Actors Ansel Elgort and Michael Caine are celebrating their birthdays today, March 14.
Ansel Elgort, 21
Actor, music producer and DJ Ansel Elgort turns 21 today. Elgort started his acting career on stage. He made his film debut in the 2013 remake Carrie alongside Chloe Grace Moretz. He went on to play Caleb, brother of Beatrice, in the film Divergent based on the novel by Veronica Roth. He will reprise his role for the upcoming sequel, The Divergent Series: Insurgent.
In 2014, Elgort played Augustus Waters in The Fault in Our Stars, the film adaptation of the novel of the same name by John Green. That same year, he starred in the comedy-drama film Men, Women & Children. Elgort will star alongside Moretz again for the film adaptation of the novel The November Criminals by Sam Munson. He will also star in Van Cliburn based on the biography by Howard Reich.
Elgort also produces electronic dance music and has remixed numerous songs including Lana del Rey's "Born to Die." In 2014, Elgort played at the Electric Zoo Festival, and will play in the upcoming Ultra Music Festival.
Elgort is in a relationship with his high school sweetheart Violetta Komyshan.
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Michael Caine, 82
Actor and author Michael Caine turns 82 today. Caine became a successful actor in the '60s, starring in Zulu, The Ipcress File, Alfie (earning an Academy Award nomination), The Italian Job and Battle of Britain. He earned his secong Academy Award nomination for his performance in Sleuth.
Caine gained most of his success with his work in the '80s. He starred in Educating Rita and earned the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. For his role in Hannah and Her Sisters, Caine won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He earned a Golden Globe Award for his performance in Little Voice in 1998. The next year, he earned a second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Cider House Rules.
Caine's recent work includes roles in Inception, Cars 2, Gnomeo & Juliet, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises and Now You See Me. In 2014, Caine starred alongside Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway in Interstellar and can be seen in the 2015 spy action film Kingsman: The Secret Service with Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson. Caine is currently filming the sequel, Now You See Me: The Second Act.
Caine is married to former model and actress Shakira Baksh. He has two daughters, one from a former marriage and one with Baksh.
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