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Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr. CBE (born March 14 , 1933 ), known professionally as '''Michael Caine''', is a two-time Academy Award -winning English film Actor . BIOGRAPHY Early life Caine was born in , attending Wilson's School (at that time Wilson's Grammar School) and during World War II was evacuated to North Runcton in Norfolk . In 1944 he passed his Eleven-plus exam. He left school at sixteen after gaining four O-Level s and did his National Service from April 1952 to 1954 in the Royal Fusiliers , serving in Germany and in combat in the Korean War . Acting career When Caine first became an actor, he adopted the Stage Name "Michael Scott". His agent soon informed him, however, that another actor was already using the same name, and that he had to come up with a new name immediately. Speaking to his agent from a telephone box in Leicester Square in London , Caine looked around for inspiration, noted that '' The Caine Mutiny '' was being shown at the Odeon Cinema, and 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 ". Caine's acting career began in in '' The Ipcress File '' (1965), and the woman-chasing title character in '' Alfie '' (1966). He went on to play Palmer in a further two films, '' Funeral In Berlin '' (1966) and '' Billion-Dollar Brain '' {1967). Caine made his first movie in the United States in 1966, after an invitation from Shirley MacLaine to play opposite her in '' Gambit .'' During the first two weeks, whilst staying at the Beverly Hills Hotel , he met long term friends John Wayne and agent "Swifty" Lazar .http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article2006928.ece After ending the 1960s with the equally iconic '''' (1987) and '' Bullseye! '' (1990). Of the former, Caine famously said "I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific."1 The 1990s were a lean time for Caine as he found good parts harder to come by. His early '90s output included a villain in the Steven Seagal flop '' On Deadly Ground '' (1994), two Straight To Video Harry Palmer sequels and a few Television Movie s. However, Caine's reputation as a Pop Icon was still intact, thanks to his roles in films such as ''The Italian Job'' and ''Get Carter''. His performance in 1998's '' Little Voice '' was seen as something of a return to form, and won him a Golden Globe Award . Better parts followed, including '' The Cider House Rules '' (1999), for which he won his second Oscar, '' Last Orders '' (2001), '' The Quiet American '' (2002) and others which helped rehabilitate his reputation. Several of Caine's classic films have been Remade to appeal to new, younger audiences, including ''The Italian Job'', ''Get Carter'', and ''Alfie''. In 2005, he was cast as Bruce Wayne 's butler Alfred in the Batman Film Series . In 2006, he appeared in the films '' Children Of Men '' and '' The Prestige ''. Caine has been Oscar-nominated six times, winning his first Academy Award for the 1986 film ''Hannah and Her Sisters'', and his second in 1999 for ''The Cider House Rules'', in both cases as a supporting actor. He was appointed Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire (CBE) in 1993 for services to drama, and in 2000 he was Knighted , becoming ''Sir Maurice Micklewhite''. Unlike many actors who adopt their Stage Name for everyday use, Caine still uses his real name when he is not working. Caine is a popular subject for Impressionist s and Mimic s, having a voice and manner of speaking that are distinctive, yet fairly easy to imitate. Most Caine impressions include the catchphrase "Not a lot of people know that." Peter Sellers initiated this when he appeared on BBC1 's '' Parkinson '' show on 28 October 1972 and said: "Not many people know that. This is my Michael Caine impression. You see, Mike's always quoting from the Guinness Book Of Records . At the drop of a hat he'll trot one out. 'Did you know that it takes a man in a tweed suit five and a half seconds to fall from the top of Big Ben to the ground? Now there's not many people know that!'" Later, there was an Answering Machine message recorded by Peter Sellers as Caine, saying, "My name is Michael Caine. Peter Sellers is not in at the moment. Not a lot of people know that." It was also parodied in '' Harry Enfield's Television Programme '' by Paul Whitehouse , who introduced himself with the line "My name is Michael Paine, and I am a nosey neighbour." In 1983, the remark really caught on, when Caine was given the line to say as an in-joke in the film '' Educating Rita ''. In 1984, he also put the name '' Not A Lot Of People Know That! '' to a book of trivial facts for charity. Caine is one of only two actors to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting (either lead or supporting) in every decade since the 1960s. The other is Jack Nicholson . Notable character quotes
Personal life Caine lives near Leatherhead in Surrey , having recently moved from North Stoke in Oxfordshire , and Chelsea Harbour in London . He was married to actress Patricia Haines from 1955 to 1958; they had one daughter, Dominique. Caine's has been married to actress and model Shakira Baksh since January 2 , 1973 ; they have a daughter, Natasha. Some time after his mother died, Caine and his younger brother learned they had an elder half-brother, named David. He suffered from severe Epilepsy and had been kept in hospital his entire life. Although their mother regularly visited her first son in hospital, even her husband did not know the child existed. David died in 1992. Caine is a fan of Chelsea FC . Celebrity Fans Your Chelsea Trivia books written by Caine include ''Not a Lot of People Know That'', ''Not a Lot of People Know This Either'', ''Michael Caine's Moving Picture Show'' and ''Not A Lot of People Know This is 1988''. Proceeds from the books went to the National Playing Fields Association (now Fields In Trust) of which Caine was a prominent supporter. Caine is a massive fan of for their 1984 hit Michael Caine as his daughter was a fan. Friendship with Terence Stamp In the 1960s, actor Terence Stamp shared a flat with Caine before and during their rise to fame (Stamp became famous first after his Oscar-nominated role in '' Billy Budd ''). In his autobiography, "Double Feature", Stamp describes various incidents with Caine, including the moment when Caine was offered his breakthrough role in '' Zulu ''. This was a couple of hours before Caine's thirtieth birthday, which was a deadline Caine had set himself to "make it" or quit acting. Also, Caine tried to force Stamp to reverse his decision to turn down the role of '' Alfie ''; a star role that Caine later accepted. In his later autobiography, ''What's it All About'', Caine states that he still wakes up sweating in the night as he sees Terence agreeing to "accept my advice". The friendship eventually dwindled at the tail-end of the '60s, and this is described in contrast by Stamp and Caine in their respective autobiographies. FILMOGRAPHY AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS Academy Awards
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