Michael Caine

Birthday

1933-03-14

Place of Birth

Rotherhithe, London, England, UK

Biography

Sir Michael Caine CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.; 14 March 1933) is an 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).
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Tenet

Tenet

2024 7.3
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as Sir Michael Crosby

2024
Twist

Twist

2021 4.2
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as Fagin

2021
Dear Dictator

Dear Dictator

2018 5
Dear Dictator

as General Anton Vincent

2018
Sherlock Gnomes

Sherlock Gnomes

2018 5.2
Sherlock Gnomes

as Lord Redbrick (voice)

2018
Youth

Youth

2015 7.3
Youth

as Fred Ballinger

2015
Interstellar

Interstellar

2014 8.7
Interstellar

as Professor John Brand

2014
Cars 2

Cars 2

2011 6.2
Cars 2

as Finn McMissile (voice)

2011
Gnomeo & Juliet

Gnomeo & Juliet

2011 5.9
Gnomeo & Juliet

as Lord Redbrick (voice)

2011
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