Biography of Michael Caine
Elegant intensity
March 14, 1933Michael Caine was born in London on March 14, 1933; his real name is Maurice Joseph Micklewhite. Going through a difficult childhood with his father and his mother home unloader worker. At eighteen left the school and briefly embarked on a military career. Determined to become an actor starts attending an acting school, which led him to make his way up, albeit brief, in the theater. In 22 years, in 1955, he married Pamela Haines, from which it is separated only three years later. Her film debut in the early ' 60: after a modest film series which it participates, success came with "the Ipcress file" (The Ipcress File, 1965) by Sidney j. Furie, in which Michael Caine plays-with perfect aplomb English-the role of Harry Palmer, a spy. Will play the same role the next year in "funeral in Berlin" (Funeral in Berlin, 1966) by Guy Hamilton. In 1966 is in "Alfie" Lewis of Gilbert, looks irresistible as a womanizer.
In "woman times seven" (Woman Times Seven, 1967) of the Italian Vittorio De Sica, starred a brilliant Shirley MacLaine, Caine demonstrates great aptitude for comedy; his talent for dramatic roles back to the big screen with "it's no longer time for Heroes" (1970), by Robert Aldrich. The January 2, 1973 married the actress and model Shakira Baksh, with whom he had a daughter, Natasha. In the years ' 70 Michael Caine attends film beautiful as "Sleuth" (Sleuth, 1972) by Joseph l. Mankiewicz, in which towers alongside great Laurence Olivier, "the seed of hatred" (The Wilby Conspiracy, 1975), "the man who would be King" (The Man Who Would Be King, 1975) by John Huston, in which Caine is one of two former British army officers intent on conquering an unknown how fabulous Kingdom in the mountains of Kafiristan , "A romantic Englishwoman" (The Romantic Englishwoman, 1975) by Joseph Losey, "the Eagle has landed" (The Eagle Has Landed, 1976) by John Sturges, "that last bridge" (A Bridge Too Far, 1977), with Robert Redford, Sean Connery, Laurence Olivier, Liv Ullman and Maximilian Schell, and "California Suite" (1978) with Jane Fonda. For all the years ' 80 and ' 90 Caine will alternate roles of level, prestige films to other more conventional movie more properly defined as cheesy. Elegant and intense actor, thanks to his undeniable features won two Academy Awards as supporting actor for the role of the heroine's husband adulterer in the unforgettable "Hannah and her sisters" (Hannah and her sisters, 1986) by Woody Allen; the second for the role of doctor convinced abortionist in '' the cider House rules "(The Cider House Rules, 1999) of Lasse Hallström. He was named "Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1993 for his services to theatre arts, and appointed Knight Bachelor" in 2000, becoming Sir Maurice Micklewhite. Among the latest blockbuster movies to whom worked there are "Batman Begins" (2005), "The Prestige" (2006), "the Dark Knight" (2008), all directed by Christopher Nolan.
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