Michael Caine

English Actor and Author

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Michael Caine Biography

He was born in Rotherhithe, South East London to Maurice Micklewhite, a Catholic fish-porter, and Ellen Maria, a Protestant charlady. He grew up in nearby Camberwell attending Wilson's School and during World War II was evacuated to North Runcton in Norfolk. He left school at sixteen after gaining four O-Levels and did his National Service from 1951 to 1953 in the Royal Fusiliers, serving in Germany and Korea.

When he first became an actor, he used the stage name "Michael Scott." He happened to be speaking to his agent in a telephone box in Leicester Square in London when he was informed that he had to change his name again because another actor was already using the name "Michael Scott." His agent insisted that he come up with a new name immediately. Looking around for inspiration, he noted that The Caine Mutiny was being shown at the Odeon cinema, and so he decided to change his name to "Michael Caine." He once joked to an interviewer that had he looked the other way, he would have ended up as "Michael One Hundred and One Dalmatians."

After several minor roles, Caine came into the public eye as an upper-class British army officer in the 1964 film, Zulu. 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. At the time, Caine's working-class cockney, just as with The Beatles' Liverpudlian accents, seemed like a breath of fresh air. Zulu was closely followed by his two best-known roles: the spy "Harry Palmer", in The Ipcress File (1965), and the woman-chasing Alfie (1966). He went on to play Palmer in a further two films. His trademark horn-rimmed glasses did not prevent him from becoming a pin-up. After ending the 1960s with the equally iconic The Italian Job 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 1970s proved to be a lean period for Caine, with successes such as Sleuth (1972) and The Man Who Would Be King (1975) overshadowed by disasters such as The Swarm (1978) and Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979).

Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Caine alternated between acclaimed performances in films such as Educating Rita (1983) and Mona Lisa (1986), and unashamedly mercenary roles in notorious duds such as Jaws: The Revenge (as Hoagie Newcombe) (1987) and On Deadly Ground (1994). Of the former, Caine famously said "I have not seen the film, but I hear it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it paid for, and it is superb." By this time Caine's reputation as an icon was assured, and recent performances in Little Voice (1998), Last Orders (2001), The Quiet American (2002) and others have rehabilitated his critical reputation. Several of Caine's classic films have been remade to appeal to new, younger audiences, including The Italian Job, Get Carter, and Alfie. He played the role of Nigel Powers in Austin Powers in Goldmember and recently appeared as Bruce Wayne/Batman's beloved butler Alfred in Batman Begins (2005).

He 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. He was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1993 for services to drama, and in 2000 a Knight Bachelor, becoming Sir Maurice Micklewhite. Unlike some actors who adopt their stage name for everyday use, Caine still uses his real name when he is not working.

Caine is a popular subject for impressionists and mimics, having a distinctive yet fairly easy to copy voice. Most Caine impressions repeat the catchphrase, "Not a lot of people know that", which was never actually used by Caine, except more recently when sending up himself and the mimics who established the catchphrase; it originated with an answering machine message recorded by Peter Sellers, who impersonated Caine very well and in this case did so saying, "My name is Michael Caine. Peter Sellers is not in at the moment. Not a lot of people know that."

He has stated that his four most memorable roles are, in no particular order, Alfie, Get Carter, The Italian Job, and The Muppet Christmas Carol.

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Michael Caine Videos

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Michael Caine Books

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    The Elephant to Hollywood
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    Michael Caine - Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making (The Applause Acting Series) Revised Expanded Edition
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