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{{Short description|Film industry award}}
{{Infobox award
| name           = Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
| image          = 
| alt            = 
| caption        = 
| imagesize      = 
| awarded_for    = "outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession"
| presenter      = [[SAG-AFTRA]]
| country        = [[United States]]
| year           = 1962
| holder         = [[Jane Fonda]] (2024)
| website        = [https://www.sagawards.org sagawards.org]
}}
The '''Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award''' is presented by the [[Screen Actors Guild]]'s National Honors and Tributes Committee for "outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession." It predates the [[1st Screen Actors Guild Awards]] by over thirty years. The award's first recipient was performer and comedian [[Eddie Cantor]], in 1962.<ref name="1962 award" /> Since then, it has been presented every year except 1963, 1981 and 2021. On two occasions, two people received the award the same year: in 1985, when it was presented to actor [[Paul Newman]] and actress [[Joanne Woodward]],<ref name="1985 award" /> and in [[6th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2000]], when it was presented to [[Civil and political rights|civil rights]] activists [[Ossie Davis]] and [[Ruby Dee]].<ref name="2000 award" /> The award was not given in 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. As of 2024, 62 people have received the award, of whom 39 are men and 23 women.

==Award recipients==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Image
! scope="col" |Recipient(s)
! scope="col" |Presenter 
! scope="col" |Nationality
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 1962
| [[File:Eddie Cantor 1945.JPG|100px|alt=Eddie Cantor in 1945]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Cantor|[[Eddie Cantor]]}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref name="1962 award">{{cite web|title=1st – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/1st|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822050124/https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/1st|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1963
! scope="row" colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| Not awarded
|-
| 1964
| [[File:Stan Laurel c1920.jpg|100px|alt=Stan Laurel circa 1920]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Laurel|[[Stan Laurel]]}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{flag|UK}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2nd – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/2nd|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821220858/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/2nd|archivedate=August 21, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1965
| [[File:Bob Hope, 1978.jpg|100px|alt=Bob Hope in 1978]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Hope|[[Bob Hope]]}}
| [[Charlton Heston]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=3rd – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/3rd|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822044050/https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/3rd|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1966
| [[File:Barbara Stanwyck-publicity.jpg|100px|alt=Barbara Stanwyck in 1943]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Stanwyck|[[Barbara Stanwyck]]}}
| [[Ronald Reagan]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=4th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/4th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822041340/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/4th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1967
| [[File:William Gargan circa 1950s.JPG|100px]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Gargan|[[William Gargan]]}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=5th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/5th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822044217/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/5th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1968
| [[File:Annex - Stewart, James (Call Northside 777) 01.jpg|100px|alt=James Stewart in 1948]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Stewart|[[James Stewart]]}}
| [[Henry Fonda]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=6th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/6th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822041327/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/6th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1969
| [[File:Edward G. Robinson - still.jpg|100px|alt=Edward G. Robinson circa 1935]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Robinson|[[Edward G. Robinson]]}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{flag|Romania}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=7th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/7th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822041813/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/7th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1970
| [[File:Gregory Peck 1948.jpg|100px|alt=Gregory Peck in 1948]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Peck|[[Gregory Peck]]}}
| [[Charlton Heston]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=8th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/8th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822044206/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/8th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1971
| [[File:Charlton Heston - 1953.jpg|100px|alt=Charlton Heston in The President's Lady (1953)]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Heston|[[Charlton Heston]]}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=9th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/9th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822044133/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/9th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1972
| [[File:Frank Sinatra (1957 studio portrait close-up).jpg|100px|alt=Frank Sinatra in Pal Joey (1957)]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Sinatra|[[Frank Sinatra]]}}
| {{n/a}}
|{{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=10th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/10th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822041410/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/10th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1973
| [[File:Martha Raye - still.JPG|100px|alt=Martha Raye in the 1940s]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Raye|[[Martha Raye]]}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=11th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/11th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821222825/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/11th|archivedate=August 21, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1974
| [[File:Walter Pidgeon-publicity.JPG|100px|alt=Walter Pidgeon in the 1940s]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Pidgeon|[[Walter Pidgeon]]}}
|{{n/a}}
| {{flag|Canada}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=12th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/12th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822045744/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/12th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1975
| [[File:Rosalind Russell 1956.JPG|100px|alt=Rosalind Russell in 1956]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Russell|[[Rosalind Russell]]}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=13th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/13th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822045914/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/13th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1976
| [[File:Pearl Bailey - publicity.jpg|100px|alt=Pearl Bailey circa 1960]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Bailey|[[Pearl Bailey]]}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=14th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/14th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822044155/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/14th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1977
| [[File:James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy trailer 2.jpg|100px|alt=James Cagney in 1942]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Cagney|[[James Cagney]]}}
|{{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=15th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/15th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822044122/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/15th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1978
