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Michael Caine

Michael Caine

Birthday: 1933-03-14 | Place of Birth: Rotherhithe, London, England, UK

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
Tenet

as    Sir Michael Crosby

2021
Twist

as    Fagin

2021
Best Sellers

as    Harris Shaw

2020
Come Away

as    Charlie

2020
Four Kids and It

as    Psammead (voice)

2019
King of Thieves

as    Brian Reader

2018
Dear Dictator

as    General Anton Vincent

2018
Sherlock Gnomes

as    Lord Redbrick (voice)

2017
Going in Style

as    Joe Harding

2017
And the Winner Isn't

as    Self

2017
My Generation

as    Self

2016
Now You See Me 2

as    Arthur Tressler

2015
The Last Witch Hunter

as    Dolan 36th

2015
Youth

as    Fred Ballinger

2014
Kingsman: The Secret Service

as    Arthur

2014
Stonehearst Asylum

as    Dr. Benjamin Salt

2014
Interstellar

as    Professor John Brand

2014
2013
Now You See Me

as    Arthur Tressler

2013
Mr. Morgan's Last Love

as    Matthew Morgan

2012
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

as    Alexander Anderson

2012
The Dark Knight Rises

as    Alfred Pennyworth

2011
Cars 2

as    Finn McMissile (voice)

2011
Gnomeo & Juliet

as    Lord Redbrick (voice)

2010
Harry Brown

as    Harry Brown

2009
Is Anybody There?

as    Clarence