In August 2013, Australians in Film announced that Sullivan Stapleton would be honored with the organization's Breakthrough Award at an exclusive Benefit Dinner held October 24, 2013 in Los Angeles.

My aunt put my cousins into a children's modelling agency, then my mum did it with us. Me and my sister got a few TV adverts, which was good pocket money. A director saw photos of me and asked me to do a short film.