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Michael Caine Facts
| Sign | Pisces |
| Born |
Mar 14, 1933 Rotherhithe, London |
| Age | 93 |
| Total Facts | 54 |
"Michael Caine", a top 10 song in Britain in the mid-'80s by the group Madness, had his "My Name Is Michael Caine" quote sampled into the song.
Alfie (1966) and Sleuth (1972) were both remade with Jude Law taking over his role.
Mike Myers said that he based the character of Austin Powers partially on Caine's character in Alfie (1966). Caine would play Austin Powers father in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002).
10/87: Ranked #55 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
11/16/00: Formally knighted at Buckingham Palace under his real name of Maurice Micklewhite. He will be known professionally as Sir Michael Caine.
12/18/05: Attended the party at his close friend Sir Elton John's Old Windsor mansion after the singer married David Furnish in a civil partnership ceremony.
1979: Left England for tax reasons, and did not return until 1987.
1987: Awarded British Variety Club Award for Best Film Actor.
1987: Was not present at the Academy Awards ceremony when he won best supporting actor for Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) because he was filming Jaws: The Revenge (1987), for which he was nominated for worst supporting actor at the Razzie awards the following year.
2001: Was voted fifth in the Orange Film Survey of greatest British actors.
Allegedly did not get along with Steven Seagal while filming On Deadly Ground (1994).
An ardent Thatcherite during the 1980s, Caine switched his support to Tony Blair's New Labour Party shortly before the 1997 General Election.
Chosen by GQ magazine as one of the 50 Most Stylish Men in the Past 50 Years.
Co-owned top London restaurant Langan's Brasserie.
Confirmed in an interview with "The Mail on Sunday" newspaper on 1 November 2009 that he has dropped his support for Labour and will vote Conservative at the next General Election.
Father, with Shakira Caine, of Natasha.
Father, with the late Patricia Haines, of Dominique (aka Nikki).
For more than forty years, Caine's mother, Ellen Maria Burchell, paid periodic visits to a "cousin" in a mental hospital. When she died in 1989, Caine learned that the cousin was really his elder brother, David.
Has appeared in the remakes of two of his films: Get Carter (2000) and Sleuth (2007).
Has been nominated for an Oscar at least once in five consecutive decades (1960s-2000s).
Has stated that the character of Vichy war criminal Pierre Brossard in The Statement (2003) was his least favorite. He said that all the other characters he played in his career, whether good or evil, had a sense of humor on some level that he would try to convey in his performance. He felt that Brossard had no sense of humor whatsoever, in part because the character was such an intense man.
Has two brothers. Younger brother Stanley Caine appeared in at least three of Caine's films: Billion Dollar Brain (1967), Play Dirty (1969) and The Italian Job (1969). He did not know about his elder half-brother David until their mother died. David suffered from epilepsy and had lived in a hospital his entire life.
He and Quincy Jones were born on the same day.
He is famous for the catch-phrase "Not a lot of people know that", though he never actually said it.
He owns seven restaurants: six in London, one in Miami.
He was awarded a Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2000 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his contribution to the performing arts.
He was awarded the CBE (Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire) in the 1993 Queen's Honours List for his services to drama.
He was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of his outstanding contribution to film culture.
His all-time favorite actor, his inspiration to become an actor and his hero is Humphrey Bogart.
His first American accent was in the film Hurry Sundown (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)
In 1957, at Brighton University, Caine appeared in a one-act play written by a fellow actor who went by the name of David Baron. It was Baron's very first play. He later changed his name back to Harold Pinter, the name under which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005.
In an interview with "The Sunday Telegraph" on 26 April 2009, Caine admitted that he is considering becoming a tax exile again if Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown increases taxes on high earners.
Is close friends with Sir Sean Connery, Sir Roger Moore, Sir Elton John and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Lives in Fetcham, Surrey, United Kingdom.
Lobbied for the lead role in The Day of the Jackal (1973) but was rejected by director Fred Zinnemann, who felt that the character of The Jackal, who essentially is a cipher, should not be played by a movie star.
Lodged with composer John Barry in the early 1960s for a few months, after being forced to leave his own flat, penniless. He returned the favor in 1998 when agreeing to introduce the composer's Royal Albert Hall concert - his first in the UK for 25 years.
Near the end of The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), he passes by a store called "Micklewhite's." His real name is Maurice Micklewhite.
Once said that he knew he'd made it as an actor when he started getting scripts to read that no longer had coffee stains already on them (meaning that he was the first choice for that role).
Originally had the lead role of Switching Channels (1988) but was held up by production delays on Jaws: The Revenge (1987).
Owns his own film production company.
Publicly supported Conservative Party leader David Cameron for Prime Minister in the 2010 General Election.
Shared a London flat with actor Terence Stamp early in his career.
Superstar Swedish rock band Kent refer to him in their song "Palace and Main"
Supports Chelsea FC.
The production offices of Mona Lisa (1986) were located in the disused St Olave's hospital, the very hospital in which Caine was born.
The role of Alfie was turned down by Anthony Newley and Terence Stamp before it was offered to him.
The soundstage at Shepperton Studios, in which he filmed Batman Begins (2005), is also the one where he filmed his very first film, Hell in Korea (1956).
Three of his memorable films (Alfie (1966), The Italian Job (1969), and Get Carter (1971)) have all been remade.
Throughout the 1960s he was by his own estimation drinking two bottles of vodka and smoking at least eighty cigarettes a day. He quit smoking cigarettes following a stern lecture from Tony Curtis at a party in 1971, and finally quit smoking cigars shortly before his 70th birthday in 2003.
Took his name from the film The Caine Mutiny (1954)