137-727: 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
274-657: A Member of the Parliament of Bermuda (MCP), and as commanding officer of the Bermuda Militia Artillery . Douglas is a US citizen by birth in the United States and has Bermudian Status from his mother's birth in Bermuda . His great-grandfather, Thomas Newbold Dill (1837–1910), was a merchant, an MCP for Devonshire Parish from 1868 to 1888, a member of the legislative council and an assistant justice from 1888, mayor of
411-780: A Reform Jew . His son, Dylan, had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony and the Douglas family traveled to Jerusalem to mark the occasion. Douglas received the 2015 Genesis Prize , a $ 1 million prize awarded by the Genesis Prize Foundation for Jewish achievement. He donated the prize money to activities designed to raise awareness about inclusion and diversity in Jewish life and to find innovative solutions to pressing global and community problems. Michael Douglas has been involved in various charitable activities, focusing on healthcare, nuclear disarmament, and human rights. Since 1998, he has served as
548-653: A United Nations Messenger of Peace, primarily concentrating on disarmament issues. Douglas has supported the Motion Picture & Television Fund, which aids those in the entertainment industry, and has participated in fundraising efforts for the Jewish General Hospital and the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, where he was diagnosed with cancer. Additionally, he has been involved with
685-417: A cigarette while on holiday that month. A representative declined to comment on the photographs. In November 2010, Douglas' doctors put him on a weight-gain diet due to excessive weight loss that left him weak. On January 11, 2011, he said that the tumor was gone, though the illness and aggressive treatment had caused him to lose 32 pounds (14.5 kg). He said he would require monthly screenings because of
822-458: A depth charge . He rose to the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade) . After the war, Douglas returned to New York City and found work in radio, theater, and commercials . In his radio work, he acted in network soap operas and saw those experiences as being especially valuable, as skill in using one's voice is important for aspiring actors; he regretted that later the same avenues became no longer available. His stage break occurred when he took over
959-637: A "mentor" and someone he "admired and loved deeply". After Douglas left the show, he had a long association with his mentor until Malden's death on July 1, 2009. In 2004, Douglas presented Malden with the Monte Cristo Award of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut for the Lifetime Achievement Award . In late 1971, Douglas received from his father, Kirk Douglas , the rights to
1096-505: A Cast in a Motion Picture Traffic Won 2014 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Behind the Candelabra Won 2019 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series The Kominsky Method Nominated 2019 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated 2020 Outstanding Performance by
1233-698: A Comedy Show. Douglas was also the voice of founding father Benjamin Franklin in Freedom: A History of US , the PBS television adaptation of Joy Hakim 's 10-volume book A History of US . Douglas was approached for Basic Instinct 2 , but declined to participate in the project. In 2006, Douglas was Mr. Thompson in You, Me, and Dupree . The following year, Douglas played Charlie in King of California . In December 2007, Douglas began announcing
1370-532: A Giant Shadow (1966), Is Paris Burning (1966), The Final Countdown (1980), and Saturn 3 (1980). His acting style and delivery made him a favorite with television impersonators such as Frank Gorshin , Rich Little , and David Frye . His role as Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956), directed by Vincente Minnelli and based on Irving Stone 's bestseller , was filmed mostly on location in France. Douglas
1507-405: A Leading Role Wonder Boys Nominated Primetime Emmy Awards 1974 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series The Streets of San Francisco Nominated 1975 Nominated 1976 Nominated 2002 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Will & Grace Nominated 2013 Outstanding Lead Actor in
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#17328696784321644-609: A Male Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated 2020 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated 2022 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated 2022 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated Satellite Awards 2001 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Wonder Boys Won 2010 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Solitary Man Nominated 2014 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Behind
1781-908: A Miniseries or a Movie Behind the Candelabra Won 2019 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series The Kominsky Method Nominated 2020 Outstanding Comedy Series Nominated Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated 2021 Nominated Producers Guild of America Awards 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award in Motion Pictures — Won San Sebastián International Film Festival 1997 Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award — Won Santa Barbara International Film Festival 1995 Modern Master Award Disclosure Won Sant Jordi Awards 1989 Best Foreign Actor Wall Street Nominated Screen Actors Guild Awards 2001 Outstanding Performance by
