Robert De Niro to be honoured with 2019 SAG Life Achievement Award

Hollywood veteran and double Oscar winner Robert De Niro will receive Life Achievement Award from Screen Actors Guild (SAG) at 26th edition of ceremony next year. According to a press release issued on Tuesday, actor has been named 56th recipient of SAG-AFTRA's highest tribute: SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment.

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76-year-old De Niro will be presented hour on January 19, 2020.  SAG Life Achievement Award is given annually to an actor who fosters "finest ideals of acting profession".

"I have been a member of this union for over 50 years. It's an hor to receive this award from SAG-AFTRA," De Niro said in a statement.

star of "Taxi Driver," " Deer Hunter" and "Silver Linings Playbook" will d award to his impressive catalog hours, which also includes a Golden Globe, Cecil B DeMille Award, a Presidential Medal of Freedom, a GLD Excellence in Media Award and Film Society of Lincoln Center's Chaplin Award.

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In a reference to his roles in films " Godfar 2", "Raging Bull" and " Intern", Gabrielle Carteris, president of SAG-AFTRA, said it was her privilege to anunce SAG-AFTRA's highest hour for "one of most singular talents of our generation".

"Robert De Niro is an actor of extraordinary depth and ability. characters he creates captivate our imaginations. From smoldering infer of young Vito Corleone to raging bull Jake Lamotta and everybody's grandpa Ben Whittaker, he continues to touch our hearts and open our minds to new and exciting worlds of understanding and emotion," Carteris said. 

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De Niro will next be seen in frequent collaborator Martin Scorsese's gangster drama, " Irishman". SAG -- awards of actors, by actors, for actors in film and television -- is one of biggest ceremonies in Hollywood awards season. minations will be anunced on December 11.

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