Michael Caine's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Walk a Crooked Mile (UK) Police cons…

Main Movie Roles 2011 - Gnomeo and Juliet 2010 - Inception 2008 - Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired 2008 - Is Anybody There? 2008 - The Dark Knight 2007 - Sleuth 2006 - The Prestige 2006 - Children of Men 2005 - Batman Begins 2005 - Bewitched 2005 - The Weather Man 2004 - Around The Bend 2003 - The Statement 2003 - The Actors 2003 - Secondhand Lions 2002 - The Quiet American 2002 - Austin Powers in Goldmember 2001 - Last Orders 2000 - Shiner 2000 - Get Carter 2000 - Miss Congeniality 2000 - Quills 1999 - The Cider House Rules 1999 - Curtain Call 1998 - Little Voice 1996 - Midnight in Saint Petersburg 1996 - Blood and Wine 1995 - Bullet to Beijing 1994 - On Deadly Ground 1992 - Noises Off... 1992 - The Muppet Christmas Carol 1990 - Mr. Destiny 1990 - A Shock to the System 1988 - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 1988 - Without a Clue 1987 - Jaws: The Revenge 1987 - The Whistle Blower 1987 - The Fourth Protocol 1986 - Hannah And Her Sisters 1986 - Half Moon Street 1986 - Mona Lisa 1985 - The Holcroft Covenant 1984 - Terror in the Aisles 1984 - Blame It on Rio 1982 - Deathtrap 1981 - Victory 1981 - The Hand 1980 - The Island 1980 - Dressed to Kill 1979 - Beyond the Poseidon Adventure 1978 - California Suite 1978 - The Swarm 1977 - A Bridge Too Far 1976 - The Eagle Has Landed 1975 - The Man Who Would Be King 1975 - The Romantic Englishwoman 1975 - The Wilby Conspiracy 1974 - The Black Windmill 1972 - Pulp 1972 - Sleuth 1971 - The Last Valley 1971 - Get Carter 1971 - Kidnapped 1970 - Too Late the Hero 1969 - Battle of Britain 1969 - The Italian Job 1968 - The Magus 1967 - Billion Dollar Brain 1966 - Funeral In Berlin 1966 - Alfie 1965 - The Ipcress File 1964 - Zulu 1963 - The Wrong Arm of the Law

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:

• Upon meeting 'Laurence Olivier' (qv) for the first time on the set of _Sleuth (1972)_ (qv), he was unsure of how to address Olivier. Olivier told him that he should be called Lord Olivier the first time, and after that, he could simply call him "Larry."
• 1987: Awarded British Variety Club Award for Best Film Actor.
• The production offices of _Mona Lisa (1986)_ (qv) were located in the disused St Olave's hospital, the very hospital in which Caine was born.
• He owns seven restaurants: six in London, one in Miami.
• His all-time favorite actor, his inspiration to become an actor and his hero is 'Humphrey Bogart' (qv).
• Starred with 'Donald Sutherland (I)' (qv) in a 1964 TV production of "Hamlet." Sutherland later starred in _The Italian Job (2003)_ (qv), a re-make of Caine's film _The Italian Job (1969)_ (qv).
• Originally had the lead role of _Switching Channels (1988)_ (qv) but was held up by production delays on _Jaws: The Revenge (1987)_ (qv).
• Chosen by GQ magazine as one of the 50 Most Stylish Men in the Past 50 Years.