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Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine is a retired English actor. Known for his distinctive Cockney accent, he has appeared in more than 130 films over a career that spanned eight decades and is considered a British cultural icon. He has received numerous awards including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. As of 2017, the films in which Caine has appeared ha…
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Born 14 March 1933 · Q123351
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2026· 17 entries
“I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.”
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“... I decided that if my on-screen appearance was going to be an issue, then I would use it to bring out all Horatio”
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Yahoo News UK: Sir Michael Caine to lend voice in University of York study
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University of York: Sir Michael Caine lends his voice to AI deepfake research
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UKTN: Sir Michael Caine joins project to combat AI deepfakes
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Mshale: Michael Caine Kicked Off Lorraine Kelly’s Show After Heated Clash Saint Satine (XuuccuEKSs)
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Far Out Magazine: The 1965 movie Michael Caine cherishes the most: “The film I hold dearest”
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Entertainment.ie: Michael Caine says he won't work with Woody Allen again
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Far Out Magazine: The 1999 performance Michael Caine got “slaughtered” for: “I can’t say I was shocked”
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Netflix Junkie: From Michael Caine To Morgan Freeman: Actors Who Accepted Terrible Movies Over a Heavy Payday
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IMDb: The 1990s films of Michael Caine: Mr Destiny (1990)
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The Guardian: You’re only supposed to blow the bloody hooves off: AI Michael Caine narrates Odyssey audiobook
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The New York Times: Would You Let A.I. Michael Caine Read You the ‘Odyssey’?
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2025· 4 entries
The Guardian: ‘I’ve had all the luck you can get’: Michael Caine retires for the fourth time
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The Guardian: Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine sign voice deal with AI company
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The Guardian: Michael Caine comes out of retirement (again) for Vin Diesel sequel
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The Guardian: Michael Caine, Bowie and more: David Bailey’s iconic pin-ups – in pictures
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2023· 6 entries
The Guardian: Michael Caine confirms his retirement at the age of 90
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The Guardian: The Great Escaper review – Michael Caine is gruffly heartbreaking in this veteran adventure
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The Guardian: The Great Escaper review – Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson exude ineffable class
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The Guardian: ‘I’m 90. I worry if I’m gonna make it to lunch’: Michael Caine and John Standing on wives, war and feeling like the Queen
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The Guardian: Michael Caine’s novel will most likely be rubbish, but I’m glad he’s found his happy ending | Xan Brooks
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The Guardian: Michael Caine announces debut thriller to be published in November
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2022· 1 entry
Caine filmed The Great Escaper, a British-French feature film starring Caine and Glenda Jackson, based on the true-life story of a British World War II veteran who 'broke out' of his nursing home to attend the 70th anniv
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2018· 3 entries
“I enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them against yourself. If you praise yourself your stories aren”
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Caine starred in a British Airways pre-flight safety video, appearing with six other British celebrities, including actresses Olivia Colman and Naomie Harris
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Caine starred as Brian Reader in King of Thieves, which was based on the Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary of 2015
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2017· 2 entries
Caine was the recipient of the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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Caine was cast in a spoken cameo role in Christopher Nolan's action-thriller Dunkirk (2017), based on the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II, as a Royal Air Force Spitfire pilot, as a nod to his role of RAF fighter pilot
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2015· 4 entries
Awarded European Film Award for Best Actor for Youth (2015).
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Awarded European Film Academy Honorary Award (2015).
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Caine co-starred in Matthew Vaughn's action spy comedy Kingsman: The Secret Service starring Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, and Samuel L
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The Times called Caine "the epitome of Sixties cool in his first outing as the secret agent Harry Palmer"
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2013· 1 entry
Caine appeared in the heist thriller Now You See Me starring alongside Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Isla Fisher, Woody Harrelson, and Morgan Freeman
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (2011).
