Michael Caine
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.
Known For
Alfred
The Dark Knight
Alfred
Batman Begins
Peachy Carnehan
The Man Who Would Be King
Milo Tindle
Sleuth
Cutter
The Prestige
Hoagie Newcombe
Jaws: The Revenge
Lawrence Jamieson
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Jack Carter
Get Carter
Victor Melling
Miss Congeniality
Mortwell
Mona Lisa
Nigel Powers
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Charlie Croker
The Italian Job
Dr. Wilbur Larch
The Cider House Rules
British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other")
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Mike
Mr. Destiny
Cliff Brumby
Get Carter
Dr. Royer-Collard
Quills
Andrew Wyke
Sleuth
Harry Palmer
Billion Dollar Brain
Graham Marshall
A Shock to the System
John Preston
The Fourth Protocol
Doctor Robert Elliott
Dressed to Kill
Elliot
Hannah and Her Sisters
Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur
A Bridge Too Far
Col. Kurt Steiner
The Eagle Has Landed
Clarence
Is Anybody There?
Squadron Leader Canfield
Battle of Britain
Robert Spritzel
The Weather Man
Blair Maynard
The Island
Jim Keogh
The Wilby Conspiracy
Harry Palmer
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
Captain Mike Turner
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Victor
Blood and Wine
Pvt. Tosh Hearne
Too Late the Hero
Thomas Fowler
The Quiet American
Ray Say
Little Voice
Alan Breck
Kidnapped
Maj. John Tarrant
The Black Windmill
Frank Jones
The Whistle Blower
Sherlock Holmes
Without a Clue
Anthony O'Malley
The Actors
Nigel Bigelow
Bewitched
Nicholas Urfe
The Magus
Philip Kimberley / Sergei Kuzminsky
The Jigsaw Man
Harry Brown
Harry Brown
Mr. Hobbs
Flawless
Capt. Douglas
Play Dirty
Lloyd Fellowes
Noises Off...
Michael Jennings
On Deadly Ground
Sidney Cochran
California Suite
Stephen Miles
Inception
Jasper
Children of Men
Harry Palmer
Funeral in Berlin
Garth
Secondhand Lions
Mickey King
Pulp
Harry
Gambit
Noel Holcroft
The Holcroft Covenant
Pierre Brossard
The Statement
Billy 'Shiner' Simpson
Shiner
Jonathan Lansdale
The Hand
Lt. Gonville Bromhead
Zulu
Lewis
The Romantic Englishwoman
Lord Sam Bulbeck
Half Moon Street
Matthew Hollis
Blame It on Rio
The Captain
The Last Valley
Jack
Last Orders
Sidney Lipton / Doctor Hicklar
Bullseye!
Handsome Stranger
Woman Times Seven
Harry Palmer
The Ipcress File
Harry Palmer
Bullet to Beijing
Henry Lair
Around the Bend
Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
Alfie Elkins
Alfie
Doc Fletcher
Silver Bears
Michael Hubert Gregory Finsbury
The Wrong Box
Dr. Frank Bryant
Educating Rita
Lord Redbrick (voice)
Gnomeo & Juliet
Harry Anders
Blue Ice
Self
Sean Connery: Privat
Sidney Bruhl
Deathtrap
Brad Crane
The Swarm
Finn McMissile (voice)
Cars 2
Alfred
The Dark Knight Rises
Self
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
Elliott James
Sweet Liberty
Captain John Colby
Escape to Victory
Max Gale
Curtain Call
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Jekyll & Hyde
Henry
Deadfall
Governor Baxter Thwaites
Water
Self
Olhar Estrangeiro
Self (archive footage)
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Self
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
Alexander Anderson
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
John Deray / John Davos
The Marseille Contract
Narrator (voice)
Hero
Arthur Tressler
Now You See Me
Dr. David Linderby
Ashanti
Self - Actor
Sir Michael Caine – Vom Arbeiterkind zum Hollywoodstar
Self
Pinter's Progress
Bernard Jordan
The Great Escaper
Leslie C. Tucker
Peeper
Sean Stein
Surrender
Robert Blakeley
Zee and Co.
Self
The Man Who Got Carter
Self
Inside 'the Swarm'
Teaboy
Morning Departure
Haskell
Shadow Run
Gilrony
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
Gestapo Agent
The Two-Headed Spy
Self
Elle s'appelait Françoise
Professor Brand
Interstellar
Adam Worth
Harry and Walter Go to New York
Henry Warren
Hurry Sundown
The Making Of 'The Italian Job'
The Many Faces of... Michael Caine
Matthew Morgan
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
Self (archive footage)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Cornelius
Male of the Species
Self
The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
Horatio (archive footage)
Discovering Hamlet
F.W. de Klerk
Mandela and de Klerk
Self
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was
Bus driver (uncredited)
Top Deck
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Horatio
Hamlet at Elsinore
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Arthur
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Michael Caine
Simon Simon
Self
The Movie Life of George
Dr. Benjamin Salt
Stonehearst Asylum
Self
Dirty, Sexy & Totally Iconic
Arthur Tressler
Now You See Me 2
Dolan 36th
The Last Witch Hunter
Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Self
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
Charley Fortnum
The Honorary Consul
Self
Night of 100 Stars III
Self (archive footage)
The Sound of 007
Jake Mellows
Quicksand
Fred Ballinger
Youth
Weber
Foxhole in Cairo
Johnny Brent
Blind Spot
Self - Host
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Pvt. Lockyer
A Hill in Korea
Joe Harding
Going in Style
Self
Wimbledon 2010 Official Film
Self (archive footage)
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Seaman (uncredited)
The Key
Fighter
Blood Money
Self - Host
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Police Officer (uncredited)
The Wrong Arm of the Law
Arte 1 Documenta
Self
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
General Anton Vincent
Dear Dictator
Self-(Audience Member)
Fight of the Century
Self
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Sailor in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
The Bulldog Breed
Prisoner with Pin-Up (uncredited)
Danger Within
Paddy Mooney
Solo for Sparrow
Bridegroom (uncredited)
Passport to Shame
The Debtors
Self
And the Winner Isn't
Lord Redbrick (voice)
Sherlock Gnomes
Brian Reader
King of Thieves
Self / Professor Brand
Inside 'Interstellar'
Self
My Generation
Lord Boreš
Medieval
Laughs and Larrikins
Psammead (voice)
Four Kids and It
Charlie
Come Away
Self (archive footage)
An Accidental Studio
Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self
Quincy
Crosby
Tenet
Sailor (Uncredited)
Sailor Beware
Fagin
Twist
Harris Shaw
Best Sellers
Self
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
Self
Ending the Knight
Scrooge
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Rickles
Voice on Radio (uncredited)
Dunkirk
Train Prisoner (uncredited)
Carve Her Name with Pride
Self
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - King Midas and the Golden Touch
Willie Mossop
Hobson's Choice
Self
Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
(archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Self
The Best of Max Headroom
Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
Helmsman
The Ship That Couldn't Stop
Joe (Uncredited)
A Woman of Mystery
Self
Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
199
Gender
Male
Birthday
1933-03-14
Place of Birth
Rotherhithe, London, England, UK
Also Known As
Michael Scott