迈克尔·凯恩生于伦敦南郊脏乱的伯芒德赛地区，他出身寒门，父亲以运鱼为生、母亲是个女佣。凯恩在霍斯海姆剧团应聘了舞台助理的职位，终于找到了事业的起点。他将自己的名字由迈克尔·米考怀特改成了迈克尔·凯恩，以纪念他最喜爱的一部电影《凯恩号哗变》。 1956年至1962...
Owning a pair of the most incredibly soulful and searching eyes you'll ever find, Michael Sarrazin's poetic drifters crept into Hollywood unobtrusively on little cat's feet, but it didn't take long for him to make his mark. Quiet yet uninhibited, the lean, laconic, fleshy-lipped actor with the intriguingly faraway look and curiously sunken features enhanced a number of quality offbeat fare without ever creating too much of a fuss. While Hollywood couldn't quite pigeonhole him, they also weren't sure what to do with him. Out-and-out stardom would prove elusive.
出生于爱尔兰首都都柏林，5岁时移居伦敦。迈克尔最初的职业是工程师，直到21岁，他才意识到自己的梦想是做一个演员。于是他进入了国家剧院，并有幸得到Laurence Olivier爵士的指导。在一系列Alan Ayckbourn的戏中担任领衔主演。不久之后，他的身影就出现在了皇家国家剧院的舞台上。
