Michael Caine

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

250

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-03-14 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

Rotherhithe, London, England, UK

Michael Caine

Biography

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.

Known For

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Interstellar

    Interstellar

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The View

    The View

  • The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight

  • Inception

    Inception

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • The Dark Knight Rises

    The Dark Knight Rises

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Batman Begins

    Batman Begins

  • Parkinson

    Parkinson

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Now You See Me

    Now You See Me

  • The Prestige

    The Prestige

  • Twist

    Twist

  • Get Carter

    Get Carter

  • Tenet

    Tenet

  • Dunkirk

    Dunkirk

  • Kingsman: The Secret Service

    Kingsman: The Secret Service

  • Cars 2

    Cars 2

  • Now You See Me 2

    Now You See Me 2

  • The Muppet Christmas Carol

    The Muppet Christmas Carol

  • Sweet Liberty

    Sweet Liberty

  • Get Carter

    Get Carter

  • Children of Men

    Children of Men

  • Blue Ice

    Blue Ice

  • Mr. Destiny

    Mr. Destiny

  • Hurry Sundown

    Hurry Sundown

  • Drama 61-67

    Drama 61-67

  • Flawless

    Flawless

  • Bullseye!

    Bullseye!

  • The Actors

    The Actors

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • Gambit

    Gambit

  • The Debtors

    The Debtors

  • Ashanti

    Ashanti

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • My Generation

    My Generation

  • Shiner

    Shiner

  • Sunday Night Theatre

    Sunday Night Theatre

  • Deathtrap

    Deathtrap

  • Blood Money

    Blood Money

  • Peeper

    Peeper

  • Sleuth

    Sleuth

  • Hero

    Hero

  • Navy Log

    Navy Log

  • Kidnapped

    Kidnapped

  • Rickles

    Rickles

  • Ending the Knight

    Ending the Knight

  • An Accidental Studio

    An Accidental Studio

  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

  • A Bridge Too Far

    A Bridge Too Far

  • Legends

    Legends

  • King of Thieves

    King of Thieves

  • Pulp

    Pulp

  • ITV Play of the Week

    ITV Play of the Week

  • Austin Powers in Goldmember

    Austin Powers in Goldmember

  • Quills

    Quills

  • The Wilby Conspiracy

    The Wilby Conspiracy

  • Half Moon Street

    Half Moon Street

  • Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

    Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

  • Hannah and Her Sisters

    Hannah and Her Sisters

  • The Adventures of William Tell

    The Adventures of William Tell

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • The Last Witch Hunter

    The Last Witch Hunter

  • Quicksand

    Quicksand

  • Morning Departure

    Morning Departure

  • Gnomeo & Juliet

    Gnomeo & Juliet

  • Youth

    Youth

  • Miss Congeniality

    Miss Congeniality

  • Educating Rita

    Educating Rita

  • Blood and Wine

    Blood and Wine

  • The Cider House Rules

    The Cider House Rules

  • Blind Spot

    Blind Spot

  • Without a Clue

    Without a Clue

  • Laughs and Larrikins

    Laughs and Larrikins

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • Going in Style

    Going in Style

  • Top Deck

    Top Deck

  • Der große Preis

    Der große Preis

  • Around the Bend

    Around the Bend

  • Woman Times Seven

    Woman Times Seven

  • Sherlock Gnomes

    Sherlock Gnomes

  • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

  • The Italian Job

    The Italian Job

  • Jack the Ripper

    Jack the Ripper

  • Escape to Victory

    Escape to Victory

  • Dressed to Kill

    Dressed to Kill

  • Stonehearst Asylum

    Stonehearst Asylum

  • Play Dirty

    Play Dirty

  • Hamlet at Elsinore

    Hamlet at Elsinore

  • The Eagle Has Landed

    The Eagle Has Landed

  • Helter Skelter: An American Myth

    Helter Skelter: An American Myth

  • Medieval

    Medieval

  • Sailor Beware

    Sailor Beware

  • Film '72

    Film '72

  • Jaws: The Revenge

    Jaws: The Revenge

  • Secondhand Lions

    Secondhand Lions

  • Too Late the Hero

    Too Late the Hero

  • Surrender

    Surrender

  • Zulu

    Zulu

  • Edgar Wallace Mysteries

    Edgar Wallace Mysteries

  • Blame It on Rio

    Blame It on Rio

  • On Deadly Ground

    On Deadly Ground

  • Male of the Species

    Male of the Species

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

  • Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

    Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

  • The Quiet American

    The Quiet American

  • The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

    The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

  • Four Kids and It

    Four Kids and It

  • Sleuth

    Sleuth

  • Harry Brown

    Harry Brown

  • The Man Who Would Be King

    The Man Who Would Be King

  • The Weather Man

    The Weather Man

  • Sean Connery: Private

    Sean Connery: Private

  • The Holcroft Covenant

    The Holcroft Covenant

  • The Foreign Eye

    The Foreign Eye

  • Arte 1 Documenta

    Arte 1 Documenta

  • The Fourth Protocol

    The Fourth Protocol

  • The Max Headroom Show

    The Max Headroom Show

  • The Ipcress File

    The Ipcress File

  • Heath Ledger: A Tribute

    Heath Ledger: A Tribute

  • The Hand

    The Hand

  • The Swarm

    The Swarm

  • Alfie

    Alfie

  • California Suite

    California Suite

  • Come Away

    Come Away

  • Quincy

    Quincy

  • Last Orders

    Last Orders

  • Mona Lisa

    Mona Lisa

  • The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan

    The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan

  • The Key

    The Key

  • The Great Escaper

    The Great Escaper

  • Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

    Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

  • Mr. Morgan's Last Love

    Mr. Morgan's Last Love

  • A Shock to the System

    A Shock to the System

  • Night of 100 Stars II

    Night of 100 Stars II

  • Billion Dollar Brain

    Billion Dollar Brain

