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 after The Great Escaper (2023).
Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Daily Show
1996
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The View
1997
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Filmography
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 2015
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest · 1996
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest · 1993
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Guest · 1961
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self · 2005
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
The View
as Self · 1997
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
· 1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self - Guest · 1982
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1962
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest · 1950
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self · 1992
The One Show
as Self - Guest · 2006
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest · 1968
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee/Presenter · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1944
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1956
Interstellar
as Professor Brand · 2014
Inception
as Stephen Miles · 2010
The Dark Knight
as Alfred · 2008
The Dark Knight Rises
as Alfred · 2012
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self · 2015
Dinah!
as Self · 1974
Film '72
as Self · 1971
Omnibus
· 1967
Parkinson
as Self · 1998
Batman Begins
as Alfred · 2005
Cars 2
as Finn McMissile (voice) · 2011
Sunday Night Theatre
as Fighter · 1950
The Prestige
as Cutter · 2006
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
as Cornelius · 1969
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
TFI Friday
· 1996
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self · 1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited) · 1968
Now You See Me
as Arthur Tressler · 2013
World in Action
· 1963
Kingsman: The Secret Service
as Arthur · 2015
Parkinson
as Self - Guest · 2004
Tenet
as Crosby · 2020
ITV Play of the Week
as Willie Mossop · 1955
Now You See Me 2
as Arthur Tressler · 2016
Navy Log
· 1955
Dunkirk
as Voice on Radio (uncredited) · 2017
Ciné regards
as Self · 1978
Children of Men
as Jasper · 2006
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
as Alexander Anderson · 2012
Miss Congeniality
as Victor Melling · 2000
Drama 61-67
as Arthur Green · 1961
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self · 1971
Der große Preis
as Self · 1974
The Last Witch Hunter
as Dolan 36th · 2015
Legends
as Self (archive footage) · 2006
The Adventures of William Tell
as Max · 1958
Stonehearst Asylum
as Dr. Benjamin Salt · 2014
Gnomeo & Juliet
as Lord Redbrick (voice) · 2011
TFI Unplugged
as Self (Archive Footage) · 2026
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as Nigel Powers · 2002
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
as Paddy Mooney · 1959
The Cider House Rules
as Dr. Wilbur Larch · 1999
A Bridge Too Far
as Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur · 1977
Going in Style
as Joe Harding · 2017
Dressed to Kill
as Doctor Robert Elliott · 1980
Youth
as Fred Ballinger · 2015
Secondhand Lions
as Garth · 2003
The Honorary Consul
as Charley Fortnum · 1983
The Italian Job
as Charlie Croker · 1969
Jaws: The Revenge
as Hoagie Newcombe · 1987
The Max Headroom Show
as Self · 1985
Sherlock Gnomes
as Lord Redbrick (voice) · 2018
Bewitched
as Nigel Bigelow · 2005
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
as Self (archive footage) · 2020
Come Away
as Charlie · 2020
Medieval
as Lord Boreš · 2022
Jack the Ripper
as Inspector Frederick Abberline · 1988
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
as Lawrence Jamieson · 1988
The Muppet Christmas Carol
as Ebenezer Scrooge · 1992
Escape to Victory
as Captain John Colby · 1981
Hannah and Her Sisters
as Elliot · 1986
King of Thieves
as Brian Reader · 2018
The Eagle Has Landed
as Col. Kurt Steiner · 1976
British Film Forever
· 2007
The Weather Man
as Robert Spritzel · 2005
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
as British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other") · 1983
Flawless
as Mr. Hobbs · 2007
Battle of Britain
as Squadron Leader Canfield · 1969
Get Carter
as Cliff Brumby · 2000
Quills
as Dr. Royer-Collard · 2000
On Deadly Ground
as Michael Jennings · 1994
Blame It on Rio
as Matthew Hollis · 1984
Four Kids and It
as Psammead (voice) · 2020
The Man Who Would Be King
as Peachy Carnehan · 1975
Zulu
as Lt. Gonville Bromhead · 1964
The Whistle Blower
as Frank Jones · 1986
The Younger Generation
as Ray the Raver · 1961
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Captain Nemo · 1997
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
as Self · 1993
Harry Brown
as Harry Brown · 2009
The Great Escaper
as Bernard Jordan · 2023
The Quiet American
as Thomas Fowler · 2002
Best Sellers
as Harris Shaw · 2021
The Fourth Protocol
as John Preston · 1987
The Ipcress File
as Harry Palmer · 1965
The Hand
as Jonathan Lansdale · 1981
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
as Matthew Morgan · 2013
Clive James' Postcard from
as Self · 1989
Without a Clue
as Sherlock Holmes · 1988
California Suite
as Sidney Cochran · 1978
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
as Captain Mike Turner · 1979
Mr. Destiny
as Mike · 1990
Noises Off...
