The Ischia Global Film and Music Festival has announced their first big award. Italian-American actor Armand Assante will receive the fest’s 2017 Ischia Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrating his career in film and television. The festival will also honor Assante’s latest film, Ulugh Beg: The Man Who Unlocked the Universe with their Best Documentary Award.

“The Italian-American icon Armand Assante, a four-time Golden Globe nominee and Primetime Emmy-winner, is a true acting legend,” said festival founder and producer Pascal Vicedomini. The New York City-born Assante has appeared in more than 90 films and TV shows over a 40-year career and won an Emmy for best actor in a miniseries for his role as the eponymous mobster John Gotti in 1996's Gotti. Assante has worked alongside everyone from Sylvester Stallone (Judge Dredd, The Lords of Flatbush) to Denzel Washington (American Gangster).