Harrison Ford looked back on his iconic career as he received the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award during the 2026 Actor Awards.

The Shrinking star, 83, accepted the honor from with a moving speech during the Sunday, March 1, ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles.

“I feel incredibly grateful for this kind of attention, but to be clear, I also am quite humbled. I’m in a room with actors, many of whom are here because they’ve been nominated to receive a prize for their amazing work, while I’m here to receive a prize for being alive,” Ford emotionally began. “That said, it’s a little weird to be getting a Lifetime Achievement Award at the half-point of my career. It’s a little early, isn’t it? I’m still a working actor.”

Ford further acknowledged his history as a performer.

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“I was not an overnight success. I struggled for about 15 years, going from acting job to carpentry and back to acting till I finally got a part in a wildly successful film. None of this happened on my own, thank you, George Lucas, [and] thank you, Steven Spielberg,” he said. “In my third year of college, I was a little lost. I was failing at school, I felt isolated and alone, and then I found a company of people putting on plays, storytellers. People I once thought were misfits and geeks turned out to be ‘my people.’ I found a calling, a life in storytelling, an identity in pretending to be other people. Work I do with other actors is one of the great joys of my life. My career is built on their work, as well as the work of writers, directors and every single cast member, every crew member I’ve ever been on a set with.”

Ford also gushed about his “incredible collaborators at every step” of his journey.

“Being able to deliver the work that we create together to an audience is an honor and a privilege, and because of that privilege, I’ve come to know myself,” he continued. “Ours is a tough business to get into, [and] in my case it’s been a tough business to get out of — thank God, ’cause I love what I do. As actors we get to live many lives, we get to explore many ideas that are firm and elevate our shared experience.”

Ford added, “The stories we tell have a unique capacity to create moments of emotional connection. They bring us together, 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. Sometimes we make entertainment, sometimes we make art, sometimes, we’re lucky, we get to make both at the same time. And if we’re really fortunate, we also get to make a living doing it.”

Ford further revealed how “lucky” he feels to live his dreams.

“I’m indeed a lucky guy, lucky to have found my people, lucky to have work that challenges me and lucky to be still doing it. I don’t take that for granted,” he said. “I want to say thank you, truly, from the bottom of my heart to my peers, to my extraordinary, beautiful wife, Calista [Flockhart], and my family, who have given me love and courage through all of it, and thank you to SAG-AFTRA for honoring me with this prize. This is very encouraging.”

SAG-AFTRA announced Ford as the latest recipient of the Life Achievement Award in December 2025.

“Harrison Ford is a singular presence in American life; an actor whose iconic characters have shaped world culture. His career has been endlessly exciting, always returning to his love of acting,” SAG-AFTRA president Sean Astin said in a statement at the time. “We are honored to celebrate a legend whose impact on our craft is indelible.”

In his own statement, Ford added, “I am deeply honored to be chosen as this year’s recipient of the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award. To be acknowledged by my fellow actors means a great deal to me. 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.”

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Ford joins the ranks of previous SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award recipients such as Clint Eastwood, James Earl Jones, Dick Van Dyke, Carol Burnett, Robert De Niro, Helen Mirren, Sally Field, Barbra Streisand and Jane Fonda.

Ford is known for his legendary roles as Han Solo in the Star Wars franchise and the titular archaeologist in the Indiana Jones franchise. His other notable films include 1982’s Blade Runner, 1985’s Witness, 1992’s Patriot Games, 1993’s The Fugitive and 1997’s Air Force One.

More recently, Ford has made his mark on the television industry, starring on the Paramount+ series 1923 from 2022 to 2025 and the Apple TV show Shrinking since 2023.

Despite his lengthy list of acting credits, Ford has yet to costar with wife Calista Flockhart, whom he has been married to since June 2010.

“That’s just the circumstantial reality where we haven’t been offered something where we’d work together,” he exclusively told Us Weekly in February 2025, adding that he would “love to work” with Flockhart, 61, if the right opportunity came along.

Ford also revealed that his current role on Shrinking allows him to enjoy more quality time with his family. (He is the father of sons Ben, 59, and Willard, 56, with ex-wife Mary Marquardt, son Malcolm, 38, and daughter Georgia, 35, with late ex-wife Melissa Mathison and son Liam, 25, with Flockhart.)

“This is the best job I’ve ever had,” he explained. “I live half an hour away. I go home and I sleep in my own bed. I’m in the same town as my wife and children and I’m doing really smart, intelligent storytelling with incredibly talented people.”

Editor’s note: The below interview contains spoilers for Dark Winds Season 4 Episode 3.

Three episodes into Dark Winds Season 4, and the AMC neo-Western crime drama is pulling no punches. In this week’s “Ahááldláádígíí (That Which Has Been Torn Apart),” Lt. Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) encounters Season 4 antagonist Irene Vaggan (Franka Potente) for the first time. It becomes clear to our Navajo hero that the killer-for-hire is obsessed with him — and that makes her even more dangerous. Ahead of the Season 4 premiere, Collider had the chance to speak with McClarnon about what fans can expect in Season 4, the strange dynamic between Leaphorn and Vaggan, and his new role as a director.

Zahn McClarnon Reveals the Real Similarity Between Joe and Vaggan in ‘Dark Winds’ Season 4

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COLLIDER: If fans weren’t sure that Dark Winds could get more intense in its fourth year, I think Irene Vaggan and everything going on with that proves that it’s not slowing down any time soon. The scene in Episode 3 between you and Franka Potente, where she confronts Joe at the sweat, is especially chilling. Obviously, some of their differences are clear, but in what ways, if any, do you think there are commonalities between Joe and Vaggan? What makes her so interested in Joe?

