Michael Caine
Biography
Sir Michael Caine, born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr. on March 14, 1933, is a retired English actor. Born in Rotherhithe, London, he was raised by his parents, Ellen and Maurice Micklewhite Sr. Known for his distinctive South London or Cockney accent, Caine is widely regarded as a British film icon. Throughout his life, he has been known by various names, including Michael Scott. His family included a younger brother, Stanley Caine, and an older maternal half-brother, David Burchell. Caine has maintained a long-standing reputation in the entertainment industry, transitioning from his early life in London to becoming a recognized figure in international cinema. He is a recipient of the CBE honor.
Career overview
Michael Caine is a prolific actor whose career has spanned seven to eight decades. Over the course of his professional life, he has appeared in more than 100 to 160 films. He gained prominence in the 1960s, establishing himself through a series of notable British productions. His early filmography includes starring roles in Zulu in 1964, The Ipcress File in 1965, Alfie in 1966, The Italian Job in 1969, and Battle of Britain in 1969. His performance in Alfie earned him an Academy Award nomination. During the 1970s, his work continued with roles in films such as Get Carter and The Last Valley.
Throughout his extensive career, Caine has demonstrated versatility, often portraying an affable Cockney persona across a wide variety of roles. His filmography continued to expand into the later decades of his career, featuring appearances in diverse projects such as Hannah and Her Sisters in 1986, The Cider House Rules in 1999, Inception in 2010, and Youth. By February 2017, the films in which Caine appeared had grossed over 7.8 billion dollars worldwide. As a retired performer, he remains a significant figure in British cultural history, having participated in hundreds of screen credits throughout his time in the industry.
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- TFI Unplugged (2026) as Self (Archive Footage)
- Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- The Great Escaper (2023) as Bernard Jordan
- Dirty, Sexy & Totally Iconic (2023) as Self
- MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema (2023) as Self - Actor / Narrator (voice)
- Medieval (2022) as Lord Boreš
- The Sound of 007 (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Best Sellers (2021) as Harris Shaw
- Twist (2021) as Fagin
- Tenet (2020) as Crosby
- Helter Skelter: An American Myth (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Come Away (2020) as Charlie
- Four Kids and It (2020) as Psammead (voice)
- The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault (2020) as (archive footage)
- AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis (2020) as Self
- An Accidental Studio (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- King of Thieves (2018) as Brian Reader
- Sherlock Gnomes (2018) as Lord Redbrick (voice)
- Dear Dictator (2018) as General Anton Vincent
- The Man Who Got Carter (2018) as Self
- Quincy (2018) as Self
- Dunkirk (2017) as Voice on Radio (uncredited)
- Going in Style (2017) as Joe Harding
- My Generation (2017) as Self
- My Generation (2017) Producer
- And the Winner Isn't (2017) as Self
- Now You See Me 2 (2016) as Arthur Tressler
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) as Self
- Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) as Arthur
- The Last Witch Hunter (2015) as Dolan 36th
- Youth (2015) as Fred Ballinger
- Inside 'Interstellar' (2015) as Self / Professor Brand
- Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed (2015) as Self
- Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- Interstellar (2014) as Professor Brand
- Stonehearst Asylum (2014) as Dr. Benjamin Salt
- The Double (2014) Executive Producer
- Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey (2014) as Self
- Now You See Me (2013) as Arthur Tressler
- Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013) as Matthew Morgan
- Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was (2013)
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012) as Alfred
- Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) as Alexander Anderson
- Ending the Knight (2012) as Self
- London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music (2012) as Charlie Croker (archive footage)
- Cars 2 (2011) as Finn McMissile (voice)
- Gnomeo & Juliet (2011) as Lord Redbrick (voice)
- Discovering Hamlet (2011) as Horatio (archive footage)
- The Many Faces of... Michael Caine (2011)
- Inception (2010) as Stephen Miles
- Wimbledon 2010 Official Film (2010) as Self
- Harry Brown (2009) as Harry Brown
- Heath Ledger: A Tribute (2009) as Self
- Live from Studio Five (2009) as Self
- Pinter's Progress (2009) as Self