| [[File:EdgarBergenandCharlieMcCarthyStageDoorCanteen1.jpg|100px|alt=Edgar Bergen with his ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Bergen|[[Edgar Bergen]]}}
|{{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=16th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/16th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822050144/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/16th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1979
| [[File:Katharine Hepburn publicity photograph.jpg|100px|alt=Katherine Hepburn circa 1941]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Hepburn, Katherine|[[Katharine Hepburn]]}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=17th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/17th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822045556/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/17th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1980
| [[File:Leon Ames in The Postman Always Rings Twice trailer.jpg|100px]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Ames|[[Leon Ames]]}}
|{{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=18th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/18th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822045945/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/18th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1981
! scope="row" colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| Not awarded
|-
| 1982
| [[File:Kaye, Danny.jpg|100px|alt=Danny Kaye undated]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Kaye|[[Danny Kaye]]}}
|{{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=19th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/19th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822045644/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/19th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1983
| [[File:Ralph Bellamy still.jpg|100px|alt=Ralph Bellamy in 1971]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Bellamy|[[Ralph Bellamy]]}}
|{{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=20th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/20th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821223930/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/20th|archivedate=August 21, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1984
|
! scope="row" | {{sort|Wolfington|[[Iggie Wolfington]]}}
|{{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=21st – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/21st|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822041859/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/21st|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1985
| [[File:Paul Newman - 1963.jpg|100px|alt=Paul Newman in 1963]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Newman|[[Paul Newman]]}}
|{{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| rowspan="2"|<ref name="1985 award">{{cite web|title=22nd – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/22nd|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821221242/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/22nd|archivedate=August 21, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:Joanne Woodward 1960.JPG|100px|alt=Joanne Woodward in 1960]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Woodward|[[Joanne Woodward]]}}
|{{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
|-
| 1986
| [[File:Nanette Fabray - 1950.jpg|100px|alt=Nanette February in 1950]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Fabray|[[Nanette Fabray]]}}
|{{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=23rd – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/23rd|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112062035/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/23rd|archivedate=November 12, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 1987
| [[File:Red Skelton 1960 rebalance.jpg|100px|alt=Red Skelton in 1960]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Skelton|[[Red Skelton]]}}
|{{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=24th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/24th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822041739/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/24th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1988
| [[File:Gene kelly.jpg|100px|alt=Gene Kelly in 1943]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Kelly|[[Gene Kelly]]}}
|{{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=25th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/25th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822041841/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/25th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1989
| [[File:Jack Lemmon - 1968.jpg|100px|alt=Jack Lemmon in 1968]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Lemmon|[[Jack Lemmon]]}}
|{{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=26th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/26th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822041728/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/26th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1990
| [[File:Brock Peters 1961.JPG|100px|alt=Brock Peters in 1961]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Peters|[[Brock Peters]]}}
|{{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=27th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/27th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822041802/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/27th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1991
| [[File:Burt Lancaster - publicity 1947.JPG|100px|alt=Burt Lancaster in 1947]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Lancaster|[[Burt Lancaster]]}}
|{{n/a}}
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=28th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/28th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822041824/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/28th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1992
|[[File:Audrey Hepburn 1956om (3x4 cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Audrey Hepburn in 1956]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Hepburn, Audrey|[[Audrey Hepburn]]}}
|{{n/a}}
| {{flag|UK}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=29th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/29th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822050018/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/29th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1993
| [[File:Fantasy Island Ricardo Montalban (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Ricardo Montalbán in Fantasy Island (1977)]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Montalbán|[[Ricardo Montalbán]]}}
|[[Judson Scott]]
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=30th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/30th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822041751/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/30th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[1st Screen Actors Guild Awards|1994]]
| [[File:George Burns 1961.JPG|100px|alt=George Burns in 1961]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Burns|[[George Burns]]}}
|[[Ann-Margret]] 
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=31st – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/31st|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822041910/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/31st|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards|1995]]
| [[File:Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here – Robert Redford photo.jpg|100px|alt=Robert Redford in 1969]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Redford|[[Robert Redford]]}}
| [[Tom Skerritt]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=32nd – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/32nd|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822044101/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/32nd|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards|1996]]
| [[File:Studio publicity Angela Lansbury.jpg|100px|alt=Angela Lansbury in 1950]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Lansbury|[[Angela Lansbury]]}}
|[[Glenn Close]]
| {{flag|UK}}<br>{{flag|USA}}<br>{{flag|Ireland}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=33rd – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/33rd|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822041355/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/33rd|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[4th Screen Actors Guild Awards|1997]]
| [[File:Elizabeth Taylor, late 1950s.jpg|100px|alt=Elizabeth Taylor in 1956]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Taylor|[[Elizabeth Taylor]]}}
|[[Gregory Peck]] accepted the award on Taylor's behalf as she was hospitalized and unable to attend the awards ceremony.