as Lloyd Fellowes · 1992
Funeral in Berlin
as Harry Palmer · 1966
Play Dirty
as Capt. Douglas · 1969
Get Carter
as Jack Carter · 1971
The Sound of 007
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
Blood and Wine
as Victor · 1996
Too Late the Hero
as Pvt. Tosh Hearne · 1970
Ending the Knight
as Self · 2012
Sleuth
as Milo Tindle · 1972
The Swarm
as Brad Crane · 1978
Billion Dollar Brain
as Harry Palmer · 1967
My Generation
as Self · 2017
Dear Dictator
as General Anton Vincent · 2018
Woman Times Seven
as Handsome Stranger · 1967
World War II: When Lions Roared
as Joseph V. Stalin · 1994
Acting
· 1987
Male of the Species
as Cornelius · 1969
Mona Lisa
as Mortwell · 1986
Deathtrap
as Sidney Bruhl · 1982
Sleuth
as Andrew Wyke · 2007
Alfie
as Alfie Elkins · 1966
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
as Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited) · 1961
Educating Rita
as Dr. Frank Bryant · 1983
Valentino: The Last Emperor
as Self · 2008
Hurry Sundown
as Henry Warren · 1967
The Island
as Blair Maynard · 1980
The Statement
as Pierre Brossard · 2003
Gambit
as Harry · 1966
A Shock to the System
as Graham Marshall · 1990
A Hill in Korea
as Pvt. Lockyer · 1956
Blue Ice
as Harry Anders · 1992
Around the Bend
as Henry Lair · 2004
Inside 'Interstellar'
as Self / Professor Brand · 2015
Little Voice
as Ray Say · 1998
The Wrong Arm of the Law
as Police Officer (uncredited) · 1963
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage) · 2020
Twist
as Fagin · 2021
Bullet to Beijing
as Harry Palmer · 1995
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self · 1985
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self · 1994
Last Orders
as Jack · 2001
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
as Self · 2014
Water
as Governor Baxter Thwaites · 1985
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Self (archive footage) · 2008
The Last Valley
as The Captain · 1971
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
as Charlie Croker (archive footage) · 2012
The Wilby Conspiracy
as Jim Keogh · 1975
The Best of Max Headroom
as Self · 1987
The Wrong Box
as Michael Hubert Gregory Finsbury · 1966
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self - Host · 1985
Half Moon Street
as Lord Sam Bulbeck · 1986
Curtain Call
as Max Gale · 1998
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self · 1990
Pulp
as Mickey King · 1972
Live from Studio Five
as Self · 2009
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
as Harry Palmer · 1996
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self · 1995
50 Films to See Before You Die
as Self · 2006
The Holcroft Covenant
as Noel Holcroft · 1985
And the Winner Isn't
as Self · 2017
Deadline Midnight
as Ted Drake · 1960
The Two-Headed Spy
as Gestapo Agent · 1958
Surrender
as Sean Stein · 1987
Harry and Walter Go to New York
as Adam Worth · 1976
The Foreign Eye
as Self · 2006
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self - Host · 1988
Zee and Co.
