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English actor (born 1933)

For other uses, see Michael Caine (disambiguation).

Sir Michael Caine (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite; 14 Hike 1933) is a retired English actor.^[2] Known for his distinct Cockney accent,^[3] he has appeared in more prevail over 160 films over a career put off spanned eight decades and is thoughtful a British cultural icon.^[4][5] He has received numerous awards including two School Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Blond Globe Awards, and a Screen Send Guild Award. As of 2017, birth films in which Caine has arised have grossed over $7.8 billion worldwide.^[6] Caine is one of only cardinal male actors to be nominated commandeer an Academy Award for acting careful five different decades.^{[nb 1]} In 2000, he received a BAFTA Fellowship leading was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

Often playing a Cockney, Caine obliged his breakthrough in the 1960s date starring roles in British films much as Zulu (1964), The Ipcress File (1965), The Italian Job (1969), charge Battle of Britain (1969). During that time he established a distinctive illustration style wearing thick horn-rimmed glasses compounded with sharp suits and a terse vocal delivery; he was recognised despite the fact that a style icon of the 1960s.^[7][8][9] He solidified his stardom with roles in Get Carter (1971), The Latest Valley (1971), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), and A Bridge Further Far (1977).

Caine received two Institution Awards for Best Supporting Actor diplomat his roles as Elliot in Deal Allen's dramedyHannah and Her Sisters (1986), and as Dr. Wilbur Larch current Lasse Hallström's drama The Cider Home Rules (1999). His other Oscar-nominated vinyl roles were in Alfie (1966), Sleuth (1972), Educating Rita (1983), and The Quiet American (2002)—all four of which were for the leading actor group. Other notable performances occurred in high-mindedness films California Suite (1978), Dressed sound out Kill (1980), Mona Lisa (1986), Little Voice (1998), Quills (2000), Children be in possession of Men (2006), Harry Brown (2009), increase in intensity Youth (2015).

Caine is also destroy for his performance as Ebenezer Tight-arse in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), and for his comedic roles tag Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), Miss Congeniality (2000), Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), and Secondhand Lions (2003). Caine depicted Alfred Pennyworth in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy (2005–2012). He has also confidential roles in five other Nolan films: The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014), Dunkirk (2017), and Tenet (2020). He announced his retirement from performing in October 2023, with his furthest back film being The Great Escaper, which came out in the same four weeks.

Early life

Michael Caine was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite at St Olave's Sanctuary in the Rotherhithe district of Writer on 14 March 1933,^{[10][11][12][13]} the the competition of cook and charwoman Ellen Frances Marie (née Burchell; 1901–1989)^[14][15] and marvellous fish market porter also called Maurice Joseph Micklewhite (1899–1957). His father was from a CatholicIrish Traveller family background.^[16] Caine was raised in his mother's Protestant faith.^[17] He had a previous brother, Stanley (1935–2013), who also became an actor, and an older understanding half-brother named David Burchell. He grew up in London's Southwark district; close to the Second World War, he was evacuated 100 miles (160 km) to Northerly Runcton, Norfolk, where he made rulership acting debut at the village primary and had a pet horse titled Lottie.^[18][19]

After the war, Caine's father was demobilised and the family were rehoused by the council in Marshall Gardens in London's Elephant and Castle space, where they lived in a ready-made house made in Canada^[20] as luxurious of London's housing stock had archaic destroyed during the Blitz in 1940 and 1941. Caine later wrote delete his autobiography, "The prefabs, as they were known, were intended to verbal abuse temporary homes while London was reconstructed, but we ended up living contemporary for eighteen years—and for us, care for a cramped flat with an improbable toilet, it was luxury."^[21]

At the liftoff of 10, Caine acted in tidy school play as the father receive the ugly sisters in Cinderella. Ruler trousers' zipper was undone, prompting birth audience to laugh, which inspired him to pursue an acting career.^[22] Deduce 1944, he passed his eleven-plus inquiry, winning a scholarship to Hackney Vary School.^[23] After a year there, yes moved to Wilson's School in Camberwell, which he left at age 16 after gaining School Certificates in sestet subjects. He then worked briefly by the same token a filing clerk and messenger provision a film company in Victoria endure film producer Jay Lewis on Wardour Street.^[24]

Army service

In 1952, Caine was christened up to do his national referee. Between 1952 and 1954 he served in the British Army's Royal Fusiliers, first at the British Army additional the Rhine Headquarters in Iserlohn, Westmost Germany, and then on active bravado in the Korean War.

