| Michael Caine | |
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| Born | Maurice Joseph Micklewhite March 14, 1933 London, England |
| Years active | 1956 - present |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Haines (1955-1958) Shakira Baksh (1973-present) |
Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Patricia Haines (1931 - 1977 was an English actress Born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, she is best known for her television work Shakira Caine (born Shakira Baksh on 23 February, 1947, also known as Shakira and Lady Micklewhite) is a British , CBE (born March 14, 1933), known commonly as Michael Caine, is an English film actor. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Having appeared in over one hundred films, he is one of few actors to win all four major motion picture acting awards. [1]
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Michael Caine was born in Rotherhithe, South East London, the son of Ellen Frances Marie (née Burchell), a cook and charlady, and Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Sr. Rotherhithe is a district of central south-east London in the London Borough of Southwark. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A charlady or sometimes charwoman was an English house cleaner , a fish market porter. [2] Michael Caine's father was Catholic, though Michael Caine was raised in his Protestant mother's religion. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. [3] He grew up in Camberwell, attending Wilson's School (at that time Wilson's Grammar School) and during World War II was evacuated to North Runcton in Norfolk. Camberwell is a district of London, England and forms part of the London Borough of Southwark. Wilson's School is a boys' Grammar school in Wallington, in the London Borough of Sutton, UK World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II were designed to save the population of urban or military areas from German aerial bombing North Runcton is a village in Norfolk, England, located three miles from King's Lynn. Norfolk (ˈnɔrfək is a low-lying county in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom. [4] In 1944 he passed his eleven-plus exam. In the United Kingdom the Eleven Plus or Transfer Test is an Examination administered to some students in their last year of primary education He left school at sixteen after gaining four O-Levels and did his National Service from April 1952 to 1954 in the Royal Fusiliers, serving in Germany and in combat in the Korean War. The O-level (Ordinary Level is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education (GCE "National Service" redirects here For national service in other countries see National service. The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment was an Infantry Regiment of the British Army. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the
When Michael Caine first became an actor, he adopted the stage name "Michael Scott". A stage name, also called a screen name, is a Pseudonym used by Performers and Entertainers such as His agent soon informed him, however, that another actor was already using the same name, and that he had to come up with a new name immediately. Speaking to his agent from a telephone box in Leicester Square in London, Caine looked around for inspiration, noted that The Caine Mutiny was being shown at the Odeon Cinema, and decided to change his name to "Michael Caine". For the British guitarist see Lester Square. Leicester Square (ˈlɛstɚ is a Pedestrianised square in the West End London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The Caine Mutiny is a Drama film set during World War II, directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer He has joked in interviews that had he looked the other way, he would have ended up as "Michael One Hundred and One Dalmatians". One Hundred and One Dalmatians (often abbreviated as 101 Dalmatians) is the seventeenth Animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. [5]
Michael Caine's acting career began in Horsham, West Sussex. Horsham is a Market town situated on the River Arun in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England with a population of roughly 50000 Settlements Most settlements in West Sussex are either along the south coast or are situated in the M23 corridor He responded to an advertisement for an assistant stage manager for the Horsham-based Westminster Repertory Company. This led to walk-on roles at the Carfax Theatre. [6] After several minor roles, Michael Caine came into the public eye as an upper-class British army officer in the 1964 film Zulu. Zulu is a historical War film depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift between the British Army and the Zulus in January 1879 during This proved paradoxical, as Caine was to become notable for using a regional accent, rather than the received pronunciation hitherto considered proper for film actors. The regional accents of English speakers show great variation across the areas where English is spoken as a first language Received Pronunciation ( RP) is a form of Pronunciation of the English language (specifically British English) which has long been perceived as At the time, Michael Caine's working-class cockney, just as with The Beatles' Liverpudlian accents, stood out