Caine

Knighted British actor

Caine is a surname, most notably associated with British actor Michael Caine.

The spelling also appears as a variant of Cain, the biblical figure who killed his brother Abel—making it occasionally chosen for fictional villains or morally ambiguous characters.

The Caine Mutiny is a famous 1951 novel about a naval captain's breakdown.

biblical

Abel

Hebrew name meaning breath

fratricideKilling one's own brother
GenesisFirst biblical book
AdamFirst created man

Eve · mark · exile · wanderer · murder · sin · jealousy · curse · offering · sacrifice

surname

genealogy

Study of family descent

familyRelated people together
lineageDescent from progenitors
ancestryFamily line of descent

heritage · bloodline · clan · kinship · patronymic · pedigree · relatives · descendants · forebears · ancestors

Opposites

nationality/origin in acting

CaineJohn Wayne

Robert De Niro · Jack Nicholson · Clint Eastwood · Marlon Brando · James Stewart

acting style/persona

CaineDaniel Day-Lewis

method actors · Stanley Kubrick · Marlon Brando · Robert De Niro · Meryl Streep

class origin in british acting

CaineLaurence Olivier

Richard Burton · Peter O'Toole · Jeremy Irons · Anthony Hopkins · Al Pacino

Phrases

Michael Caine

Family

cocaine, procaine, lidocaine, novocaine, benzocaine

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