ZAHN McCLARNON: Well, what makes her interested in Joe… That’s probably a Franka question. But she’s German, and she grew up with these books, these Winnetou books by Karl May. There’s a subculture in Germany [where] they have these weekend campouts, and people dress up as Natives. These actually still take place. They’re not Renaissance Faires, but people dress up in buckskin and play “mountain man and muskets.” They do that in Germany. It’s a subculture; they’re fascinated with Native American culture.

So, this character, Irene Vaggan, grew up with those books, the Winnetou books, and she seems to be fascinated, obsessed, with Joe Leaphorn. She’s a hitman. She kills people. And what do I think that I have in common with a Nazi hit-person? [Laughs] She’s certainly strong-willed. How’s that? When she wants something, she definitely goes for it. I think that Joe has those same strengths for putting himself out there and believing in something. That strength of believing is something so strong, and Joe just believes in other things. He believes in his culture, he believes in his job and what he does in protecting his people. He has different values, but he believes in those values.

Come Season 4, Joe is almost a new man after everything he went through in Season 3 and all the changes that have happened in that time between. We spoke last year on set about Leaphorn’s need to find balance in his life, something that Vaggan actually notes as well. In your estimation, what is it that he is actually needing to balance to become that man that Emma first fell in love with again?

McCLARNON: Yeah, that’s a good point with Franka… I think Vaggan is looking for that balance as well. Yeah, you’re right. I think that is what they do have in common — quite a bit — is that search for balance. Vaggan is searching for something that she never had growing up. I think they definitely have that in common because Joe is searching for what the Diné people call “hózhó,” which is “balance” and “peace of mind.”

I don’t think Joe has got his head straight yet. I don’t know if Joe will ever get his head straight. I think, as human beings, we’re always searching for that balance and happiness and peace of mind. This season, as Joe leans on his cultural ways, his ceremonies, to go back and to find that balance, that hózhó… Does he completely find it? Is he better from last season? I think he’s still dealing with the fact that some of the decisions that he’s made in the past are biting him in the butt. He might lose everything he loves, that he values. That’s Emma (Deanna Allison) and his job. He values those things, out of everything in life, more than anything. So, he’s on the edge.

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In addition to headlining the series and serving as an executive producer, this season you also directed Episode 2 [“Bikéé’ Doo Éédahoozįįdę́ę́góó (Toward Their Unknown Paths)”], which included that killer shootout in the diner at the beginning. What was the transition like going from acting in front of the camera to directing the action from behind it? Was that something you’ve wanted to do for a long time?

McCLARNON: It actually wasn’t really on my radar, to be honest with you. It’s hard to pass up an opportunity when it’s… It wasn’t exactly offered, it was more: “What do you think about directing?” You know what I mean? It just became an idea. At first, it terrified me because I had never really thought about directing before. Except being on set for 30 years, I didn’t know anything about directing, to be honest with you. And I’ve become so embedded in this show, and being on this show for four seasons, I’ve learned more in these four seasons than I have in 30 years of being on any other set.

So, when it was suggested to me… I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to learn more about [it.] Because I’m learning about producing, I’m learning about the writing room, I’m learning about production and being an EP on this show, casting, etc. Dealing with the meetings, with the network meetings, and marketing… I’m learning so much, so I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to learn even more. And directing? I have such a great team. I mean, I’ve got experienced directors that were sitting next to me. I’ve got very experienced 1st ADs, DPs, that we all collaborated. So, it was a huge collaborative effort. We’re going to try and do it again [next] season.

That’s great. Do you think you’ll try your hand at maybe writing an episode in the future?

McCLARNON: I don’t know about writing… I don’t think I have the brain to write. I’m too critical. [Laughs] I can barely get through an episode of television without questioning every movement I make. So, in writing, it would even be worse because I’m sitting alone in a room writing a script — if I wasn’t a part of the writing room — and… I don’t know if I could ever get through… I would always be questioning: “Well, it could be this way. It could be that way.” And I don’t have anyone around me to correct me? If I was writing by myself. I’d probably drive myself crazy. I really would. Who knows, though! You never know.

Maybe they’ll pull you into the room and say, “Give us your ideas.”

Maybe, yeah, if [showrunner John Wirth] asked me. But you’re asking a #1 on a TV show to come into the writing room? I don’t know if that’s the greatest idea. Everybody would be kind of walking on eggshells around the lead actor. I’m not sure that’s a great idea.

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Stone previously dated Andrew Garfield, with whom she appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel. The costars were together for four years until Us Weekly confirmed in October 2015 that they had called it quits.

The next year, Stone hosted Saturday Night Live for the third time. At that point, McCary had been working behind-the-scenes at the NBC sketch comedy series for three seasons, having joined as a segment producer in 2013 alongside buddies Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett. The California native directed the Maniac actress in a digital short titled “Wells for Boys.”

Sparks seemingly flew between the two, but it wasn’t until October 2017 that their relationship was confirmed. Four months earlier, they were spotted leaving the premiere of Brigsby Bear, a comedy-drama directed by McCary and produced by Andy Samberg‘s The Lonely Island.

By December 2019, the pair were engaged. Us broke the news in January 2021 that Stone was pregnant, several months after the couple quietly tied the knot.

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