Sir Michael Caine CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.) 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.
TBALaughs and Larrikins as Unknown
2025The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault as Self
2024Faye as Self - Actor, Hurry Sundown (archive footage)
2023The Great Escaper as Bernard Jordan
2023Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story as Self (archive footage)
2023Dirty, Sexy & Totally Iconic as Self
2023MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema as Self - Actor
2022The Sound of 007 as Self (archive footage)
2022Medieval as Lord Boreš
2021Best Sellers as Harris Shaw
2021Twist as Fagin
2020Come Away as Charlie
2020Tenet as Crosby
2020Helter Skelter: An American Myth (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2020AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS as Self
2020Four Kids and It as Psammead (voice)
2019An Accidental Studio as Self (archive footage)
2018The Man Who Got Carter as Self
2018Quincy as Self
2018King of Thieves as Brian Reader
2018Dear Dictator as General Anton Vincent
2018Sherlock Gnomes as Lord Redbrick (voice)
2017And the Winner Isn't as Self
2017My Generation as Self
2017Dunkirk as Voice on Radio (uncredited)
2017Going in Style as Joe Harding
2016Now You See Me 2 as Arthur Tressler
2015Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
2015The Last Witch Hunter as Dolan 36th
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (1 Episode) as Self
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (1 Episode) as Self
2015Youth as Fred Ballinger
2015Inside 'Interstellar' as Self / Professor Brand
2015Kingsman: The Secret Service as Arthur
2014Interstellar as Professor Brand
2014Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey as Self
2014Stonehearst Asylum as Dr. Benjamin Salt
2013Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was as Unknown
2013The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
2013Mr. Morgan's Last Love as Matthew Morgan
2013Now You See Me as Arthur Tressler
2012Ending the Knight as Self
2012The Dark Knight Rises as Alfred
2012Honest Trailers (1 Episode) as Alfred Pennyworth (archive footage)
2012Journey 2: The Mysterious Island as Alexander Anderson
2011Discovering Hamlet as Horatio (archive footage)
2011The Many Faces of... Michael Caine as Unknown
2011Cars 2 as Finn McMissile (voice)
2011Gnomeo & Juliet as Lord Redbrick (voice)
2010Wimbledon 2010 Official Film as Self
2010Inception as Stephen Miles
2009Pinter's Progress as Self
2009Harry Brown as Harry Brown
2009Live from Studio Five (1 Episode) as Self
2009Heath Ledger: A Tribute as Self
2009Is Anybody There? as Clarence
2008Valentino: The Last Emperor as Self
2008The Dark Knight as Alfred
2008Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired as Self (archive footage)
2007Sleuth as Andrew Wyke
2007Flawless as Mr. Hobbs
2007The Graham Norton Show (2, 2 Episode) as Self, Self - Guest
2007The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan as Self
2006Legends (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2006The Foreign Eye as Self
2006Arte 1 Documenta as Unknown
2006The Prestige as Cutter
2006Children of Men as Jasper
2006The One Show (2 Episodes) as Self - Guest
200650 Films to See Before You Die as Self
2005The Weather Man as Robert Spritzel
2005Bewitched as Nigel Bigelow
2005Batman Begins as Alfred
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (1 Episode) as Self
2004Around the Bend as Henry Lair
2004Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild as Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
2003The Statement as Pierre Brossard
2003The Making Of 'The Italian Job' as Unknown
2003Secondhand Lions as Garth
2003The Actors as Anthony O'Malley
2003Quicksand as Jake Mellows
2002The Quiet American as Thomas Fowler
2002Austin Powers in Goldmember as Nigel Powers
2001Last Orders as Jack
2000Miss Congeniality as Victor Melling
2000Quills as Dr. Royer-Collard
2000Get Carter as Cliff Brumby
2000Shiner as Billy 'Shiner' Simpson
1999The Cider House Rules as Dr. Wilbur Larch
1999The Debtors as Unknown
1998Curtain Call as Max Gale
1998Little Voice as Ray Say
1998Parkinson (3 Episodes) as Self
1998Shadow Run as Haskell
1997The View (1 Episode) as Self
199720,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2 Episodes) as Captain Nemo
1997Mandela and de Klerk as F.W. de Klerk
1996Elle s'appelait Françoise as Self
1996Midnight in Saint Petersburg as Harry Palmer
1996Blood and Wine as Victor
1996The Daily Show (2 Episodes) as Self
1995Bullet to Beijing as Harry Palmer
1995Roger Moore: A Matter of Class as Self
1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
1994Inside the Actors Studio (1 Episode) as Self
1994Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular as Self (archive footage)
1994World War II: When Lions Roared (2 Episodes) as Joseph V. Stalin
1994On Deadly Ground as Michael Jennings
1994Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold as Self
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
1993Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties (1 Episode) as Self
1993Sean Connery: Private as Self
1992The Muppet Christmas Carol as Scrooge
1992Blue Ice as Harry Anders
1992Death Becomes Her as Michael Caine (uncredited) (archive footage)
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (4 Episodes) as Self
1992Noises Off... as Lloyd Fellowes
1991Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide as Unknown
1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self
1991Rabbit Ears - King Midas and the Golden Touch as Narrator (voice)
1990Bullseye! as Sidney Lipton / Doctor Hicklar
1990Mr. Destiny as Mike
1990Night of 100 Stars III as Self
1990A Shock to the System as Graham Marshall
