Sir Michael Caine CBE is an English actor. Known for his distinctive Cockney accent, he has appeared in more than 130 films during a career spanning over 60 years. Caine made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in British films such as Zulu, The Ipcress File, Alfie, The Italian Job, and Battle of Britain. In 1986 he received great acclaim for his performance in Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters earning him his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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Sir Michael Caine CBE is an English actor. Known for his distinctive Cockney accent, he has appeared in more than 130 films during a career spanning over 60 years. Caine made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in British films such as Zulu, The Ipcress File, Alfie, The Italian Job, and Battle of Britain. In 1986 he received great acclaim for his performance in Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters earning him his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2002 he received acclaim as a conflicted British journalist in Vietnam in The Quiet American earning his sixth Academy Award nomination. In 2006 he appeared in Alfonso Cuaron’s dystopian drama film Children of Men. He gained worldwide popularity for his portrayal of Alfred Pennyworth in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy. In 2000, he received a BAFTA Fellowship and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his contribution to cinema. He is ranked at No. 20 on the list of highest-grossing box office stars, and is one of only five male actors to be nominated for an Oscar for acting in five decades. He has also appeared in seven films that featured in the British Film Institute’s 100 greatest British films of the 20th century. He was born in Southwark, London, and during the Second World War, he was evacuated to North Runcton near King’s Lynn in Norfolk where he had a pet carthorse called Lottie. His father, Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Sr, was a fish market porter of English and Irish heritage, while his English mother, Ellen Frances Marie Burchell, was a cook and charwoman.
He had an elder maternal half-brother named David William Burchell, and a younger full brother, Stanley Mickle white. At the age of 10, he in a school play as the father of the ugly sisters in Cinderella. His fly was undone and he got a laugh based on the laugh, and he played a play as a playwright. In 1944 he passed his eleven-plus exam, winning a scholarship to Hackney Downs School. He then worked briefly as a filing clerk for film producer Jay Lewis in Wardour Street and film director Jay Lewis. From 28 April 1952, when he was called up to do his national service, he served in the Royal Army’s Royal Fusiliers, at the Rhine Headquarters in Germany and then on the West Islohn in West Germany. In 1954, he left at 16 after gaining a Certificate in six subjects in six different subjects. He received his second Golden Globe Award for Little Voice. In 1999, he won his second Oscar for his role as a sympathetic doctor in The Cider House Rules. He also starred in the heist thriller film Now You See Me, and the action comedy film Kingsman: The Secret Service. He appeared in several other of Nolan’s films, including The Prestige, Inception, Interstellar, and Tenet. He also appeared in the Italian drama Youth which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
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