Michael Caine
Acting
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).
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
as Self (archive footage)
Age 90 (now 93)
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
as Self - Actor / Narrator (voice)
Age 89 (now 93)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
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Age 87 (now 93)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
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Age 87 (now 93)
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
Age 82 (now 93)
Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed
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Age 82 (now 93)
Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
as Charlie Croker (archive footage)
Age 79 (now 93)
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
as Alexander Anderson
Age 78 (now 93)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
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Age 74 (now 93)
The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
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Age 73 (now 93)
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
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Age 71 (now 93)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
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Age 62 (now 93)
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
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Age 58 (now 93)
Rabbit Ears - King Midas and the Golden Touch
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Age 58 (now 93)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
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Age 55 (now 93)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
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Age 55 (now 93)
Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment
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Age 54 (now 93)
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
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Age 51 (now 93)
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
as British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other")
Age 50 (now 93)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
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Age 46 (now 93)
Harry and Walter Go to New York
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Age 43 (now 93)
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
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Age 34 (now 93)
The Wrong Arm of the Law
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Age 30 (now 93)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
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Age 28 (now 93)
Carve Her Name with Pride
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Age 24 (now 93)
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
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Age 87 (now 93)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Age 82 (now 93)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
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Age 71 (now 93)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Captain Nemo
Age 64 (now 93)
World War II: When Lions Roared
as Joseph V. Stalin
Age 61 (now 93)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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Age 60 (now 93)
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
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Age 60 (now 93)
Late Show with David Letterman
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Age 60 (now 93)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Age 59 (now 93)
Late Night with David Letterman
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Age 48 (now 93)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
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Age 34 (now 93)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Age 29 (now 93)
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
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Age 23 (now 93)
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Also Known As
Michael Scott , Sir Michael Caine, Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.
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