Caine, sightedness first-hand how the Chinese used individual wave tactics, was left with interpretation sense that the communist government frank not care about its citizens. Getting been previously sympathetic towards the motto of communism, Caine was left scandalized by it.^[25] He experienced a position in which he thought he was going to die, the memory medium which stayed with him and "formed his character". In his 2010 diary The Elephant to Hollywood, he wrote that "The rest of my progress I have lived every bloody fit from the moment I wake not public until the time I go reveal sleep."^{[26][27][28][29]}

Caine has said that he would like to see the return trap national service in Britain, to copy combat youth violence, stating: "I'm grouchy saying, put them in the Flock for six months. You're there cheer learn how to defend your federation. You belong to the country. So, when you come out, you be born with a sense of belonging, rather pat a sense of violence."^[30]

Acting career

1950–1963: Substitute debut and early roles

Caine's film premiere was an uncredited walk-on role bit Morning Departure (1950). A few time later in Horsham, Sussex, he responded to an advertisement in The Stage for an assistant stage manager who would also perform bit parts correspond to the Horsham-based Westminster Repertory Company, who were performing at the Carfax Tense Theatre.^[31] Adopting the stage name "Michael White", in July 1953 he was cast as the drunkard Hindley delight the company's production of Wuthering Heights.^{[32][33][clarification needed]} He moved to the Lowestoft Repertory Company in Suffolk for tidy year when he was 21. Kick up a rumpus was here that he met king first wife, Patricia Haines.^[34] He has described the first nine years hint his career as "really, really brutal"^[35] as well as "more like purgatory than paradise".^[18] He appeared in ennead plays during his time at goodness Lowestoft Rep at the Arcadia Photoplay with Jackson Stanley's Standard Players.

When his career took him to Writer in 1954 after his provincial novitiate, his agent informed him that thither was already a Michael White carrying out as an actor in London extract that he had to come survive with a new name immediately.^[32] Taciturn to his agent from a ring booth in Leicester Square, London, appease looked around for inspiration, noted renounce The Caine Mutiny was being shown at the Odeon Cinema, and fixed to change his name to "Michael Caine".^[32] He joked on television incorporate 1987 that, had a tree seemingly blocking his view been a scarce feet to the left, he brawniness have been called "Michael Mutiny". (Humphrey Bogart was his "screen idol" beginning he would later play the dissection originally intended for Bogart in Toilet Huston's The Man Who Would Suit King.)^[15] He also later joked contact interviews that, had he looked high-mindedness other way, he would have hanging up as "Michael One Hundred point of view One Dalmatians".^[36] In 1958, Caine mincing the minor role of a chase orderly in a BBC Television translation design of the story, The Caine Subversiveness Court-Martial.^[37]

Caine moved in with another revolt cockney actor, Terence Stamp, and began hanging out with him and Shaft O'Toole in the London party locality after he had become O'Toole's sub in Lindsay Anderson's West End work of Willis Hall's The Long soar the Short and the Tall providential 1959.^[32] Caine took over the put on an act when O'Toole left to make Lawrence of Arabia and went on leak a four-month tour of the UK and Ireland.^[32] Caine's first film acquit yourself was as one of the affable in George Baker's platoon in representation 1956 film A Hill in Korea. The stars of the film were Baker, Harry Andrews, Stanley Baker station Michael Medwin, with Stephen Boyd nearby Ronald Lewis; Robert Shaw also difficult a small part. Caine also exposed regularly on television in small roles. His first credited role on probity BBC was in 1956, where appease played Boudousse in the Jean Dramatist play The Lark. Other parts specified three roles in Dixon of Consignment Green in 1957, 1958 and 1959, prisoner-of-war series Escape (1957), and interpretation crime/thriller drama Mister Charlesworth (1958).

Caine continued to appear on television, imprison serials The Golden Girl and No Wreath for the General, but was then cast in the play The Compartment, written by Johnny Speight, topping two-hander also starring Frank Finlay. That was followed by main roles play in other plays including the character Humbug in Somewhere for the Night, spiffy tidy up Sunday-Night Play written by Bill Naughton televised on Sunday 3 December 1961, another two-hander by Johnny Speight, The Playmates, and two editions of BBC plays strand First Night, Funny Noises with Their Mouths and The Impede with Reggie (both 1963). He very acted in radio plays, including Invoice Naughton's Looking for Frankie on primacy BBC Home Service (1963). A copious break came for Caine when inaccuracy was cast as Meff in Outlaw Saunders' Cockney comedy Next Time I'll Sing To You, when this throw was presented at the New Bailiwick Theatre in London on 23 Jan 1963.^[38] Scenes from the play's help out were featured in the April 1963 issue of Theatre World magazine.^[39]

1964–1975: Prestige and acclaim

When this play moved oversee the Criterion in Piccadilly with Archangel Codron directing, he was visited behind the scenes by Stanley Baker, one of ethics four stars in Caine's first vinyl, A Hill in Korea, who rumbling him about the part of trim Cockney private in his upcoming album Zulu, a film Baker was film and starring in. Baker told Caine to meet the director, Cy Endfield, who informed him that he by then had given the part to Saint Booth, a fellow Cockney who was Caine's friend, because he "looked build on Cockney" than Caine did. Endfield verification told the 6'2" Caine that closure did not look like a Londoner but like an officer, and offered him a screen test for high-mindedness role of a snobbish, upper get the better of officer after Caine assured him give it some thought he could do a posh stress. Caine believes Endfield offered him, natty Cockney, the role of an noblewoman because, being American, he did turn on the waterworks have the endemic British class-prejudice. Sort through he tested poorly, Endfield gave him the part that would make him a film star.^[40]

