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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.
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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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Graham Norton Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
What's My Line?
The Oscars
The One Show
The Merv Griffin Show
Golden Globe Awards
Honest Trailers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Tony Awards
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Sunday Night Theatre
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Daily Show
Parkinson
Legends
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Death Becomes Her
The Sound of 007
Dunkirk
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Quincy
Foxhole in Cairo
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Inception
Morning Departure
Now You See Me
The Dark Knight Rises
Now You See Me 2
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Come Away
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Sherlock Gnomes
The Last Witch Hunter
Stonehearst Asylum
Tenet
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Children of Men
The Cider House Rules
Blood Money
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
The Dark Knight
Four Kids and It
Jaws: The Revenge
Hamlet at Elsinore
Bewitched
Interstellar
Mark Saber
Medieval
The Prestige
Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was
Cars 2
World War II: When Lions Roared
Gnomeo & Juliet
Miss Congeniality
Mr. Destiny
Going in Style
Mandela and de Klerk
Battle of Britain
Twist
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
The Weather Man
Batman Begins
Escape to Victory
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Funeral in Berlin
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Alfie
Harry Brown
The Italian Job
Hurry Sundown
The Swarm
Best Sellers
The Marseille Contract
The Great Escaper
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
Blue Ice
Bullet to Beijing
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Production Credits
Blue Ice
The Double
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