1918-659: A Movie/Miniseries Behind the Candelabra Won 2019 Best Actor in a Comedy Series The Kominsky Method Nominated César Awards 1998 Honorary César — Won 2016 Honorary César (for the second time) — Won Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2001 Best Actor Wonder Boys 2nd Place 2010 Solitary Man Nominated David di Donatello Awards 1988 Best Foreign Actor Fatal Attraction Nominated 1988 Wall Street Won 1990 The War of
2055-564: A Word (2001), filmed shortly before his marriage to Zeta-Jones. In 2003, he starred in It Runs in the Family , which featured three generations of his family (his parents, Kirk and Diana, as well as his son, Cameron ). Although a labor of love, the film was not successful, critically or at the box office. Also in 2003, Douglas starred in The In-Laws . Douglas was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award at
2192-523: A bachelor's degree in 1939. He received a loan which he paid back by working part-time as a gardener and a janitor. He was a standout on the school's wrestling team and wrestled one summer in a carnival to make money. He later became good friends with world-champion wrestler Lou Thesz . Douglas's acting talents were noticed at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City , which gave him
2329-574: A bit" on set, but that he had never been out with her. Spangler's girlfriends told police that she was three months pregnant when she disappeared, and scholars such as Jon Lewis of Oregon State University have speculated that she may have been considering an illegal abortion . In 1951, Douglas starred as a newspaper reporter anxiously looking for a big story in Ace in the Hole , director Billy Wilder 's first effort as both writer and producer. The subject and story
2466-584: A cast including Charles Durning and Eli Wallach . It marked the final collaboration between Douglas and Lancaster, completing a partnership of more than 40 years. That same year, he co-hosted (with Angela Lansbury ) the New York Philharmonic 's tribute to the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty . The symphony was conducted by Zubin Mehta . In 1988, Douglas starred in a television adaptation of Inherit
2603-681: A coastal estate near Valldemossa , Mallorca . In August 2013, People claimed that Douglas and Zeta-Jones began living separately in May 2013, but did not take any legal action towards separation or divorce. A representative for Zeta-Jones subsequently confirmed that they "are taking some time apart to evaluate and work on their marriage". It was reported in November, that the couple had reconciled and Zeta-Jones moved back into their New York apartment. In 1997, New York caddie James Parker sued Douglas for $ 25 million. Parker accused Douglas of hitting him in
2740-501: A decade of being unable to find a producer he gave the rights to his son, Michael . In 1975, the film version was produced by Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz , and starred Jack Nicholson , as Douglas was then considered too old to play the character as written. The film won all five major Academy Awards , only the second film to do so (after It Happened One Night in 1934). Douglas made seven films over four decades with actor Burt Lancaster : I Walk Alone (1947), Gunfight at
2877-407: A drama directed by Elia Kazan and based upon his novel of the same title , Douglas starred as a tormented advertising executive, with Faye Dunaway as costar. The film did poorly at the box office, receiving mostly negative reviews. Dunaway believed many of the reviews were unfair, writing in her biography, "I can't understand it when people knock Kirk's performance, because I think he's terrific in
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#17328696784323014-413: A family with six sisters to be stifling: "I was dying to get out. In a sense, it lit a fire under me." After appearing in plays at Amsterdam High School , from which he graduated in 1934, he knew he wanted to become a professional actor. Unable to afford the tuition, Douglas talked his way into the dean's office at St. Lawrence University and showed him a list of his high school honors. He graduated with
3151-473: A fluent French speaker, portrayed a sympathetic French officer during World War I who tries to save three soldiers from facing a firing squad. Biographer Vincent LoBrutto describes Douglas's "seething but controlled portrayal exploding with the passion of his convictions at the injustice leveled at his men." The film was banned in France until 1976. Before production of the film began, however, Douglas and Kubrick had to work out some large problems, one of which
3288-493: A hard-nosed film producer who manipulates and uses his actors, writers, and directors. In 1954 Douglas starred as the titular character in Ulysses , a film based on Homer 's epic poem Odyssey , with Silvana Mangano as Penelope and Circe , and Anthony Quinn as Antinous . In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Douglas showed that in addition to serious, driven characters, he