| {{flag|UK}}<br>{{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=34th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/34th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031533/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/34th|archivedate=December 1, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[5th Screen Actors Guild Awards|1998]]
| [[File:Studio publicity Kirk Douglas.jpg|100px|alt=Kirk Douglas circa 1955]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Douglas|[[Kirk Douglas]]}}
|[[Michael Douglas]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=35th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/35th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822041957/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/35th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[6th Screen Actors Guild Awards|1999]]
| [[File:Sidney Poitier 1968.jpg|100px|alt=Sidney Poitier in 1968]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Poitier|[[Sidney Poitier]]}}
|[[Denzel Washington]]
| {{flag|Bahamas}}<br>{{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=36th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/36th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630053347/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/36th|archivedate=June 30, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[7th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2000]]
| [[File:Ossiedavis.jpg|100px|alt=Ossie Davis in 1966]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Davis|[[Ossie Davis]]}}
| rowspan="2"|[[Whoopi Goldberg]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| rowspan="2"|<ref name="2000 award">{{cite web|title=37th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/37th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822050156/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/37th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:Ruby Dee - 1972.jpg|100px|alt=Rudy Dee in 1972]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Dee|[[Ruby Dee]]}}
| {{flag|USA}}
|-
| [[8th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2001]]
| [[File:Ed Asner - 1985.jpg|100px|alt=Ed Asner in 1985]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Asner|[[Ed Asner]]}}
|[[Tom Selleck]] 
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=38th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/38th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822041422/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/38th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[9th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2002]]
| [[File:Clint Eastwood-Rawhide publicity.JPG|100px|alt=Clint Eastwood in 2010]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Eastwood|[[Clint Eastwood]]}}
|[[Ray Romano]] and [[Morgan Freeman]] 
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=39th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/39th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822045849/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/39th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[10th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2003]]
| [[File:Karl Malden - autographed.jpg|100px|alt=Karl Malden circa 1950s]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Malden|[[Karl Malden]]}}
|[[Michael Douglas]] 
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=40th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/40th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822044144/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/40th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[11th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2004]]
| [[File:James Garner Maverick.jpg|100px|alt=James Garner in 1959]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Garner|[[James Garner]]}}
|[[Mel Gibson]] and [[Julie Andrews]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=41st – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/41st|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822050207/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/41st|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[12th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2005]]
| [[File:Shirley Temple 1949.jpg|100px|alt=Shirley Temple in 1949]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Temple|[[Shirley Temple]]}}
|[[Jamie Lee Curtis]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Shirley Temple Black Honored with Life Achievement Award|url=https://www.sagaftra.org/content/shirley-temple-black-honored-with-life-achievement-award-0|website=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=February 9, 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180209023407/https://www.sagaftra.org/content/shirley-temple-black-honored-with-life-achievement-award-0|archivedate=February 9, 2018|date=September 12, 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[13th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2006]]
| [[File:Julie Andrews Park Hyatt, Sydney, Australia 2013.jpg|100px|alt=Julie Andrews in 2013]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Andrews|[[Julie Andrews]]}}
|[[Anne Hathaway]]
| {{flag|UK}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Julie Andrews honored with SAG's lifetime achievement award|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/arts/29iht-web.0130sagandrews.4384314.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=February 9, 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180209025900/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/arts/29iht-web.0130sagandrews.4384314.html|archivedate=February 9, 2018|date=January 29, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[14th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2007]]
| [[File:CharlesDurningMay2008.jpg|100px|alt=Charles Durning in 2008]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Durning|[[Charles Durning]]}}
|[[Burt Reynolds]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=44th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/44th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822045515/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/44th|archivedate=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[15th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2008]]
