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Sir Michael Caine CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.; 14 March 1933) is a retired English actor. Known for his distinctive South London accent, he has appeared in more than 160 films in a career spanning seven decades, and is considered a British film icon. As of February 2017, the films in which Caine has appeared have grossed over $7.8 billion worldwide. Often playing a Cockney, Caine made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in British films such as Zulu (1964), The Ipcress File (1965), Alfie (1966), The Italian Job (1969), and Battle of Britain (1969). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Alfie. His roles in the 1970s included Get Carter (1971), The Last Valley (1971), Sleuth (1972), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), The Eagle Has Landed (1976) and A Bridge Too Far (1977). He earned his second Academy Award nomination for Sleuth and achieved some of his greatest critical success in the 1980s, with Educating Rita (1983) earning him the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) earning him his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Caine is also known for his performance as Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), and for his comedic roles in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), Miss Congeniality (2000), Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), and Secondhand Lions (2003). He received his second Golden Globe Award for Little Voice (1998). In 1999, he received his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as a sympathetic doctor in The Cider House Rules. He portrayed a British journalist in Vietnam in The Quiet American (2002), earning his sixth Oscar nomination, and appeared in Alfonso Cuaron's dystopian drama film Children of Men (2006). Caine portrayed Alfred Pennyworth in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012). He appeared in several other of Nolan's films including The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014) and Tenet (2020). He also appeared in the heist thriller film Now You See Me (2013), the action comedy film Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), the Italian drama Youth (2015) and the crime film King of Thieves (2018). Caine officially confirmed his retirement from acting on 13 October 2023 after The Great Escaper (2023).
The sequel to Never Dream of Dying. Bond and his girlfriend Tylyn Mignonne are attending a dinner party thrown by the Governor of The Bahamas. The Governor, who has a gambling debt with a member of SPECTRE, has refused to pay up since he feels that he had been cheated, so there is much security detail at the event. However, the SPECTRE member disguises himself as one of the guards and kills the Governor. Bond recognizes the assassin as the same tall and unusual looking man that rescued Blofeld via helicopter. He escapes in his car and Bond follows him in his Aston Martin Vanquish. The car seems to disappear in the Bahamian Jungle and Bond loses him. Three weeks later Bond is given undisclosed orders by M to follow a man named Steven Harding. Harding is believed to be the leader of SPECTRE. Bond tracks Harding and his Chinese bodyguard, Basil, to Belgium. While Bond gets in a fight and narrowly kills Harding's bodyguard, Harding escapes. MI6 tracks down Harding in Nepal. Upon arriving in Nepal, Bond discovers Harding's dead body. A note is found next to his body from SPECTRE. It is revealed that Steven Harding was indeed a member of SPECTRE, and the note was directions given to Harding from a previous time. The directions were leading Harding to SPECTRE's newest drug warehouse in the Himalayas. A few days later, ond arrives at the Himalayas and meets sexy mountaineer Hope Kendal. Bond climbs with Hope atop the peak of Kangchenjunga. It turns out that Hope was actually a Spanish spy that was to meet with Harding. She discovers who Bond is and tries to kill him. After a physical high elevation fight, Bond knocks Hope out cold and carries her on his shoulders. Bond reaches the top and quickly meets the tall and unusual looking man once again. We learn this time that the man is Zbigniew Krycsiwiki, but Blofeld calls him Jaws. Bond battles with Jaws and escapes. After a discrete plan, Bond kills Blofeld and shuts down SPECTRE. The film ends with Bond making love with Hope Kendal.
