Michael Douglas
Acting
Born: Sep 25, 1944
From: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is a retired 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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downwind | 2023 | 6.8 | |
| A Call to Arms | Self (voice) | 2009 | 6.0 |
| Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Mark Hunter | 2009 | 5.675 |
| Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | Uncle Wayne | 2009 | 5.955 |
| King of California | Charlie | 2007 | 6.423 |
| You, Me and Dupree | Mr. Thompson | 2006 | 5.617 |
| The Sentinel | Pete Garrison | 2006 | 6.056 |
| The In-Laws | Steve Tobias | 2003 | 5.631 |
| It Runs in the Family | Alex Gromberg | 2003 | 6.006 |
| One Night at McCool's | Mr. Burmeister | 2001 | 5.852 |
| Don't Say a Word | Dr. Nathan Conrad | 2001 | 6.263 |
| Traffic | Robert Wakefield | 2000 | 7.085 |
| Wonder Boys | Grady Tripp | 2000 | 6.835 |
| A Perfect Murder | Steven Taylor | 1998 | 6.55 |
| The Game | Nicholas Van Orton | 1997 | 7.571 |
| The Ghost and the Darkness | Charles Remington | 1996 | 6.822 |
| The American President | Andrew Shepherd | 1995 | 6.534 |
| Disclosure | Tom Sanders | 1994 | 6.2 |
| Basic Instinct | Detective Nick Curran | 1992 | 6.941 |
| Shining Through | Ed Leland | 1992 | 6.496 |
| The War of the Roses | Oliver Rose | 1989 | 6.907 |
| Black Rain | Nick Conklin | 1989 | 6.588 |
| Wall Street | Gordon Gekko | 1987 | 7.166 |
| Fatal Attraction | Dan Gallagher | 1987 | 6.846 |
| A Chorus Line | Zach | 1985 | 6.229 |
| The Jewel of the Nile | Jack T. Colton | 1985 | 6.21 |
| Romancing the Stone | Jack T. Colton | 1984 | 6.762 |
| The Star Chamber | Steven Hardin | 1983 | 6.056 |
| The China Syndrome | Richard Adams | 1979 | 7.138 |
| Coma | Dr. Mark Bellows | 1978 | 6.778 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1944 |
| From | New Brunswick, New … |