  • Little Voice

    Little Voice

  • Dear Dictator

    Dear Dictator

  • Best Sellers

    Best Sellers

  • Harry and Walter Go to New York

    Harry and Walter Go to New York

  • Live from Studio Five

    Live from Studio Five

  • Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

    Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

  • Noises Off...

    Noises Off...

  • The Statement

    The Statement

  • Clive James' Postcard from

    Clive James' Postcard from

  • 50 Films to See Before You Die

    50 Films to See Before You Die

  • Acting

    Acting

  • Pinter's Progress

    Pinter's Progress

  • A Hill in Korea

    A Hill in Korea

  • The Day the Earth Caught Fire

    The Day the Earth Caught Fire

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Funeral in Berlin

    Funeral in Berlin

  • Water

    Water

  • Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed

    Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed

  • World War II: When Lions Roared

    World War II: When Lions Roared

  • Valentino: The Last Emperor

    Valentino: The Last Emperor

  • The Sound of 007

    The Sound of 007

  • Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

    Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

  • Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey

    Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey

  • The Island

    The Island

  • The Wrong Box

    The Wrong Box

  • Elle s'appelait Françoise

    Elle s'appelait Françoise

  • Silver Bears

    Silver Bears

  • Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

    Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

  • The Whistle Blower

    The Whistle Blower

  • The Younger Generation

    The Younger Generation

  • The Marseille Contract

    The Marseille Contract

  • Bullet to Beijing

    Bullet to Beijing

  • The Wrong Arm of the Law

    The Wrong Arm of the Law

  • The Last Valley

    The Last Valley

  • The Honorary Consul

    The Honorary Consul

  • Night of 100 Stars III

    Night of 100 Stars III

  • Jekyll & Hyde

    Jekyll & Hyde

  • And the Winner Isn't

    And the Winner Isn't

  • AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis

    AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis

  • Carve Her Name with Pride

    Carve Her Name with Pride

  • Is Anybody There?

    Is Anybody There?

  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

  • Midnight in Saint Petersburg

    Midnight in Saint Petersburg

  • The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

    The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

  • Inside 'Interstellar'

    Inside 'Interstellar'

  • The Ship That Couldn't Stop

    The Ship That Couldn't Stop

  • The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

    The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

  • The Magus

    The Magus

  • The Jigsaw Man

    The Jigsaw Man

  • Curtain Call

    Curtain Call

  • The Two-Headed Spy

    The Two-Headed Spy

  • Armchair Theatre

    Armchair Theatre

  • Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

    Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

  • The Black Windmill

    The Black Windmill

  • The Best of Max Headroom

    The Best of Max Headroom

  • Deadfall

    Deadfall

  • Zee and Co.

    Zee and Co.

  • The Romantic Englishwoman

    The Romantic Englishwoman

  • Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

    Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

  • Inside 'the Swarm'

    Inside 'the Swarm'

  • Foxhole in Cairo

    Foxhole in Cairo

  • Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment

    Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment

  • A Woman of Mystery

    A Woman of Mystery

  • Walk a Crooked Mile

    Walk a Crooked Mile

  • Simon Simon

    Simon Simon

  • Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

  • Danger Within

    Danger Within

  • Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide

    Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide

  • Fight of the Century

    Fight of the Century

  • Rabbit Ears - King Midas and the Golden Touch

    Rabbit Ears - King Midas and the Golden Touch

  • Dirty, Sexy & Totally Iconic

    Dirty, Sexy & Totally Iconic

  • Discovering Hamlet

    Discovering Hamlet

  • Deadline Midnight

    Deadline Midnight

  • Passport to Shame

    Passport to Shame

  • Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

    Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

  • Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was

    Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was

  • Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

    Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

  • Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold

    Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold

  • Hobson's Choice

    Hobson's Choice

  • Shadow Run

    Shadow Run

  • Male of the Species

    Male of the Species

  • Mandela and de Klerk

    Mandela and de Klerk

  • The Bulldog Breed

    The Bulldog Breed

  • The Man Who Got Carter

    The Man Who Got Carter

  • The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

    The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

  • The Making Of 'The Italian Job'

    The Making Of 'The Italian Job'

  • John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

    John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

  • How to Murder a Rich Uncle

    How to Murder a Rich Uncle

  • Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

    Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

  • Solo for Sparrow

    Solo for Sparrow

  • Wimbledon 2010 Official Film

    Wimbledon 2010 Official Film

  • The Making of Jaws The Revenge

    The Making of Jaws The Revenge

  • The Movie Life of George

    The Movie Life of George

  • MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema

    MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema

  • The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

    The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

  • The Many Faces of... Michael Caine

    The Many Faces of... Michael Caine