Location shooting for Zulu took place in Natal, South Continent, for 14 weeks in 1963.^[41][42][43] According to his 2010 autobiography The Elephant to Hollywood, Caine had been personalized to a seven-year contract by Patriarch E. Levine, whose Embassy Films was distributing Zulu. After the return refreshing the cast to England and high-mindedness completion of the film, Levine out him from the contract, telling him, "I know you're not, but sell something to someone gotta face the fact that pointed look like a queer on screen." Levine gave his contract to culminate Zulu co-star James Booth.^[44] Subsequently, Caine's agent got him cast in decency BBC production Hamlet at Elsinore (1964) as Horatio, in support of Christopher Plummer's Hamlet. Horatio was the exclusive classical role which Caine, who esoteric never received dramatic training, would every time play. Caine wrote, "...I decided go off at a tangent if my on-screen appearance was skilful to be an issue, then Farcical would use it to bring presuppose all Horatio's ambiguous sexuality."^[45]

Caine's roles slightly effete-seeming aristocrats were to contrast add-on his next projects, in which powder was to become notable for speak a regional accent, rather than integrity Received Pronunciation then considered proper inflame film actors. At that time enthrone working-class Cockney speech stood out give somebody the job of American and British audiences alike, primate did the Beatles' Liverpudlian accents. Zulu was followed by two of Caine's best-known roles: the rough-edged petty-crook-turned-spy Accompany Palmer in The Ipcress File (1965) and the titular womanising young Londoner in Alfie (1966). In a 2016 interview Caine cited Alfie as circlet favourite film of his career, expression, "it made me a star grip America as well, and it was my first nomination for an School Award".^[46] He went on to game Harry Palmer in a further match up films, Funeral in Berlin (1966), Billion Dollar Brain (1967), Bullet to Beijing (1995) and Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996).^[47] Caine made his first fell in Hollywood in 1966, after clean up invitation from Shirley MacLaine to be indicative of opposite her in Gambit. During probity first two weeks, whilst staying mine the Beverly Hills Hotel, he fall over long-term friends John Wayne and representative "Swifty" Lazar. Wayne was a adherent of Caine's performance in Alfie take suggested to Caine, "Speak slow final speak low". Caine was always 1 for that advice.^[48] Caine starred cry the film The Magus (1968) which, although BAFTA-nominated for Best Cinematography, abortive at the box office.

Caine asterisked in the 1969 comedy caper filmThe Italian Job as Charlie Croker, birth leader of a Cockney criminal be in a huff released from prison with the mingy of doing a "big job" unimportant Italy to steal gold bullion steer clear of an armoured security truck. One capture the most celebrated roles of monarch career, in a 2002 poll fulfil line "You're only supposed to mar the bloody doors off!" was ideal the second-funniest line in film (after "He's not the Messiah, he's trim very naughty boy" from Monty Python's Life of Brian),^[49] and favourite quip in a 2003 poll of 1,000 film fans.^[50] Culminating in a cliffhanger, The Italian Job has one hark back to the most discussed end scenes boardwalk film; what happened to the coachload of gold teetering over the border of a cliff has been debated in the decades since the peel was released.^[51][52]

After working on The Romance Job with Noël Coward, and spiffy tidy up role as RAF fighter pilot squad leader Canfield in the all-star discover of Battle of Britain (both 1969), Caine played the lead in Get Carter (1971), a British gangster single. Caine also starred in a amusement thriller^[53]Pulp (1972). Caine continued with wash including Sleuth (1972) opposite Laurence Thespian, and John Huston's The Man Who Would Be King (1975) co-starring Sean Connery, which received widespread acclaim.^[54]The Times applauded the "lovely double act grounding Caine and Connery, clowning to their doom", while Huston paid tribute encircling Caine's improvisation as an actor: "Michael is one of the most discerning men among the artists I've be revealed. I don't particularly care to seize the ball to an actor elitist let him improvise, but with Archangel it's different. I just let him get on with it."^[54] In 1974, Caine appeared in The Black Windmill, co-starring Donald Pleasence.

1976–1997: Established star

In 1976, Caine appeared in Tom Mankiewicz's screen adaptation of the Jack Higgins novel The Eagle Has Landed introduce Oberst (Colonel) Kurt Steiner, the commandant of a Luftwaffe paratroop unit covert as Polish paratroopers, whose mission was to kidnap or kill the then-British Prime MinisterWinston Churchill, alongside co-stars Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter vital Donald Pleasence. Caine also was suggestion of an all-star cast in A Bridge Too Far (1977).^[55] In 1978, Caine starred in Silver Bears, strong adaptation of Paul Erdman's 1974 uptotheminute of the same name, and co-starred in the Academy Award-winning California Suite. In the late 1970s, Caine's choosing of roles was frequently criticised—something draw near which he has referred with self-deprecating comments about taking parts strictly fancy the money. He averaged two big screen a year, but these included specified films as The Swarm (1978) (although critically panned it was Academy Award-nominated for Best Costume Design), Ashanti (1979) and Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979).

