What is Sir Michael Caines real name?
Michael Caine was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite. He is actually Sir Maurice Micklewhite, having been knighted, but is known professionally as Sir Michael Caine. He specifically chose to receive his knighthood under his real name as a sign of respect for his father, for whom he is named. On Inside the Actor’s Studio in 1998, he indicated that it was a gypsy tradition to name the eldest boy in the family Maurice.
