Tom Cruise To Receive 52nd AFI Life Achievement Award

Tom Cruise will receive the American Film Institute’s 52nd Life Achievement Award, which the institute describes as its highest honour for a career in film. The award recognises Cruise’s work as an actor and producer and his influence on cinema; it will be presented at a gala in Los Angeles in 2027.

The ceremony is scheduled for 24 April at the Dolby Theatre. Cruise is a three-time Oscar nominee, and his films have earned nearly $13 billion worldwide; his credits include *Top Gun*, *Jerry Maguire* and the *Mission: Impossible* series. He received an Honorary Oscar in 2025, while the AFI award was first presented to director John Ford in 1973.