3425-409: A high chance of recurrence within three years. In June 2013, Douglas told The Guardian that his type of cancer is caused by the human papilloma virus transmitted by cunnilingus , leading some media to report this as well. His spokesman denied these reports and portrayed Douglas' conversation with The Guardian as general and not referring specifically to his diagnosis. Although Douglas described
3562-539: A leading box-office star throughout the 1950s, known for serious dramas, including westerns and war films. During his career, he appeared in more than 90 films and was known for his explosive acting style. He was named by the American Film Institute the 17th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood cinema . Douglas played an unscrupulous boxing hero in Champion (1949), which brought him his first nomination for
3699-509: A new film production company, Douglas/Reuther Productions, in partnership with Steven Reuther . In 1994 Douglas and Demi Moore starred in the hit movie Disclosure focusing on the topic of sexual harassment with Douglas playing a man harassed by his new female boss. Other popular films he starred in during the decade were Falling Down , The American President , The Ghost and the Darkness , The Game (directed by David Fincher ), and
3836-441: A pre-nuptial agreement. She signed the document, but Douglas, because he held Norton as both his best friend and a father figure, was unwilling to get involved in his wife's subsequent attempts to obtain a copy. Anne Douglas went behind her husband's back, engaging lawyer Greg Bautzer and suing to obtain a copy from Norton successfully. Her distrust of Norton grew, especially as he had been granted power of attorney, and she found that
3973-969: A producer) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Won 1980 The China Syndrome Nominated 1985 Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (as a producer) Romancing the Stone Won 1988 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Wall Street Won 1990 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy The War of the Roses Nominated 1996 The American President Nominated 2001 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Wonder Boys Nominated 2004 Cecil B. DeMille Award — Won 2011 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Nominated 2014 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Behind
4110-704: A relationship that lasted nearly six years. In March 1977, Douglas married Diandra Luker, 12 years his junior and the daughter of an Austrian diplomat. They had one son, Cameron , born in 1978. In 1995, Diandra filed for divorce and was awarded $ 45 million as part of the divorce settlement. In March 1999, Douglas began dating Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones . The pair married on November 18, 2000. Zeta-Jones says that when they met in Deauville , France, Douglas said, "I want to father your children." They have two children, son Dylan Michael (born August 8, 2000) and daughter Carys Zeta (born April 20, 2003). The family has
4247-709: A remake of Alfred Hitchcock 's classic – Dial M for Murder – titled A Perfect Murder . In 1998 Douglas received the Crystal Globe award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival . On November 19, 1997, Douglas formed his fourth film production company, Furthur Films . In 2000, Douglas starred in Steven Soderbergh 's critically acclaimed film Traffic , opposite Benicio del Toro and future wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones . Douglas and
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4384-600: A role for which he won the Golden Globe for the Best Actor in a Drama. He also starred with James Mason in the adventure 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), a large box-office hit. In September 1949, he established Bryna Productions , which began producing films as varied as Paths of Glory (1957) and Spartacus (1960). In those two films, he collaborated with the then relatively unknown director Stanley Kubrick , taking lead roles in both films. Douglas helped to break
4521-455: A special scholarship. One of his classmates was Betty Joan Perske (later known as Lauren Bacall ), who would play an important role in launching his film career. Bacall wrote that she "had a wild crush on Kirk", and they dated casually. Another classmate, and a friend of Bacall's, was aspiring actress Diana Dill , who would later become Douglas's first wife. During their time together, Bacall learned Douglas had no money and that he once spent
4658-449: A successful producer and actor, he describes himself as "an actor first and a producer second". He has explained why he enjoys both functions: I love the fact that on one side, with acting, you can be a child—acting is wonderful for its innocence and the fun ... On the other side, producing is fun for all the adult kinds of things you do. You deal in business, you deal with the creative forces. As an adult who continues to get older, you like
4795-653: A troubled marathon runner in Running . In 1979, he both produced and starred in The China Syndrome , a dramatic film co-starring Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon about a nuclear power plant accident (the Three Mile Island accident took place 12 days after the film's release). The film was considered "one of the most intelligent Hollywood films of the 1970s". In June 1979, Michael appointed Jack Brodsky Executive Vice-president of Bigstick Productions. Douglas' acting career
