“I was a repertory actor, which meant that I did a play every week. I was a different character every week; for a year, I was doing 40 or 50 characters.”

English retired actor

Sir Michael Caine is an English retired actor, known for his distinctive Cockney accent and a screen career that spanned eight decades. He has appeared in more than 130 films and is regarded as a British cultural icon. His work brought him two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2000, he received a BAFTA Fellowship and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. By 2017, the films he had appeared in had grossed more than $7.8 billion worldwide.