Michael Caine

**Sir Michael Caine** <small>CBE</small> ; (born **Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.**, 14 March 1933) is a retired English actor, producer, and author. Caine is known for his distinctive cockney accent and he has appeared in over 115 movies, and is regarded as a British movie icon.

## Career

His early role in _Alfie_ (1966) earned him an Academy Award nomination. He also starred in _The Italian Job_ (1969) and _Battle of Britain_ (1969).

His roles in the 1970s included _Get Carter_ (1971), _The_ _Last_ _Valley_ (1971), _Sleuth_ (1972), for which he earned his second Academy Award nomination, _The Man Who Would Be King_ (1975) and _A Bridge Too Far_ (1977).

In 1986, he received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Woody Allen's _Hannah and Her Sisters_.

Caine played Ebenezer Scrooge in _The Muppet Christmas Carol_ (1992). In 1999, he won a second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for _The Cider House Rules_.

Caine played Nigel Powers, Austin Powers' father in the 2002 parody _Austin Powers in Goldmember_, and Alfred Pennyworth in Christopher Nolan's _The Dark Knight Trilogy_. He appeared in several other of Nolan's movies, including _The Prestige_ (2006), _Inception_ (2010) and _Interstellar_ (2014).

He also appeared in Alfonso Cuarón's _Children of Men_ and Matthew Vaughn's action comedy movie _Kingsman: The Secret Service_.

Caine is one of only two actors nominated for an Academy Award for acting in every decade from the 1960s to the 2000s, the other one being Jack Nicholson.

## Personal life

Caine was married to Patricia Haines from 1955 until they divorced in 1962. He later married Shakira Baksh in 1973. Caine has two children. He supports the Conservative Party and voted for Brexit.

In July 2016, Caine legally changed his name from Maurice Joseph Micklewhite to Michael Caine in order to make security checks at airports easier. "[A security guard] would say, 'Hi Michael Caine,' and suddenly I'd be giving him a passport with a different name on it. I could stand there for an hour. So I changed my name."

## Selected awards

Caine won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in _Hannah and Her Sisters_ and _The Cider House Rules_.

He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role in _Educating Rita_.

He won the following Golden Globe Awards:
- Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role in _Educating Rita_
- Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for his role in _Jack the Ripper_
- Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role in _Little Voice_

## Other websites

- The Official Michael Caine website
- Michael Caine's Norfolk childhood
- PLAY DIRTY/Caine Special on Location in Spain
- Carfax Theatre  Horsham Scene of Sir Michael's first professional acting role

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Sir Michael Caine
- **image**: Sir Michael Caine, 28th EFA Awards 2015, Berlin (cropped).jpg
- **imagesize**: 210px
- **caption**: Caine in 2015
- **birthname**: Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr.
- **birth place**: Rotherhithe, London, England
- **children**: 2
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative
- **spouse**:

- **parents**: Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
Ellen Maria Burchell
- **relatives**: Stanley Caine (brother, dead)
David Burchell
(half-brother, dead)
- **nationality**: English people, English
- **occupation**: Actor, Producer, Author
- **years active**: 1950–2023