Michael Caine

Biography

Sir Michael Caine CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.) 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

Victor Melling

Miss Congeniality

Jack Carter

Get Carter

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

Victor

Blood and Wine

Captain Mike Turner

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

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

Nigel Bigelow

Bewitched

Anthony O'Malley

The Actors

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 Many Faces of... Michael Caine

The Making Of 'The Italian Job'

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

Self - Actor, Hurry Sundown (archive footage)

Faye

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 (archive footage)

Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular

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

Self (archive footage)

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy

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

Michael Caine (uncredited) (archive footage)

Death Becomes Her

Willie Mossop

Hobson's Choice

Self

Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment

Self

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Self

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

Friar's Rubbing Wood - Fall Of Nottingham

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

202

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-03-14

Place of Birth

Rotherhithe, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Michael Scott