Harrison Ford accepted the Career Achievement Award.Photo:Kevin Winter/Getty
Kevin Winter/Getty
The2024 Critics Choice Awardsfurther immortalizedHarrison Ford’s action-packed legacy with a career achievement award on Sunday night.
Ford, 81, accepted the award to a standing ovation from the room after a video compilation featuring some of his biggest film successes played. “First of all, I’m really happy to be here tonight to see what our business is turning into, and all of the talented people who are getting opportunities that probably wouldn’t have existed in the early part of my career,” he said.
He continued, “I’m here because of a combination of luck and the work of wonderful writers, directors and filmmakers. I feel enormously lucky. I’m happy for this honor, and I appreciate it very much.”
Ford also took time to thank his wife,Calista Flockhart, for offering him “support.”
“I want to thank my lovely wife, Calista Flockhart, who supports me when I need a lot of support,” he said. “And I need a lot of support.”
Both Ford and Flockhart, 59, appeared to tear up duringthe reference to their marriage.
Harrison Ford and wife Calista Flockhart at the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards.Amy Sussman/WireImage
Amy Sussman/WireImage
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destinydirector James Mangold presented Ford with the statuette during the CW’s broadcast, comparing the legacy actor to a “hypergiant star.”
“A hypergiant is so big that 5 billion of our suns can be contained within it, and they’re so weighty that they pull other heavenly bodies toward them,” Mangold said. “Of course, Harrison Ford is a star, but I submit tonight that he is a variable hypergiant.”
He continued, “A star so big, he contains multitudes. A star so unique he attracts other stars, a star so bright he has warmed each of our lives in this room, in our audience and, likely, on this planet,” he continued.
Harrison Ford accepted the Career Achievement Award from James Mangold.Kevin Winter/Getty
Over an unparalleled five-decade career, the dry-witted Chicago native has carried films, including the epicStar WarsandIndiana Jonesfranchises, that have grossed nearly $10 billion worldwide.
The actor previously said onWho’s Talking to Chris Wallace?thathe has no plans to retire from acting. “I probably enjoy making movies more now than I ever did,” he said.
Harrison Ford waved to the crowd at the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards.Kevin Winter/Getty
In 2023, Ford washonored with a Palme d’Or for lifetime achievementat the newIndiana Jonesmovie’s world premiere atCannes Film Festival, where he paused to take in the film industry and fans' affection for his work.
“I was just trying to keep myself composed,” he later told PEOPLE of the event. “There was very generous applause from the crowd [and] it was positive and humbling and nice."
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source: people.com
