Michael Caine

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Michael Caine was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in London, to Ellen Frances Marie (Burchell), a charlady, and Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, a fish-market porter. He left school at age 15 and took a series of working-class jobs before joining the British army and serving in Korea during the Korean War, where he saw combat. Upon his return to England, he gravitated toward the...

filmography

Medieval

as Lord Boreš

... 2022

Going in Style

as Joe Harding

... 2017

Kingsman: The Secret Service

as Chester King / Arthur

... 2015

The Dark Knight

as Alfred Pennyworth

... 2008

The Weather Man

as Robert Spritzel

... 2005

Batman Begins

as Alfred

... 2005

... 2003

Miss Congeniality

as Victor Melling

... 2000

Quills

as Royer-Collard

... 2000

Fullname:

Michael Caine

Date of Birth:

March 14, 1933

Country:

United Kingdom

Biography of

Michael Caine

Michael Caine was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in London, to Ellen Frances Marie (Burchell), a charlady, and Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, a fish-market porter. He left school at age 15 and took a series of working-class jobs before joining the British army and serving in Korea during the Korean War, where he saw combat. Upon his return to England, he gravitated toward the theater and got a job as an assistant stage manager. He adopted the name of Caine on the advice of his agent, taking it from a marquee that advertised The Caine Mutiny (1954). In the years that followed, he worked in more than 100 television dramas, with repertory companies throughout England and eventually in the stage hit "The Long and the Short and the Tall".

Zulu (1964), the epic retelling of a historic 19th-century battle in South Africa between British soldiers and Zulu warriors, brought Caine to international attention. Instead of being typecast as a low-ranking Cockney soldier, he played a snobbish, aristocratic officer. Although "Zulu" was a major success, it was the role of Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File (1965) and the title role in Alfie (1966) that made Caine a star of the first magnitude. He epitomized the new breed of actor in mid-1960s England, the working-class bloke with glasses and a down-home accent. However, after initially starring in some excellent films, particularly in the 1960s, including Gambit (1966), Funeral in Berlin (1966), Play Dirty (1969), Battle of Britain (1969), Too Late the Hero (1970), The Last Valley (1971) and especially Get Carter (1971), he seemed to take on roles in below-average films, simply for the money he could by then command.

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Filmography of

Michael Caine

Found 10 movies in total

Medieval

as Lord Boreš

... 2022

Going in Style

as Joe Harding

... 2017

Kingsman: The Secret Service

as Chester King / Arthur

... 2015

The Dark Knight

as Alfred Pennyworth

... 2008

The Weather Man

as Robert Spritzel

... 2005

Batman Begins

as Alfred

... 2005

... 2003

Miss Congeniality

as Victor Melling

... 2000

Quills

as Royer-Collard

... 2000