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"Caine's performance, so fervent, so agonisingly dedicated, actually gains in force and touching sincerity with the years
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2010· 1 entry
Michael Caine on Charlie Rose
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2009· 2 entries
"My wife is a Muslim and she does Muslim stuff; I'm a Christian and I do Christian stuff, and no questions ever come up
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Publicly criticised Gordon Brown's Labour government for its new 50 per cent income tax rate on top earners and threatened to return to the United States if his taxes were increased further
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2008· 1 entry
Caine was awarded the prize for Outstanding Contribution to Showbusiness at the Variety Club Awards
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2007· 2 entries
Appeared in Flawless, and in 2008 and 2012 he reprised his role as Alfred in Christopher Nolan's critically acclaimed Batman sequels The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises as well as starring in the British drama I
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Caine commented on the impersonations of his voice, "I can do it
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2006· 1 entry
Appeared in Alfonso Cuaron's acclaimed dystopian drama Children of Men alongside Clive Owen and Julianne Moore as well as Nolan's mystery thriller The Prestige starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale
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2005· 2 entries
Was cast as Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred Pennyworth in Batman Begins, the first film in the new Batman film series known as The Dark Knight Trilogy
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Played as Isabel's (Nicole Kidman) father in Bewitched alongside Will Ferrell and Shirley MacLaine
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2003· 1 entry
Co-starred with Robert Duvall, and Haley Joel Osment in the family comedy Secondhand Lions
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2001· 1 entry
Caine starred in the ensemble dramedy Last Orders starring Helen Mirren, Bob Hoskins, and Tom Courtenay
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2000· 7 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Cider House Rules (2000).
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Awarded Knight Bachelor (2000).
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Awarded Donostia Award (2000).
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Awarded BAFTA Fellowship (2000).
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Received a BAFTA Fellowship and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
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Received a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award
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For The Cider House Rules, in both cases as a supporting actor
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1999· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Little Voice (1999).
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1992· 2 entries
Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1992).
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The Elephant to Hollywood in 2010 and Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life in 2018
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1990· 2 entries
Awarded Britannia Awards (1990).
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And appeared with Roger Moore in Bullseye
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1989· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for Jack the Ripper (1989).
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1987· 3 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Hannah and Her Sisters (1987).
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Caine narrated Hero, the official film of the 1986 FIFA World Cup
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That, had a tree partly blocking his view been a few feet to the left, he might have been called "Michael Mutiny"
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1986· 1 entry
Portrayed the neurotic Elliot in Woody Allen's ensemble comedy Hannah and Her Sisters, starring Barbara Hershey, Dianne Wiest, and Mia Farrow
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1983· 4 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Educating Rita (1983).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Educating Rita (1983).
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Earned him the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor
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Caine used his "not a lot of people know that" phrase as a joke in the film Educating Rita
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1978· 1 entry
Caine starred in Silver Bears, an adaptation of Paul Erdman's 1974 novel of the same name, and co-starred in the Academy Award-winning California Suite
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1976· 2 entries
Caine became part owner of Langan's Brasserie
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Caine appeared in Tom Mankiewicz's screen adaptation of the Jack Higgins novel The Eagle Has Landed as Oberst (Colonel) Kurt Steiner, the commander of a Luftwaffe paratroop unit disguised as Polish paratroopers, whose mi
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1974· 1 entry
Caine appeared in The Black Windmill, co-starring Donald Pleasence
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1973· 1 entry
“My worst roles have been in movies I made solely for the money — like Jaws – The Revenge.I was offered a small part in a fourth of the 'big shark' movies at a tremendous fee, and I took it.I have never seen the film, but by all accounts, it was terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it's terrific.”
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1966· 1 entry
After an invitation from Shirley MacLaine to play opposite her in Gambit
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1958· 1 entry
Caine played the minor role of a court orderly in a BBC Television adaptation of the story, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
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1957· 1 entry
1958 and 1959, prisoner-of-war series Escape (1957), and the crime/thriller drama Mister Charlesworth (1958)
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1956· 1 entry
Where he played Boudousse in the Jean Anouilh play The Lark
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1954· 1 entry
After his provincial apprenticeship, his agent informed him that there was already a Michael Scott performing as an actor in London and that he had to come up with a new name immediately
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1951· 1 entry
Caine was called up to do his national service with the British Army
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1944· 1 entry
Passed his eleven-plus examination, winning a scholarship to Hackney Downs School
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1940· 1 entry
“The prefabs, as they were known, were intended to be temporary homes while London was reconstructed, but we ended up living there for eighteen years—and for us, after a cramped flat with an outside toilet, it was luxury.”
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1933· 1 entry
Born 1933-03-14.
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