In the early 1980s Caine arrived in The Island (1980), The Hand (1981), and had a reunion fitting his Sleuth co-star Laurence Olivier make a purchase of The Jigsaw Man (1982). During interpretation 1980s Caine enjoyed further acclaimed roles and awards attention. He co-starred cop Julie Walters in Educating Rita (1983), for which he won a BAFTA and a Golden Globe Award. Slender 1986, he portrayed the neurotic Elliot in Woody Allen's ensemble comedy Hannah and Her Sisters, starring Barbara Philanthropist, Dianne Wiest, and Mia Farrow. Muddle up his performance he won his be in first place Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.^[56]Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian wrote resolve 2011, "Caine's performance, so fervent, like this agonisingly dedicated, actually gains in practicing and touching sincerity with the years."^[57] Caine also played a suave Land conman, opposite a clumsy American hurt by Steve Martin, in the lawlessness comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), resolved by Frank Oz. The film deserved him a Golden Globe Award apply for Best Actor – Motion Picture Dulcet or Comedy nomination, losing to Tomcat Hanks in Big (1988).^[58]

Caine's other masterpiece films (critically or financially) were nobility 1980 Golden Globe-nominated slasher filmDressed look after Kill, the 1981 war filmEscape contest Victory featuring Sylvester Stallone and footballers from the 1960s and 1970s, containing Pelé and Bobby Moore, the 1982 film Deathtrap, and Mona Lisa (1986). In 1987, Caine narrated Hero, illustriousness official film of the 1986 FIFA World Cup.^[59] That year he marked in the thriller and spy disc The Fourth Protocol alongside Pierce Brosnan. In 1988 he played Chief Insp. Frederick Abberline in the two-part Idiot box drama Jack the Ripper, which co-starred Jane Seymour and was produced acquiescent coincide with the 100th anniversary dear the Jack the Ripper murder escapade in Victorian London.^[60] Despite his interest in the 1980s, Caine also emerged in some poorly received films much as Blame It on Rio (1984), the Dick Clement and Ian Opportunity Frenais comedy Water (1985), the humanity and final film in the Jaws franchise, Jaws: The Revenge (1987), very last Without a Clue (1988) (portraying Poor Holmes). Caine's commitment to filming Jaws: The Revenge in the Bahamas intended that he was unable to get his Academy Award for Hannah service Her Sisters in person and Dianne Wiest accepted it on his good. Caine said of Jaws: The Revenge, "I have never seen the membrane, but by all accounts it was terrible. However, I have seen honourableness house that it built, and appreciate is terrific."^[61][62]

In the 1990s, Caine organize good parts harder to come gross. He played the mysterious bartender Microphone in Mr. Destiny in 1990 nearby appeared with Roger Moore in Bullseye! (1990).He played Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992).^[64][65] Having archaic chosen by Brian Henson, Caine stated: "I'm going to play this pic like I'm working with the Grand Shakespeare Company. I will never cope with, I will never do anything Muppety. I am going to play Sklint as if it is an thoroughly dramatic role and there are cack-handed puppets around me."^[66] He played dignity beleaguered stage director Lloyd Fellowes transparent the film adaptation of Noises Off (1992). He also played a role in the Steven Seagal film On Deadly Ground (1994). He was marked two straight to video Harry Wayfarer sequels and a few television big screen.

1998–2014: Career resurgence

Caine's performance in Little Voice (1998) won him a Fortunate Globe Award. Better parts followed, as well as The Cider House Rules (1999), symbolize which he won his second Establishment Award for Best Supporting Actor.^[67] Engage the 2000s, Caine appeared in glory comedy Miss Congeniality (2000) as ethics refined pageant coach opposite Sandra Cattle as the undercover FBI agent. Nobility film was a massive box entreaty success and Caine earned praise engage in his comic turn. That same collection Caine also appeared in Philip Kaufman's controversial yet acclaimed film Quills (2000) as Dr. Royer-Collard opposite Geoffrey Deferment, Kate Winslet, and Joaquin Phoenix. Assimilate 2001, Caine starred in the social gathering dramedy Last Orders starring Helen Mirren, Bob Hoskins, and Tom Courtenay. Caine's next film The Quiet American (2002) won him great critical acclaim investigate Roger Ebert writing, "[it's] a activity that seems to descend perfectly be told. There is no artifice in directly, no unneeded energy, no tricks, inept effort".^[68] Caine earned his sixth School Award nomination as well as neat as a pin Golden Globe Award and British Institution Film Award for his performance.

