- Share this article on Facebook
- Share this article on Twitter
- Share this article on Flipboard
- Share this article on Email
- Show additional share options
- Share this article on Linkedin
- Share this article on Pinit
- Share this article on Reddit
- Share this article on Tumblr
- Share this article on Whatsapp
- Share this article on Print
- Share this article on Comment
LONDON — Martin Sheen will receive a lifetime achievement award for his work in the film industry during the opening ceremony of this year’s Dubai International Film Festival.
Sheen’s acting career spans film and television and includes star turns in classic films such as Francis Ford Coppola‘s Apocalypse Now, Badlands, Wall Street and The Departed.
PHOTOS: Charlie Sheen Roast: THR’s Red Carpet Interviews
His TV work includes his SAG-winning outing as fictional U.S. president Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing.
Sheen said he was “honored by the exciting news” of being chosen for the Dubai plaudit.
“This esteemed recognition inspires me to continue doing what I love most: telling stories through the art of cinema,” Sheen said. “I am very much looking forward to visiting Dubai in December and being immersed in the region’s blossoming film industry.”
Sheen will also take part in a public ‘In Conversation with Martin Sheen’ Q&A event, which will be held during the course of the festival.
DIFF chairman Abdulhamid Juma described Sheen as “a cinematic legend whose remarkable career has spanned five decades.”
Said Juma: “In that time, he has brought to life a huge variety of compelling, intelligent and wonderfully engaging characters on the big and small screens. We are honored to present Martin Sheen with the DIFF lifetime achievement award, and we look forward to welcoming him to Dubai.”
Previous DIFF lifetime achievement honorees include Omar Sharif, Sean Penn, Oliver Stone, Danny Glover, Terry Gilliam, Michael Apted and Mahmoud Abdel Aziz.
The 10th edition of the festival runs Dec. 6-14.
Related Stories
THR Newsletters
Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day