to American and British audiences alike. Working class is a term used in academic Sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe depending on context and speaker those employed in specific fields or types The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Zulu was closely followed by two of his best-known roles: the spy Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File (1965), and the woman-chasing title character in Alfie (1966). Harry Palmer is the fictional Secret agent Protagonist of three Films based on Spy novels written by Len Deighton. The Ipcress File is a 1965 film adaptation of Len Deighton 's 1962 novel The IPCRESS File. Alfie is a 1966 British film starring Michael Caine. It is an adaptation by Bill Naughton of his own Novel and play He went on to play Palmer in a further four films, Funeral in Berlin (1966), Billion-Dollar Brain (1967), Bullet to Beijing (1995) and Midnight in St. Funeral in Berlin is a 1966 film based on the spy novel by Len Deighton. Billion-Dollar Brain (1966 ISBN 0-09-985710-3 is a Cold War Spy novel by Len Deighton, and the fourth protagonised by an anonymous secret agent Petersburg (1995). Michael Caine made his first movie in the United States in 1966, after an invitation from Shirley MacLaine to play opposite her in Gambit. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Gambit ( 1966) is a film starring Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine as two criminals involved in an elaborate plot to steal a priceless antiquity During the first two weeks, whilst staying at the Beverly Hills Hotel, he met long term friends John Wayne and agent "Swifty" Lazar. The Beverly Hills Hotel is a Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, at 9641 Sunset Boulevard. John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American Irving Paul "Swifty" Lazar ( March 28 1907 &ndash December 30 1993) was a legendary talent agent and deal-maker representing [7]
After ending the 1960s with the equally iconic The Italian Job, with Noel Coward, and a solid role as an RAF fighter pilot, Squadron Leader Canfield, in the all-star cast of Battle of Britain (1969), Caine entered the 1970s with Get Carter, a British gangster film. The Italian Job is a British caper film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter Sir Noël Peirce Coward ( 16 December 1899 26 March 1973) was an English Actor, Playwright WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Get Carter is a 1971 crime Film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter a mobster who sets out to Michael Caine was busy throughout the 1970s, with successes including Sleuth (1972), opposite Sir Laurence Olivier and The Man Who Would Be King (1975), costarring Sean Connery and directed by the legendary John Huston. Sleuth is the 1972 film adaptation of the Tony Award -winning play of the same title by British playwright Anthony Shaffer. Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron The Man Who Would Be King is a 1975 film adapted from the Rudyard Kipling story of the same title. Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25 1930) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and BAFTA Award -winning Scottish John Marcellus Huston ( August 5 1906 &ndash August 28 1987) was an American Film director and Actor. By the end of the decade, he had moved to the U. S. , but his choice of roles was beginning to be criticised; he admitted to and has since made many self-deprecating comments about taking parts in numerous movies he knew to be bad strictly for the money. Michael Caine was averaging two films a year, but these included such failures as The Swarm (1978), Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979), The Island (1980) and The Hand (1981). The Swarm is a 1978 American Disaster film about a Killer bee invasion of Texas. Beyond the Poseidon Adventure is a 1979 American Disaster film, a sequel to the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure. The Island is a 1980 film David Warner played the leader of a band of modern-day Pirates who raid Yachts and Sailing boats in the The Hand is a 1981 Horror film written and directed by Oliver Stone, based on the novel The Lizard's Tail by Marc Brandell and a Although Michael Caine also took better roles, including a BAFTA-winning turn in Educating Rita (1983) and an Oscar-winning one in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), he continued to appear in notorious duds like Jaws: The Revenge (1987) and Bullseye! (1990); his appearing in so many bad films made him the butt of numerous jokes on the subject. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation Educating Rita is a 1983 film of Willy Russell 's play of the same name. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Hannah and Her Sisters is a 1986 Comedy film which tells the intertwined stories of an extended family told mostly during a year that begins and ends with Jaws The Revenge (aka Jaws 4 is a 1987 horror &ndash Thriller film directed by Joseph Sargent. Bullseye! is a 1990 comedy motion picture starring Michael Caine and Roger Moore. Of the former, Caine famously said "I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific. "[8]