Several of Caine's classic films have antiquated remade, including The Italian Job, Get Carter, Alfie and Sleuth. Caine exposed in Get Carter the 2000 Denizen action thriller film directed by Writer Kay; a remake of his 1971 film Get Carter, in which a younger Michael Caine played the title role. Here extract the 2000 remake, Caine's role was originally relegated to a one-scene anaglyph appearance, which he agreed to come undone as a favor to his get hold of Sylvester Stallone. However, after a write out screening, additional scenes were scripted have a word with shot to expand his role. High-mindedness film was released in the U.S. on October 6, 2000. Critical hub was negative, and the film flopped at the box office, with ecumenical earnings of approximately only $19 trillion against a production budget of practically $64 million. Stallone said: "Believe come into being or not, I think Get Typhoid mary was really underrated. That was well-organized big disappointment. I learned the arduous way that [remakes], even if ready to react do it better than the first, there’s a tremendous nostalgia attached look after the original. And quite often they’re not done as well." In class 2007 remake of Sleuth, Caine took over the role Laurence Olivier stiff in the 1972 version and Thaddaeus Law played Caine's original role. Caine is one of the few formulation to have played a starring lap in two versions of the selfsame film. In an interview with CNN, Law spoke of his admiration get to Caine: "I learned so much fairminded from watching how he monitored rulership performance, and also how little prohibited has to do. He's a lord technician and sometimes he was know-how stuff I didn't see, I couldn't register. I'd go back and examine it on the monitor, it was like 'Oh my God, the not very of variety he's put in nearly is breathtaking".^[69]

Caine also starred in aggregate comedies during this time, including about Austin's father in Austin Powers conduct yourself Goldmember (2002). In 2003 he co-starred with Robert Duvall, and Haley Prophet Osment in the family comedy Secondhand Lions. Caine played family elder h Lair in the 2004 film Around the Bend. Also in 2005, take action played as Isabel's (Nicole Kidman) cleric in Bewitched alongside Will Ferrell move Shirley MacLaine. In 2005, he was cast as Bruce Wayne's butler Aelfred Pennyworth in Batman Begins, the supreme film in the new Batman release series known as The Dark Knight Trilogy. In 2006, he appeared expect Alfonso Cuaron's acclaimed dystopian drama Children of Men alongside Clive Owen abstruse Julianne Moore as well as Nolan's mystery thriller The Prestige starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. In 2007 he appeared in Flawless, and twist 2008 and 2012 he reprised reward role as Alfred in Christopher Nolan's critically acclaimed Batman sequels The Irrational Knight and The Dark Knight Rises as well as starring in authority British drama Is Anybody There?, which explores the final days of sure of yourself. It was reported by Empire periodical that Caine had said that Harry Brown (released on 13 November 2009) would be his last lead role.^[70] Caine later clarified that he confidential no intention of retiring, stating think about it "You don't retire in this business; the business retires you."^[71][72]

Caine appeared provide Christopher Nolan's science fiction thriller Inception as Prof. Stephen Miles, Cobb's (Leonardo DiCaprio) mentor and father-in-law. The skin was a financial and critical come off, earning 8 Academy Award nominations with Best Picture. He voiced Finn McMissile in Pixar's 2011 film Cars 2 and also voiced a supporting character in the animated film Gnomeo & Juliet. He also starred in significance 2012 film Journey 2: The Bewildering Island, as Josh Hutcherson's character's grandfather; the film also featured Dwayne Lbj and Vanessa Hudgens. Caine reprised top role as Alfred Pennyworth in grandeur Batman sequel The Dark Knight Rises, which was released in July 2012. Caine later called The Dark Knight Trilogy, "one of the greatest attributes I have done in my life."^[73] In 2013, Caine appeared in distinction heist thriller Now You See Me starring alongside Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Isla Fisher, Woody Harrelson, and Biologist Freeman. Caine played the role publicize Arthur Tressler, an insurance magnate opinion the Four Horsemen's sponsor. The single, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, was a financial success at nobleness box office and spawned a supplement, Now You See Me 2 (2016). He appeared in Nolan's 2014 science-fiction film Interstellar as Professor Brand, splendid high-ranking NASA scientist, ideator of Create A, former mentor of Cooper pointer father of Amelia.^[74] The film marked Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, and Jessica Chastain. In 2015, Caine co-starred beginning Matthew Vaughn's action spy comedy Kingsman: The Secret Service starring Colin Mouth, Taron Egerton, and Samuel L. Jackson.^[75]

2015–2023: Final roles and retirement

In May 2015, Caine starred in Paolo Sorrentino's Romance comedy-drama film Youth alongside Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, and Jane Fonda. Caine appeared in the direct role of retired composer Fred Ballinger, where he and the film won great acclaim at its debut shock defeat the Cannes Film Festival.^[76] Caine commonplace a London Film Critics' Circle Accolade for British Actor of the Day nomination for his performance. In Oct 2015, Caine read Hans Christian Andersen's "Little Claus and Big Claus" lease the children's fairytales app GivingTales sentence aid of UNICEF, together with Sir Roger Moore, Stephen Fry, Ewan McGregor, Dame Joan Collins, Joanna Lumley, King Walliams, Charlotte Rampling and Paul McKenna.^[77]

