Sir Michael Caine CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.; March 14, 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.
Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
British Academy Film Awards
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Known For
Tenet
(2020)
Sir Michael Crosby
Interstellar
(2014)
Professor John Brand
Inception
(2010)
Stephen Miles
The Prestige
(2006)
Cutter
Batman Begins
(2005)
Alfred Pennyworth
Dunkirk
(2017)
Voice on Radio (uncredited)
The Dark Knight
(2008)
Alfred Pennyworth
Kingsman: The Secret Service
(2014)
Arthur
Now You See Me
(2013)
Arthur Tressler
Cars 2
(2011)
Finn McMissile (voice)
The Dark Knight Rises
(2012)
Alfred Pennyworth
Now You See Me 2
(2016)
Arthur Tressler
Stonehearst Asylum
(2014)
Dr. Benjamin Salt
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
(2012)
Alexander Anderson
Children of Men
(2006)
Jasper Palmer
The Last Witch Hunter
(2015)
Dolan 36th
Full Filmography
Acting
Morning Departure
(1946)
Teaboy
A Hill in Korea
(1956)
Pvt. Lockyer
Sailor Beware
(1956)
Sailor (Uncredited)
Blood Money
(1957)
Fighter
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
(1957)
Gilrony
Blind Spot
(1958)
Johnny Brent
Carve Her Name with Pride
(1958)
Train Prisoner (uncredited)
The Key
(1958)
Seaman (uncredited)
The Two-Headed Spy
(1958)
Gestapo Agent
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
(1958)
Passport to Shame
(1958)
Bridegroom (uncredited)
Danger Within
(1959)
Prisoner with Pin-Up (uncredited)
Foxhole in Cairo
(1960)
Weber
The Bulldog Breed
(1960)
Sailor in Cinema Fight
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
(1961)
Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)
Top Deck
(1962)
Bus driver (uncredited)
Solo for Sparrow
(1962)
Paddy Mooney
The Wrong Arm of the Law
(1963)
Police Officer (uncredited)
Zulu
(1964)
Lt. Gonville Bromhead
Hamlet at Elsinore
(1964)
Horatio
The Ipcress File
(1965)
Harry Palmer
The Wrong Box
(1966)
Michael Hubert Gregory Finsbury
Funeral in Berlin
(1966)
Harry Palmer
Gambit
(1966)
Harry
Alfie
(1966)
Alfie Elkins
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
(1967)
Himself
Billion Dollar Brain
(1967)
Harry Palmer
Hurry Sundown
(1967)
Henry Warren
Woman Times Seven
(1967)
Handsome Stranger
The Magus
(1968)
Nicholas Urfe
Deadfall
(1968)
Henry
Play Dirty
(1969)
Capt. Douglas
The Italian Job
(1969)
Charlie Croker
Battle of Britain
(1969)
Squadron Leader Canfield
Male of the Species
(1969)
Cornelius
Simon Simon
(1970)
Himself
Too Late the Hero
(1970)
Pvt. Tosh Hearne
Kidnapped
(1971)
Alan Breck
Zee and Co.
(1971)
Robert Blakeley
The Last Valley
(1971)
The Captain
Get Carter
(1971)
Jack Carter
Pulp
(1972)
Mickey King
Sleuth
(1972)
Milo Tindle
The Black Windmill
(1974)
Maj. John Tarrant
The Marseille Contract
(1974)
John Deray / John Davos
The Wilby Conspiracy
(1975)
Jim Keogh
Rickles
(1975)
Peeper
(1975)
Leslie C. Tucker
The Man Who Would Be King
(1975)
Peachy Carnehan
The Romantic Englishwoman
(1975)
Lewis
The Eagle Has Landed
(1976)
Col. Kurt Steiner
Harry and Walter Go to New York
(1976)
Adam Worth
Silver Bears
(1977)
Doc Fletcher
A Bridge Too Far
(1977)
Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur
The Swarm
(1978)
Brad Crane
Inside 'the Swarm'
(1978)
Self
California Suite
(1978)
Sidney Cochran
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
(1979)
Captain Mike Turner
Ashanti
(1979)
Dr. David Linderby
The Island
(1980)
Blair Maynard
Dressed to Kill
(1980)
Doctor Robert Elliott
Escape to Victory
(1981)
Captain John Colby
The Hand
(1981)
Jonathan Lansdale
Deathtrap
(1982)
Sidney Bruhl
The Jigsaw Man
(1983)
Philip Kimberley / Sergei Kuzminsky
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
(1983)
British Soldier (segment "Fighting Each Other")
The Honorary Consul
(1983)
Charley Fortnum
Educating Rita
(1983)
Dr. Frank Bryant
Blame It on Rio
(1984)
Matthew Hollis
Terror in the Aisles
(1984)
Dr. Robert Elliott (archive footage) (uncredited)
Water
(1985)
Governor Baxter Thwaites
The Holcroft Covenant
(1985)
Noel Holcroft
Night of 100 Stars II
(1985)
Self
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
(1985)
Self - Host
Half Moon Street
(1986)
Lord Sam Bulbeck
The Whistle Blower
(1986)
Frank Jones
Hannah and Her Sisters
(1986)
Elliot
Mona Lisa
(1986)
Mortwell
Hero
(1986)
Narrator (voice)
Sweet Liberty
(1986)
Elliott James
The Fourth Protocol
(1987)
John Preston
Surrender
(1987)
Sean Stein
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
(1987)
Self
Jaws: The Revenge
(1987)
Hoagie Newcombe
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
(1988)
Self - Host
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
(1988)
Lawrence Jamieson
Without a Clue
(1988)
Sherlock Holmes
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
(1989)
Self
The Movie Life of George
(1989)
Self
Bullseye!