| [[File:James Earl Jones (8516667383).jpg|100px|alt=James Earl Jones in 2013]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Jones|[[James Earl Jones]]}}
|[[Forest Whitaker]] 
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=James Earl Jones Honored with 2008 SAG Life Achievement Award|url=https://www.sagaftra.org/press-releases/october-02-2008/james-earl-jones-honored-with-2008-screen-actors-guild-life-achieveme|website=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=February 9, 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180209030016/https://www.sagaftra.org/press-releases/october-02-2008/james-earl-jones-honored-with-2008-screen-actors-guild-life-achieveme|archivedate=February 9, 2018|date=October 2, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[16th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2009]]
| [[File:Betty White 2010.jpg|100px|alt=Betty White in 2010]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|White|[[Betty White]]}}
| [[Sandra Bullock]] 
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|last1=Gaita|first1=Paul|title=Betty White to receive SAG Lifetime Achievement Award|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2009/09/betty-white-to-receive-sag-lifetime-achievement-award.html|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=February 9, 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180209025657/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2009/09/betty-white-to-receive-sag-lifetime-achievement-award.html|archivedate=February 9, 2018|date=September 15, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[17th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2010]]
| [[File:Ernest-Borgnine 2004.JPEG|100px|alt=Ernest Borgnine in 2004]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Borgnine|[[Ernest Borgnine]]}}
|[[Morgan Freeman]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|last1=Cina|first1=Mark|title=SAG Awards 2011: Tearful Ernest Borgnine Receives Life Achievement Award|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sag-awards-2011-tearful-ernest-94497|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|accessdate=February 9, 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180209030202/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sag-awards-2011-tearful-ernest-94497|archivedate=February 9, 2018|date=January 30, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[18th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2011]]
| [[File:Mary Tyler Moore rework.jpg|100px|alt=Mary Tyler Moore in 2011]] 
! scope="row" | {{sort|Moore|[[Mary Tyler Moore]]}}
|[[Dick Van Dyke]] 
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=48th – SAG Awards|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/48th|website=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|publisher=[[SAG-AFTRA]]|accessdate=January 27, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819103109/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/life-achievement-award-recipient/48th|archivedate=August 19, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[19th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2012]]
| [[File:Dick Van Dyke by Gage Skidmore.jpg|100px|alt=Dick Van Dyke in 2007]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Van Dyke|[[Dick Van Dyke]]}}
|[[Alec Baldwin]] 
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|last1=Lang|first1=Brent|title=Dick Van Dyke to Receive SAG Lifetime Achievement Award|url=https://www.thewrap.com/dick-van-dyke-receive-sag-lifetime-achievement-award-52826/|website=[[TheWrap]]|accessdate=February 9, 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180209030533/https://www.thewrap.com/dick-van-dyke-receive-sag-lifetime-achievement-award-52826/|archivedate=February 9, 2018|date=August 22, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[20th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2013]]
| [[File:Rita Moreno 2014.jpg|100px|alt=Rita Moreno in 2011]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Moreno|[[Rita Moreno]]}}
|[[Morgan Freeman]]
| {{flag|Puerto Rico}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=SAG Awards 2014: Rita Moreno receives lifetime award, drops F-bomb|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sag-awards-2014-rita-moreno-receives-lifetime-award-drops-f-bomb/|website=[[CBS News]]|accessdate=February 9, 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180209030909/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sag-awards-2014-rita-moreno-receives-lifetime-award-drops-f-bomb/|archivedate=February 9, 2018|date=January 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[21st Screen Actors Guild Awards|2014]]
| [[File:Debbie Reynolds.jpg|100px|alt=Debbie Reynolds in 1987]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Reynolds|[[Debbie Reynolds]]}}
|[[Carrie Fisher]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite magazine|last1=McSpadden|first1=Kevin|title=Debbie Reynolds Wins the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award|url=https://time.com/3681987/debbie-reynolds-sag-lifetime-achievement-award/|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=February 9, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180209023708/http://time.com/3681987/debbie-reynolds-sag-lifetime-achievement-award/|archive-date=February 9, 2018|date=January 26, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards|2015]]
| [[File:Carol Burnett 2014.jpg|100px|alt=Carol Burnett in 2014]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Burnett|[[Carol Burnett]]}}
| [[Tina Fey]] and [[Amy Poehler]] 
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|last1=Strause|first1=Jackie|title=SAG Awards: Carol Burnett Accepts Life Achievement Award From Tina Fey, Amy Poehler|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/carol-burnett-receives-sag-life-860589|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|accessdate=February 9, 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180209025022/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/carol-burnett-receives-sag-life-860589|archivedate=February 9, 2018|date=January 30, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards|2016]]
