Michael Caine

Most Caine impressions repeat the catchphrase "...and not a lot of people know that", which was never actually used by Caine, except more recently when sending up himself and the mimics who established the catchphrase. Coltrane lives near Glasgow, is married and has two children, and collects vintage cars. Caine is a popular subject for impressionists and mimics, having a distinctive yet fairly easy to copy voice. His roles went from strength to strength in the 1990s with the TV series Cracker (1993-1996) and a BAFTA award as the stepping stone to parts in bigger films such as the James Bond films Goldeneye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999), as well as giant Rubeus Hagrid in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). Unlike some actors who adopt their stage name for everyday use, Caine still uses his real name when he is not working. He also played a would-be private detective obsessed with Humphrey Bogart in the TV play The Bogie Man. He was created Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1992 for services to drama, and in 2000 a Knight Bachelor, becoming Sir Maurice Micklewhite. He co-starred with Eric Idle in Nuns on the Run (1990), and played the Pope in The Pope Must Die (1991).

He has been Oscar-nominated six times, winning his first Academy Award for the 1986 film, Hannah and Her Sisters, his second in 1999 for The Cider House Rules, in both cases as a supporting actor (in common with his contemporary Sean Connery, Caine now plays supporting roles). On television he also appeared in Tutti Frutti (1987), as Samuel Johnson in Blackadder (1987) (a role he later reprised in the more serious Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Islands (1993)), and in a number of stand-up and sketch comedy shows. By this time Caine's reputation as an icon was assured, and recent performances in Little Voice (1998), Last Orders (2001) and others have rehabilitated his critical reputation. He soon moved into films, obtaining small roles in a number of movies such as Death Watch (1980), Scrubbers (1983), Absolute Beginners (1986) and Mona Lisa (1986). However, I have seen the house that it paid for, and it is superb". His comic skills brought him roles in the television series The Comic Strip Presents (1982) and he was one of the stars of Laugh? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee (1984). Of the former, Caine famously said "I have not seen the film, but I hear it is terrible. He moved into acting in his early twenties, taking the stage name Coltrane (in tribute to jazz saxophonist John Coltrane) and working in theatre and stand-up comedy.

Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s Caine alternated between acclaimed performances in films such as Educating Rita (1983) and Mona Lisa (1986), and unashamedly mercenary roles in notorious duds such as Jaws: The Revenge (1987) and On Deadly Ground (1994). He was born in Rutherglen, Glasgow and educated (sporadically) at Glenalmond school in Perthshire, Glasgow School of Art, and the Moray House College Of Education in Edinburgh. The 1970s proved to be a lean period for Caine, with successes such as Sleuth (1972) and The Man Who Would Be King (1975) overshadowed by disasters such as The Swarm (1978) and Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979). Robbie Coltrane (birth name Robert MacMillan, some sources say Anthony MacMillan) (born March 30, 1950) is a Scottish actor. After ending the 1960s with the equally iconic The Italian Job Caine entered the 1970s with Get Carter, one of the best British gangster films. His trademark horn-rimmed glasses did not prevent him becoming a pin-up.

He went on to play Palmer in a further two films. Zulu was closely followed by his two best-known roles: the spy "Harry Palmer", in The Ipcress File (1965), and the woman-chasing Alfie (1966). At the time, Caine's working-class cockney, just as with The Beatles Liverpudlian accents, seemed like a breath of fresh air. This proved to be ironic, as Caine was quickly to become notable for using a regional accent, rather than the 'BBC English' hitherto considered proper for film actors.

After several minor roles, Caine came into the public eye as an upper-class British army officer in the 1963 film, Zulu. He once joked to an interviewer that had he looked the other way, he would have ended up as Michael 101 Dalmatians. Looking around for inspiration, he noted that The Caine Mutiny was being shown at the Odeon cinema, and so he decided to change his name to Michael Caine. His agent insisted that he come up with a new name immediately.

He happened to be speaking to his agent in a telephone box in London's Leicester Square when he was informed that he had to change his name again because another actor was already using the name Michael Scott. During the Second World War he was evacuated to Norfolk. When Michael Caine first became an actor he changed his name to Michael Scott. He was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in Rotherhithe, South London and grew up in nearby Camberwell. Michael Caine (born March 14, 1933) is a British film actor.

Zulu (1964). The Ipcress File (1965). Alfie (1966). The Wrong Box (1966).

Gambit (1966). Funeral in Berlin (1966). Hurry Sundown (1967). Woman Times Seven (1967).

Billion Dollar Brain (1967). Deadfall (1968). The Magus (1968). Play Dirty (1968).

The Italian Job (1969). Battle of Britain (1969). Too Late the Hero (1970). The Last Valley (1971).

Get Carter (1972). Kidnapped (1972). Sleuth (1972). The Romantic Englishwoman (1975).

The Man Who Would Be King (1975). The Eagle Has Landed (1976). Dressed to Kill (1980). Deathtrap (1982).

Educating Rita (1983). Hannah and Her Sisters (1986). Half Moon Street (1986). The Fourth Protocol (1987).

Without a Clue (1988). Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988). Jekyll & Hyde (1990). A Shock to the System (1990).

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). Bullet to Beijing (1997). Petersburg (1997). Midnight in St.