Today is a very special day for Hollywood Legend Michael Caine, as exactly 75 years ago, on March 14, 1933, mini-Caine was born under the name Maurice Micklewhite. And over the next 75 years, mini-Caine would grow up to be an English icon, starring in such films as Alfie, Get Carter, Hannah and Her Sisters, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (the best!), Get Carter (again), Children of Men, and, strangely, Jaws: The Revenge (as Hoagie Newcombe) among others. His uniquely charismatic face and undeniable sense of humor (he recently stated that the secret to a good relationship is “having separate bathrooms”) have earned him a career that few other actors have known: One with staying power and lasting effects.
So how does one honor such an icon? Why, compiling a list of his greatest faces, of course! You’ll note that we’re very much partial to his Caine-In-Glasses era, as he’s just too dapper for words. So enjoy this pictorial, and Michael Caine, if you’re reading this: Congrats on being 75 and the best!
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The photos get even more British after the cut.
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(We had to throw him a modern day bone, ya know?)
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