cropped).jpg Jane Fonda Julia Louis-Dreyfus [61]
2025 Harrison Ford - Televerse 2025 (cropped).jpg Harrison Ford Woody Harrelson [62]

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