George Clooney to Receive Film at Lincoln Center’s 2026 Chaplin Award

George Clooney will receive Film at Lincoln Center’s prestigious Chaplin Award, which will be presented to the two-time Oscar winner at a gala event in New York in April.

The actor-writer-director-producer will be celebrated for his many contributions to film and TV, which, in addition to the above Oscars, have earned him multiple Golden Globes and SAG Awards and an AFI Life Achievement Award. Clooney’s latest film, Jay Kelly, in which he plays a movie star reflecting on his life and his relationships with his family members and friends, hit theaters earlier this month and will begin streaming on Netflix on Dec. 5. The film, directed by Noah Baumbach from a screenplay by Baumbach and Emily Mortimer, also stars Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson and Riley Keough.

In addition to Jay Kelly, which had its New York premiere at the NY Film Festival earlier this fall,…