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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).
Shatterhand is the 25th instalment in the James Bond film series produced by Eon Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures. It is Daniel Craig's fifth performance as James Bond. Blofeld has spent the last five years in MI6's Federal prison. The MI6's disclosed headquarters is attacked by a villainous German cooperation, which kidnaps Bloefeld. Upon noticing the abscents of Blofeld from the prison, Bond notices an ingraved scripture wrote on the prison wall, "Life can end with the shatter of the hand". Bond and the M16 is to believe Blofeld has escaped. The German cooperation is ran by notorious villain, Julius No, whom is working under the name "Shatterhand". Blofeld is kidnapped by him to help give secrets about the MI6 that only he knows. Refusing to give the secrets away due to the "unprofesional welcome", Julius begins to torture Blofeld. It is revealed that Mr. Hinx now works for Julius. Since Blofeld is being no help, Julius has Mr. Hinx kill him, but Mr. Hinx let's Blofeld go free. Julius then decides to turn to plan #2, which is kidnap Mrs. Moneypenny and lure Bond to them. Julius continues to leave "shatterhand" quotes on the main computer systems of the MI6. Bond is certain that Blodfeld is behind the kidnapping of Mrs. Moneypenny. Bond arrives at the German cooperation and quickly meets Mr. Hinx, which turns into a fist fight. Bond escapes Mr. Hinx and rescues Mrs. Moneypenny. Upon leaving, Julius introduces himself to Bond. Bond gives Mrs. Moneypenny a gun and tells her to run to the plane. Bond and Julius square off. After a long and bloody gun fight, Julius has the chance to kill Bond, but a gun shot goes off and Julius falls over on top of Bond. Bond lies there with his eyes closed and says, "I thought I told you to go to the plane". Bond opens his eyes and turns his head to see Blofeld standing against the wall. A gun slides out of his hand and hits the ground.
