Al Pacino to Receive SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award on Feb. 28 Al Pacino, 86, will become the 62nd recipient of the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award at the 33rd annual Actor Awards on Feb. 28 in Los Angeles, honoring his career and humanitarian work. Al Pacino has been named the next recipient of the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award. The guild announced the selection on Thursday, October 15, 2026. The 86-year-old star of Dog Day Afternoon, Scent of a Woman and a trilogy of Godfather films is the 62nd actor to receive the highest honor handed out by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. I wondered and wandered most of my life but have always felt at home with a script and my fellow actors. It's the work and the actors along the way that have been among the greatest joys of my life, Pacino said in a statement Thursday. It's an honor to be recognized by SAG-AFTRA in celebrating the journey, he said.Pacino To Receive SAG Award In Los AngelesHe'll pick up the prize on Feb. 28 at the 33rd annual Actor Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The show will stream live on Netflix. The award also honors humanitarian work, and the guild cited Pacino's charitable efforts for disaster relief, fighting hunger and poverty and his support for local theater companies, including the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles.The native New Yorker was a young actor best known for his stage work when director Francis Ford Coppola tapped him to play Michael Corleone in 1972's The Godfather against the wishes of a studio that wanted an established star in the coveted part. He would be nominated for an Oscar for the role and become regarded as one of the finest actors of his generation.He got annual Academy Award nominations for the next three years, for Serpico, The Godfather Part II and Dog Day Afternoon. He would not win until he took best actor for Scent of a Woman in 1993, a year when he was also nominated for supporting actor for Glengarry Glen Ross. He's been nominated nine times overall, most recently in 2020 for The Irishman.Pacino Honored For Career And Humanitarian WorkPacino has also won two competitive Actor Awards from SAG-AFTRA, two Emmys, four Golden Globes and the Globes' lifetime achievement honor, the Cecil B. DeMille Award. I have spent my life in awe and appreciation of the force of nature that is Al Pacino, SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin said in a statement. When you watch him perform, you are witnessing a student and a master.Al Pacino is an artist of extraordinary courage, intensity and heart whose work has always set an exceptional standard of skill and talent. All of that and he's just plain fun to watch, Astin said. The SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award dates to 1962. Previous winners include Barbara Stanwyck, James Stewart, Pearl Bailey, Frank Sinatra, James Cagney, Katharine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Paul Newman, James Earl Jones, Jane Fonda and Harrison Ford.The recognition adds to a long list of honors for Pacino, whose career has spanned more than five decades on stage and screen. His selection was announced as part of the guild's annual awards season, which culminates with the Actor Awards ceremony. The SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award is given for both career achievement and humanitarian contributions. The guild specifically praised Pacino's work supporting disaster relief, efforts to fight hunger and poverty, and his backing of local theater companies.Among those local groups is the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, which has benefited from his support. Pacino's career began in New York theater, where he built a reputation as a powerful stage actor before breaking through in film. His performance as Michael Corleone in The Godfather became one of the defining roles of his career and helped launch him to stardom.Astor And The Godfather Star LegacyDespite studio resistance at the time, Coppola's decision to cast Pacino is now widely seen as a pivotal choice in film history. Pacino followed that role with a string of acclaimed performances that earned him repeated Academy Award nominations. His Oscar win for Scent of a Woman came after years of nominations, and he was also recognized the same year for Glengarry Glen Ross. More recently, he earned a supporting actor nomination for The Irishman in 2020.In addition to his competitive SAG-AFTRA awards, Pacino has won two Emmys and four Golden Globes. He also received the Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Golden Globes' lifetime achievement honor. The Actor Awards ceremony will take place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and will be available to viewers via Netflix. Pacino's statement reflected on a career spent largely on sets and stages, surrounded by scripts and fellow performers.He said the work and the actors along the way have been among the greatest joys of his life. The guild's highest honor has been presented since 1962 to performers whose careers and humanitarian efforts have left a lasting mark. Pacino joins a list of recipients that includes some of the most celebrated names in entertainment history. His award will be presented during the 33rd annual Actor Awards, adding another major honor to his long career.The ceremony is set for Feb. 28, when Pacino will become the 62nd recipient of the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award. This report was written by Andrew Dalton of The Associated Press.