{"id":32133,"date":"2025-10-31T17:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/32133\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T17:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:17:07","slug":"mark-hamill-accepts-gregory-peck-award-at-san-diego-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/32133\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Hamill Accepts Gregory Peck Award at San Diego Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAt the San Diego Intl. Film Festival, which ran from Oct. 15-19, Mark Hamill<\/a> received the Gregory Peck Award for Cinematic Excellence.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe award honors the career achievements of a film actor, producer or director for their contributions to cinema. In a video montage preceding his award, highlights from Hamill\u2019s career were showcased.<\/p>\n

\n\tHamill rose to fame as Luke Skywalker in 1977\u2019s \u201cStar Wars\u201d and reprised the role in its sequels,\u00a0Season 2 of \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d and \u201cThe Book of Boba Fett.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHis most recent role is in Lionsgate\u2019s Stephen King adaptation \u201cThe Long Walk,\u201d from director Francis Lawrence. Upcoming projects include Paramount\u2019s \u201cThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tHis other credits include voice acting roles in \u201cThe Wild Robot,\u201d \u201cThe Boy and the Heron,\u201d a long-standing role as the Joker, starting with \u201cBatman: The Animated Series,\u201d and the video game \u201cArkham City,\u201d for which he received a BAFTA Award.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tVariety\u2019s deputy editor of features, Carole Horst, presented the actor with the award onstage. While accepting the honor, Hamill dedicated the award to all the cast and crew that he\u2019s worked with throughout his long-standing career.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI want to share this with the countless people who have helped me over the years because a career in this business is a composite endeavor,\u201d he said. \u201cI think of all the writers, directors, other actors and crew. You can\u2019t do it alone. There are so many people who helped me get to where I am today.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe actor shared that he pursued the acting business out of pure passion while reflecting on his decades-long career, not realizing he would leave an impactful stamp on the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI didn\u2019t have high aspirations when I decided to become an actor,\u201d he continued. \u201cMy goal was to become a working stiff, do what I loved,\u00a0be able to make a living at it to pay the bills and hopefully support a family.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHamill ended his acceptance speech by recognizing his wife for her support and sharing the honor with her in gratitude.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn 1978, I married my former dental hygienist, Marilou Hamill \u2014 the best decision I ever made,\u201d he said. \u201cShe gave me three beautiful children. She\u2019s been with me through thick and thin and the ups and downs in this crazy business. I can\u2019t thank her enough. I love you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the San Diego Intl. Film Festival, which ran from Oct. 15-19, Mark Hamill received the Gregory Peck…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[23374,74,23375,76,75],"class_list":["post-32133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-mark-hamill","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-ff-recap-2025","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}