1933 13th March
Birth of Michael Caine
Birh of Michael Caine, born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
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Michael Caine
British actor with a career spanning the 1960s to twenty-first-century cinema. This page combines historical context with 28 matching records drawn directly from the World History Database cinema archive.
Historical context
Michael Caine: overview and significance
What happened?
Michael Caine rose to prominence in British cinema during the 1960s and sustained a long international career across drama, comedy, thrillers and large studio productions.
Why was it important?
Caine's career charts major changes in British acting and international film production over more than half a century.
World History Database records
Michael Caine timeline
The records below are selected from the 2,036-record Cinema History archive and rendered as static HTML in chronological order.
1933
1964
1964
Zulu
Caine enters the public eye as the upper class British Army officer Gonville Bromhead VC in the 1964 film Zulu
1965
1965
The Ipcress File
Stars as the spy Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File
1966
1966
Funeral in Berlin
Stars in Funeral in Berlin. Stars in Alfie
1967
1967
Billion Dollar Brain
Stars in Billion Dollar Brain
1969
1969
The Italian Job
Stars in Bullet to The Italian Job. Stars in battle of Britain
1971
1971
Get Carter
Stars in Get Carter
1972
1972
Sleuth
Stars in Sleuth
1975
1975
The Man Who Would Be King
Stars in The Man Who Would Be King
1976
1976
The Eagle Has Landed
Stars in Bullet to The Eagle Has Landed
1977
1977
A Bridge Too Far
Stars in Bullet to A Bridge Too Far
1978
1978
The Swarm
Stars in The Swarm. Stars in Bullet to The Silver Bears
1979
1979
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Stars in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure. Stars in Ashanti
1980
1980
The Island
Stars in The Island
1981
1981
Escape to Victory
Stars in Escape to Victory
1983
1983
BAFTA
Winner of the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Educating Rita
1983
Educating Rita
Stars in Educating Rita
1986
1986
Academy Award
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
Mona Lisa
Stars in Mona Lisa. Stars in Hannah and Her Sisters
1992
1992
CBE
Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1995
1995
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
Stars in Bullet to Midnight in Saint Petersburg. Stars in Bullet to Beijing
1998
1998
Golden Globe
Winner of the Golden Blobe for Little Voice
1998
Little Voice
Stars in Little Voice
1999
1999
Academy Award
Winner of an Oscar for The Cider House Rules, best supporting actor
1999
BAFTA
Winner of a BAFTA for The Cider House Rules, best supporting role
1999
The Cider House Rules
Stars in The Cider House Rules
2000
2000
Knighthood
Knighted as Sir Maurice Micklewhite, CBE
2002
2002
The Quiet American
Stars in The Quiet American
Editorial provenance
Sources and editorial review
Compiled and edited by World History Database.
Historical context is editorial material; the chronology is generated from World History Database cinema records.
Last reviewed: September 2026.
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