Michael Caine
Born: 1933-03-14 in Rotherhithe, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2026
- TFI Unplugged as Self (Archive Footage)
2023
- The Great Escaper as Bernard Jordan
- Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story as Self (archive footage)
- Dirty, Sexy & Totally Iconic as Self
- MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema as Self - Actor / Narrator (voice)
2022
- Medieval as Lord Boreš
- The Sound of 007 as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Twist as Fagin
- Best Sellers as Harris Shaw
2020
- Tenet as Crosby
- Helter Skelter: An American Myth as Self (archive footage)
- Come Away as Charlie
- Four Kids and It as Psammead (voice)
- The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault as (archive footage)
- AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis as Self
2019
- An Accidental Studio as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Sherlock Gnomes as Lord Redbrick (voice)
- King of Thieves as Brian Reader
- Quincy as Self
- Dear Dictator as General Anton Vincent
- The Man Who Got Carter as Self
2017
- Dunkirk as Voice on Radio (uncredited)
- Going in Style as Joe Harding
- And the Winner Isn't as Self
- My Generation as Self
2016
- Now You See Me 2 as Arthur Tressler
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Kingsman: The Secret Service as Arthur
- The Last Witch Hunter as Dolan 36th
- Youth as Fred Ballinger
- Inside 'Interstellar' as Self / Professor Brand
- Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed as Self
- Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
2014
- Interstellar as Professor Brand
- Stonehearst Asylum as Dr. Benjamin Salt
- The Double ... (Executive Producer)
- Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey as Self
2013
- Now You See Me as Arthur Tressler
- Mr. Morgan's Last Love as Matthew Morgan
- Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was
2012
- The Dark Knight Rises as Alfred
- Journey 2: The Mysterious Island as Alexander Anderson
- Ending the Knight as Self
2011
- Cars 2 as Finn McMissile (voice)
- Gnomeo & Juliet as Lord Redbrick (voice)
- Discovering Hamlet as Horatio (archive footage)
- The Many Faces of... Michael Caine
2010
- Inception as Stephen Miles
- Wimbledon 2010 Official Film as Self
2009
- Harry Brown as Harry Brown
- Heath Ledger: A Tribute as Self
- Is Anybody There? as Clarence
- Live from Studio Five as Self
- Pinter's Progress as Self
2008
- The Dark Knight as Alfred
- Valentino: The Last Emperor as Self
- Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired as Self (archive footage)
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Flawless as Mr. Hobbs
- Sleuth as Andrew Wyke
- The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan as Self
2006
- The One Show as Self - Guest
- The Prestige as Cutter
- Children of Men as Jasper
- Legends as Self (archive footage)
- 50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
- The Foreign Eye as Self
- Arte 1 Documenta
2005
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Batman Begins as Alfred
- Bewitched as Nigel Bigelow
- The Weather Man as Robert Spritzel
2004
- Around the Bend as Henry Lair
- Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild as Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
- Secondhand Lions as Garth
- The Statement as Pierre Brossard
- Quicksand as Jake Mellows
- The Actors as Anthony O'Malley
- The Making Of 'The Italian Job'
2002
- Austin Powers in Goldmember as Nigel Powers
- The Quiet American as Thomas Fowler
2001
- Last Orders as Jack
2000
- Miss Congeniality as Victor Melling
- Quills as Dr. Royer-Collard
- Get Carter as Cliff Brumby
- Shiner as Billy 'Shiner' Simpson
1999
- The Cider House Rules as Dr. Wilbur Larch
- The Debtors
1998
- Parkinson as Self
- Little Voice as Ray Say
- Curtain Call as Max Gale
- Shadow Run as Haskell
1997
- The View as Self
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as Captain Nemo
- Mandela and de Klerk as F.W. de Klerk
1996
- The Daily Show as Self - Guest
- Blood and Wine as Victor
- Midnight in Saint Petersburg as Harry Palmer
- Elle s'appelait Françoise as Self
1995
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
- Bullet to Beijing as Harry Palmer
- Roger Moore: A Matter of Class as Self
1994
- On Deadly Ground as Michael Jennings
- World War II: When Lions Roared as Joseph V. Stalin
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold as Self
1993
- Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties as Self
- Sean Connery: Private as Self
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- The Muppet Christmas Carol as Ebenezer Scrooge
- Noises Off... as Lloyd Fellowes
- Blue Ice as Harry Anders
1991
1990
- A Shock to the System as Graham Marshall
- Mr. Destiny as Mike
- Bullseye! as Sidney Lipton / Doctor Hicklar
- Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- Jekyll & Hyde as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1989
- Clive James' Postcard from as Self
- The Movie Life of George as Self