as Robert Blakeley · 1972
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2004
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
as Self · 2005
Carve Her Name with Pride
as Train Prisoner (uncredited) · 1958
Blood Money
as Fighter · 1957
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self · 1991
The Movie Life of George
as Self · 1989
Mandela and de Klerk
as F.W. de Klerk · 1997
Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed
as Self · 2015
Walk a Crooked Mile
as Police constable · 1961
Hero
as Narrator (voice) · 1986
Is Anybody There?
as Clarence · 2009
The Magus
as Nicholas Urfe · 1968
Deadfall
as Henry · 1968
The Bulldog Breed
as Sailor in Cinema Fight (uncredited) · 1960
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
as Self · 1982
The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
as Self · 2007
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self · 1987
Silver Bears
as Doc Fletcher · 1977
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
The Jigsaw Man
as Philip Kimberley / Sergei Kuzminsky · 1983
Jekyll & Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde · 1990
The Black Windmill
as Maj. John Tarrant · 1974
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
as Self · 1994
Bullseye!
as Sidney Lipton / Doctor Hicklar · 1990
Kidnapped
as Alan Breck · 1971
Why I Love 'Bewitched'
as Self · 2005
Quincy
as Self · 2018
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self · 1988
The Key
as Seaman (uncredited) · 1958
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
as Gilrony · 1957
An Accidental Studio
as Self (archive footage) · 2019
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
as Self - Actor / Narrator (voice) · 2023
Sean Connery: Private
as Self · 1993
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
as Self · 1995
The Marseille Contract
as John Deray / John Davos · 1974
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
as Self · 2020
The Romantic Englishwoman
as Lewis · 1975
Fight of the Century
as Self-(Audience Member) · 1971
Mein Name ist Connery, Sean Connery
as Self (archive footage) · 2020
Quicksand
as Jake Mellows · 2003
Foxhole in Cairo
as Weber · 1960
Passport to Shame
as Bridegroom (uncredited) · 1958
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
as Self · 1967
A Woman of Mystery
as Joe (Uncredited) · 1958
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
as Self · 1987
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
as Self · 2009
Hamlet at Elsinore
as Horatio · 1964
The Actors
as Anthony O'Malley · 2003
Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment
as Self · 1987
Morning Departure
as Teaboy · 1946
The Ship That Couldn't Stop
as Helmsman · 1961
The Debtors
· 1999
Ashanti
as Dr. David Linderby · 1979
Sweet Liberty
as Elliott James · 1986
Male of the Species
as Cornelius · 1969
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive footage) · 2015
Dirty, Sexy & Totally Iconic
as Self · 2023
Peeper
as Leslie C. Tucker · 1975
Shadow Run
as Haskell · 1998
The Many Faces of... Michael Caine
· 2011
Discovering Hamlet
as Horatio (archive footage) · 2011
Shiner
as Billy 'Shiner' Simpson · 2000
Wimbledon 2010 Official Film
as Self · 2010
Blind Spot
as Johnny Brent · 1958
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
as Self · 1991
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
· 1958
Danger Within
as Prisoner with Pin-Up (uncredited) · 1959
Arte 1 Documenta
· 2006
Elle s'appelait Françoise
as Self · 1996
Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was
· 2013
Inside 'the Swarm'
as Self · 1978
Top Deck
as Bus driver (uncredited) · 1962
Sailor Beware
as Sailor (Uncredited) · 1956
The Man Who Got Carter
as Self · 2018
Solo for Sparrow
as Paddy Mooney · 1962
Laughs and Larrikins
Hobson's Choice
as Willie Mossop · 1962
Pinter's Progress
as Self · 2009
Rickles
· 1975
Simon Simon
as Michael Caine · 1970
Rabbit Ears - King Midas and the Golden Touch
as Narrator (voice) · 1991