4932-427: A wide range without giving up all my moral values. I think that same chameleonlike quality can transfer into films. I think if you can remember the reason you got involved with it in the first place and try to keep that impulsive, instinctive feeling even when you're being beaten down or exhausted or waylaid, you'll be successful." After the filming of Summertree in 1971, Douglas began dating actress Brenda Vaccaro ,
5069-433: A young, insecure man stung by jealousy, whose life was dominated by his ruthless wife, and who hid his feelings with alcohol. It would be the last time that Douglas portrayed a weakling in a film role. Reviewers of the film noted that Douglas already projected qualities of a "natural film actor", with the similarity of this role with later ones explained by biographer Tony Thomas: His style and his personality came across on
5206-487: Is different from Wikidata All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from September 2021 Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch ; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck . Douglas soon developed into
5343-531: Is just a cameo appearance , while Douglas plays the film's villain), their roles were usually of a similar size. Both actors arrived in Hollywood at about the same time and first appeared together in the fourth film for each, albeit with Douglas in a supporting role. They both became actor-producers who sought out independent Hollywood careers. John Frankenheimer , who directed the political thriller Seven Days in May in 1964, had not worked well with Lancaster in
5480-440: Is portrayed by Dean O'Gorman . Douglas bought the rights to stage a play of the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest from its author, Ken Kesey . He mounted a play from the material in 1963 in which he starred and that ran on Broadway for five months. Reviews were mixed. Douglas retained the movie rights due to an innovative loophole of basing the rights on the play rather than the novel, despite Kesey's objections, but after
5617-570: 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
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5754-465: The AFI Life Achievement Award in 1991, said of him: "No other leading actor was ever more ready to tap the dark, desperate side of the soul and thus to reveal the complexity of human nature." Also in 1951, Douglas starred in Detective Story , nominated for four Academy Awards, including one for Lee Grant in her debut film. Grant said Douglas was "dazzling, both personally and in the part. ... He
5891-644: The Academy Award for Best Actor . His other early films include Out of the Past (1947); Young Man with a Horn (1950), playing opposite Lauren Bacall and Doris Day ; Ace in the Hole (1951); and Detective Story (1951), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. He received his second Oscar nomination for his dramatic role in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), opposite Lana Turner , and earned his third for portraying Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956),
6028-576: The American Academy of Dramatic Arts . His father was Jewish and was born Issur Danielovitch . Michael's paternal grandparents were emigrants from Chavusy in the Russian Empire (present-day Belarus ). His mother was from Devonshire Parish, Bermuda , and had English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, French, Belgian, and Dutch ancestry. Douglas' uncle was politician Sir Nicholas Bayard Dill , and Douglas' maternal grandfather, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Melville Dill , served as Attorney General of Bermuda, as
6165-623: The City of Hamilton from 1891 to 1897, served on numerous committees and boards, and was a member of the Devonshire Church (Church of England) and Devonshire Parish vestries. Thomas Newbold Dill's father, another Thomas Melville Dill, was a sea captain who took the Bermudian-built barque Sir George F. Seymour from Bermuda to Ireland in thirteen days in March 1858, but lost his master's certificate after
6302-687: The David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures from the Producers Guild of America. In 2011, Douglas voiced Waylon on Disney Channel 's cartoon Phineas and Ferb and starred in the dramatic thriller Haywire . He was also honored that year by the French Minister of Culture with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres with the rank of Commandeur. In 2012, Douglas was honored with
6439-510: The Don Henley song " The Garden of Allah ". In 1996, after suffering a severe stroke at age 79 which impaired his ability to speak, Douglas still wanted to make movies. He underwent years of voice therapy and made Diamonds in 1999, in which he played an old professional boxer who was recovering from a stroke. It co-starred his longtime friend from his early acting years, Lauren Bacall. In 2003, Michael and Joel Douglas produced It Runs in
6576-762: The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Michael Douglas has also raised awareness about the link between human papillomavirus (HPV) and oropharyngeal cancer, citing medical evidence and his diagnosis to promote public health education and preventive measures. He was featured in the "100 Influential Celebrities in Oncology: The 2023 Edition" by OncoDaily for his contributions to public awareness. In 2018, journalist and author Susan Braudy alleged on Today , an NBC morning news show in
