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Michael Caine
Age: 76
Height: 6' 2
Birth Place: Rotherhithe, London, England, UK
Born: Mar. 14th, 1933
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Michael Caine's Main TV Roles
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: Born Maurice Micklewhite in London, Michael Caine was the son of a fish-market porter and a charlady. He left school at 15 and took a series of working-class jobs before joining the British army and serving in Korea during the Korean War, where he saw combat. Upon his return to England he gravitated toward the theater and got a job as an assistant stage manager. He adopted the name of Caine on the advice of his agent, taking it from a marquee that advertised The Caine Mutiny (1954). In the years that followed he worked in more than 100 television dramas, with repertory companies throughout England and eventually in the stage hit, "The Long and the Short and the Tall." Zulu (1964), the 1964 epic retelling of a historic 19th-century battle in South Africa between British soldiers and Zulu warriors, brought Caine to international attention. Instead of being typecast as a low-ranking Cockney soldier, he played a snobbish, aristocratic officer. Although "Zulu" was a major success, it was the role of Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File (1965) and the title role in Alfie (1966) that made Caine a star of the first magnitude. He epitomized the new breed of actor in mid-'60s England, the working-class bloke with glasses and a down-home accent. However, after initially starring in some excellent films, particularly in the 1960s, including Gambit (1966), Funeral in Berlin (1966), Play Dirty (1968), Battle of Britain (1969), Too Late the Hero (1970), The Last Valley (1970) and especially Get Carter (1971), he seemed to take on roles in below-average films, simply for the money he could by then command. There were some gems amongst the dross, however. He gave a magnificent performance opposite Sean Connery in The Man Who Would Be King (1975) and turned in a solid one as a German colonel in The Eagle Has Landed (1976). Educating Rita (1983) and Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) (for which he won his first Oscar) were highlights of the 1980s, while more recently Little Voice (1998), The Cider House Rules (1999) (his second Oscar) and Last Orders (2001) have been widely acclaimed.
TRIVIA:
- His first American accent was in the film _Hurry Sundown (1967)_ (qv). He was taught the Southern drawl by 'Vivien Leigh' (qv), who told him to say "four door Ford" all day long for weeks. (source - "What's it all about?" Michael Caine's autobiography - 1992)
- Shared a London flat with actor 'Terence Stamp' (qv) early in his career.
- In 1957, at Brighton University, Caine appeared in a one-act play written by a fellow actor who went by the name of David Baron. It was Baron's very first play. He later changed his name back to 'Harold Pinter' (qv), the name under which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005.
- Owns his own film production company.
- Superstar Swedish rock band Kent refer to him in their song "Palace and Main"
- 12/18/05: Attended the party at his close friend Sir 'Elton John' (qv)'s Old Windsor mansion after the singer married 'David Furnish' (qv) in a civil partnership ceremony.
- Co-owned top London restaurant Langan's Brasserie.
- Took his name from the film _The Caine Mutiny (1954)_ (qv)
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