1990Jekyll & Hyde as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1989The Movie Life of George as Self
1988Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as Lawrence Jamieson
1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Self
1988Jack the Ripper (2 Episodes) as Inspector Frederick Abberline
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1 Episode) as Unknown
1988Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man as Self - Host
1988Without a Clue as Sherlock Holmes
1987Surrender as Sean Stein
1987Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment as Self
1987Acting (1 Episode) as Unknown
1987Jaws: The Revenge as Hoagie Newcombe
1987The Making of Jaws The Revenge as Self
1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
1987The Fourth Protocol as John Preston
1987The Best of Max Headroom as Self
1986Hero as Narrator (voice)
1986The Whistle Blower as Frank Jones
1986Half Moon Street as Lord Sam Bulbeck
1986Mona Lisa as Mortwell
1986Sweet Liberty as Elliott James
1986Hannah and Her Sisters as Elliot
1985The Holcroft Covenant as Noel Holcroft
1985The Max Headroom Show (1 Episode) as Self
1985Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1985Water as Governor Baxter Thwaites
1985The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio as Self - Host
1984Blame It on Rio as Matthew Hollis
1983The Jigsaw Man as Philip Kimberley / Sergei Kuzminsky
1983The Honorary Consul as Charley Fortnum
1983Educating Rita as Dr. Frank Bryant
1983Monty Python's The Meaning of Life as British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other")
1982Deathtrap as Sidney Bruhl
1981Escape to Victory as Captain John Colby
1981The Hand as Jonathan Lansdale
1980Dressed to Kill as Doctor Robert Elliott
1980The Island as Blair Maynard
1979Beyond the Poseidon Adventure as Captain Mike Turner
1979Ashanti as Dr. David Linderby
1978California Suite as Sidney Cochran
1978The Swarm as Brad Crane
1978Inside 'the Swarm' as Self
1977A Bridge Too Far as Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur
1977Silver Bears as Doc Fletcher
1976The Eagle Has Landed as Col. Kurt Steiner
1976Harry and Walter Go to New York as Adam Worth
1975The Man Who Would Be King as Peachy Carnehan
1975Peeper as Leslie C. Tucker
1975Rickles as Unknown
1975The Romantic Englishwoman as Lewis
1975The Wilby Conspiracy as Jim Keogh
1974Dinah! (1 Episode) as Self
1974Der große Preis (1 Episode) as Self
1974The Marseille Contract as John Deray / John Davos
1974The Black Windmill as Maj. John Tarrant
1972Sleuth as Milo Tindle
1972Pulp as Mickey King
1971Kidnapped as Alan Breck
1971Zee and Co. as Robert Blakeley
1971V.I.P. Schaukel (1 Episode) as Self
1971Fight of the Century as Self-(Audience Member)
1971Get Carter as Jack Carter
1971The Last Valley as The Captain
1970Simon Simon as Michael Caine
1970Too Late the Hero as Pvt. Tosh Hearne
1969Battle of Britain as Squadron Leader Canfield
1969The Italian Job as Charlie Croker
1969Male of the Species (1 Episode) as Cornelius
1969Male of the Species as Cornelius
1969Play Dirty as Capt. Douglas
1968The Magus as Nicholas Urfe
1968Deadfall as Henry
1968The Dick Cavett Show (2 Episodes) as Self - Guest
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (3 Episodes) as Self
1967Billion Dollar Brain as Harry Palmer
1967Woman Times Seven as Handsome Stranger
1967Tonite Let's All Make Love in London as Self
1967Hurry Sundown as Henry Warren
1966Funeral in Berlin as Harry Palmer
1966Gambit as Harry
1966The Wrong Box as Michael Hubert Gregory Finsbury
1966Alfie as Alfie Elkins
1965The Ipcress File as Harry Palmer
1964Hamlet at Elsinore as Horatio
1964Zulu as Lt. Gonville Bromhead
1963The Wrong Arm of the Law as Police Officer (uncredited)
1962The Merv Griffin Show (2 Episodes) as Self
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (2 Episodes) as Self
1962Hobson's Choice as Willie Mossop
1962Solo for Sparrow as Paddy Mooney
1962Top Deck as Bus driver (uncredited)
1961The Mike Douglas Show (5 Episodes) as Self
1961The Day the Earth Caught Fire as Checkpoint Policeman (uncredited)
1961The Ship That Couldn't Stop as Helmsman
1961Walk a Crooked Mile (6 Episodes) as Police constable
1960The Bulldog Breed as Sailor in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
1960Deadline Midnight (39 Episodes) as Ted Drake
1960Foxhole in Cairo as Weber
1959Edgar Wallace Mysteries (48 Episodes) as Paddy Mooney
1959Danger Within as Prisoner with Pin-Up (uncredited)
1958Passport to Shame as Bridegroom (uncredited)
1958The Two-Headed Spy as Gestapo Agent
1958The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial as Unknown
1958The Adventures of William Tell (2 Episodes) as Max
1958Blind Spot as Johnny Brent
1958The Key as Seaman (uncredited)
1958Carve Her Name with Pride as Train Prisoner (uncredited)
1957How to Murder a Rich Uncle as Gilrony
1957Blood Money as Fighter
1956A Hill in Korea as Pvt. Lockyer
1956The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1 Episode) as Knight
1956Sailor Beware as Sailor (Uncredited)
1956Armchair Theatre (249 Episodes) as Helmsman
1956Tony Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Presenter
1955ITV Play of the Week (1 Episode) as Willie Mossop
1955Navy Log (1 Episode) as Unknown
1954Mark Saber (73 Episodes) as Folsham
1953The Oscars (4 Episodes) as Self
1950What's My Line? (1 Episode) as Self - Mystery Guest
1950Sunday Night Theatre (1 Episode) as Fighter
1946Morning Departure as Teaboy
1944Golden Globe Awards (2, 2, 1 Episode) as Self - Presenter, Self - Winner, Self - Nominee/Presenter
2017My Generation ... Producer
2014The Double ... Executive Producer
1992Blue Ice ... Producer
1987The Fourth Protocol ... Executive Producer
1972Pulp ... Producer
1971Get Carter ... Producer