Who should the American Film Institute select as its 49th life achievement award recipient? Which top actor is the most likely choice to be honored in 2023? After reviewing the possible choices, be sure to vote in our poll below as to who you think would be the best selection. A separate poll about actresses was published recently with Sigourney Weaver winning. Another for directors will be published soon.

Starting in the early 1970s, the AFI starting choosing actors, actresses and directors with recipients being director John Ford (1973), actor James Cagney (1974), director/actor Orson Welles (1975), director William Wyler (1976), actress Bette Davis (1977), actor Henry Fonda (1978) and director Alfred Hitchcock (1979).

SEEAmerican Film Institute (AFI) Life Achievement Recipients

Past recipients still living (and therefore not eligible again) are: actor Jack Nicholson (1994), director Steven Spielberg (1995), actor/director Clint Eastwood (1996), director Martin Scorsese (1997), actor Dustin Hoffman (1999), actor Harrison Ford (2000), actress/director Barbra Streisand (2001), actor/director Tom Hanks...