Sir Michael Caine CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.; March 14, 1933) is a retired English actor. Known for his distinctive South London accent, he has appeared in more than 160 films in a career spanning seven decades, and is considered a British film icon. As of February 2017, the films in which Caine has appeared have grossed over $7.8 billion worldwide. Often playing a Cockney, Caine made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in British films such as Zulu (1964), The Ipcress File (1965), Alfie (1966), The Italian Job (1969), and Battle of Britain (1969). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Alfie. His roles in the 1970s included Get Carter (1971), The Last Valley (1971), Sleuth (1972), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), The Eagle Has Landed (1976) and A Bridge Too Far (1977). He earned his second Academy Award nomination for Sleuth and achieved some of his greatest critical success in the 1980s, with Educating Rita (1983) earning him the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) earning him his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Caine is also known for his performance as Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), and for his comedic roles in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), Miss Congeniality (2000), Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), and Secondhand Lions (2003). He received his second Golden Globe Award for Little Voice (1998). In 1999, he received his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as a sympathetic doctor in The Cider House Rules. He portrayed a British journalist in Vietnam in The Quiet American (2002), earning his sixth Oscar nomination, and appeared in Alfonso Cuaron's dystopian drama film Children of Men (2006). Caine portrayed Alfred Pennyworth in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012). He appeared in several other of Nolan's films including The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014) and Tenet (2020). He also appeared in the heist thriller film Now You See Me (2013), the action comedy film Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), the Italian drama Youth (2015) and the crime film King of Thieves (2018). Caine officially confirmed his retirement from acting on 13 October 2023.
The Dark Knight
(Alfred)
Batman Begins
(Alfred)
The Man Who Would Be King
(Peachy Carnehan)
Sleuth
(Milo Tindle)
The Prestige
(Cutter)
Jaws: The Revenge
(Hoagie Newcombe)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
(Lawrence Jamieson)
Miss Congeniality
(Victor Melling)
Get Carter
(Jack Carter)
Mona Lisa
(Mortwell)
Austin Powers in Goldmember
(Nigel Powers)
The Italian Job
(Charlie Croker)
The Cider House Rules
(Dr. Wilbur Larch)
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
(British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other"))
Mr. Destiny
(Mike)
Get Carter
(Cliff Brumby)
Quills
(Dr. Royer-Collard)
Sleuth
(Andrew Wyke)
Billion Dollar Brain
(Harry Palmer)
A Shock to the System
(Graham Marshall)
The Fourth Protocol
(John Preston)
Dressed to Kill
(Doctor Robert Elliott)
Hannah and Her Sisters
(Elliot)
A Bridge Too Far
(Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur)
The Eagle Has Landed
(Col. Kurt Steiner)
Is Anybody There?
(Clarence)
Battle of Britain
(Squadron Leader Canfield)
The Weather Man
(Robert Spritzel)
The Island
(Blair Maynard)
The Wilby Conspiracy
(Jim Keogh)
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
(Harry Palmer)
Blood and Wine
(Victor)
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
(Captain Mike Turner)
Too Late the Hero
(Pvt. Tosh Hearne)
The Quiet American
(Thomas Fowler)
Little Voice
(Ray Say)
Kidnapped
(Alan Breck)
The Black Windmill
(Maj. John Tarrant)
The Whistle Blower
(Frank Jones)
Without a Clue
(Sherlock Holmes)
Bewitched
(Nigel Bigelow)
The Actors
(Anthony O'Malley)
The Magus
(Nicholas Urfe)
The Jigsaw Man
(Philip Kimberley / Sergei Kuzminsky)
Harry Brown
(Harry Brown)
Flawless
(Mr. Hobbs)
Play Dirty
(Capt. Douglas)
Noises Off...
(Lloyd Fellowes)
On Deadly Ground
(Michael Jennings)
California Suite
(Sidney Cochran)
Inception
(Stephen Miles)
Children of Men
(Jasper)
Funeral in Berlin
(Harry Palmer)
Secondhand Lions
(Garth)
Pulp
(Mickey King)
Gambit
(Harry)
The Holcroft Covenant
(Noel Holcroft)
The Statement
(Pierre Brossard)
Shiner
(Billy 'Shiner' Simpson)
The Hand
(Jonathan Lansdale)
Zulu
(Lt. Gonville Bromhead)
The Romantic Englishwoman
(Lewis)
Half Moon Street
(Lord Sam Bulbeck)
Blame It on Rio
(Matthew Hollis)
The Last Valley
(The Captain)
Last Orders
(Jack)
Bullseye!
(Sidney Lipton / Doctor Hicklar)
Woman Times Seven
(Handsome Stranger)
The Ipcress File
(Harry Palmer)
Bullet to Beijing
(Harry Palmer)
Around the Bend
(Henry Lair)
50 Films to See Before You Die
(Self)
Alfie
(Alfie Elkins)
Silver Bears
(Doc Fletcher)
The Wrong Box
(Michael Hubert Gregory Finsbury)
Educating Rita
(Dr. Frank Bryant)
Gnomeo & Juliet
(Lord Redbrick (voice))
Blue Ice
(Harry Anders)
Sean Connery: Private
(Self)
Deathtrap
(Sidney Bruhl)
The Swarm
(Brad Crane)
Cars 2
(Finn McMissile (voice))
The Dark Knight Rises
(Alfred)
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
(Self)
Sweet Liberty
(Elliott James)
Escape to Victory
(Captain John Colby)
Curtain Call
(Max Gale)
Jekyll & Hyde
(Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde)
Deadfall
(Henry)
Water
(Governor Baxter Thwaites)
The Foreign Eye
(Self)
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
(Self (archive footage))
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
(Self)
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
(Alexander Anderson)
The Marseille Contract
(John Deray / John Davos)
Hero
(Narrator (voice))
Now You See Me
(Arthur Tressler)
Ashanti
(Dr. David Linderby)
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
(Self - Actor)
Pinter's Progress
(Self)
The Great Escaper
(Bernard Jordan)
Peeper
(Leslie C. Tucker)
Surrender
(Sean Stein)
Zee and Co.
