Biography: life and films
Michael Caine is an English actor whose birth name is Maurice Joseph Micklewhite. He was born in Rotherhithe, Bermondsey, London, England on 14th March 1933.His best films as an actor include Sidney J. Furie's crime-thriller The Ipcress File (1965), Lewis Gilbert's Alfie (1966), Peter Collinson's comedy-thriller The Italian Job (1969), Mike Hodges's Get Carter (1971) and John Huston's The Man Who Would Be King (1975).
Michael Caine has so far appeared in 121 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Christopher Nolan (5 films), Lewis Gilbert (3), John Mackenzie (3), Mike Hodges (2), John Huston (2), Irwin Allen (2), Guy Hamilton (2), Bryan Forbes (2) and André De Toth (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (49 films), Thriller (42), comedy (32), crime-thriller (18), War (15), romance (11), comedy-drama (10), comedy-romance (9), Fantasy (8), Documentary (7), Horror (6), history (5), comedy-thriller (3), Biography (2) and Animation (2).
Our average rating for Michael Caine over all films is: 3.2
Filmography
Key: a = actor
Morning Departure (1950) [a]
A Hill in Korea (1956) [a]
How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957) [a]
A Woman of Mystery (1958) [a]
Blind Spot (1958) [a]
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) [a]
Passport to Shame (1958) [a]
The Key (1958) [a]
The Two-Headed Spy (1958) [a]
Danger Within (1959) [a]
Foxhole in Cairo (1960) [a]
The Bulldog Breed (1960) [a]
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) [a]
The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) [a]
Zulu (1964) [a]
Alfie (1966) [a]
Funeral in Berlin (1966) [a]
Gambit (1966) [a]
Hurry Sundown (1967) [a]
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967) [a]
Billion Dollar Brain (1967) [a]
Deadfall (1968) [a]
Play Dirty (1968) [a]
The Magus (1968) [a]
The Last Valley (1970) [a]
Too Late the Hero (1970) [a]
Kidnapped (1971) [a]
Pulp (1972) [a]
Sleuth (1972) [a]
Zee and Co. (1972) [a]
The Marseille Contract (1974) [a]
Don Rickles: Buy This Tape You Hockey Puck (1975) [a]
Peeper (1975) [a]
The Man Who Would Be King (1975) [a]
The Romantic Englishwoman (1975) [a]
The Wilby Conspiracy (1975) [a]
Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976) [a]
The Eagle Has Landed (1976) [a]
California Suite (1978) [a]
The Swarm (1978) [a]
Ashanti (1979) [a]
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) [a]
The Island (1980) [a]
The Hand (1981) [a]
Victory (1981) [a]
Deathtrap (1982) [a]
The Honorary Consul (1983) [a]
The Jigsaw Man (1983) [a]
Blame It on Rio (1984) [a]
The Holcroft Covenant (1985) [a]
Water (1985) [a]
Half Moon Street (1986) [a]
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) [a]
Mona Lisa (1986) [a]
Sweet Liberty (1986) [a]
Hero: The Official Film of the 1986 FIFA World Cup (1987) [a]
Jaws: The Revenge (1987) [a]
Surrender (1987) [a]
The Fourth Protocol (1987) [a]
The Whistle Blower (1987) [a]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) [a]
Without a Clue (1988) [a]
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1989) [a]
A Shock to the System (1990) [a]
Bullseye! (1990) [a]
Mr. Destiny (1990) [a]
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991) [a]
Blue Ice (1992) [a]
Noises Off... (1992) [a]
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) [a]
On Deadly Ground (1994) [a]
Bullet to Beijing (1995) [a]
Blood and Wine (1996) [a]
Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996) [a]
Little Voice (1998) [a]
Shadow Run (1998) [a]
Curtain Call (1999) [a]
The Cider House Rules (1999) [a]
The Debtors (1999) [a]
Get Carter (2000) [a]
Miss Congeniality (2000) [a]
Quills (2000) [a]
Shiner (2000) [a]
Last Orders (2001) [a]
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) [a]
The Quiet American (2002) [a]
Quicksand (2003) [a]
Secondhand Lions (2003) [a]
The Actors (2003) [a]
The Statement (2003) [a]
Around the Bend (2004) [a]
Batman Begins (2005) [a]
Bewitched (2005) [a]
The Weather Man (2005) [a]
Children of Men (2006) [a]
The Prestige (2006) [a]
Flawless (2007) [a]
Sleuth (2007) [a]
Is There Anybody There? (2008) [a]
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) [a]
The Dark Knight (2008) [a]
Harry Brown (2009) [a]
Inception (2010) [a]
Cars 2 (2011) [a]
Gnomeo & Juliet (2011) [a]
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) [a]
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) [a]
Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013) [a]
Now You See Me (2013) [a]
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