 In 2008, Caine was awarded the prize for Outstanding Contribution to Showbusiness at the Variety Club Awards.On 5 January 2011 he was made a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by France's culture minister, Frédéric Mitterrand.In May 2012, Caine was awarded the Honorary Freedom of the London Borough of Southwark as a person of distinction and eminence of the borough.