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