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I won an Academy Award for 'The Cider House Rules,' playing an American.

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Michael Caine
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
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Film Actor
Stage Actor
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Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.
Sir Michael Caine
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Sir Michael Caine
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