Get Carter, The Dark Knight actor Michael Caine to retire from acting

Jack Carter, aka Michael Caine, has decided to hang his boots, leaving behind a glorious career brimming with great acting roles, accolades and a whole lotta lore. The 90-year-old English announced his retirement from the world of acting very recently, while in a conversation with the BBC, adding that he would like to bid adieu knowing that modern-day cinema has no "90-year-old leading men" anymore. 

"There are young, seductive guys. So I said to myself that the best thing to do was to leave," he shared, leaving behind a legacy that includes over 160 movie credits and two Academy awards. In fact, Caine is one of the only five actors in the history of cinema to have been nominated for an Oscar in five different decades. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000.

Prior to full-time acting, Michael Caine served in the British for two years between 1952 and 1954 before he began to find early success in the London theatre scene in the mid-1950s. It would be around the same time that he befriended Peter O'Toole and became his understudy to find a firmer footing on the stage, while he simultaneously found credibility as a TV and film actor. It would be the 1964 film Zulu that would fetch him a lot of prominence and the following 8-10 would mark one of his best runs as an actor - some of Caine's acting credits through the '60s and early '70s, such as The Ipcress File, Alfie, Gambit, The Italian Job, Get Carter and Sleuth, have gone on to achieve cult status over the years. 

Michael Caine has also found great success as part of the Hollywood setup with films like California Suite, Dressed to Kill, Educating Rita, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Quiet American and the more recent collaborations with fellow Brit Christopher Nolan, including the Batman Trilogy, Interstellar and Tenet. 

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While Caine fans out there might find the news of retirement to be a tad depressing, they would still be glad to know that the icon has fittingly chosen to say goodbye on a high. His most recent film, The Great Escaper, has received supremely encouraging reviews with Caine's own performance, as the Royal Navy veteran who breaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary D-Day commemorations in France, is hailed as the highlight of the film. Fellow acting legend Glenda Jackson stars alongside him in the Oliver Parker-directed film.