| [[File:Lily Tomlin 2014.jpg|100px|alt=Lily Tomlin in 2014]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Tomlin|[[Lily Tomlin]]}}
| [[Dolly Parton]] 
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=Lily Tomlin to Receive SAG Life Achievement Award|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/awards/lily-tomlin-sag-lifetime-achievement-1201830410/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=February 9, 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180209023605/http://variety.com/2016/film/awards/lily-tomlin-sag-lifetime-achievement-1201830410/|archivedate=February 9, 2018|date=August 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[24th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2017]]
| [[File:Morgan Freeman Deauville 2018.jpg|100px|alt=Morgan Freeman in 2016]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Freeman|[[Morgan Freeman]]}}
| [[Rita Moreno]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=Morgan Freeman to Receive SAG Life Achievement Award|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/awards/morgan-freeman-wins-sag-achievement-award-1202535307/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=February 9, 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180209023010/http://variety.com/2017/film/awards/morgan-freeman-wins-sag-achievement-award-1202535307/|archivedate=February 9, 2018|date=August 22, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[25th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2018]]
| [[File:Alan Alda 2015.jpg|100px|alt=Alan Alda in 2014]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Alda|[[Alan Alda]]}}
| [[Tom Hanks]] 
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web |last1=McNary |first1=Dave |title=Alan Alda to Receive SAG Life Achievement Award |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/alan-alda-sag-life-achievement-award-1202968585/ |website=Variety |accessdate=October 4, 2018 |date=October 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[26th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2019]]
| [[File:Robert De Niro Cannes 2016.jpg|100px|alt=Robert De Niro in 2016]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|De Niro|[[Robert De Niro]]}}
| [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Robert De Niro to Be Honored with 2019 SAG Life Achievement Award |url=https://www.sagawards.org/media/news/releases/robert-de-niro-be-honored-2019-sag-life-achievement-award |website=SAG Awards |accessdate=December 29, 2019 |date=November 12, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[27th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2020]]
! scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| Not awarded (due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]])
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Robb |first1=David |title=No Life Achievement Award At Upcoming SAG Awards For First Time In 40 Years |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/sag-awards-2021-no-life-achievement-honor-first-time-in-40-years-1234720868/ |website=Deadline |publisher=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=19 November 2021| date=March 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[28th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2021]]
| [[File:Helen Mirren-2208 (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Helen Mirren in 2020]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Mirren|[[Helen Mirren]]}}
| [[Kate Winslet]] and [[Cate Blanchett]]
| {{flag|UK}}
| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Schneider |first1=Michael |title=Helen Mirren to Receive the 2021 SAG Life Achievement Award |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/helen-mirren-sag-awards-life-achievement-2021-1235114925/ |website=Variety |date=18 November 2021 |access-date=November 20, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[29th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2022]]
| [[File:Sally Field (11205) (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Sally Field in 2018]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Field|[[Sally Field]]}}
| [[Andrew Garfield]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Sally Field To Receive 2023 SAG Life Achievement Award |date=2023-01-17 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228180734/https://deadline.com/2023/01/sally-field-2023-sag-life-achievement-award-1235224389/ |archive-date=2023-02-28 |url-status=live |url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/sally-field-2023-sag-life-achievement-award-1235224389/}}</ref>
|-
| [[30th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2023]]
| [[File:Barbra Streisand with Francis Collins and Anthony Fauci (27806589237) (cropped).jpg|alt=Barbra Streisand|137x137px]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Streisand|[[Barbra Streisand]]}}
| [[Jennifer Aniston]] and [[Bradley Cooper]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web |date=2023-12-14 |title=Barbra Streisand to be honored with the 2023 SAG Life Achievement Award |url=https://www.sagaftra.org/barbra-streisand-be-honored-2023-sag-life-achievement-award |website=[[SAG-AFTRA]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[31st Screen Actors Guild Awards|2024]]
| [[File:Jane Fonda Cannes 2015.jpg|100px|alt=Jane Fonda in 2025]]
! scope="row" | {{sort|Fonda|[[Jane Fonda]]}}
| [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]]
| {{flag|USA}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jane-fonda-sag-life-achievement-award-1236033885/ |title=Jane Fonda to Receive 2024 SAG Life Achievement Award |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=October 17, 2024 |access-date=October 18, 2024}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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{{SAG Awards Chron}}
{{Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award}}

[[Category:Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award| ]]
[[Category:Screen Actors Guild Awards| ]]
[[Category:Lifetime achievement awards]]