Michael Caine:
Is an English actor
Birth Name: Maurice Joseph Micklewhite

Born:   March 14, 1933 (age 83), Rotherhithe, London, 


He went on to pursue a varied acting career. His first acclaimed role was as agent Harry Palmer in 1965's The Ipcress File, and he went on to be featured in films like Alfie, The Italian Job, Sleuth, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight series and many more. He’s won two Oscars, one for Hannah and Her Sisters and the other for The Cider House Rules.

Early Life:

 After completing Wilson's Grammar School, he went to work around age 16. Caine, interested in show business from an early age, got an office job with Peak Films and then a position with the J. Arthur Rank company. In the early 1950s, Caine had to do two years of national service, becoming a member of the Queens Royal Regiment and the Royal Fusiliers and spending time in Germany and Korea while in the military. After completing his service, Caine worked in regional theater and took odd jobs to make ends meet. the Humphrey Bogart classic The Caine Mutiny ,El motín del Caine  (1954). He made his film debut in 1956's A Hill in Korea, but for many years, Caine struggled as an actor.

Career Breakthrough:

This breakout role, Caine portrayed a spy in The Ipcress File, The Ipcress File  (1965) based on the book by Len Deighton (a role for which he was nominated for a BAFTA). He then epitomized the swinging 1960s as the ultimate ladies' man in Alfie, Alfie, el seductor irresistible  (1966), and for this film brought him his first Academy Award nomination. His first American accent was in the film Hurry Sundown (1967), his memorable films such as  The Italian Job (1969), and Get Carter (1971)

In 1972, Caine more than held his own against legendary actor Laurence Olivier in Sleuth. He starred with friend Sean Connery in the adventure drama The Man Who Would Be King, El hombre que sería Rey (1975). And later  Caine appeared in the Neil Simon ensemble comedy California Suite (1978) with Jane Fonda, Alan Alda and Maggie Smith. El detective (1972) were both remade with Jude Law taking over his role. Así nacen los héroes (1970), The Last Valley (1971).

Later Films:

Caine's roles were a perfect mix of high and low, as he appeared in such box office duds as The Swarm (1978), Ashanti (1979), The Island, La isla  (1980) and Jaws: The Revenge (1987) while also hitting the big screen in such films as A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Dressed to Kill, Vestida para matar  (1980). He also turned in a strong performance in Educating Rita, Educando a Rita (1983) for this film earning him the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and his first Academy Award was a result of his stellar work in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters ,  Hannah y sus hermanas (1986). He appeared in others films The Jigsaw Man (1984), with co-started Laurence Olivier: La batalla de Inglaterra, Battle of Britain  (1969).

Caine's career hit a bit of a lull in the 1990s, in this decade he played different roles, Caine played Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). receiving his second Golden Globe Award for his performance in Little Voice in 1998 and receiving his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Cider House Rules the following year.  He played the mysterious bartender Mike in Mr. Destiny in 1990, also he played the beleaguered stage director Lloyd Fellowes in the film adaptation of Noises Off (1992). And then he won him a Golden Globe Award. Better parts followed, including The Cider House Rules (1999), for which he won his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor


Recent Work 2000s:

In the 2000s, Caine appeared in Miss Congeniality (2000), Last Orders (2001), The Quiet American and the same year was the first for role of  Marvin in The City of  the Shadows, La ciudad de las sombras (2002) that went to James Caan.
Which he was Oscar-nominated, and others. Several of Caine's classic films have been remade, including The Italian Job, Get Carter, Alfie and Sleuth. In the 2007 remake of Sleuth. Also starred in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) as Austin's father and in 2003 he co-starred with Robert Duvall in Secondhand Lions,
in the 2004 film, Around the Bend. In 2005, he was cast as Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred Pennyworth in the first production of the new Batman film series, Batman Begins.

In 2006, he appeared in the films Children of Men and The Prestige. In 2007 he appeared in Flawless, and in 2008 and 2012 he reprised his role as Alfred in Christopher Nolan's critically acclaimed Batman sequels, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises as well as starring in the British drama Is Anybody There?, which explores the final days of life. He appeared in several other of Nolan's films including The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010), and Interstellar (2014). He also appeared as a supporting character in Alfonso Cuarón's Children of Men and Pixar's 2011 film Cars 2. As of 2015, films in which he has starred have grossed over $7.4 billion worldwide. Caine is ranked the ninth highest grossing box office star.



Awards and Honors:
 Caine has been Oscar-nominated six times, winning his first Academy Award for the 1986 film Hannah and Her Sisters, and his second in 1999 for The Cider House Rules, in both cases as a supporting actor. His performance in Educating Rita in 1983 earned him the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
Was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours, and in the 2000 New Year Honours he was knighted as Sir Maurice Micklewhite CBE by Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. Then In 2000 he received a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award. 

Personal Life:

Caine was married to actress Patricia Haines in the 1950s, and they had a daughter together named Dominique. In 1973, Caine married his second wife, Shakira Baksh. They have one child, a daughter named Natasha.
In 2000, Queen Elizabeth granted Caine a knighthood under his real name. He chose to use his birth name in tribute to his father.