Screen legend Harrison Ford received the highest honour at the 2026 Actor Awards (formerly the SAG Awards ) on Sunday night. Before presenting the Life Achievement Award, actor Woody Harrelson described Ford as a “living legend” and a friend. “I’m here to celebrate one of the greatest actors of all time – Leo DiCaprio,” Woody teased. “You have more talent in your little finger than I have in my little finger. Of all the actors in the world, you’re one of them. Everyone in this industry knows you.” Woody also called Harrison a “true renaissance man”, as well as an “iconic actor, distinguished pilot and a master carpenter who built his own home”. “I don’t know how to work the coffee machine, and it’s a French press,” he then joked. An emotional Harrison Ford on stage at the 2026 Actor Awards After a montage of Harrison’s early career moments and biggest blockbuster movies, the veteran actor delivered an emotional speech that had the entire audience hanging on his every word. “I feel incredibly grateful for this kind attention. But to be clear, I also am quite humbled,” the Star Wars actor began before joking: “That said, it is a little weird to be receiving a lifetime achievement award at the half point of my career. It’s a little weird, isn’t it? I’m still a working actor!” Harrison – who has nearly 90 acting credits to his name – then quipped that he was at the event to “receive a prize for being alive”. In addition, he gave shoutouts to Star Wars creator George Lucas and Indiana Jones director Steven Spielberg, and talked about how he was not an overnight success. “This is a tough business to get into,” Harrison said. “In my case, it’s a tough business to get out of. Thank God, because I love what I do.” As he teared up on stage, he explained why he was fortunate to be a working actor. “The stories we tell have a unique capacity to create moments with emotional connection. They bring us together,” he said. “,So while we’re all at different stages of our lives and careers in this room, we all share something fundamental: We share the privilege of working in the world of ideas, of empathy, of imagination.” Woody Harrelson and Harrison Ford at the Actor Awards. Harrison concluded by offering his gratitude to those who had helped him throughout his career. “I want to say thank you, truly, from the bottom of my heart, to my peers, [and] to my extraordinary, beautiful wife Calista [Flockhart] and my family who have given me love and courage through all of it,” he said. During Harrison’s seven decades in Hollywood, he has tackled numerous roles that became cultural icons, including Han Solo in the Star Wars franchise and archaeologist Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones Jr. in the Indiana Jones movies. He’s also known for portraying Rick Deckard in two Blade Runner films, analyst Jack Ryan (Patriot Games and Clear And Present Danger) and John Book in Witness, which scored him an Oscar nomination. The life achievement accolade isn’t the only honour Harrson has received. He previously earned the Critics’ Choice Career Achievement Award (2024), an honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival (2023), Bafta’s Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award (2015), the Golden Globes’ Cecil B. DeMille Award (2002) and the AFI Life Achievement Award (2000). He has also earned an Emmy nomination for playing Dr. Paul Rhoades in the Apple TV series Shrinking. Ahead of the 2026 Actor Awards ceremony, Harrison said he was “deeply honoured to be chosen as this year’s recipient” of the lifetime achievement prize. “To be acknowledged by my fellow actors means a great deal to me,” he said. “I’ve spent most of my life on film sets, working alongside incredible actors and crews, and I’ve always felt grateful to be part of this community.” Watch Harrison Ford’s Actor Awards speech below: READ MORE: The 2026 Actor Awards Winners List Shows Us How Things Could Go Down At The Oscars Seth Rogen Remembers 'Genius' Catherine O'Hara After Posthumous Actor Award Win Megan Stalter's Hilarious Hamnet Skit Was Our Highlight Of The 2026 Actor Awards