The English actor, Sir Michael Caine, born 14 March 1933, has appeared in more than 100 films and is one of only two actors to have been nominated for an Academy Award for acting (leading or supporting) in every decade since the 1960s. He became known for a number of critically aclaimed films, particularly in the late 1960s, '70s and '80s in films such as Zulu (1964), The Ipcress File (1965), Billion Dollar Brain (1967) and others as Harry Palmer, the woman-chasing title character in Alfie (1966), The Italian Job (1969), Get Carter (1971), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Educating Rita (1983).
Caine was born in Rotherhithe, South East London and was brought up as a Protestant, like his mother. He grew up in Camberwell, England, and during World War II was evactuated to North Runcton, Norfolk.
Caine 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, in both cases as a supporting actor.
We are using Michael Caine as a case study in Media Studies. Studying his films, and comparing them. In 2000, Caine was knighted by the Queen for his contribution to cinema and the film industry in general.
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