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Jennifer Aniston presents lifetime achievement award to dad John

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Jennifer Aniston presented a lifetime achievement award to her formerly estranged father John at the Daytime Emmy Awards this Friday.

John, 88, has spent nearly four decades on Days Of Our Lives - a soap opera that was frequently parodied on Jennifer's star-making sitcom Friends.

Although John was not on hand at Friday night's ceremony, Jennifer delivered a video address showering praise on her 'great and well-respected' father. 'It's an opportunity to not only pay tribute to a true icon in the daytime television world, but it's also a chance to recognize the lifelong achievements of a great and well-respected actor who also happens to be my dad,' she said. 'John Aniston has been working in television consistently for over half a century,' added his daughter, who eclipsed his stardom with her own TV career. 'He started acting in 1962, garnering roles on all types of now-classic television programs like Combat!, Mission: Impossible, Kojak and later made many guest appearances on shows like Airwolf, Gilmore Girls, The West Wing, Star Trek: Voyager, Mad Men, the list goes on,' said Jennifer. 'All while simultaneously appearing in nearly every soap opera imaginable.

You name it, I'm sure he's been on it,' she joked. 'But since 1985, his TV home has been with the cast and crew of the long-running soap opera Days Of Our Lives, where he has given masterful performances as the dangerously handsome, perpetually handsome businessman Victor Kiriakis. 'Said she: 'For over 30 years, his dedication to that show has gained him the respect and admiration of his fellow actors, deep friendships, and thrilled millions of fans around the world.

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