 Caine is one of only two actors nominated for an Academy Award for acting in every decade from the 1960s to 2000s (the other one being Jack Nicholson); Laurence Olivier was also nominated for an acting Academy Award in five different decades, beginning in 1939 and ending in 1978, as was Paul Newman (1950s, '60s, '80s, '90s and 2000s).Caine appeared in seven films that were ranked in the BFI's 100 greatest British films of the 20th century.He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours, and in the 2000 Birthday Honours he was knighted as "Sir Maurice Micklewhite CBE" by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.