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Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Order of the
British Empire|CBE (born 14 March 1933), known
professionally as Sir Michael Caine, is a United
Kingdom|British film actor. He was born in
Rotherhithe, South London, and grew up in nearby
Camberwell. During World War II, he was evacuated
to Norfolk. When he first became an actor he used
the stage name "Michael Scott". He happened to be
speaking to his agent in a telephone box in
Leicester Square in London when he was informed
that he had to change his name again because
another actor was already using the name "Michael
Scott". His agent insisted that he come up with a
new name immediately. Looking around for
inspiration, he noted that The Caine Mutiny was
being shown at the Odeon cinema, and so he decided
to change his name to "Michael Caine". He once
joked to an interviewer that had he looked the
other way, he would have ended up as "Michael One
Hundred and One Dalmatians".

After several minor roles, Caine came into the
public eye as an upper-class British army officer
in the 1964 film, Zulu (film)|Zulu. This proved to
be ironic, as Caine was quickly to become notable
for using a Regional accents of English
speakers|regional accent, rather than the Received
Pronunciation hitherto considered proper for film
actors. At the time, Caine's working-class
cockney, just as with The Beatles Liverpudlian
accents, seemed like a breath of fresh air. Zulu
was closely followed by his two best-known roles:
the spy "Harry Palmer", in The Ipcress File
(1965), and the woman-chasing Alfie (1966).  He
went on to play Palmer in a further two films. 
His trademark horn-rimmed glasses did not prevent
him becoming a pin-up.  After ending the 1960s
with the equally iconic The Italian Job and a
solid role as an RAF fighter pilot, Squadron
Leader Canfield,  in the all-star cast of Battle
of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain (1969), Caine
entered the 1970s with Get Carter, one of the best
British gangster films.  The 1970s proved to be a
lean period for Caine, with successes such as
Sleuth (1972) and The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
overshadowed by disasters such as The Swarm (1978)
and Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979).

Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s Caine
alternated between acclaimed performances in films
such as Educating Rita (1983) and Mona Lisa
(1986), and unashamedly mercenary roles in
notorious duds such as Jaws: The Revenge (as
Hoagie Newcombe) (1987) and On Deadly Ground
(1994). Of the former, Caine famously said "I have
not seen the film, but I hear it is terrible.
However, I have seen the house that it paid for,
and it is superb". By this time Caine's reputation
as an icon was assured, and recent performances in
Little Voice (1998), Last Orders (2001) and others
have rehabilitated his critical reputation.

He has been Oscar-nominated six times, winning his
first Academy Award for the 1986 film, Hannah and
Her Sisters, his second in 1999 for The Cider
House Rules, in both cases as a supporting actor.
He was created Order of the British
Empire|Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in
1993 for services to drama, and in 2000 a Knight
Bachelor, becoming Sir Maurice Micklewhite. Unlike
some actors who adopt their stage name for
everyday use, Caine still uses his real name when
he is not working.  He recently appeared as Bruce
Wayne's beloved butler in Batman Begins, 2005

Caine is a popular subject for impressionist
(entertainment)|impressionists and mimics, having
a distinctive yet fairly easy to copy voice. Most
Caine impressions repeat the catchphrase, "Not a
lot of people know that," which was never actually
used by Caine, except more recently when sending
up himself and the mimics who established the
catchphrase; it originated with an answering
machine message recorded by Peter Sellers, who
impersonated Caine very well and in this case did
so saying, "My name is Michael Caine. Peter
Sellers is not in at the moment. Not a lot of
people know that."

==Awards==
*New York Film Critics' Best Actor Award for Alfie
*Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for Educating
Rita
*British Academy Award for Best Actor for
Educating Rita
*Golden Globe for Best Actor for Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels
*Golden Globe for Best Actor for Little Voice
*Academy Award Nomination for Alfie, Sleuth,
Educating Rita and The Quiet American
*Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for
Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules

==Filmography==

*Sailor Beware (1956)
*A Hill in Korea (1956)
*How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957)
*The Steel Bayonet (1957)
*A Woman of Mystery (1958)
*The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
*Passport to Shame (1958)
*The Key (1958)
*Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
*Danger Within (1959)
*The Bulldog Breed (1960)
*Foxhole in Cairo (1961)
*The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
*Solo for Sparrow (1962)
*The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)
*Zulu (film)|Zulu (1964)
*The Ipcress File (1965)
*Alfie (1966)
*The Wrong Box (1966)
*Gambit (1966 movie)|Gambit (1966)
*Funeral in Berlin (1966)
*Hurry Sundown (film)|Hurry Sundown (1967)
*Woman Times Seven (1967)
*Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967)
(documentary)
*Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
*Play Dirty (1968)
*Wedding of the Doll (1968) (documentary)
*Deadfall (1968)
*The Magus (novel)|The Magus (1968)
*Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain (1969)
*The Italian Job (1969)
*Simon, Simon|Simon Simon (1970) (short subject)
*Too Late the Hero (1970)
*The Last Valley (1971)
*Get Carter (1971) (also producer)
*Kidnapped (1971 film)|Kidnapped (1971)
*Pulp (movie)|Pulp (1972) (also producer)
*Zee and Co. (1972)
*Sleuth (1972)
*The Black Windmill (1974)
*The Destructors (1974)
*Peeper (1975)
*The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
*The Romantic Englishwoman (1975)
*The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
*Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
*The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
*A Bridge Too Far (1977)
*Silver Bears (1978)
*The Swarm (1978)
*California Suite (1978)
*Ashanti, Land of No Mercy (1979)
*Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
*Dressed to Kill (1980)

*The Island (1980 film)|The Island (1980)
*The Hand (1981)
*Victory (movie)|Victory (1981)
*Deathtrap (1982)
*The Jigsaw Man (1983)
*The Honorary Consul (1983)
*Educating Rita (1983)
*Beyond the Limit (1983)
*Blame It on Rio (1984)
*Water (1985 film)|Water (1985)
*The Holcroft Covenant (1985)
*Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
*Sweet Liberty (1986)
*Mona Lisa (movie)|Mona Lisa (1986)
*Half Moon Street (1986)
*The Whistle Blower (1986)
*The Fourth Protocol (1987)
*Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
*Surrender (film)|Surrender (1987)
*Without a Clue (1988)
*Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
*John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
(1989) (documentary)
*A Shock to the System (1990)
*Mr. Destiny (1990)
*Bullseye! (1990)
*Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
(documentary)
*Noises Off... (1992)
*Blue Ice (1992)
*The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
*On Deadly Ground (1994)
*Blood and Wine (1996)
*Midnight in St. Petersburg (1996)
*Shadow Run (1998)
*Little Voice (1998)
*Curtain Call (1999)
*The Cider House Rules (1999)
*The Debtors (1999)
*Quills (2000)
*Shiner (movie)|Shiner (2000)
*Get Carter (2000 movie)|Get Carter (2000)
*Miss Congeniality (2000)
*Quickland (2001)
*Last Orders (2001)
*Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
*The Quiet American (2002)
*The Actors (2003)
*Secondhand Lions (2003)
*The Statement (2003)
*Around the Bend (2004)
*Batman Begins (2005)
*The Weather Man (2005) (currently completed
filming)
*Bewitched (2005) 



==External links==
*imdb name | id=0000323 | name=Michael Caine
*http://www.citizencaine.org/ CitizenCaine:
Michael Caine fansite
*http://www.runctonweb.co.uk/mcaine.html Michael
Caine's Norfolk childhood
*http://www.thegoldenyears.org/caine.html Classic
Movies (1939 - 1969): Michael Caine