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Michael Caine

Michael Caine

Actor · b. 1933 · Rotherhithe, London, England, UK

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 after The Great Escaper (2023).

Movies24

  • Movie8.5

    Interstellar

    2014 · 41K votes

  • Movie8.5

    The Dark Knight

    2008 · 36K votes

  • Movie8.4

    Inception

    2010 · 40K votes

  • Movie7.8

    The Dark Knight Rises

    2012 · 24K votes

  • Movie6.2

    Cars 2

    2011 · 8.7K votes

  • Movie7.7

    Batman Begins

    2005 · 23K votes

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    The Prestige

    2006 · 18K votes

  • Movie7.6
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    Now You See Me

    2013 · 17K votes

  • Movie7.2

    Tenet

    2020 · 11K votes

  • Movie6.8

    Now You See Me 2

    2016 · 11K votes

  • Movie7.5

    Dunkirk

    2017 · 17K votes

  • Movie7.6

    Children of Men

    2006 · 8.1K votes

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  • Movie6.5

    Miss Congeniality

    2000 · 4.3K votes

  • Movie6.7

    Going in Style

    2017 · 3.1K votes

  • Movie6.0

    Austin Powers in Goldmember

    2002 · 3.5K votes

  • Movie6.9

    Stonehearst Asylum

    2014 · 1.6K votes

  • Movie6.0

    The Last Witch Hunter

    2015 · 4K votes

  • Movie6.9

    Youth – La giovinezza

    Youth

    2015 · 2.3K votes

  • Movie7.1

    The Cider House Rules

    1999 · 1.3K votes

  • Movie5.9

    Gnomeo & Juliet

    2011 · 2.1K votes

  • Movie5.1

    Bewitched

    2005 · 1.7K votes

  • Movie5.6

    King of Thieves

    2018 · 468 votes

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  • TV6.1
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  • TV7.0

    What's My Line?

    1950 · 29 votes

  • TV6.4
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    The View

    1997 · 113 votes

  • TV6.4

    The Daily Show

    1996 · 660 votes

  • TV5.8

    The Mike Douglas Show

    1961 · 11 votes

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    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    1988 · 51 votes

  • TV7.2

    The Graham Norton Show

    2007 · 290 votes

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    The One Show

    2006 · 31 votes

  • TV7.0

    Golden Globe Awards

    1944 · 20 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Merv Griffin Show

    1962 · 12 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Dick Cavett Show

    1968 · 22 votes

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  • TV7.0

    The Oscars

    1953 · 84 votes

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  • TV7.2

    Omnibus

    1967 · 9 votes

  • TV7.0

    Dinah!

    1974 · 4 votes

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  • TV5.0

    Ciné regards

    1978 · 1 votes