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Michael Caine
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Biography

Height
6' 2"

Born Maurice Mickelwhite in London, Caine was the son of a fish-market porter and a charlady. He left school at fifteen and took a series of working-class jobs before serving with the British Army in Korea, whre he saw combat. Upon his return to England, he gravitated toward the theatre and got a job as an assistant stage manager. He adopted the name of Caine on the advice of his agent, taking it from a "Caine Mutiny" marquee. In the years that followed, he worked in more than 100 television dramas, with repertory companies throughout England and eventually in the stage hit, "The Long and the Short and the Tail," as Peter O'Toole's understudy, a role he later assumed on tour. The 1964 African adventure film "Zulu" brought Caine to international attention. Instead of being typecast as a Cockney soldier, he played an effete, aristocratic officer. Although "Zulu" was a major success, it was his title role as "Alfie" that made Caine a star of the first magnitude. He epitomized the new breed of actor in mid-sixties England, the working-class bloke with glasses and a down-home accent. In over forty films Caine has continued to stretch his range. His credits include "The Ipcress File," "Gambit," "Hurry Sundown," "Funeral in Berlin," "Billion Dollar Brain," "Woman Times Seven," "Deadfall," "The Magnus," "Play Dirty," "The Battle of Britain," "Too Late the Hero," "Kidnapped," "The Black Windmill," "The Wilby Conspiracy," "The Man Who Would Be King," "Harry and Walter Go to New York," "The Eagle Has Landed," "A Bridge Too Far," "California Suite," "Victory," "Dressed to Kill," "Deathtrap," "Beyond the Limit" and the upcoming "Jigsaw Man" with Sir Laurence Oliver. Caine, who loves the heat and laid-back feeling of Los Angeles, lives there now with his wife Shakira and their daughter Natasha "up in the hills with the deer and coyotes and squirrels and rabbits and God knows what else."
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Spouse
Shakira Caine (8 January 1973 - present); 1 daughter
Patricia Haines (1955 - 1958); 1 daughter
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Trivia


Michael Caine's first American accent was in the film Hurry Sundown in 1967. He was taught the southern drawl by Vivien Leigh who told him to say "four door Ford" all day long for weeks - source - "What's it all about?" Michael Caine's autobiography - 1992

(October 1997) Ranked #55 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.

Co-owns top London restaurant Langan's Brasserie.

Awarded British Variety Club Award for Best Film Actor 1987

Awarded CBE (Commander Of The Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire) in 1993.

Owns his own Film Production company.

Took his name from the film Caine Mutiny, The (1954)

Once shared a London flat with actor Terence Stamp early in his career.

Sir Michael Caine was awarded a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, 17 June 2000.

Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his contribution to the performing arts.(2000)

When formally knighted at Buckingham Palace on 16 November 2000, he was knighted under his real name as Sir Maurice Micklewhite. He will be known professionally as Sir Michael Caine.

He owns seven restaurants: six in London, one in Miami.

Father, with Shakira Caine, of Natasha.

Father, with the late Patricia Haines, of Dominique (aka Nikki).

Michael Caine stared in: