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Michael Caine

Birth name: Maurice Joseph Micklewhite

Birth date: 14.03.1933

Born Maurice Micklewhite in London, Michael Caine was the son of a fish-market porter and a charlady. He left school at 15 and took a series of working-class jobs before serving with the British army in Korea during the Koraen 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 1964 adventure epic retelling of a historic 19th-century battle in South Africa between British soldiers and Zulu natives, brought Caine to international attention. Instead of being typecast as a Cockney soldier, he played an effete, 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-'60s 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 (1968), Battle of Britain (1969), Too Late the Hero (1970), The Last Valley (1971) and especially Get Carter (1971), he often seemed to take on roles in below-average films, simply for the money he could by then command. There were some gems amongst the dross, however. He gave a magnificent performance opposite Sean Connery in The Man Who Would Be King (1975) and turned in a solid performance as a German colonel in The Eagle Has Landed (1976). Educating Rita (1983) and Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) (for which he won his first Oscar) were highlights of the 1980s, while more recently Little Voice (1998), The Cider House Rules (1999) (his second Oscar) and Last Orders (2001) have been widely acclaimed.

Filmography

# The Dark Knight movie download page (2008) .... Alfred Pennyworth # Is There Anybody There? # Sleuth movie download page movie download page (2007) .... Andrew Wyke # Flawless movie download page (2007) # The Prestige movie download page (2006) .... Cutter # Children of Men movie download page (2006) .... Jasper # The Weather Man (2005) .... Robert Spritzel # Bewitched movie download page (2005) .... Nigel Bigelow # Batman Begins movie download page movie download page (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Alfred Pennyworth # Batman Begins movie download page movie download page (2005) .... Alfred ... aka Batman Begins movie download page movie download page: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version) # Around the Bend (2004) .... Henry Lair # The Statement (2003) .... Pierre Brossard ... aka Crimes contre l'humanité (France) # Secondhand Lions movie download page (2003) .... Garth # The Actors (2003) .... O'Malley # Quicksand (2003) .... Jake Mellows ... aka Quicksand (France: video title) ... aka Quicksand - Gefangen im Treibsand (Germany: video title) ... aka Quicksand - Schmutziges Geld (Germany) ... aka Un tueur aux trousses (France: TV title) # "Freedom: A History of Us" .... Everett, Edward / ... (6 episodes, 2003) - Independence (2003) TV episode .... William Pitt - Liberty for All (2003) TV episode .... The Rev. John Cotton - Revolution (2003) TV episode .... Lord Cornwallis - Wake Up America (2003) TV episode .... Everett, Edward - Working for Freedom (2003) TV episode .... William Wood/Steelworker (1 more) # The Quiet American (2002) .... Thomas Fowler ... aka Stille Amerikaner, Der (Germany) ... aka The Spy (Philippines: English title) # Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) .... Nigel Powers ... aka Austin Powers: Goldmember (USA) # Last Orders (2001) .... Jack ... aka Letzte Runde (Germany) # Miss Congeniality (2000) .... Victor Melling ... aka Miss Undercover (Europe: DVD title) # Get Carter (2000) .... 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