Michael Caine | Biography and Filmography | 1933
Co-starred with Dwayne Johnson in the adventure sequel "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island"
2012
Reprised role of Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises"
2011
Voiced Finn McMissile, a British secret agent in the animated feature "Cars 2"
2010
Co-starred with Leonardo DiCaprio in the Christopher Nolan directed sci-fi thriller "Inception"
2008
Reprised role of Alfred in the second installment of the revived Batman series "The Dark Knight"
2008
Co-starred with Demi Moore in "Flawless"
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
2006
Again collaborated with director Christopher Nolan for "The Prestige"
2006
Played a pot-smoking hippie in Alfonso Cuaron's futuristic tale "The Children of Men"
2005
Played Nicole Kidman's ancient warlock father in the comedy "Bewitched"
2005
Cast as Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred in Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins"
2003
Cast alongside Robert Duvall in "Secondhand Lions"
2003
Portrayed Nazi executioner Pierre Brossard in "The Statement"
2002
Played a British journalist in Phillip Noyce's "The Quiet American"; received Golden Globe, BAFTA and Oscar nominations
2002
Appeared in "Austin Powers in Goldmember" as the title character's father
2001
Starred in the dramatic film "Last Orders" which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival
2000
Co-starred with Jeffrey Rush and Kate Winslet in the critically acclaimed "Quills"
1999
Won second Academy Award as Dr. Larch in Lasse Hallström's "The Cider House Rules"; adapted by John Irving
1998
Received rave reviews for his turn as a sleazy talent agent in "Little Voice"
1995
Reprised the role of Harry Palmer in the Showtime original "Bullet to Beijing"
1994
Portrayed Joseph Stalin in the NBC miniseries "World War II: When Lions Roared"
1993
Co-produced (also starred) the HBO spy drama "Blue Ice"
1988
Co-starred with Steve Martin as con artists in the Frank Oz directed comedy "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
1988
American TV miniseries debut, "Jack the Ripper" (CBS)
1987
Debut as executive producer, "The Fourth Protocol"
1986
Won first Oscar as Mia Farrow's cheating husband in Woody Allen's "Hannah and Her Sisters"
1983
Received third Best Actor Oscar nomination as an alcoholic university professor who mentors a promising female student in "Educating Rita"
1980
Had starring role in Brian De Palma's stylized thriller "Dressed to Kill"
1975
Co-starred opposite Sean Connery in John Huston's epic adventure "The Man Who Would Be King"
1972
Received second Best Actor Oscar nomination for his work opposite Laurence Olivier in "Sleuth"
1968
Starred in the British cult favorite "The Italian Job"
1966
First American film, "Gambit" opposite Shirley MacLaine
1966
Earned first Best Actor Oscar nomination for the woman-chasing title character in "Alfie"
1965
Debuted working-class spy Harry Palmer in "The Ipcress File"
1964
First starring feature role, playing against type as posh Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead in "Zulu"
1960
Appeared at the Royal Court Theatre in London
1956
Film acting debut in a bit part in "Hell in Korea"
1954
Appeared in Theatre Workshop in Stratford East, London and Sam Wanamaker's company in Liverpool
1951
Drafted for the National Service and spent one year in West Berlin and another in the Royal Fusiliers in combat in Korea
1949
In June 2000, Caine was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
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When he won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2000 for "The Cider House Rules," Caine became only the second British male to have won two Academy Awards. The first was Peter Ustinov.
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Caine puts it all down to class. "I'm every bourgeois' nightmare," he drawls. "A Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars. They think they should have done it, but then why didn't they, if they were so much smarter and more intelligent than this stupid Cockney git? So their revenge is to say 'he's not a real actor, he's a Cockney actor.' It's like calling Tony Hopkins a Welsh actor or Sean Connery a Scots actor. Why am I a 'Cockney actor' and they are just actors?""Now I've got incredible reviews as an American doctor. But it'll still be 'good ol' Cockney, go down the pub and have some jellied eels, Michael'. I haven't been in a pub since God knows when, and I've never had jellied eels." He shudders. "I couldn't eat them, it'd be horrible. But it doesn't worry me. I'm only talking about it because it's come up now. I wouldn't otherwise." – from the London Times, Feb. 16, 2000
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