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Harrison Ford was honored with the Profession Achievement Award throughout Sunday’s Critics Choice awards telecast.
“I’m actually completely satisfied to be right here tonight to see what our enterprise is popping into and all the gifted people who find themselves getting alternatives that in all probability wouldn’t have existed in my early a part of my profession. I’m actually completely satisfied about that,” Ford stated throughout his speech. “I’m right here due to a mix of luck and the work of fantastic administrators, writers and filmmakers. I really feel enormously fortunate.”
Ford additionally went on to acknowledge his spouse, actress Calista Flockhart, who accompanied him to the ceremony.
“I wish to thank my pretty spouse Calista Flockhart, who helps me once I want plenty of assist – and I would like plenty of assist,” he joked.
Heading into the night, Ford was additionally nominated for supporting actor in a comedy collection nominee for his efficiency within the Apple TV+ present “Shrinking.” The award went to “The Bear” star Ebon Moss-Bachrach.
Ford additionally at present stars alongside Helen Mirren in “1923,” the “Yellowstone” spinoff collection on Paramount+.
The Hollywood veteran has stuffed many iconic roles in his decades-long movie and TV profession.
Choosing his greatest recognized is prone to trigger debate.
Ford starred as Han Solo in George Lucas’s “Star Wars” within the late Seventies, showing alongside the late Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill. He has portrayed Solo in 5 “Star Wars” movies, together with the latest, 2019’s “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker.”
He’s additionally recognized for starring as Indiana Jones within the storied franchise that first debuted in 1984 with “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” He has since appeared in 4 “Indiana Jones” sequels.
Ford snapped Indy’s whip one final time in final 12 months’s fifth installment of the franchise, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Future,” telling audiences that his look within the film could be his final curtain call because the legendary cinematic hero.
Ford has additionally appeared in a variety of critically acclaimed movies together with the Oscar-winning battle drama “Apocalypse Now” in 1979 and the Ridley Scott-directed sci-fi thriller “Blade Runner” in 1982. His different credit embody “Patriot Video games,” “Air Drive One,” “What Lies Beneath” and “Ender’s Sport.”
In 2025, Harrison will seem in one more iconic franchise when he stars as Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross in Marvel’s “Captain America: Courageous New World” alongside Anthony Mackie.
The 2024 Critics Selection Awards was held on Sunday in Santa Monica and hosted by comic Chelsea Handler.