6713-536: The Golden Globes in 2004. Michael and Kirk Douglas are the only father and son pair to have both been awarded this recognition. He then starred in and produced the action-thriller The Sentinel in 2006. During that time, he also guest starred on the episode " Fagel Attraction " of the television sitcom Will & Grace as a gay cop attracted to Will Truman ( Eric McCormack ); the performance earned Douglas an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in
6850-640: The Hollywood blacklist by having Dalton Trumbo write Spartacus with an official on-screen credit. He produced and starred in Lonely Are the Brave (1962) and Seven Days in May (1964), the latter opposite Burt Lancaster , with whom he made seven films. In 1963, he starred in the Broadway play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , a story that he purchased and later gave to his son Michael Douglas , who turned it into an Oscar-winning film . Douglas continued acting into
6987-475: The Presidential Medal of Freedom . As an author, he wrote ten novels and memoirs. After barely surviving a helicopter crash in 1991 and then suffering a stroke in 1996, he focused on renewing his spiritual and religious life. He lived with his second wife, producer Anne Buydens , until his death in 2020. A centenarian , Douglas was one of the last surviving stars of the film industry's Golden Age. Douglas
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#17328696784327124-647: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie . Douglas starred as an aging acting coach in the Netflix comedy series The Kominsky Method (2018–2021), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy . 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
7261-651: The University of California, Santa Barbara in 1968, where he was also the honorary president of the UCSB Alumni Association . He studied acting with Wynn Handman at The American Place Theatre in New York City. His first TV breakthrough role came with a 1969 CBS Playhouse special, The Experiment —and it was the only time he was billed as "M.K. Douglas". On November 24, 1969, Douglas formed his first independent film production company, Bigstick Productions, Limited. Michael Douglas started his film career in
7398-419: The groin with an errant golf ball , causing Parker great distress. The case was later settled out of court. In 2004, Douglas and Zeta-Jones took legal action against stalker Dawnette Knight, who was accused of sending violent letters to the couple that contained graphic threats on Zeta-Jones' life. Testifying, Zeta-Jones said the threats left her so shaken she feared a nervous breakdown . Knight claimed she
7535-548: The 1950s and 1960s, Douglas was a major box-office star, playing opposite some of the leading actresses of that era. He portrayed a frontier peace officer in his first western, Along the Great Divide (1951). He quickly became very comfortable with riding horses and playing gunslingers, and he appeared in many Westerns. He considered Lonely Are the Brave (1962), in which he plays a cowboy trying to live by his own code, his personal favorite. The film, written by Dalton Trumbo ,
7672-479: The 1980s, appearing in such films as Saturn 3 (1980), The Man from Snowy River (1980), Tough Guys (1986), a reunion with Lancaster, and in the television version of Inherit the Wind (1988) plus in an episode of Touched by an Angel in 2000, for which he received his third nomination for an Emmy Award . As an actor and philanthropist, Douglas received an Academy Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement and
7809-528: The Beautiful four years earlier, for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination. For approximately 15 years and 27 films, Douglas's agent had been Sam Norton, who was compensated with 10% of Douglas's gross earnings. In addition, Norton was partners with Jerome “Jerry” B. Rosenthal in the law firm of Rosenthal & Norton which received an additional 10%. On the day of his wedding in 1958 his bride Anne had been quietly pulled aside by Norton and been presented by Norton (without Kirk Douglas's knowledge) with
7946-459: The Brave (1962), and Seven Days in May (1964). In 1958, Douglas formed the music publishing company Peter Vincent Music Corporation , a Bryna Productions subsidiary. Peter Vincent Music was responsible for publishing the soundtracks of The Vikings and Spartacus . While Paths of Glory did not do well at the box office, it has since become one of the great anti-war films, and it is one of director Stanley Kubrick 's early films. Douglas,
8083-1587: The Candelabra Nominated Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 1998 Special Prize for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema — Won London Critics Circle Film Awards 2001 Actor of the Year Wonder Boys Nominated 2014 Behind the Candelabra Nominated Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2000 Best Actor Wonder Boys Won MTV Movie Awards 1993 Best Male Performance Basic Instinct Nominated 1993 Best On-Screen Duo Nominated National Board of Review Awards 1987 Best Actor Wall Street Won 2007 Career Achievement Award — Won New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1987 Best Actor Wall Street 2nd Place Online Film Critics Society Awards 2000 Best Actor Wonder Boys Nominated Palm Springs International Film Festival 2011 Icon Award — Won People's Choice Awards 1988 Favorite Motion Picture Actor — Won 1990 — Nominated Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards [ it ] 2001 Best Actor in