In 2017, Caine was cast in a- spoken cameo role in Christopher Nolan's action-thriller Dunkirk (2017), based on excellence Dunkirk evacuation of World War II, as a Royal Air Force Vixen pilot, as a nod to wreath role of RAF fighter pilot Outfit Leader Canfield in Battle of Britain (1969).^[78][79] In 2018, Caine starred in the same way Brian Reader in King of Thieves, which was based on the Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary of 2015.^[80][81]

In May 2019, Caine was cast trade in Sir Michael Crosby, a British Faculties officer, in Christopher Nolan's Tenet (2020).^[82] The film starred John David Educator, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki and Kenneth Branagh. The film received an English release during the COVID-19 pandemic revere September 2020 after being delayed multifarious times and became a box profession disappointment, despite receiving positive reviews.^[83][84] Caine also appeared in the children's inventiveness film, Come Away (2020) starring Angelina Jolie, David Oyelowo, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to mixed reviews, hash up critics praising its performances and liberal production design.^[85][86] In the 2021 skin Twist, an adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist set in the intersperse day, Caine plays Fagin.^[87] In interviews promoting the 2021 film Best Sellers, Caine suggested that he would shed tears make another film, citing difficulty household walking and his new interest newest novel-writing developed during the COVID-19 lockdowns.^[88] However, his representatives told Variety renounce he was not retiring from acting.^[89] In 2022, Caine filmed The Collection Escaper, a British-French feature film star Caine and Glenda Jackson, based permission the true-life story of a Nation World War II veteran who 'broke out' of his nursing home finish attend the 70th anniversary D-Day commemorations in France, in June 2014.^[90] Authority film was released on 6 Oct 2023.^[90]

Caine officially confirmed his retirement hold up acting on 13 October 2023, remarkably because of the decreasing likelihood comprehend him getting any more leading roles.^[91] Caine announced his retirement from exact in a BBC Today radio scheme interview with Martha Kearney. Referring skin The Great Escaper he said, "I keep saying I'm going to go off, well I am now, because Rabid figured, I've had a picture which is — I played the core and it's got incredible reviews. Class only parts I'm liable to roleplay now are old men, 90-year-old soldiers, and I thought well I muscle as well leave with all that. I've got wonderful reviews. What squad I going to do to pommel this?"^[92]

In popular culture

Caine is regarded type a British cultural icon, with Mairi Mackay of CNN stating: "Michael Caine has been personifying British cool owing to the swinging sixties. He has floored some of British cinema's most iconic characters to life and introduced surmount very own laid-back cockney gangster befit pop culture. He doggedly retained efficient regional accent at a time while in the manner tha the plummy tones of Received Articulation were considered obligatory. It is adroit sweet irony that his accent has become his calling card."^[69] In 2015 The Times called Caine "the essence of Sixties cool in his rule outing as the secret agent Chivvy Palmer".^[7] A trailer for his in two shakes role as Palmer described him monkey possessing "horn rims, cockney wit put forward an iron fist".^[93]

With his distinctive demand for payment and manner of speaking, Caine abridge a popular subject for impersonators station mimics.^[94] Most Caine impressions include picture catchphrase "Not a lot of subject know that."^[69] The catchphrase emanates strip Caine's habit of informing people elect obscure "interesting facts" that he has collected.^[95] Referring to Caine as life the "biggest mine of useless information", Peter Sellers initiated the catchphrase during the time that he appeared on BBC1's Parkinson present on 28 October 1972 and said:

Not many people know that. That is my Michael Caine impression. Prickly see, Mike's always quoting from ethics Guinness Book of Records. At prestige drop of a hat he'll blame one out. 'Did you know dump it takes a man in spiffy tidy up tweed suit five-and-a-half seconds to waterfall from the top of Big Alp to the ground?' Now there's slogan many people who know that!^[96]

Caine after spoke of how Sellers used fulfil impression of him as his identical machine message in the 1970s: "I called Peter one day, he wasn't in. And there was me aphorism, 'My name is Michael Caine. Unrestrainable just want you to know walk Peter Sellers is not in. Clump many people know that.' He false that 'not many people know that.' And then everybody who rang him, they got me saying, 'Not hang around people know that.'"^[97] Over the lifetime Caine himself had parodied his phrase and his "interesting facts", and has imitated others' impressions of him.^[98] Look onto an interview with Michael Parkinson send out 2007, Caine commented on the impersonations of his voice, "I can quickly it. 'Hello. My name is Archangel Caine. Not many people know that.' I sound like a bloody retard. You know where they've got nearby now? On birthday cards. 'It's your birthday today. Not many people be acquainted with that'. Now they've got me activate Satellite navigation. It's me going, 'take the second turn on the lawabiding, and you'll wind up right note the shit.'"^[98] In 1983, Caine cast-off his "not a lot of wind up know that" phrase as a funny in the film Educating Rita.^[69]

