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Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, CBE (born 14 March 1933), known professionally as Sir Michael Caine, is an Oscar-winning English film actor.

Biography

He was born in Rotherhithe, South London to Maurice Micklewhite, a Catholic fish-porter, and Ellen Maria, a Protestant charlady. He grew up in nearby Camberwell and during World War II was evacuated to Norfolk. When he first became an actor, he used the stage name "Michael Scott." He happened to be speaking to his agent in a telephone box in Leicester Square in London when he was informed that he had to change his name again because another actor was already using the name "Michael Scott." His agent insisted that he come up with a new name immediately. Looking around for inspiration, he noted that The Caine Mutiny
was being shown at the Odeon cinema, and so he decided to change his name to "Michael Caine". He once joked to an interviewer that had he looked the other way, he would have ended up as "Michael One Hundred and One Dalmatians."

After several minor roles, Caine came into the public eye as an upper-class British army officer in the 1964 film, Zulu
. This proved paradoxical, as Caine was to become notable for using a regional accent, rather than the Received Pronunciation hitherto considered proper for film actors. At the time, Caine's working-class cockney, just as with The Beatles' Liverpudlian accents, seemed like a breath of fresh air. Zulu was closely followed by his two best-known roles: the spy "Harry Palmer", in The Ipcress File
(1965), and the woman-chasing Alfie
(1966). He went on to play Palmer in a further two films. His trademark horn-rimmed glasses did not prevent him from becoming a pin-up. After ending the 1960s with the equally iconic The Italian Job
and a solid role as an RAF fighter pilot, Squadron Leader Canfield, in the all-star cast of Battle of Britain
(1969), Caine entered the 1970s with Get Carter
, a British gangster film. The 1970s proved to be a lean period for Caine, with successes such as Sleuth
(1972) and The Man Who Would Be King
(1975) overshadowed by disasters such as The Swarm
(1978) and Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
(1979).

Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Caine alternated between acclaimed performances in films such as Educating Rita
(1983) and Mona Lisa (1986), and unashamedly mercenary roles in notorious duds such as Jaws: The Revenge
(as Hoagie Newcombe) (1987) and On Deadly Ground
(1994). In January of 1986, Cain had a son, naming him William Andrew Cain. Will Cain graduated recently from San Marcos Baptist Academy. He enjoys pac-10 conference sports, Keith Jackson's voice, track jackets, and oral sex. Of the former, Caine famously said "I have not seen the film, but I hear it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it paid for, and it is superb". By this time Caine's reputation as an icon was assured, and recent performances in Little Voice
(1998), Last Orders (2001), The Quiet American
(2002) and others have rehabilitated his critical reputation. Several of Caine's classic films have been remade to appeal to new, younger audiences, including The Italian Job
, Get Carter
, and Alfie
. He played the role of Nigel Powers in Austin Powers in Goldmember and recently appeared as Bruce Wayne/Batman's beloved butler Alfred in Batman Begins
(2005).

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