Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 14, 1933
Place of Birth:
Rotherhithe, London, England, UK
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault | Self |
| 2024 | Faye | Self - Actor, Hurry Sundown (archive footage) |
| 2023 | Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story | Self (archive footage) |
| 2023 | MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema | Self - Actor |
| 2023 | The Great Escaper | Bernard Jordan |
| 2023 | Dirty, Sexy & Totally Iconic | Self |
| 2022 | The Sound of 007 | Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Medieval | Lord Boreš |
| 2021 | Twist | Fagin |
| 2021 | Best Sellers | Harris Shaw |
| 2020 | Four Kids and It | Psammead (voice) |
| 2020 | Come Away | Charlie |
| 2020 | Tenet | Crosby |
| 2020 | AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS | Self |
| 2019 | An Accidental Studio | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | The Man Who Got Carter | Self |
| 2018 | Dear Dictator | General Anton Vincent |
| 2018 | Sherlock Gnomes | Lord Redbrick (voice) |
| 2018 | King of Thieves | Brian Reader |
| 2018 | Quincy | Self |
| 2017 | Going in Style | Joe Harding |
| 2017 | And the Winner Isn't | Self |
| 2017 | My Generation | Self |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Voice on Radio (uncredited) |
| 2016 | Now You See Me 2 | Arthur Tressler |
| 2015 | Kingsman: The Secret Service | Arthur |
| 2015 | The Last Witch Hunter | Dolan 36th |
| 2015 | Youth | Fred Ballinger |
| 2015 | Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Inside 'Interstellar' | Self / Professor Brand |
| 2014 | Interstellar | Professor Brand |
| 2014 | Stonehearst Asylum | Dr. Benjamin Salt |
| 2014 | Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey | Self |
| 2013 | Now You See Me | Arthur Tressler |
| 2013 | Mr. Morgan's Last Love | Matthew Morgan |
| 2013 | Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was | |
| 2013 | The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Alfred |
| 2012 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | Alexander Anderson |
| 2012 | Ending the Knight | Self |
| 2011 | Gnomeo & Juliet | Lord Redbrick (voice) |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | Finn McMissile (voice) |
| 2011 | The Many Faces of... Michael Caine | |
| 2011 | Discovering Hamlet | Horatio (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Inception | Stephen Miles |
| 2010 | Wimbledon 2010 Official Film | Self |
| 2009 | Is Anybody There? | Clarence |
| 2009 | Harry Brown | Harry Brown |
| 2009 | Heath Ledger: A Tribute | Self |
| 2009 | Pinter's Progress | Self |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Alfred |
| 2008 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | Self (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | Self |
| 2007 | Sleuth | Andrew Wyke |
| 2007 | Flawless | Mr. Hobbs |
| 2007 | The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan | Self |
| 2006 | The Prestige | Cutter |
| 2006 | Children of Men | Jasper |
| 2006 | 50 Films to See Before You Die | Self |
| 2006 | The Foreign Eye | Self |
| 2006 | Arte 1 Documenta | |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Alfred |
| 2005 | The Weather Man | Robert Spritzel |
| 2005 | Bewitched | Nigel Bigelow |
| 2004 | Around the Bend | Henry Lair |
| 2004 | Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild | Self(archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2003 | The Actors | Anthony O'Malley |
| 2003 | Secondhand Lions | Garth |
| 2003 | The Statement | Pierre Brossard |
| 2003 | The Making Of 'The Italian Job' | |
| 2003 | Quicksand | Jake Mellows |
| 2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Nigel Powers |
| 2002 | The Quiet American | Thomas Fowler |
| 2001 | Last Orders | Jack |
| 2000 | Miss Congeniality | Victor Melling |
| 2000 | Get Carter | Cliff Brumby |
| 2000 | Quills | Dr. Royer-Collard |
| 2000 | Shiner | Billy 'Shiner' Simpson |
| 1999 | The Cider House Rules | Dr. Wilbur Larch |
| 1999 | The Debtors | |
| 1998 | Little Voice | Ray Say |
| 1998 | Curtain Call | Max Gale |
| 1998 | Shadow Run | Haskell |
| 1997 | Mandela and de Klerk | F.W. de Klerk |
| 1996 | Midnight in Saint Petersburg | Harry Palmer |
| 1996 | Blood and Wine | Victor |
| 1996 | Elle s'appelait Françoise | Self |
| 1995 | Bullet to Beijing | Harry Palmer |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self |
| 1995 | Roger Moore: A Matter of Class | Self |
| 1994 | On Deadly Ground | Michael Jennings |
| 1994 | Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular | Self (archive footage) |
| 1994 | Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold | Self |
| 1993 | Sean Connery: Private | Self |
| 1992 | Noises Off... | Lloyd Fellowes |
| 1992 | Blue Ice | Harry Anders |
| 1992 | The Muppet Christmas Carol | Scrooge |
| 1992 | Death Becomes Her | Michael Caine (uncredited) (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Self |