- Is Anybody There? (2009) as Clarence
- The Dark Knight (2008) as Alfred
- Valentino: The Last Emperor (2008) as Self
- Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Flawless (2007) as Mr. Hobbs
- British Film Forever (2007)
- Sleuth (2007) as Andrew Wyke
- The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan (2007) as Self
- The One Show (2006) as Self - Guest
- The Prestige (2006) as Cutter
- Children of Men (2006) as Jasper
- Legends (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- The Foreign Eye (2006) as Self
- Arte 1 Documenta (2006)
- 50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) as Self
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) as Self
- Batman Begins (2005) as Alfred
- Bewitched (2005) as Nigel Bigelow
- The Weather Man (2005) as Robert Spritzel
- Why I Love 'Bewitched' (2005) as Self
- Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' (2005) as Self
- Around the Bend (2004) as Henry Lair
- Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild (2004) as Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Secondhand Lions (2003) as Garth
- The Statement (2003) as Pierre Brossard
- Quicksand (2003) as Jake Mellows
- The Actors (2003) as Anthony O'Malley
- The Making Of 'The Italian Job' (2003)
- Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) as Nigel Powers
- The Quiet American (2002) as Thomas Fowler
- Last Orders (2001) as Jack
- Miss Congeniality (2000) as Victor Melling
- Get Carter (2000) as Cliff Brumby
- Quills (2000) as Dr. Royer-Collard
- Shiner (2000) as Billy 'Shiner' Simpson
- The Cider House Rules (1999) as Dr. Wilbur Larch
- The Debtors (1999)
- Parkinson (1998) as Self
- Little Voice (1998) as Ray Say
- Shadow Run (1998) as Haskell
- Curtain Call (1998) as Max Gale
- The View (1997) as Self
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997) as Captain Nemo
- Mandela and de Klerk (1997) as F.W. de Klerk
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self - Guest
- Blood and Wine (1996) as Victor
- Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996) as Harry Palmer
- Elle s'appelait Françoise (1996) as Self
- Bullet to Beijing (1995) as Harry Palmer
- Roger Moore: A Matter of Class (1995) as Self
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) as Self
- On Deadly Ground (1994) as Michael Jennings
- Inside the Actors Studio (1994) as Self
- World War II: When Lions Roared (1994) as Joseph V. Stalin
- Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold (1994) as Self
- Late Show with David Letterman (1993) as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties (1993) as Self
- Sean Connery: Private (1993) as Self
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) as Self
- The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) as Ebenezer Scrooge
- Blue Ice (1992) as Harry Anders
- Blue Ice (1992) Producer
- Noises Off... (1992) as Lloyd Fellowes
- Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide (1991)
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991) as Self
- Rabbit Ears - King Midas and the Golden Touch (1991) as Narrator (voice)
- A Shock to the System (1990) as Graham Marshall
- Night of 100 Stars III (1990) as Self
- Mr. Destiny (1990) as Mike
- Bullseye! (1990) as Sidney Lipton / Doctor Hicklar
- Jekyll & Hyde (1990) as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
- Clive James' Postcard from (1989) as Self
- The Movie Life of George (1989) as Self
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) as Lawrence Jamieson
- Jack the Ripper (1988) as Inspector Frederick Abberline
- Without a Clue (1988) as Sherlock Holmes
- John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988) as Self
- Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988) as Self - Host
- Jaws: The Revenge (1987) as Hoagie Newcombe
- The Fourth Protocol (1987) as John Preston
- The Fourth Protocol (1987) Executive Producer
- Acting (1987)
- The Best of Max Headroom (1987) as Self
- Surrender (1987) as Sean Stein
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987) as Self
- The Making of Jaws The Revenge (1987) as Self
- Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment (1987) as Self
- Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) as Elliot
- Hero (1986) as Narrator (voice)
- Half Moon Street (1986) as Lord Sam Bulbeck
- Mona Lisa (1986) as Mortwell
- Sweet Liberty (1986) as Elliott James
- The Whistle Blower (1986) as Frank Jones
- The Max Headroom Show (1985) as Self
- Night of 100 Stars II (1985) as Self
- The Holcroft Covenant (1985) as Noel Holcroft
- Water (1985) as Governor Baxter Thwaites
- The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio (1985) as Self - Host
- Blame It on Rio (1984) as Matthew Hollis
- The Honorary Consul (1983) as Charley Fortnum
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) as British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other")
- Educating Rita (1983) as Dr. Frank Bryant
- The Jigsaw Man (1983) as Philip Kimberley / Sergei Kuzminsky
- Late Night with David Letterman (1982) as Self - Guest
- Deathtrap (1982) as Sidney Bruhl
- Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
- Escape to Victory (1981) as Captain John Colby
- The Hand (1981) as Jonathan Lansdale
- Dressed to Kill (1980) as Doctor Robert Elliott
- The Island (1980) as Blair Maynard
- Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) as Captain Mike Turner
- Ashanti (1979) as Dr. David Linderby
- Ciné regards (1978) as Self
- The Swarm (1978) as Brad Crane
- California Suite (1978) as Sidney Cochran
- Inside 'the Swarm' (1978) as Self
- A Bridge Too Far (1977) as Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur
- Silver Bears (1977) as Doc Fletcher
- The Eagle Has Landed (1976) as Col. Kurt Steiner
- Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976) as Adam Worth
- The Man Who Would Be King (1975) as Peachy Carnehan
- The Wilby Conspiracy (1975) as Jim Keogh
- The Romantic Englishwoman (1975) as Lewis
- Peeper (1975) as Leslie C. Tucker
- Rickles (1975)
- Dinah! (1974) as Self
- Der große Preis (1974) as Self
- The Black Windmill (1974) as Maj. John Tarrant
- The Marseille Contract (1974) as John Deray / John Davos
- Sleuth (1972) as Milo Tindle
- Pulp (1972) as Mickey King
- Pulp (1972) Producer
- Zee and Co. (1972) as Robert Blakeley
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- V.I.P. Schaukel (1971) as Self
- Get Carter (1971) as Jack Carter
- Get Carter (1971) Producer
- The Last Valley (1971) as The Captain
- Kidnapped (1971) as Alan Breck
- Fight of the Century (1971) as Self-(Audience Member)
- Too Late the Hero (1970) as Pvt. Tosh Hearne
- Simon Simon (1970) as Michael Caine
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) as Cornelius
- The Italian Job (1969) as Charlie Croker
- Battle of Britain (1969) as Squadron Leader Canfield
- Play Dirty (1969) as Capt. Douglas
- Male of the Species (1969) as Cornelius
- Male of the Species (1969) as Cornelius
- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self (uncredited)
- Deadfall (1968) as Henry
- The Magus (1968) as Nicholas Urfe
- Omnibus (1967)
- Woman Times Seven (1967) as Handsome Stranger
- Billion Dollar Brain (1967) as Harry Palmer
- Hurry Sundown (1967) as Henry Warren
- Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967) as Self
- Alfie (1966) as Alfie Elkins
- Funeral in Berlin (1966) as Harry Palmer
- The Wrong Box (1966) as Michael Hubert Gregory Finsbury
- Gambit (1966) as Harry
- The Ipcress File (1965) as Harry Palmer
- Zulu (1964) as Lt. Gonville Bromhead
- Hamlet at Elsinore (1964) as Horatio
- World in Action (1963)
- The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) as Police Officer (uncredited)
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- Top Deck (1962) as Bus driver (uncredited)
- Hobson's Choice (1962) as Willie Mossop
- Solo for Sparrow (1962) as Paddy Mooney
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self - Guest
- Drama 61-67 (1961) as Arthur Green
- The Younger Generation (1961) as Ray the Raver
- The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) as Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)
- The Ship That Couldn't Stop (1961) as Helmsman
- Walk a Crooked Mile (1961) as Police constable
- Deadline Midnight (1960) as Ted Drake
- The Bulldog Breed (1960) as Sailor in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
- Foxhole in Cairo (1960) as Weber
- Edgar Wallace Mysteries (1959) as Paddy Mooney
- Danger Within (1959) as Prisoner with Pin-Up (uncredited)
- The Adventures of William Tell (1958) as Max
- Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) as Train Prisoner (uncredited)
- Passport to Shame (1958) as Bridegroom (uncredited)
- The Two-Headed Spy (1958) as Gestapo Agent
- The Key (1958) as Seaman (uncredited)
- A Woman of Mystery (1958) as Joe (Uncredited)
- Blind Spot (1958) as Johnny Brent
- The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1958)
- Blood Money (1957) as Fighter
- How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957) as Gilrony
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
- The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956) as Knight
- A Hill in Korea (1956) as Pvt. Lockyer
- Sailor Beware (1956) as Sailor (Uncredited)
- ITV Play of the Week (1955) as Willie Mossop
- Navy Log (1955)
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- What's My Line? (1950) as Self - Mystery Guest
- Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Fighter
- Morning Departure (1946) as Teaboy
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee/Presenter
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Winner
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
- Laughs and Larrikins