Michael Caine

Michael Caine in Little Voice

Biography

Born 03/14/1933

Prolific British film actor Michael Caine rose to fame as an icon of London’s “Swinging ‘60s,” but four decades later – having contributed to some of cinematic history’s highest and lowest moments – he was recognized as an international film legend. Caine initially seemed an...
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Awards

  • In 2009, received ShoWest Award for Lifetime Achievement
  • In 2007, received London Critics Circle Film Award for British Supporting Actor of the Year
  • In 2003, received London Critics Circle Film Award for Actor of the Year

Highlights

  • In 2008, Reprised role of Alfred in the second installment of the revived "Batman" series, "The Dark Knight"
  • In 2008, Co-starred with Demi Moore in "Flawless"
  • In 2007, Played the role of Andrew Wyke (originally portrayed by Laurence Olivier) in the adaptation of the 1972 film "Sleuth"; caine also starred in the original opposite Olivier (played by Jude Law in the remake)

Family & Companions

  • Maurice Micklewhite: father (Married Caine's mother in 1931; died in 1957 of liver cancer)
  • Ellen Maria Micklewhite: mother (Married Caine's father in 1931; died in 1989)
  • David Burchell: half-brother (Born in 1925; suffered brain damage through epilepsy as a child and was physically disabled; mother had given him as an infant to foster parents; was institutionalized for 40 years; died of pneumonia in March 1992)

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