Michael Caine

Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, CBE (born 14 March 1933), known professionally as Sir Michael Caine, is an Oscar winning British film actor. He was born in Rotherhithe, South London, and grew up in nearby Camberwell. During World War II, he was evacuated to Norfolk. 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".

Filmography

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• Sailor Beware (1956)
• A Hill in Korea (1956)
• How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957)
• The Steel Bayonet (1957)
• A Woman of Mystery (1958)
• The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
• Passport to Shame (1958)
• The Key (1958)
• Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
• Danger Within (1959)
• The Bulldog Breed (1960)
• Foxhole in Cairo (1961)
• The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
• Solo for Sparrow (1962)
• The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)
• Zulu (1964)
• The Ipcress File (1965)
• Alfie (1966)
• The Wrong Box (1966)
• Gambit (1966)
• Funeral in Berlin (1966)
• Hurry Sundown (1967)
• Woman Times Seven (1967)
• Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967) (documentary)
• Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
• Play Dirty (1968)
• Wedding of the Doll (1968) (documentary)
• Deadfall (1968)
• The Magus (1968)
• Battle of Britain (1969)
• The Italian Job (1969)
• Simon Simon (1970) (short subject)
• Too Late the Hero (1970)
• The Last Valley (1971)
• Get Carter (1971) (also producer)
• Kidnapped (1971)
• Pulp (1972) (also producer)
• Zee and Co. (1972)
• Sleuth (1972)
• The Black Windmill (1974)
• The Destructors (1974)
• Peeper (1975)
• The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
• The Romantic Englishwoman (1975)
• The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
• Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
• The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
• A Bridge Too Far (1977)
• Silver Bears (1978)
• The Swarm (1978)
• California Suite (1978)
• Ashanti, Land of No Mercy (1979)
• Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
• Dressed to Kill (1980)

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• The Island (1980)
• The Hand (1981)
• Victory (1981)
• Deathtrap (1982)
• The Jigsaw Man (1983)
• The Honorary Consul (1983)
• Educating Rita (1983)
• Beyond the Limit (1983)
• Blame It on Rio (1984)
• Water (1985)
• The Holcroft Covenant (1985)
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
• Sweet Liberty (1986)
• Mona Lisa (1986)
• Half Moon Street (1986)
• The Whistle Blower (1986)
• The Fourth Protocol (1987)
• ' (1987)
• Surrender (1987)
• Without a Clue (1988)
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
• ' (1989) (documentary)
• A Shock to the System (1990)
• Mr. Destiny (1990)
• Bullseye! (1990)
• ' (1991) (documentary)
• Noises Off... (1992)
• Blue Ice (1992)
• The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
• On Deadly Ground (1994)
• Blood and Wine (1996)
• Midnight in St. Petersburg (1996)
• Shadow Run (1998)
• Little Voice (1998)
• Curtain Call (1999)
• The Cider House Rules (film) (1999)
• The Debtors (1999)
• Quills (2000)
• Shiner (2000)
• Get Carter (2000)
• Miss Congeniality (2000)
• Quickland (2001)
• Last Orders (2001)
• Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
• The Quiet American (2002)
• The Actors (2003)
• Secondhand Lions (2003)
• The Statement (2003)
• Around the Bend (2004)
• Batman Begins (2005)
• The Weather Man (2005) (currently completed filming)
• Bewitched (2005)
• The Prestige (2006)

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