Sir Michael Caine CBE has been Oscar-nominated six times, winning his first Academy Award for the 1986 film Hannah and Her Sisters. He has starred in over one hundred films, with critically acclaimed performances including his first major film role in Zulu in 1964, followed by films including The Ipcress File, Get Carter, Alfie, The Italian Job, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Educating Rita, and the Dark Knight trilogy. More recent films have included Harry Brown, and King of Thieves. 2023 sees the release of The Great Escaper co-starring Glenda Jackson.
He was appointed a CBE in 1992 and knighted in 2000 in recognition of his contribution to cinema. In 2023 he celebrated his 90th birthday.
In 2018 his memoir Blowing the Bloody Doors Off was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller. Deadly Game is his first thriller.
Married to Shakira for more than 50 years, he has two daughters and three grandchildren, and lives in London.
Sir Michael Caine CBE 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. He has starred in over one hundred films, becoming well-known for several critically acclaimed performances including his first major film role in Zulu in 1964, followed by films including The Ipcress Files, Get Carter, Alfie, The Italian Job, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Educating Rita, and more recently The Dark Knight, Is Anybody There? and Harry Brown. He was appointed a CBE in 1992 and knighted in 2000 in recognition of his contribution to cinema. His 2018 memoir Blowing the Bloody Doors Off was a huge bestseller, and his first thriller - Deadly Game - was published to great acclaim in 2023.
Married for more than 45 years, with two daughters and three grandchildren, he and his wife Shakira live in London and Surrey.
