American Fiction star Jeffrey Wright will receive the Career Achievement Award at the Palm Springs International Film Fest.
The film awards will take place on Jan. 4, while the festival runs through Jan. 15.
Wright is a Tony, Emmy, AFI and Golden Globe-winning actor whose recent credits include Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City and George C. Wolfe’s Rustin. His other credits include Westworld, Batman, The French Dispatch, All Day and a Night, O.G., Hold the Dark, Syriana, The Manchurian Candidate, The Hunger Games, Boardwalk Empire and the James Bond films No Time to Die, Quantum of Solace and Casino Royale.
“Jeffrey Wright has a prolific acting career from his Tony Award-winning performance in the Broadway production of Angels in America to his TV roles in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and Westworld and on the big screen in Basquiat, The Batman, The French Dispatch and the James Bond films,” festival chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi says. “In his latest film American Fiction, he gives an exceptional and smart performance as an author on the brink of a choice between his integrity and giving in to societal stereotypes. For this career-best performance, which will be recognized throughout this award season, we are honored to present the Career Achievement Award to Jeffrey Wright.”
The festival previously announced that Emma Stone would receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress, while Cillian Murphy would receive the corresponding actor award. Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon will be honored with this year’s Vanguard Award, while the Director of the Year Award will be bestowed upon Greta Gerwig.
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