Publicly supported Conservative Party leader David Cameron for Prime Minister in the 2010 General Election.
Shared a London flat with actor Terence Stamp early in his career.
Superstar Swedish rock band Kent refer to him in their song "Palace and Main"
Supports Chelsea FC.
The production offices of Mona Lisa (1986) were located in the disused St Olave's hospital, the very hospital in which Caine was born.
The role of Alfie was turned down by Anthony Newley and Terence Stamp before it was offered to him.
The soundstage at Shepperton Studios, in which he filmed Batman Begins (2005), is also the one where he filmed his very first film, Hell in Korea (1956).
Three of his memorable films (Alfie (1966), The Italian Job (1969), and Get Carter (1971)) have all been remade.
Throughout the 1960s he was by his own estimation drinking two bottles of vodka and smoking at least eighty cigarettes a day. He quit smoking cigarettes following a stern lecture from Tony Curtis at a party in 1971, and finally quit smoking cigars shortly before his 70th birthday in 2003.
Took his name from the film The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Turned down Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972).
Visited John Wayne several times when the veteran star was dying of cancer in hospital.
Was the first person to be nominated for an acting Razzie award for more than one title. He was nominated for Worst Actor of 1980 at the very first Razzie awards for his roles in the films Dressed to Kill (1980) and The Island (1980).
While he uses "Michael Caine" professionally, he uses his given name in his personal life.