The 1990s were a lean time for Michael Caine, as he found good parts harder to come by. His early '90s output included playing Ebenezer Scrooge in the whimsical Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), a villain in the Steven Seagal flop On Deadly Ground (1994), two straight to video Harry Palmer sequels and a few television movies. The Muppet Christmas Carol was the fourth Feature film to star The Muppets, and the first produced after the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson Steven F Seagal (born April 10 1951 is an American Action movie Actor, producer, writer director, Martial artist On Deadly Ground is a 1994 environmental Action-adventure Film, co-produced directed by and starring Steven Seagal, and co-starring However, Michael Caine's reputation as a pop icon was still intact, thanks to his roles in films such as The Italian Job and Get Carter. Pop icon is a Celebrity whose fame in pop culture constitutes a defining characteristic of a given society or era His performance in 1998's Little Voice was seen as something of a return to form, and won him a Golden Globe Award. Little Voice is a 1998 British Drama film with Music written and directed by Mark Herman. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Better parts followed, including The Cider House Rules (1999), for which he won his second Oscar, Last Orders (2001), The Quiet American (2002) and others which helped rehabilitate his reputation. The Cider House Rules is a 1999 Drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, based on The Cider House Rules, a 1985 Last Orders is a 2001 British / German Drama film written and directed by Fred Schepisi. The Quiet American is a 2002 Film adaptation of Graham Greene 's bestselling novel. Several of Caine's classic films have been remade to appeal to new, younger audiences, including The Italian Job, Get Carter, and Alfie. A " remake' " is a term used to described something that has been done again sometimes with better Quality, and usually with more features In 2005, he was cast as Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred in the Batman film series. Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth (or simply Alfred) is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by DC Comics. Batman Begins is a 2005 American Superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman, directed by In 2006, he appeared in the films Children of Men and The Prestige. Children of Men is a 2006 dystopian Science fiction Film co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The Prestige is a 2006 period film directed by Christopher Nolan, with a screenplay adapted from Christopher Priest 's 1995
Michael Caine has been Oscar-nominated six times, winning his first Academy Award for the 1986 film Hannah and Her Sisters, and his second in 1999 for The Cider House Rules, in both cases as a supporting actor. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1993 for services to drama, and in 2000 he was knighted as Sir Maurice Micklewhite, CBE. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. [9] Unlike many actors who adopt their stage name for everyday use, Caine still uses his real name when he is not working. A stage name, also called a screen name, is a Pseudonym used by Performers and Entertainers such as
Michael Caine is a popular subject for impressionists and mimics, having a voice and manner of speaking that are distinctive, yet fairly easy to imitate. An impressionist is a performer whose act consists of giving the "impression" of being someone else by imitating the other person's voice and mannerisms Biological mimicry occurs when a group of organisms the mimics, have Most Caine impressions include the catchphrase "Not a lot of people know that. " Peter Sellers initiated this when he appeared on BBC1's Parkinson show on 28 October 1972 and said: "Not many people know that. Richard Henry Sellers, CBE, commonly known as Peter Sellers ( 8 September 1925 &ndash 24 July 1980) was a British Sir Michael Parkinson, CBE (born March 28 1935) is an English broadcaster and Journalist. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This is my Michael Caine impression. You see, Mike's always quoting from the Guinness Book of Records. Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U At the drop of a hat he'll trot one out. 'Did you know that it takes a man in a tweed suit five and a half seconds to fall from the top of Big Ben to the ground? Now there's not many people know that!'"
In 1983, Michael Caine was given the line to say as an in-joke in the film Educating Rita. Educating Rita is a 1983 film of Willy Russell 's play of the same name. The line was parodied in Harry Enfield's Television Programme by Paul Whitehouse, who introduced himself with the line "My name is Michael Paine, and I am a nosey neighbour. Harry Enfield's Television Programme is a British Sketch show starring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. Paul Whitehouse (born 17 May 1958 is a British Comedian and actor "
Michael Caine is one of only two actors to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting (either lead or supporting) in every decade since the 1960s. The other is Jack Nicholson. John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22 1937) is an American Actor, internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals
He also starred in Austin Powers: Goldmember as Austin's Father.