(Robert Blakeley)
The Man Who Got Carter
(Self)
Inside 'the Swarm'
(Self)
Morning Departure
(Teaboy)
Shadow Run
(Haskell)
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
(Gilrony)
The Two-Headed Spy
(Gestapo Agent)
Elle s'appelait Françoise
(Self)
Interstellar
(Professor Brand)
Harry and Walter Go to New York
(Adam Worth)
Hurry Sundown
(Henry Warren)
The Many Faces of... Michael Caine
The Making Of 'The Italian Job'
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
(Matthew Morgan)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
(Self (archive footage))
Male of the Species
(Cornelius)
The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
(Self)
Discovering Hamlet
(Horatio (archive footage))
Mandela and de Klerk
(F.W. de Klerk)
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
(Self)
Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was
Top Deck
(Bus driver (uncredited))
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
(Self)
Hamlet at Elsinore
(Horatio)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Kingsman: The Secret Service
(Arthur)
Simon Simon
(Michael Caine)
The Movie Life of George
(Self)
Stonehearst Asylum
(Dr. Benjamin Salt)
Dirty, Sexy & Totally Iconic
(Self)
Now You See Me 2
(Arthur Tressler)
The Last Witch Hunter
(Dolan 36th)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
(Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited))
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
(Self)
The Honorary Consul
(Charley Fortnum)
Night of 100 Stars III
(Self)
The Sound of 007
(Self (archive footage))
Quicksand
(Jake Mellows)
Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed
(Self)
Youth
(Fred Ballinger)
Foxhole in Cairo
(Weber)
Blind Spot
(Johnny Brent)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
(Self - Host)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
(Self)
A Hill in Korea
(Pvt. Lockyer)
Going in Style
(Joe Harding)
Wimbledon 2010 Official Film
(Self)
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
(Self (archive footage))
Night of 100 Stars II
(Self)
The Key
(Seaman (uncredited))
Blood Money
(Fighter)
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
(Self - Host)
The Wrong Arm of the Law
(Police Officer (uncredited))
Arte 1 Documenta
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
(Self)
Faye
(Self - Actor, Hurry Sundown (archive footage))
Dear Dictator
(General Anton Vincent)
Fight of the Century
(Self-(Audience Member))
Valentino: The Last Emperor
(Self)
The Bulldog Breed
(Sailor in Cinema Fight (uncredited))
Danger Within
(Prisoner with Pin-Up (uncredited))
Solo for Sparrow
(Paddy Mooney)
Passport to Shame
(Bridegroom (uncredited))
The Debtors
And the Winner Isn't
(Self)
Sherlock Gnomes
(Lord Redbrick (voice))
King of Thieves
(Brian Reader)
Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular
(Self (archive footage))
Inside 'Interstellar'
(Self / Professor Brand)
My Generation
(Self)
Medieval
(Lord Boreš)
Laughs and Larrikins
Four Kids and It
(Psammead (voice))
Come Away
(Charlie)
An Accidental Studio
(Self (archive footage))
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
(Self)
Quincy
(Self)
Tenet
(Crosby)
Sailor Beware
(Sailor (Uncredited))
Twist
(Fagin)
Best Sellers
(Harris Shaw)
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS
(Self)
Ending the Knight
(Self)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
(Scrooge)
Rickles
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
(Self (archive footage))
Dunkirk
(Voice on Radio (uncredited))
Carve Her Name with Pride
(Train Prisoner (uncredited))
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
(Self)
Rabbit Ears - King Midas and the Golden Touch
(Narrator (voice))
Death Becomes Her
(Michael Caine (uncredited))
Hobson's Choice
(Willie Mossop)
The Fall of 2008
(Michael Crosby (Tenet))
Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment
(Self)
Armchair Theatre
(Helmsman)
Inside the Actors Studio
(Self)
The One Show
(Self - Guest)
The Daily Show
(Self)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The View
(Self)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(Self)
The Merv Griffin Show
(Self)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
(Knight)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
(Self)
Mark Saber
(Folsham)
Navy Log
The Adventures of William Tell
(Max)
Deadline Midnight
(Ted Drake)
The Oscars
(Self)
Acting
Walk a Crooked Mile
(Police constable)
Live from Studio Five
(Self)
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
(Paddy Mooney)
Jack the Ripper
(Inspector Frederick Abberline)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
(Self)
Male of the Species
(Cornelius)
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self)
World War II: When Lions Roared
(Joseph V. Stalin)
What's My Line?
(Self - Mystery Guest)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
(Self)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(Captain Nemo)
V.I.P. Schaukel
(Self)
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
(Self (archive footage))
The Graham Norton Show
(Self - Guest)
Tony Awards
(Self - Presenter)
Legends
(Self (archive footage))
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
Der große Preis
(Self)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Presenter)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Winner)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Nominee/Presenter)
Parkinson
(Self)
ITV Play of the Week
(Willie Mossop)
Dinah!
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
Sunday Night Theatre
(Fighter)