(1990)
Sidney Lipton / Doctor Hicklar
Night of 100 Stars III
(1990)
Self
A Shock to the System
(1990)
Graham Marshall
Mr. Destiny
(1990)
Mike
Jekyll & Hyde
(1990)
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
(1991)
Self
Noises Off...
(1992)
Lloyd Fellowes
The Muppet Christmas Carol
(1992)
Scrooge
Blue Ice
(1992)
Harry Anders
Sean Connery: Private
(1993)
Self
On Deadly Ground
(1994)
Michael Jennings
Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular
(1994)
Self (archive footage)
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
(1994)
Self
Bullet to Beijing
(1995)
Harry Palmer
Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class
(1995)
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
(1995)
Self
Blood and Wine
(1996)
Victor
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
(1996)
Harry Palmer
Elle s'appelait Françoise
(1996)
Self
Mandela and de Klerk
(1997)
F.W. de Klerk
Shadow Run
(1998)
Haskell
Curtain Call
(1998)
Max Gale
Little Voice
(1998)
Ray Say
The Debtors
(1999)
The Cider House Rules
(1999)
Dr. Wilbur Larch
Shiner
(2000)
Billy 'Shiner' Simpson
Quills
(2000)
Dr. Royer-Collard
Get Carter
(2000)
Cliff Brumby
Miss Congeniality
(2000)
Victor Melling
Last Orders
(2001)
Jack
The Quiet American
(2002)
Thomas Fowler
Austin Powers in Goldmember
(2002)
Nigel Powers
The Making Of 'The Italian Job'
(2003)
The Statement
(2003)
Pierre Brossard
Secondhand Lions
(2003)
Garth
The Actors
(2003)
Anthony O'Malley
Quicksand
(2003)
Jake Mellows
Around the Bend
(2004)
Henry Lair
Bewitched
(2005)
Nigel Bigelow
The Weather Man
(2005)
Robert Spritzel
Batman Begins
(2005)
Alfred Pennyworth
The Foreign Eye
(2006)
Self
Children of Men
(2006)
Jasper Palmer
The Prestige
(2006)
Cutter
50 Films to See Before You Die
(2006)
Self
Arte 1 Documenta
(2006)
Flawless
(2007)
Mr. Hobbs
Sleuth
(2007)
Andrew Wyke
The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
(2007)
Self
Valentino: The Last Emperor
(2008)
Self
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
The Dark Knight
(2008)
Alfred Pennyworth
Pinter's Progress
(2009)
Himself
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
(2009)
Self
Harry Brown
(2009)
Harry Brown
Is Anybody There?
(2009)
Clarence
Inception
(2010)
Stephen Miles
Wimbledon 2010 Official Film
(2010)
Self
Gnomeo & Juliet
(2011)
Lord Redbrick (voice)
Cars 2
(2011)
Finn McMissile (voice)
The Many Faces of... Michael Caine
(2011)
Discovering Hamlet
(2011)
Horatio (archive footage)
The Dark Knight Rises
(2012)
Alfred Pennyworth
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
(2012)
Alexander Anderson
Ending the Knight
(2012)
Self
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
(2013)
Matthew Morgan
Now You See Me
(2013)
Arthur Tressler
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
(2013)
Self (archive footage)
Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was
(2013)
Stonehearst Asylum
(2014)
Dr. Benjamin Salt
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
(2014)
Self
Kingsman: The Secret Service
(2014)
Arthur
Interstellar
(2014)
Professor John Brand
Inside 'Interstellar'
(2015)
Self / Professor Brand
Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed
(2015)
Self
The Last Witch Hunter
(2015)
Dolan 36th
Youth
(2015)
Fred Ballinger
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
Now You See Me 2
(2016)
Arthur Tressler
My Generation
(2017)
Self
Dunkirk
(2017)
Voice on Radio (uncredited)
And the Winner Isn't
(2017)
Self
Going in Style
(2017)
Joe Harding
Quincy
(2018)
Self
Sherlock Gnomes
(2018)
Lord Redbrick (voice)
The Man Who Got Carter
(2018)
Self
Dear Dictator
(2018)
General Anton Vincent
King of Thieves
(2018)
Brian Reader
An Accidental Studio
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Tenet
(2020)
Sir Michael Crosby
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS
(2020)
Self
Come Away
(2020)
Charlie
Four Kids and It
(2020)
Psammead (voice)
Best Sellers
(2021)
Harris Shaw
Twist
(2021)
Fagin
The Sound of 007
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Medieval
(2022)
Lord Boreš
The Great Escaper
(2023)
Bernard Jordan
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
(2023)
Self - Actor
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Production