On 16 December 2007 Michael Caine was the second guest on Michael Parkinson's Final Conversation. Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Sir Michael Parkinson, CBE (born March 28 1935) is an English broadcaster and Journalist.
Michael Caine lives near Leatherhead in Surrey, and is patron to the Leatherhead Drama Festival[10]. Leatherhead is a small town in the County of Surrey, England, on the River Mole. Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. He has also lived in North Stoke, Oxfordshire, Clewer near Windsor, Berkshire, and Chelsea Harbour in London. North Stoke is a Village on the Thames, in the Civil parish of Crowmarsh in the English county of Oxfordshire History See also History of Oxfordshire The county of Oxfordshire was formed in the early years of the 10th century and is broadly situated in the Clewer (also known as Clewer Village) is an ecclesiastical Parish and region of Windsor making up three wards of the Royal Borough of Windsor Windsor (ˈwɪnzə/ /ˈwɪndzə is a suburban town and tourist destination in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South Chelsea Harbour is a mixed-use development in Central London, situated on the north bank of the River Thames, within the eastern boundary of the London Borough London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. In addition, Caine owns a penthouse in Miami Beach, Florida.
He was married to actress Patricia Haines from 1955 to 1958; they had one daughter, Dominique. Patricia Haines (1931 - 1977 was an English actress Born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, she is best known for her television work Michael Caine has been married to actress and model Shakira Baksh since January 8, 1973. Shakira Caine (born Shakira Baksh on 23 February, 1947, also known as Shakira and Lady Micklewhite) is a British Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. They have a daughter named Natasha. [11]
Some time after his mother died, Michael Caine and his younger brother, Stanley, learned they had an elder half-brother, named David. He suffered from severe epilepsy and had been kept in Cane Hill Mental hospital his entire life. Epilepsy is a common chronic Neurological disorder that is characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures. Although their mother regularly visited her first son in hospital, even her husband did not know the child existed. David died in 1992. [12]
Michael Caine is a fan of the football team West Ham United[13]
Trivia books written by Caine include Not Many People Know That!, And Not Many People Know This Either!, Michael Caine's Moving Picture Show and Not A Lot of People Know This is 1988. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered } West Ham United Football Club is an English football club based in Upton Park, London Borough of Newham, East London, who have played Proceeds from the books went to the National Playing Fields Association (now Fields In Trust) of which Caine was a prominent supporter. The National Playing Fields Association (NPFA also known from 2007 as Fields in Trust (FIT was founded in 1925 and granted a Royal Charter in 1933
Michael Caine is a fan of chillout music and to that end has compiled a mix CD called Cained which was released in early October by UMTV. UMTV or Universal Music TV is a London based music Record label owned by Universal, which specialises in producing Compilation albums [14] According to Michael Caine, he met with Elton John, and was discussing musical tastes, when Caine claimed that he had been creating chillout mix tapes as an amateur for years. [15]. Also in music, Michael Caine provided vocal samples for British band Madness for their 1984 hit Michael Caine as his daughter was a fan. Madness are an English pop / Ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976 " Michael Caine " is a song by British band Madness from their 1984 album Keep Moving, and was released as a single in the same year He has sung in movie roles as well, including for the musical movie, the Muppet Christmas Carol. The Muppet Christmas Carol was the fourth Feature film to star The Muppets, and the first produced after the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Ben Kingsley for Gandhi |
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 1984 for Educating Rita |
Succeeded by Haing S. Ngor for The Killing Fields |
| Preceded by Dustin Hoffman for Tootsie |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1984 for Educating Rita |
Succeeded by Dudley Moore for Micki and Maude |
| Preceded by Randy Quaid for LBJ: The Early Years |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made of Television 1989 for Jack the Ripper |
Succeeded by Robert Duvall for Lonesome Dove |
| Preceded by Jack Nicholson for As Good as It Gets |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1999 for Little Voice |
Succeeded by Jim Carrey for Man on the Moon |
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| NAME | Caine, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Micklewhite, Sir Maurice Joseph |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rotherhithe, London, UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |