| Michael Caine  AKA Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.
Born: 14-Mar-1933
Birthplace: Bermondsey, England
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: England
Executive summary: The Cider House Rules Military service: British Army (stationed in Germany and Korea) Michael Caine was born Maurice Micklewhite Jr., and dropped out of high school at 15. He supported himself as a manual laborer, and served two years in the British Army, before landing work as an odd-jobs man behind the scenes at a London theater. He had long had an interest in acting, and soon stepped into on-stage roles, where his talent became apparent. Feeling he needed a more catchy professional name, Micklewhite decided on Michael (from Mickel), and Caine when he saw a theater's marquee advertising Humphrey Bogart in The Caine Mutiny. He first came to American fame playing an effete lieutenant in Zulu (1964), but he already had a long résumé, dating back to the mid-1950s. Caine has appeared in more than 100 movies, including hits like Alfie, Mona Lisa, Educating Rita, and The Quiet American, enjoyable mysteries Sleuth and Deathtrap, and comedies like Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He has two Oscars, for Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and The Cider House Rules (1999).
Father: Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Sr. (fishmonger and bus driver, d. 1957 of liver cancer)
Mother: Ellen Maria (Burchell) Micklewhite (maid; d. 1989 of cancer)
Brother: David Burchell (half-brother, epileptic, b. 1925; d. March-1992 of pneumonia)
Brother: Stanley Micklewhite (b. 1936)
Wife: Patricia Haines (actress, Virgin Witch, m. 1955, div. 1958, d. 1976-cancer, one daughter)
Daughter: Dominique "Nikki" Caine (b. 1956, with Haines)
Wife: Shakira (Baksh) Caine (Miss Guyana 1967, b. 23-Feb-1947, m. 8-Jan-1973, one daughter)
Daughter: Natasha Caine (b. 1973, with Shakira)
Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 1987 for Hannah and Her Sisters
Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 2000 for The Cider House Rules
Golden Globe 1984 for Educating Rita
Golden Globe 1989 for Jack the Ripper
Golden Globe 1999 for Little Voice
Commander of the British Empire 1993
Wedding: Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones (2000)
Risk Factors: Malaria
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Sleuth (30-Aug-2007)
Flawless (11-Feb-2007)
The Prestige (17-Oct-2006)
Children of Men (3-Sep-2006)
The Weather Man (20-Oct-2005)
Bewitched (24-Jun-2005)
Batman Begins (15-Jun-2005)
Around the Bend (08-Oct-2004)
The Statement (12-Dec-2003)
Secondhand Lions (05-Sep-2003)
The Actors (17-Apr-2003)
The Quiet American (9-Sep-2002)
Austin Powers in Goldmember (22-Jul-2002)
Last Orders (10-Sep-2001)
Quicksand (2001)
Miss Congeniality (14-Dec-2000)
Get Carter (4-Oct-2000)
Shiner (22-Sep-2000)
Quills (2-Sep-2000)
The Cider House Rules (7-Sep-1999)
Curtain Call (30-Aug-1999)
Little Voice (18-Sep-1998)
Shadow Run (24-Jun-1998)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (11-May-1997)
Midnight in St. Petersburg (Apr-1997)
Mandela and de Klerk (16-Feb-1997)
Blood and Wine (Sep-1996)
Bullet to Beijing (19-May-1995)
On Deadly Ground (18-Feb-1994)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (10-Dec-1992)
Blue Ice (9-Oct-1992)
Noises Off... (20-Mar-1992)
Bullseye! (28-Aug-1991)
Mr. Destiny (12-Oct-1990)
A Shock to the System (23-Mar-1990)
Jekyll & Hyde (21-Jan-1990)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (14-Dec-1988)
Without a Clue (21-Oct-1988)
Jack the Ripper (21-Oct-1988)
Surrender (9-Oct-1987)
The Fourth Protocol (28-Aug-1987)
Jaws: The Revenge (17-Jul-1987)
The Whistle Blower (Dec-1986)
Half Moon Street (13-Aug-1986)
Mona Lisa (13-Jun-1986)
Sweet Liberty (14-May-1986)
Hannah and Her Sisters (7-Feb-1986)
The Holcroft Covenant (20-Sep-1985)
Water (1985)
Blame It on Rio (17-Feb-1984)
The Honorary Consul (30-Sep-1983)
Educating Rita (14-Sep-1983)
The Jigsaw Man (1983)
Deathtrap (19-Mar-1982)
Victory (30-Jul-1981)
The Hand (1981)
Dressed to Kill (23-Jun-1980)
The Island (13-Jun-1980)
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (18-May-1979)
Ashanti (9-Mar-1979)
California Suite (15-Dec-1978)
The Swarm (14-Jul-1978)
Silver Bears (21-Apr-1978)
A Bridge Too Far (15-Jun-1977)
The Eagle Has Landed (25-Dec-1976)
Harry and Walter Go to New York (17-Jun-1976)
The Man Who Would Be King (17-Dec-1975)
The Romantic Englishwoman (14-Nov-1975)
The Wilby Conspiracy (13-Feb-1975)
The Marseille Contract (5-Sep-1974)
The Black Windmill (2-Aug-1974)
Sleuth (10-Dec-1972)
Zee and Co. (21-Jan-1972)
Pulp (1972)
Kidnapped (22-Dec-1971)
Get Carter (3-Mar-1971)
The Last Valley (28-Jan-1971)
Too Late the Hero (20-May-1970)
Battle of Britain (15-Sep-1969)
The Italian Job (2-Jun-1969)
The Magus (10-Dec-1968)
Deadfall (11-Sep-1968)
Play Dirty (1968)
Billion Dollar Brain (20-Dec-1967)
Woman Times Seven (27-Jun-1967)
Hurry Sundown (6-Feb-1967)
Funeral in Berlin (22-Dec-1966)
Gambit (16-Dec-1966)
The Wrong Box (4-Jul-1966)
Alfie (Mar-1966)
The Ipcress File (2-Jul-1965)
Zulu (22-Jan-1964)
The Two-Headed Spy (17-Nov-1958)
Official Website:
http://www.michaelcaine.com/
Author of books:
What's It All About? An Autobiography (1992, memoir)
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