| 1991 | Rabbit Ears - King Midas and the Golden Touch | Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide | |
| 1990 | Mr. Destiny | Mike |
| 1990 | A Shock to the System | Graham Marshall |
| 1990 | Bullseye! | Sidney Lipton / Doctor Hicklar |
| 1990 | Jekyll & Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self |
| 1989 | The Movie Life of George | Self |
| 1988 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Lawrence Jamieson |
| 1988 | Without a Clue | Sherlock Holmes |
| 1988 | Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Self - Host |
| 1988 | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self |
| 1987 | Jaws: The Revenge | Hoagie Newcombe |
| 1987 | The Fourth Protocol | John Preston |
| 1987 | Surrender | Sean Stein |
| 1987 | The Making of Jaws The Revenge | Self |
| 1987 | Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment | Self |
| 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self |
| 1987 | The Best of Max Headroom | Self |
| 1986 | Mona Lisa | Mortwell |
| 1986 | Hannah and Her Sisters | Elliot |
| 1986 | The Whistle Blower | Frank Jones |
| 1986 | Half Moon Street | Lord Sam Bulbeck |
| 1986 | Sweet Liberty | Elliott James |
| 1986 | Hero | Narrator (voice) |
| 1985 | The Holcroft Covenant | Noel Holcroft |
| 1985 | Water | Governor Baxter Thwaites |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self |
| 1985 | The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio | Self - Host |
| 1984 | Blame It on Rio | Matthew Hollis |
| 1983 | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other") |
| 1983 | The Jigsaw Man | Philip Kimberley / Sergei Kuzminsky |
| 1983 | Educating Rita | Dr. Frank Bryant |
| 1983 | The Honorary Consul | Charley Fortnum |
| 1982 | Deathtrap | Sidney Bruhl |
| 1981 | The Hand | Jonathan Lansdale |
| 1981 | Escape to Victory | Captain John Colby |
| 1980 | Dressed to Kill | Doctor Robert Elliott |
| 1980 | The Island | Blair Maynard |
| 1979 | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Captain Mike Turner |
| 1979 | Ashanti | Dr. David Linderby |
| 1978 | California Suite | Sidney Cochran |
| 1978 | The Swarm | Brad Crane |
| 1978 | Inside 'the Swarm' | Self |
| 1977 | A Bridge Too Far | Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur |
| 1977 | Silver Bears | Doc Fletcher |
| 1976 | The Eagle Has Landed | Col. Kurt Steiner |
| 1976 | Harry and Walter Go to New York | Adam Worth |
| 1975 | The Man Who Would Be King | Peachy Carnehan |
| 1975 | The Wilby Conspiracy | Jim Keogh |
| 1975 | The Romantic Englishwoman | Lewis |
| 1975 | Peeper | Leslie C. Tucker |
| 1975 | Rickles | |
| 1974 | The Black Windmill | Maj. John Tarrant |
| 1974 | The Marseille Contract | John Deray / John Davos |
| 1972 | Sleuth | Milo Tindle |
| 1972 | Pulp | Mickey King |
| 1971 | Get Carter | Jack Carter |
| 1971 | Kidnapped | Alan Breck |
| 1971 | The Last Valley | The Captain |
| 1971 | Zee and Co. | Robert Blakeley |
| 1971 | Fight of the Century | Self-(Audience Member) |
| 1970 | Too Late the Hero | Pvt. Tosh Hearne |
| 1970 | Simon Simon | Michael Caine |
| 1969 | The Italian Job | Charlie Croker |
| 1969 | Battle of Britain | Squadron Leader Canfield |
| 1969 | Play Dirty | Capt. Douglas |
| 1969 | Male of the Species | Cornelius |
| 1968 | The Magus | Nicholas Urfe |
| 1968 | Deadfall | Henry |
| 1967 | Billion Dollar Brain | Harry Palmer |
| 1967 | Woman Times Seven | Handsome Stranger |
| 1967 | Tonite Let's All Make Love in London | Self |
| 1967 | Hurry Sundown | Henry Warren |
| 1966 | Funeral in Berlin | Harry Palmer |
| 1966 | Gambit | Harry |
| 1966 | Alfie | Alfie Elkins |
| 1966 | The Wrong Box | Michael Hubert Gregory Finsbury |
| 1965 | The Ipcress File | Harry Palmer |
| 1964 | Zulu | Lt. Gonville Bromhead |
| 1964 | Hamlet at Elsinore | Horatio |
| 1963 | The Wrong Arm of the Law | Police Officer (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Top Deck | Bus driver (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Solo for Sparrow | Paddy Mooney |
| 1962 | Hobson's Choice | Willie Mossop |
| 1961 | The Day the Earth Caught Fire | Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1961 | The Ship That Couldn't Stop | Helmsman |
| 1960 | Foxhole in Cairo | Weber |
| 1960 | The Bulldog Breed | Sailor in Cinema Fight (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Danger Within | Prisoner with Pin-Up (uncredited) |
| 1958 | The Two-Headed Spy | Gestapo Agent |
| 1958 | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | |
| 1958 | Blind Spot | Johnny Brent |
| 1958 | The Key | Seaman (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Passport to Shame | Bridegroom (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Carve Her Name with Pride | Train Prisoner (uncredited) |
| 1957 | How to Murder a Rich Uncle | Gilrony |
| 1957 | Blood Money | Fighter |
| 1956 | A Hill in Korea | Pvt. Lockyer |
| 1956 | Sailor Beware | Sailor (Uncredited) |
| 1946 | Morning Departure | Teaboy |
| Laughs and Larrikins |