Sir Michael Caine,
CBE (born
Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr.; 14 March 1933) is an
English film actor. Caine has appeared in more than 100 films, and is one of only two actors to have been nominated for an Academy Award for acting (leading or supporting) in every decade since the 1960s (
Jack Nicholson being the other).
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He became known for several notable critically acclaimed performances, particularly in the late 1960s, '70s, and '80s in films such as
Zulu (1964);
The Ipcress File (1965),
Billion Dollar Brain (1967), and others as
Harry Palmer; the woman-chasing title character in
Alfie (1966);
The Italian Job (1969);
Get Carter (1971);
The Man Who Would Be King (1975);
Educating Rita (1983); Academy Award-winning performances for supporting actor in
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and
The Cider House Rules (1999); as
Nigel Powers in the spoof
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002); and more recently as
Alfred Pennyworth, the butler from
Batman Begins and
The Dark Knight.
