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Michael Caine
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Born: Mar 14, 1933
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Michael Caine was born in Rotherhithe, London, England, UK. He was the son of a fish-market porter and a charlady. He left school at 15 and took a series of working-class jobs before serving with the British army in Korea during the Koraen War, where he saw combat. Upon his return to England he gravitated toward the theater and got a job as an assistant stage manager.
In the years that followed he worked in more than 100 television dramas, with repertory companies throughout England and eventually in the stage hit,"The Long and the Short and the Tall." Zulu, the 1964 adventure epic retelling of a historic 19th-century battle in South Africa between British soldiers and Zulu natives, brought Caine to international attention. Instead of being typecast as a Cockney soldier, he played an effete, aristocratic officer. Although "Zulu" was a major success, it was the role of Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File and the title role in Alfie that made Caine a star of the first magnitude. He epitomized the new breed of actor in mid-'60s England, the working-class bloke with glasses and a down-home accent. However, after initially starring in some excellent films, particularly in the 1960s, including Gambit, Funeral in Berlin, Play Dirty, Battle of Britain, Too Late the Hero, The Last Valley.
He gave a magnificent performance opposite Sean Connery in The Man Who Would Be King and turned in a solid performance as a German colonel in The Eagle Has Landed. Educating Rita and Hannah and Her ...[MORE]
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Michael Caine Nude and Sexy
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