Spellemann Award for singer of the year

Canada's Walk of Fame

Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Companion of the Order of Canada

Special Prize of the Angoulême festival jury

Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

Order of Ontario

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

Knight of the Legion of Honour

Sportens Hall of Fame

Danish Sports Name of the Year

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship

Edinburgh Comedy Awards

Order of the British Empire

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Otto von der Gablentz award

Charlemagne Prize

Honorary doctor of the Ghent University

Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil)