Michael Caine starred in a movie.
Educating Rita (film) . The film stars Michael Caine , Julie Walters , and Maureen Lipman . Michael Caine . His most notable roles in the 1970s included Get Carter ( 1971 ) , The Last Valley , Sleuth ( 1972 ) , for which he earned his second Academy Award nomination , The Man Who Would Be King ( 1975 ) , and A Bridge Too Far ( 1977 ) . He achieved some of his greatest critical success in the 1980s , with Educating Rita ( 1983 ) earning him the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor . Caine played Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol ( 1992 ) . He also appeared as a supporting character in Alfonso Cuarón 's Children of Men and Pixar 's 2011 film Cars 2 .