Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine, CBE ( born March 14, in London in 1933 when Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr. ) is a British actor. He is considered one of the most prolific and successful character actor of his generation, and is one of multiple Oscar and Golden Globe -winner.
Life and career
Caine, who grew up in modest circumstances in London, followed by an early age, the ambitious plan to become famous and rich. He wanted to share in any case his father's fate, who had died after decades of hard work as a poor man. After military service (eg in Korea), he worked under the stage name " Michael Caine " more than ten years in small roles in theater and cinema high.
His breakthrough he experienced the mid- 1960s with leading roles in the films Zulu, The Ipcress File and Alfie. In the film Zulu about the struggle of 139 British against 4,000 Zulu warriors in the Battle of Rorke 's Drift, he had to acquire an upper class accent for the role of Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead. Caine, who else speaks with an unmistakable Cockneyakzent, embodied in many movies the members of the working class, which comes with alert intelligence and chutzpah to success.
Caine came in the course of his career in many films of different quality. However, he continued to find roles that cemented his reputation as a versatile character actor. Caine is one of the most awarded film actor. Among other things, led six nominations for two Academy Awards, in 1987 for Hannah and Her Sisters, and in 2000 for The Cider contribution. He received in 1993 the Order of Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( CBE) and was knighted on 16 November 2000 by Queen Elizabeth II as a Knight Bachelor. He was first led his then still registered in the passport birth name accordingly when Sir Maurice Micklewhite. In the meantime, however, he has stated in a TV interview to have his name officially changed to " Michael Caine "; in his latest autobiography, he describes himself as " Sir Michael Caine ."
Private
Caine is the son of Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Sr. and his wife Ellen Frances Marie ( née Burchell ) ( 1900-1989 ).
Caine has been married since 1973 with the former "Miss Guyana" Shakira Caine ( born 1947 ), who also wanted to be in a small role in The Man, the King (1975 ) can be seen.
On 30 September 2010, the second part of the autobiography Caine The Elephant to Hollywood in the UK has been published.
Social - political commitment
Caine has been involved for decades to charity. Although he has in the past supported numerous charities of different target direction ( 21st Century Leaders, British Forces Foundation, Elton John AIDS Foundation, Help for Heroes, Not On Our Watch, Sight Savers International, Whatever It Takes ), he sits down mainly for the needs of children a. So he is for years as Variety International Celebrity Ambassador for Variety, the Children 's Charity works and also actively supporting organizations such as the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
Caine is patron of the launched in 2004 Leatherhead Drama Festival in Surrey. For two weeks leading amateur theater groups (Junior and Senior Week Week ) partly self-written pieces on. During the following awards night the two respective best performances are shown, honors outstanding performances over the past two weeks. The highlight of the winners will receive their prizes from the hands of the patron. Caines support for this festival, which is the largest of its kind in the UK, has helped to direct a broad public interest in the festival and to strengthen the economic and cultural life in Leatherhead.
In April 2010, Caine appeared with numerous campaign events on together with the Chairman of the Conservative Party David Cameron and campaigned with him for the introduction of a national citizen service for all sixteen year olds.
Filmography (selection)
Discography
Awards (selection)
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Pop culture
The ska group Madness, published 1984, a single titled Michael Caine, on the hear the voice of the actor.
German dubbing voices
Caine has been synchronized for the German versions of his films over the years from more than a dozen speakers. Since 1967, however, was most frequently Jürgen Thormann Caines German voice, for example, in God's Cider House Rules and The Dark Knight; since about the mid-eighties Caine is almost exclusively spoken of him.
Bibliography
- Michael Caine: Not Many People Know That. London 1984, ISBN 0-86051-298-3.
- Michael Caine: Not Many People Know This, Either. London, 1985, ISBN 0-86051-345-9.
- Ben Wicks, Michael Caine: No Time To Wave Goodbye. London, 1989, ISBN 0-7475-0083-5.
- Michael Caine: Acting in film. New York 1990, ISBN 0-936839-86-4.
- Michael Caine: What's it All About? . London 1992, ISBN 0-09-182648-9.
- Marco Pierre White, Michael Caine: Canteen Cuisine: In the Kitchen with Michael Caine. London 1996, ISBN 0-09-180818-9.
- Johnny Gold, Michael Caine: Tramp's gold. London 2001, ISBN 1-86105-452-1.
- Steven Paul Davies, Michael Caine: " Get Carter " and Beyond: The Cinema of Mike Hodges. London 2002, ISBN 0-7134-8790-9.
- Michael Caine: The Elephant to Hollywood. London 2010, ISBN 1-4447-0001-4.
- Michael Caine: Less is more. Small manual for a film actor. 4th edition. Alexander, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-89581-138-8. ( German edition of Acting in Film, New York 1990)