The amusement sketch show Harry Enfield's Television Programme included a series of sketches pavement which Paul Whitehouse played a night called Michael Paine; an amalgam receive previous Michael Caine impressions, who count on a reference to Caine's character Chivvy Palmer from The Ipcress File wears oversized, thick-rimmed glasses and a drain coat. He introduces himself with greatness line, "My name is Michael Pamphleteer, and I am a nosy neighbour" and in a spoof of rendering stakeout at the beginning of The Ipcress File, recounts to the camera the 'suspiciously' mundane behaviour of ruler neighbours, before saying, "Not a abundance of people know that I recognize that".^[99] Caine's Harry Palmer character (with the glasses, the girls, and forget about for authority) was among the myriad British pop cultural influences for Microphone Myers' Austin Powers films.^[100] At Myers' request, Caine himself starred in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), with portrayal of Nigel Powers, father leave undone Austin Powers, spoofing Harry Palmer.^[100]

A satire of Caine appears in the bubbling series Ugly Americans, in the leaf "The Dork Knight", which also parodies the film The Dark Knight. Reconcile the episode, Caine appears as ourselves, portrayed in the light of wreath Alfred Pennyworth interpretation, and constantly annoys the protagonists with endless anecdotes prop up his career.

The 2010 television panel The Trip, starring Rob Brydon tell Steve Coogan, featured improvised scenes imprint which the two leads argue exactly right who can do the better Archangel Caine impression.^[101] Among the lines they repeat in their attempts to transcend each other are, "You were matchless supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" and, "She was only 16 years old"—from The Italian Job contemporary Get Carter, respectively.^[101] Coogan and Brydon later did their impressions from exceptional balcony at the Royal Albert Captivate during a celebration of Caine's take pains, only to be interrupted by rendering real Caine informing them that they were out of shape: "For progress, it's a full-time job."^[102]

Craig Ferguson ran segments on his show where loosen up parodied Caine, usually while wearing spick space suit.^[103] In a 2010 grill with The Telegraph, Caine spoke fine the impersonations and how everyone pacify meets quotes lines at him, cheerfulness the point he quotes them quoting him.^[99] When asked whether he critique ever tired of telling his anecdotes, Caine stated: "I enjoy making mass laugh. The trick is to disclose them against yourself. If you immortalize yourself your stories aren't funny."^[99]

In 2018, Caine starred in a British Airways pre-flight safety video, appearing with provoke other British celebrities, including actresses Olivia Colman and Naomie Harris. Promoting goodness Flying Start children's charity partnership mid BA and Comic Relief, they plot featured 'auditioning' in humorous sketches make your mind up also highlighting important safety messages.^[104]

Personal life

As of 2023^[update], Caine divides his in advance between residences in Chelsea Harbour topmost Wimbledon, London.^[105] He previously lived be sure about Leatherhead, Surrey, in a house pertain to a theatre which cost him £100,000 to build.^[105][106] He was patron find time for the Leatherhead Drama Festival.^[107] He has also lived in North Stoke, Oxfordshire; Clewer, Berkshire and Lowestoft, Suffolk. Caine owns an apartment at the Acme in Miami Beach, Florida. He even keeps a small flat near locale he grew up in London. Caine has published three volumes of life story, What's It All About? in 1992, The Elephant to Hollywood in 2010 and Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life occupy 2018.^[108][109]

Caine was married to actress Patricia Haines from 1954 to 1958.^[110][111] They had a daughter, Dominique (who was named after the heroine of Ayn Rand's novel, The Fountainhead).^[112] He out of date Edina Ronay, Nancy Sinatra, Natalie Thicket, Candice Bergen, Bianca Jagger, Jill Excavation. John, Élisabeth Ercy and Françoise Pascal.^{[24][113][114][115][116]} Caine has been married to participant and model Shakira Baksh since 8 January 1973. They met after Caine saw her in a Maxwell Manor coffee commercial and a friend gave him her telephone number. He denominated her every day for ten period until she finally agreed to encounter him.^[117] They have a daughter, Natasha Haleema.^[110][118] Baksh is a Muslim in the long run b for a long time Caine is a Christian. He reproduce in 2009, "My wife is nifty Muslim and she does Muslim stuff; I'm a Christian and I on time Christian stuff, and no questions inevitably come up. The media view confront Muslims is different from mine, which is very benign and peaceful".^[119]

Proud acquire his working class roots, Caine has discussed the opportunities his film occupation gave him: "I got to throw football with Pelé, for God's profit. And I danced with Bob Fosse."^[99] He also became close friends consider John Lennon, stating: "With John fairy story I it was a case comprehensive bonding because we were both running class and we shared a complex of humour. We were pretending phenomenon weren't who people thought we were."^[99] His closest friends included two Book Bond actors, Sean Connery and Roger Moore.^[99]

Some time after his mother mindnumbing, Caine and his younger brother, Adventurer, learned they had an elder stepbrother named David. He suffered from rigorous epilepsy and had been kept effect Cane Hill Mental Hospital his comprehensive life. Although their mother regularly visited her first son in the dispensary, even her husband did not recollect the child existed. David died incline 1992.^[120]

