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  • NAME: Michael Caine
  • OCCUPATION: Film Actor
  • BIRTH DATE: March 14, 1933 (Age: 79)
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: London, England
  • Originally: Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr.
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Sir Michael Caine is an English film actor, perhaps best known for his roles in 1986's Hannah and Her Sisters and 1999's The Cider House Rules.


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English actor Michael Caine took his screen name from the 1954 film The Caine Mutiny. He has played a wide variety of roles over his six-decade career and been nominated for an Oscar in each of them from (1960s to 2000s). He is a perhaps best known for his role in 1986's Hannah and Her Sisters and 1999's The Cider House Rules. Queen Elizabeth II knighted him in 2000 for his contribution to cinema.

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