title: Michael Caine
text: Sir Michael Caine CBE ; (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr., 14 March 1933) is an English actor, producer, and author. Known for his distinctive cockney accent, Caine has appeared in over 115 movies, and is regarded as a British movie icon.
  
  Career
  His early role in Alfie (1966) earned him an Academy Award nomination. He also starred in The Italian Job (1969) and Battle of Britain (1969). 
  
  His roles in the 1970s included Get Carter (1971), The Last Valley (1971), Sleuth (1972), for which he earned his second Academy Award nomination, The Man Who Would Be King (1975) and A Bridge Too Far (1977). 
  
  In 1986, he received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters.
  
  Caine played Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). In 1999, he won a second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Cider House Rules. 
  
  Caine played Nigel Powers, Austin Powers' father in the 2002 parody Austin Powers in Goldmember, and Alfred Pennyworth in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy. He appeared in several other of Nolan's movies, including The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010) and Interstellar (2014). 
  
  He also appeared in Alfonso Cuarón's Children of Men and Matthew Vaughn's action comedy movie Kingsman: The Secret Service.
  
  Caine is one of only two actors nominated for an Academy Award for acting in every decade from the 1960s to the 2000s, the other one being Jack Nicholson.
  
  Personal life
  Caine was married to Patricia Haines from 1955 until they divorced in 1962. He later married Shakira Baksh in 1973. Caine has two children. He supports the Conservative Party and voted for Brexit.
  
  In July 2016, Caine legally changed his name from Maurice Joseph Micklewhite to Michael Caine in order to make security checks at airports easier. "[A security guard] would say, 'Hi Michael Caine,' and suddenly I'd be giving him a passport with a different name on it. I could stand there for an hour. So I changed my name."
  
  Selected awards
  
  Caine won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules.
  
  He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role in Educating Rita.
  
  He won the following Golden Globe Awards:
  Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role in Educating Rita
  Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for his role in Jack the Ripper
  Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role in Little Voice
  
  He won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in The Cider House Rules
  
  References
  
  Other websites 
  The Official Michael Caine website
  
  Michael Caine's Norfolk childhood
  PLAY DIRTY/Caine Special on Location in Spain
  Carfax Theatre  Horsham Scene of Sir Michael's first professional acting role
  
  1933 births
  Living people
  Actors from London
  BAFTA Award winning actors
  Best Supporting Actor Academy Award winners
  English movie actors
  English stage actors
  English television actors
  English voice actors
  Golden Globe Award winning actors
  Military personnel of the Korean War 
  Screen Actors Guild Award winners
  Stage names