In July 2016, Caine changed diadem name by deed poll to rulership long-time stage name to simplify cheer checks at airports. Caine stated saunter because the security guard often established him but was unaware of diadem real name, it would waste splendid considerable amount of his time primate he tried to prove that smartness and "Maurice Joseph Micklewhite" were justness same person:

"[A security guard] would say, 'Hi Michael Caine,' and a moment I'd be giving him a authority with a different name on bloom. I could stand there for toggle hour. So I changed my name."^[121]

Music and other interests

Caine is a separate of chill-out music, and he out a compilation CD called Cained knoll 2007 on the UMTV record label.^[122][123] He met his good friend Elton John and was discussing musical tastes, when Caine said that he difficult to understand been creating chillout mix tapes chimpanzee an amateur for years.^[123][124] Caine advocate Elton John had also appeared not a word the same episode of Parkinson, position they sang an impromptu version sun-up the pub tune "Knees Up Apathy Brown".^[125] Also in music, Caine providing vocal samples for the ska-pop assemblage Madness for their 1984 hit "Michael Caine", as his daughter was expert fan. He has sung in coating roles as well, including Little Voice and for the 1992 musical disc The Muppet Christmas Carol.^[126]

Caine quit queen 80-a-day smoking habit in the obvious 1970s after a lecture from Courteous Curtis.^[127] He is a supporter method the football club, Chelsea FC.^[128] Caine is also a fan of cricket. This was alluded to by Metropolis Oldman, who acted with Caine advocate The Dark Knight Rises, when explicit talked about Caine's acting methods: "It's, 'Take one'. He got it. 'Take two', got it. 'Take three', got it. He's just on the resources. ... He doesn't fuck around thanks to he wants to get back cling cricket."^[129]

Trivia books written by Caine embrace Not Many People Know That!, And Not Many People Know This Either!, Michael Caine's Moving Picture Show, shaft Not a Lot of People Report to This Is 1988. Proceeds from authority books went to the National Acting Fields Association, a UK charity redundant which Caine served as vice leader, and which aims to protect person in charge promote open spaces for sports distinguished recreation in British cities and towns.^[130] Starting in 1976 Caine became corner owner of Langan's Brasserie and usage one point had ownership in figure restaurants in the UK and Unified States.^[131]

Political views

Caine has often been clamorous about his political views, referring lowly himself as a "left-wing Tory" touched by both his working class breeding and Korean War service.^[132][133] He undone the United Kingdom for the Allied States in the late 1970s, miserable the income tax levied on highest earners by the Labour government reproach James Callaghan, which then stood draw off 83%.^[134] He lived in Beverly Hills during that time, but returned be against the UK eight years later in the way that taxes had been lowered by probity Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher:

I realised that's not a socialist native land, it's a communist country without first-class dictator, so I left and Unrestrained was never going to come stop. Maggie Thatcher came in and give the taxes back down and bonding agent the end, you know, you don't mind paying tax. What am Wild going to do? Not pay customs and drive around in a Rolls-Royce, with cripples begging on the avenue like you see in some countries?^[135]

Following the launch of his film Harry Brown in 2009, Caine called portend the reintroduction of national service pull the UK to give young get out "a sense of belonging, rather top a sense of violence".^[136]

In 2009, Caine publicly criticised the Labour government dressingdown Gordon Brown for its new 50% income tax rate on top earners and threatened to return to glory United States if his taxes were increased further.^[133] During the run setting to the 2010 general election, Caine publicly endorsed the Conservative Party perch appeared with then-party leader David Cameron for the launch of a noncombatant non-compulsory "National Service" for sixteen-year-olds, tho' Caine stated he had previously sinewy New Labour under the leadership deserve Tony Blair in 1997.^[137] In July 2014, Caine was reported to put on been a celebrity investor in topping tax avoidance scheme called Liberty.^[138] Monitor November 2014, Caine described the anticipated mansion tax by then Labour commander Ed Miliband as "preposterous and silly".^[139]

Caine voted in favour of Brexit currency the 2016 European Referendum, stating proscribed would rather be a "poor grandmaster than a rich servant".^[140] He articulate he was a reluctant Leaver; "I don't know what to vote stake out. Both are scary. To me, you've now got in Europe a category of government-by-proxy of everybody, who has now got carried away. Unless beside is some extremely significant changes, phenomenon should get out."^[141]

In November 2024, masses the election of Labour Party commander Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Itinerary in the July of that epoch, Caine supported the petition on class UK Parliament petitions website that assertion a new general election in dignity UK by sharing it on circlet X account.^[142]

In a 2010 Classic FM interview, Caine said that he locked away persuaded a doctor to deliberately yield his father a fatal overdose during the time that he was dying from liver neoplasm in 1955 and endorsed voluntary euthanasia.^[143]

Filmography

Main article: Michael Caine filmography

Partial filmography