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as Lawrence Jamieson
- Jack the Ripper as Inspector Frederick Abberline
- Without a Clue as Sherlock Holmes
- Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man as Self - Host
- John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Self
1987
- Jaws: The Revenge as Hoagie Newcombe
- The Fourth Protocol as John Preston
- Surrender as Sean Stein
- Acting
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- The Making of Jaws The Revenge as Self
- The Best of Max Headroom as Self
- Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment as Self
1986
- Half Moon Street as Lord Sam Bulbeck
- Hannah and Her Sisters as Elliot
- Mona Lisa as Mortwell
- Sweet Liberty as Elliott James
- The Whistle Blower as Frank Jones
- Hero as Narrator (voice)
1985
- The Max Headroom Show as Self
- Water as Governor Baxter Thwaites
- The Holcroft Covenant as Noel Holcroft
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio as Self - Host
1984
- Blame It on Rio as Matthew Hollis
1983
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life as British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other")
- Educating Rita as Dr. Frank Bryant
- The Honorary Consul as Charley Fortnum
- The Jigsaw Man as Philip Kimberley / Sergei Kuzminsky
1982
- Late Night with David Letterman as Self - Guest
- Deathtrap as Sidney Bruhl
- Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1981
- Escape to Victory as Captain John Colby
- The Hand as Jonathan Lansdale
1980
- Dressed to Kill as Doctor Robert Elliott
- The Island as Blair Maynard
1979
- Beyond the Poseidon Adventure as Captain Mike Turner
- Ashanti as Dr. David Linderby
1978
- The Swarm as Brad Crane
- California Suite as Sidney Cochran
- Inside 'the Swarm' as Self
1977
- A Bridge Too Far as Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur
- Silver Bears as Doc Fletcher
1976
- The Eagle Has Landed as Col. Kurt Steiner
- Harry and Walter Go to New York as Adam Worth
1975
- The Man Who Would Be King as Peachy Carnehan
- The Wilby Conspiracy as Jim Keogh
- Peeper as Leslie C. Tucker
- The Romantic Englishwoman as Lewis
- Rickles
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- Der große Preis as Self
- The Marseille Contract as John Deray / John Davos
- The Black Windmill as Maj. John Tarrant
1972
- Sleuth as Milo Tindle
- Zee and Co. as Robert Blakeley
- Pulp as Mickey King
1971
- Film '72 as Self
- V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- Get Carter as Jack Carter
- The Last Valley as The Captain
- Kidnapped as Alan Breck
- Fight of the Century as Self-(Audience Member)
1970
- Too Late the Hero as Pvt. Tosh Hearne
- Simon Simon as Michael Caine
1969
- The Italian Job as Charlie Croker
- Battle of Britain as Squadron Leader Canfield
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Cornelius
- Male of the Species as Cornelius
- Play Dirty as Capt. Douglas
- Male of the Species as Cornelius
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- Deadfall as Henry
- The Magus as Nicholas Urfe
1967
- Omnibus
- Woman Times Seven as Handsome Stranger
- Hurry Sundown as Henry Warren
- Billion Dollar Brain as Harry Palmer
- Tonite Let's All Make Love in London as Self
1966
- Gambit as Harry
- Alfie as Alfie Elkins
- Funeral in Berlin as Harry Palmer
- The Wrong Box as Michael Hubert Gregory Finsbury
1965
- The Ipcress File as Harry Palmer
1964
- Zulu as Lt. Gonville Bromhead
- Hamlet at Elsinore as Horatio
1963
- World in Action
- The Wrong Arm of the Law as Police Officer (uncredited)
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- Solo for Sparrow as Paddy Mooney
- Hobson's Choice as Willie Mossop
- Top Deck as Bus driver (uncredited)
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Guest
- Drama 61-67 as Arthur Green
- The Younger Generation as Ray the Raver
- The Day the Earth Caught Fire as Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)
- Walk a Crooked Mile as Police constable
- The Ship That Couldn't Stop as Helmsman
1960
- The Bulldog Breed as Sailor in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
- Deadline Midnight as Ted Drake
- Foxhole in Cairo as Weber
1959
- Edgar Wallace Mysteries as Paddy Mooney
- Danger Within as Prisoner with Pin-Up (uncredited)
1958
- The Adventures of William Tell as Max
- Carve Her Name with Pride as Train Prisoner (uncredited)
- The Key as Seaman (uncredited)
- The Two-Headed Spy as Gestapo Agent
- Passport to Shame as Bridegroom (uncredited)
- Blind Spot as Johnny Brent
- The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
- A Woman of Mystery as Joe (Uncredited)
1957
- How to Murder a Rich Uncle as Gilrony
- Blood Money as Fighter
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- The Adventures of Sir Lancelot as Knight
- A Hill in Korea as Pvt. Lockyer
- Sailor Beware as Sailor (Uncredited)
1955
- Navy Log
- ITV Play of the Week as Willie Mossop
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- Sunday Night Theatre as Fighter
1946
- Morning Departure as Teaboy
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter