Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas

Biography: Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and film producer. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the AFI Life Achievement Award. The elder son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill, Douglas earned his Bachelor of Arts in drama from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His early acting roles included film, stage, and television productions. Douglas first achieved prominence for his performance in the ABC police procedural television series The Streets of San Francisco, for which he received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations. In 1975, Douglas produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, having acquired the rights to the Ken Kesey novel from his father. The film received critical and popular acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Picture, earning Douglas his first Oscar as one of the film's producers. Douglas went on to produce films including The China Syndrome (1979) and Romancing the Stone (1984), for which he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy, and The Jewel of the Nile (1985). Douglas received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's Wall Street (1987), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor (a role he reprised in the sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps in 2010). Other notable roles include in Fatal Attraction (1987), The War of the Roses (1989), Basic Instinct (1992), Falling Down (1993), The American President (1995), The Game (1997), Traffic (2000), and Wonder Boys (2000). In 2013, for his portrayal of Liberace in the HBO film Behind the Candelabra, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. Douglas starred as an ageing acting coach in the Netflix comedy series The Kominsky Method (2018–2021), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best ctor—television series  musical or omedy. He has portrayed Hank Pym in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Ant-Man (2015). Douglas has received notice for his humanitarian and political activism. He sits on the board of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, is an honorary board member of the anti-war grant-making foundation Ploughshares Fund, and he was appointed as a United Nations Messenger of Peace in 1998. He has been married to actress Catherine Zeta-Jones since 2000. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Douglas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Birthday: September 25, 1944

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Known For

The War of the Roses
The War of the Roses

1989-12-08

Basic Instinct
Basic Instinct

1992-03-20

A Call to Arms
A Call to Arms

2009-03-13

The China Syndrome
The China Syndrome

1979-03-16

One Night at McCool's
One Night at McCool's

2001-04-19

Downwind
Downwind

2023-01-20

You, Me and Dupree
You, Me and Dupree

2006-07-13

A Chorus Line
A Chorus Line

1985-12-10

The Ghost and the Darkness
The Ghost and the Darkness

1996-10-11

The Jewel of the Nile
The Jewel of the Nile

1985-08-01

Traffic
Traffic

2000-12-27

A Perfect Murder
A Perfect Murder

1998-06-05

Wall Street
Wall Street

1987-12-10

The Game
The Game

1997-09-12

Black Rain
Black Rain

1989-09-22

Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys

2000-02-22

Fatal Attraction
Fatal Attraction

1987-09-18

The In-Laws
The In-Laws

2003-05-23

Coma
Coma

1978-01-06

King of California
King of California

2007-01-24

The Sentinel
The Sentinel

2006-04-19

It Runs in the Family
It Runs in the Family

2003-04-25

Shining Through
Shining Through

1992-01-31

Don't Say a Word
Don't Say a Word

2001-09-28

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

2009-02-05

Disclosure
Disclosure

1994-12-09

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

2009-05-01

The American President
The American President

1995-11-17

The Star Chamber
The Star Chamber

1983-08-05

Romancing the Stone
Romancing the Stone

1984-03-30

One Day in September
One Day in September

1999-10-22

The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen

1988-01-01

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

2010-09-20

Dinosaurs Alive
Dinosaurs Alive

2007-03-30

TVTV Looks at the Oscars
TVTV Looks at the Oscars

1976-03-30

Solitary Man
Solitary Man

2009-09-07

Napoleon and Samantha
Napoleon and Samantha

1972-07-05

Trumbo
Trumbo

2007-09-10

Falling Down
Falling Down

1993-02-26

Get Bruce!
Get Bruce!

1999-01-01

A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

2005-09-02

Haywire
Haywire

2011-11-01

Michael Douglas: The Prodigal Son
Michael Douglas: The Prodigal Son

2023-05-14

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

2023-07-19

When Michael Calls
When Michael Calls

1972-02-05

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

2005-09-13

Summertree
Summertree

1971-06-06

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012-02-04

Adam at Six A.M.
Adam at Six A.M.

1970-09-22

Running
Running

1979-10-30

Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'
Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'

2000-12-19

Behind the Candelabra
Behind the Candelabra

2013-05-26

Last Vegas
Last Vegas

2013-10-31

It's My Turn
It's My Turn

1980-10-24

Direct Order
Direct Order

2003-04-01

The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco

1972-09-16

The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers

2013-10-18

And So It Goes
And So It Goes

2014-07-17

Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon

2013-09-07

Beyond the Reach
Beyond the Reach

2014-09-06

Hollywood Banker
Hollywood Banker

2014-10-02

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

2014-08-25

Blood Knot
Blood Knot

Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill?
Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill?

2010-09-28

Hassles and Hangups
Hassles and Hangups

1973-01-01

Close Up
Close Up

2012-09-30

Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic

2019-04-14

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

2005-03-01

America's Burning
America's Burning

2024-06-09

Ant-Man
Ant-Man

2015-07-14

If Dolphins Could Talk
If Dolphins Could Talk

1990-02-25

Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence

2003-06-10

The Streets of the Invisibles
The Streets of the Invisibles

2011-10-03

The Earth Day Special
The Earth Day Special

1990-04-22

Once upon a time on Wall Street
Once upon a time on Wall Street

2017-11-05

Hail, Hero!
Hail, Hero!

1969-10-04

Unlocked
Unlocked

2017-04-27

Ant-Man and the Wasp
Ant-Man and the Wasp

2018-07-04

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

2021-01-11

The Day After Peace
The Day After Peace

2009-04-01

Ken San
Ken San

2016-08-20

Completely Cuckoo
Completely Cuckoo

1997-12-16

Black Rain: Making The Film
Black Rain: Making The Film

2006-10-10

Cast a Giant Shadow
Cast a Giant Shadow

1966-03-30

Animal World
Animal World

2018-06-29

Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

2011-06-27

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

2009-10-08

Tell Them Who You Are
Tell Them Who You Are

2004-09-06

14 Actors Acting
14 Actors Acting

2010-12-08

The Untameable Kirk Douglas
The Untameable Kirk Douglas

2017-06-01

Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate

2019-05-14

Forever Hollywood
Forever Hollywood

1999-01-01

And the Oscar Goes To...
And the Oscar Goes To...

2014-02-01

It Takes a Lunatic
It Takes a Lunatic

2019-05-03

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

2023-02-15

Electric Blue 29
Electric Blue 29

1988-01-01

The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy

2004-10-26

The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent

2004-10-26

Michael Douglas: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Michael Douglas: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival

2018-04-03

Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame

2019-04-24

Forman vs. Forman
Forman vs. Forman

2019-07-16

Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood
Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood

2020-11-19

In Search of Peace
In Search of Peace

2001-09-21

Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone
Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone

2020-12-15

Deauville et le rêve américain
Deauville et le rêve américain

2020-09-05

cascadeurs de stars
cascadeurs de stars

1988-03-18

Fog City Mavericks
Fog City Mavericks

2007-10-24