Biography
Sir Michael Caine CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.; 14 March 1933) is a retired English actor. Known for his distinctive South London accent, he has appeared in more than 160 films in a career spanning seven decades, and is considered a British film icon. As of February 2017, the films in which Caine has appeared have grossed over $7.8 billion worldwide.
Often playing a Cockney, Caine made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in British films such as Zulu (1964), The Ipcress File (1965), Alfie (1966), The Italian Job (1969), and Battle of Britain (1969). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Alfie. His roles in the 1970s included Get Carter (1971), The Last Valley (1971), Sleuth (1972), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), The Eagle Has Landed (1976) and A Bridge Too Far (1977). He earned his second Academy Award nomination for Sleuth and achieved some of his greatest critical success in the 1980s, with Educating Rita (1983) earning him the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) earning him his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Caine is also known for his performance as Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), and for his comedic roles in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), Miss Congeniality (2000), Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), and Secondhand Lions (2003). He received his second Golden Globe Award for Little Voice (1998). In 1999, he received his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as a sympathetic doctor in The Cider House Rules. He portrayed a British journalist in Vietnam in The Quiet American (2002), earning his sixth Oscar nomination, and appeared in Alfonso Cuaron's dystopian drama film Children of Men (2006). Caine portrayed Alfred Pennyworth in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012). He appeared in several other of Nolan's films including The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014) and Tenet (2020). He also appeared in the heist thriller film Now You See Me (2013), the action comedy film Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), the Italian drama Youth (2015) and the crime film King of Thieves (2018).
Caine officially confirmed his retirement from acting on 13 October 2023 after The Great Escaper (2023).
Often playing a Cockney, Caine made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in British films such as Zulu (1964), The Ipcress File (1965), Alfie (1966), The Italian Job (1969), and Battle of Britain (1969). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Alfie. His roles in the 1970s included Get Carter (1971), The Last Valley (1971), Sleuth (1972), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), The Eagle Has Landed (1976) and A Bridge Too Far (1977). He earned his second Academy Award nomination for Sleuth and achieved some of his greatest critical success in the 1980s, with Educating Rita (1983) earning him the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) earning him his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Caine is also known for his performance as Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), and for his comedic roles in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), Miss Congeniality (2000), Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), and Secondhand Lions (2003). He received his second Golden Globe Award for Little Voice (1998). In 1999, he received his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as a sympathetic doctor in The Cider House Rules. He portrayed a British journalist in Vietnam in The Quiet American (2002), earning his sixth Oscar nomination, and appeared in Alfonso Cuaron's dystopian drama film Children of Men (2006). Caine portrayed Alfred Pennyworth in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012). He appeared in several other of Nolan's films including The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014) and Tenet (2020). He also appeared in the heist thriller film Now You See Me (2013), the action comedy film Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), the Italian drama Youth (2015) and the crime film King of Thieves (2018).
Caine officially confirmed his retirement from acting on 13 October 2023 after The Great Escaper (2023).
2023
The Great Escaper
Character : Bernard Jordan
2023
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Character : Self (archive footage)
2023
Dirty, Sexy & Totally Iconic
Character : Self
2023
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Character : Self - Actor / Narrator (voice)
2022
The Sound of 007
Character : Self (archive footage)
2022
Medieval
Character : Lord Boreš
2021
Best Sellers
Character : Harris Shaw
2021
Twist
Character : Fagin
2020
Come Away
Character : Charlie
2020
Mein Name ist Connery, Sean Connery
Character : Self (archive footage)
2020
Tenet
Character : Crosby
2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
Character : Self
2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Character : (archive footage)
2020
Four Kids and It
Character : Psammead (voice)
2019
An Accidental Studio
Character : Self (archive footage)
2018
The Man Who Got Carter
Character : Self
2018
Quincy
Character : Self
2018
King of Thieves
Character : Brian Reader
2018
Dear Dictator
Character : General Anton Vincent
2018
Sherlock Gnomes
Character : Lord Redbrick (voice)
2017
And the Winner Isn't
Character : Self
2017
My Generation
Character : Self
2017
Dunkirk
Character : Voice on Radio (uncredited)
2017
Going in Style
Character : Joe Harding
- A Martinez (2 times) The Honorary Consul, An Accidental Studio
- A. J. Brown (1 time) Battle of Britain
- A.J. Franklin (1 time) Going in Style
- Aaron Ayhan (1 time) Going in Style
- Aaron Eckhart (2 times) The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger: A Tribute
- Aaron Himelstein (1 time) Austin Powers in Goldmember
- Aaron Swartz (1 time) The Fourth Protocol
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson (1 time) Tenet
- Abbey DiGregorio (1 time) Bewitched
- Abdulla Sunado (1 time) The Wilby Conspiracy
- Abe Vigoda (1 time) Night of 100 Stars III
- Abigail Iversen (1 time) The Actors
- Ada Hall Covington (1 time) Hurry Sundown
- Adam C. Eichhorst (1 time) Mr. Destiny
- Adam Cole (1 time) Inception
- Adam Cropper (1 time) Tenet
- Adam Drinkall (1 time) Is Anybody There?
- Adam Fogerty (1 time) Little Voice
- Adam J. Bernard (1 time) Twist
- Adam Jackson-Smith (1 time) Youth
- Adam Kalesperis (1 time) The Dark Knight
- Adam Kirley (1 time) Batman Begins
- Adam Leese (1 time) King of Thieves
- Adam Long (1 time) Dunkirk
- A Martinez (2 times) The Honorary Consul, An Accidental Studio
- Aaron Eckhart (2 times) The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger: A Tribute
- Alan Alda (2 times) California Suite, Sweet Liberty
- Alan Arkin (2 times) Woman Times Seven, Going in Style
- Alan Bates (2 times) The Statement, Discovering Hamlet
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Alan Cumming (2 times) Get Carter, Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story - Alan Thicke (2 times) Night of 100 Stars III, Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
- Aleksandr Zavyalov (2 times) Midnight in Saint Petersburg, Bullet to Beijing
- Alessandra Ambrosio (2 times) And the Winner Isn't, London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
- Alexei Jawdokimov (3 times) Billion Dollar Brain, The Fourth Protocol, The Eagle Has Landed
- Alfie Bass (2 times) Alfie, Sailor Beware
- Alfred Hitchcock (2 times) MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema, Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
- Alun Armstrong (3 times) Get Carter, A Bridge Too Far, Blue Ice
- Anatoli Davydov (2 times) Midnight in Saint Petersburg, Bullet to Beijing
- Andrew Bicknell (2 times) The Dark Knight, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
- Andrew Faulds (2 times) Blind Spot, Danger Within
- Andrew McCulloch (2 times) Kidnapped, The Last Valley
- Andrew Pleavin (2 times) Batman Begins, Inception
- André Maranne (2 times) Battle of Britain, Carve Her Name with Pride
- André Penvern (2 times) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Holcroft Covenant
- Andy Bradford (3 times) The Whistle Blower, Without a Clue, The Holcroft Covenant
- Andy Serkis (2 times) The Prestige, Shiner
- Angie Dickinson (4 times) Dressed to Kill, Night of 100 Stars II, Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold, Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
- Anjelica Huston (2 times) John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick, Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
50 Films to See Before You Die (2006)
- Ben Kingsley
- David Aaronovitch
- Dennis Hopper
- Eli Roth
- Ewan McGregor
- Martin Sheen
- Michael Palin
- Michael Tolkin
- Quentin Tarantino
- Richard Teideman
- Ridley Scott
- Samuel L. Jackson
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- Steven Spielberg
- Toshio Suzuki
- Werner Herzog