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Michael Caine
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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 after The Great Escaper (2023).
Notable films
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The Dark Knight
As Alfred
The Prestige
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Interstellar
As Professor Brand
The Dark Knight Rises
As Alfred
Inception
As Stephen Miles
A Shock to the System
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Ipcress File
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Mona Lisa
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Full Throttle
From the neon-lit streets of Tokyo to the dusty backroads of America, this chain follows the adrenaline, the engineering, and the outlaws who live for the race.
8 films
When Nature Turns
Exploring the deep to the desert, and the skies to the suburbs, animals have long been cinema's most primal villains. This chain traces the evolution of the cre...
8 films
Anarchy in the UK
From Ealing's sly subversions to Python's surreal dismantling of authority, a journey through the films that taught Britain to laugh at itself.
7 films
The Rivalry Within: How Feuds Shape the Soul
From duelling magicians to warring chefs, explore how rivalry reveals our deepest fears and desires. A cinematic journey through competition, obsession, and the...
8 films
When Studios Marry: Films Born of Corporate Chaos
From the ashes of mergers and acquisitions come some of cinema's most fascinating experiments. This chain traces how boardroom decisions shaped the art on scree...
8 films
The Camera as Weapon
From Chris Hansen's sting operations to the blood sport of nightly news, this chain traces the moral rot at the heart of spectacle.
8 films
The Hypnotic Gaze
From Woody Allen's comic hypnosis to the chilling mechanics of control, this chain traces cinema's fascination with the mind's susceptibility.
8 films
Rewinding the Reel: How VHS Championed British Independents
From Thatcher's Britain to the video shop era, discover how VHS gave gritty, daring British films a second life and a devoted audience.
9 films
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The Great Escaper
2023 · Bernard Jordan
Come Away
2020 · Charlie
Tenet
2020 · Crosby
An Accidental Studio
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Sherlock Gnomes
2018 · Lord Redbrick (voice)
Now You See Me 2
2016 · Arthur Tressler
The Last Witch Hunter
2015 · Dolan 36th
Kingsman: The Secret Service
2015 · Arthur
Interstellar
2014 · Professor Brand
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
2013 · Matthew Morgan
Now You See Me
2013 · Arthur Tressler
The Dark Knight Rises
2012 · Alfred
Cars 2
2011 · Finn McMissile (voice)
Inception
2010 · Stephen Miles
Harry Brown
2009 · Harry Brown
The Dark Knight
2008 · Alfred
The Prestige
2006 · Cutter
Children of Men
2006 · Jasper
Batman Begins
2005 · Alfred
The Statement
2003 · Pierre Brossard
The Actors
2003 · Anthony O'Malley
The Quiet American
2002 · Thomas Fowler
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002 · Nigel Powers
Shiner
2000 · Billy 'Shiner' Simpson
The Cider House Rules
1999 · Dr. Wilbur Larch
Blood and Wine
1996 · Victor
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995 · Self
The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992 · Ebenezer Scrooge
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
A Shock to the System
1990 · Graham Marshall
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988 · Lawrence Jamieson
Mona Lisa
1986 · Mortwell
Sweet Liberty
1986 · Elliott James
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 · Elliot
The Honorary Consul
1983 · Charley Fortnum
Educating Rita
1983 · Dr. Frank Bryant
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1983 · British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other")
Deathtrap
1982 · Sidney Bruhl
Dressed to Kill
1980 · Doctor Robert Elliott
The Swarm
1978 · Brad Crane
California Suite
1978 · Sidney Cochran
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur
The Eagle Has Landed
1976 · Col. Kurt Steiner
The Man Who Would Be King
1975 · Peachy Carnehan
Sleuth
1972 · Milo Tindle
Pulp
1972 · Mickey King
Get Carter
1971 · Jack Carter
The Last Valley
1971 · The Captain
The Italian Job
1969 · Charlie Croker
Woman Times Seven
1967 · Handsome Stranger
Funeral in Berlin
1966 · Harry Palmer
Gambit
1966 · Harry
The Wrong Box
1966 · Michael Hubert Gregory Finsbury
The Ipcress File
1965 · Harry Palmer
Hamlet at Elsinore
1964 · Horatio
Zulu
1964 · Lt. Gonville Bromhead
The Wrong Arm of the Law
1963 · Police Officer (uncredited)
The Key
1958 · Seaman (uncredited)