Michael Caine is an English actor known for his roles in film and television. He has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards.
He has been nominated for an Oscar 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, in both cases as a supporting actor. His performance in Educating Rita in 1983 earned him the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Caine is one of only two actors nominated for an Academy Award for acting in every decade from the 1960s to 2000s (the other one being Jack Nicholson); Laurence Olivier was also nominated for an acting Academy Award in five different decades, beginning in 1939 and ending in 1978, as has Paul Newman (1950s, '60s, '80s, '90s and 2000s) and Denzel Washington (1980s, '90s. 2000s, '10s and '20s). Caine appeared in seven films that were ranked in the BFI's 100 greatest British films of the 20th century.British Film Institute – Top 100 British Films (1999). Retrieved 27 August 2016
Caine was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1992 Birthday Honours and in the 2000 Birthday Honours he was knighted (as Sir Maurice Micklewhite CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. In a tribute to his background, he stated: "I was named after my father and I was knighted in his name because I love my father. I always kept my real name—I'm a very private and family-orientated person.""My name is still Michael Caine, says man dubbed 'Sir Maurice'". The Independent. Retrieved 21 December 2015
In 2000 he received a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award. In 2008, he was awarded the prize for Outstanding Contribution to Showbusiness at the Variety Club Awards. On 5 January 2011 he was made a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by France's culture minister, Frédéric Mitterrand. In 2012, he was awarded the Honorary Freedom of the London Borough of Southwark as a person of distinction and eminence of the borough.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1967 Best Actor Alfie 1973 Sleuth 1984 Educating Rita 1987 Best Supporting Actor Hannah and Her Sisters 2000 The Cider House Rules 2003 Best Actor The Quiet American
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 1966 Best Actor in a Leading Role 1967 Alfie 1984 Educating Rita 1987 Hannah and Her Sisters 1999 Little Voice 2000 Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2003 Best Actor in a Leading Role
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 1990 Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie Jekyll & Hyde 1994 World War II: When Lions Roared 1997 Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie Mandela and de Klerk
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1967 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Alfie Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Gambit 1973 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Sleuth 1984 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Educating Rita 1987 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Hannah and Her Sisters 1989 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Jack the Ripper 1991 Jekyll & Hyde 1998 Mandela and de Klerk 1999 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Little Voice 2000 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture 2003 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1998Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Little Voice 1999 The Cider House Rules Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role
Critics awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2008 Best Ensemble 2010 Inception Chicago Film Critics Association 1998 Best Supporting Actor Little Voice Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2008 Best Acting Ensemble Detroit Film Critics Society 2015 Best Actor Youth Kansas City Film Critics Circle 1966 Best Actor Alfie London Film Critics' Circle 1998 British Supporting Actor of the Year Little Voice 2000 Quills 2002 Best Actor 2006 British Supporting Actor of the Year Los Angeles Film Critics Association 1986 Best Supporting Actor Hannah and Her Sisters Mona Lisa National Board of Review2001Best Cast Last Orders National Society of Film Critics 1966 Best Actor Alfie 2002 Phoenix Film Critics Society 2010 Best Cast Inception San Francisco Film Critics Circle 2002 Best Actor Seattle Film Critics Awards 2002 Best Actor Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2010 Best Ensemble Inception
Miscellaneous accolades Organizations Year Category Work Result Bangkok International Film Festival 2002 Best Performance by a Leading Actor British Independent Film Awards 1998 Best Lead Actor Little Voice David di Donatello Awards 1986 Best Foreign Actor Hannah and Her Sisters European Film Awards 2001 European Film Award Last Orders 2015 Best Actor Youth Empire Awards 1999 Best British Actor 2009 Best Actor Harry Brown Evening Standard British Film Awards 1972 Best Actor Sleuth Golden Raspberry Awards 1980 Worst Actor Dressed to Kill 1987 Worst Supporting Actor Jaws: The Revenge People's Choice Awards 2008 People's Choice Award for Favorite Cast Red Sea International Film Festival 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award — San Sebastián International Film Festival 1996 Best Actor Blood and Wine Satellite Awards 1998 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Little Voice 1999 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture 2002 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (tied with Daniel Day-Lewis for Gangs of New York) Scream Awards 2008 Best Supporting Actor 2010 Best Cameo Inception
Honorary awards Organizations Year Award Result Commander of the Order of the British Empire1992 Medal Knighted 2000 Medal BAFTA Fellowship2000Statue "Kubrick and Caine honoured". BBC. Retrieved 14 July 2012Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 2011Medal
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