THE ELEPHANT TO HOLLYWOOD By Michael Caine 304 pp. Henry Holt & Company. $28 In 1992 Michael Caine published an entertaining and superbly written memoir, ''What's It All About?,'' filled with stories about his childhood in London's scruffy Elephant and Castle district (called the Elephant by the locals); his rise to fame in films like ''Zulu'' and...
THE ELEPHANT TO HOLLYWOOD By Michael Caine Illustrated. 304 pages. Henry Holt & Company. $28. Michael Caine's ''Elephant to Hollywood'' is an unabashedly old-school celebrity memoir. Its tales sound oft-told because they probably are. Mr. Caine is a charming raconteur, specializing in anecdotes packed with famous names. In these stories all the...
Charles Bronson, meet Michael Caine, who in ''Harry Brown'' matches you vigilante move for move in the annals of big, bad, bloody, disreputable entertainment. Sir Michael has prowled down other mean streets several times before in his storied career, notably as a shootin'-tootin' gangster out to avenge his brother's death in Mike Hodges's...
Sir Michael Caine (CBE) (født Maurice Joseph Micklewhite 14. marts 1933 i London) er en engelsk skuespiller. Han har været oscarnomineret seks gange og to gange blevet kåret som bedste mandlige birolle for Woody Allens Hannah og hendes søstre og for Æblemostreglementet. Han havde desuden en stor rolle i filmen Manden der ville være konge.
I de seneste år, har han flittigt samarbejdet med den britiske intruktør Christopher Nolan, i samtlige af dennes film, siden Batman Begins fra 2005. Caine medvirker også i Nolans seneste science-fiction-film, Inception.
Han blev i 2000 adlet som Sir Maurice Micklewhite.