8220-756: The Candelabra Won Hasty Pudding Theatricals 1992 Man of the Year — Won Hollywood Walk of Fame 2018 Star on the Walk of Fame — Won Irish Film & Television Awards 2014 Best International Actor Behind the Candelabra Won Nastro d'Argento 1988 Best Foreign Actor Wall Street Won Jupiter Awards 1988 Best International Actor Won 2014 Behind
8357-659: The Candelabra Won 2019 Best Actor in a Comedy Series The Kominsky Method Nominated 2019 TV Movie/Mini Actor of the Decade Behind the Candelabra Nominated Golden Globe Awards 1970 Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer Hail, Hero! Nominated 1975 Best Actor – Television Series Drama The Streets of San Francisco Nominated 1976 Best Motion Picture – Drama (as
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#17328696784328494-599: The Candelabra Won 2019 Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy The Kominsky Method Won 2020 Nominated Golden Raspberry Awards 1993 Worst Actor Basic Instinct Nominated Shining Through Nominated 2024 Worst Supporting Actor Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Nominated Goldene Kamera 1990 Best International Actor Wall Street Fatal Attraction Won Guardian Film Awards 2014 Best Line of Dialogue Behind
8631-2223: The Candelabra Won 2020 Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy The Kominsky Method Nominated Saturn Awards 2016 Best Supporting Actor Ant-Man Nominated ShoWest Convention 1979 Star/Producer of the Year — Won Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards [ it ] 2001 Best Actor Wonder Boys Won Taormina International Film Festival 2004 Taormina Arte Award — Won Zurich Film Festival 2010 Golden Icon Award — Won Notes [ edit ] ^ Shared with Saul Zaentz ^ Shared with Sharon Stone ^ Tied with Javier Bardem for Before Night Falls (2000) See also [ edit ] Michael Douglas on stage and screen References [ edit ] ^ "Michael Douglas Realizes Six Year-Old Dream" . The Terre Haute Tribune . Terre Haute, Indiana. April 3, 1976. p. 10 . Retrieved October 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com . [REDACTED] ^ "2001 Academy Awards" . The Index-Journal . Greenwood, South Carolina. March 25, 2001. p. 29 . Retrieved October 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com . [REDACTED] ^ "Reese Witherspoon Gets American Cinematheque Lifetime Achievement" . Deadline Hollywood . July 23, 2015 . Retrieved September 21, 2015 . ^ "Feature Film Nominations" . Ottawa Journal . Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. March 15, 1980. p. 53 . Retrieved October 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com . [REDACTED] ^ Macksoud, Meredith C.; Smith, Craig R.; Lohrke, Jackie (25 November 2002). Arthur Kennedy, Man of Characters: A Stage and Cinema Biography . McFarland. p. 138 . ISBN 978-0-7864-1384-3 . ^ Franks 2004 , p. 288. ^ Pond, Steve (December 14, 2010). "Golden Globes Noms Galore for 'King's Speech' 'The Fighter' & 'Social Network' " . TheWrap . Retrieved September 21, 2015 . ^ "Michael Douglas" . Golden Globe Awards . Archived from
8768-472: The Cannes Film Festival and the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the 54th International Film Festival of India in November 2023. In 2024, he starred in the Apple TV+ miniseries Franklin , portraying Benjamin Franklin during the eight years that he spent in France attempting to convince King Louis XVI to support the burgeoning United States in the American Revolutionary War . According to film historian and critic David Thomson , Douglas
8905-450: The Cuckoo's Nest Won 1989 Best Actor in a Leading Role Fatal Attraction Nominated 2001 Wonder Boys Nominated Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2001 Best Actor Wonder Boys Nominated Costume Designers Guild Awards 2009 President's Award — Won Critics' Choice Television Awards 2013 Best Actor in
9042-1168: The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) The China Syndrome (1979) Romancing the Stone (1984) The Jewel of the Nile (1985) Flatliners (1990) Made in America (1993) The Rainmaker (1997) One Night at McCool's (2001) It Runs in the Family (2003) The Sentinel (2006) Beyond the Reach (2014) Flatliners (2017) Related Bigstick Productions Further Films The Bryna Company Family Kirk Douglas (father) Diana Dill (mother) Anne Buydens (stepmother) Joel Douglas (brother) Peter Douglas (half-brother) Eric Douglas (half-brother) Brenda Vaccaro (partner) Catherine Zeta-Jones (second wife) Cameron Douglas (son) Thomas Melville Dill (maternal grandfather) Nicholas Bayard Dill (maternal uncle) Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Michael_Douglas&oldid=1212733041 " Categories : Michael Douglas Lists of awards received by American actor Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
9179-410: The Family , which along with Kirk starred various family members, including Michael, Michael's son Cameron, and his wife from 50 years earlier, Diana Dill , playing his wife. His final feature-film appearance was in the 2004 Michael Goorjian film Illusion , in which he depicts a dying film director forced to watch episodes from the life of a son he had refused to acknowledge. His last screen role
9316-606: The Leading Man and the Love Interest Solitary Man Won 2013 Last Vegas Won American Cinematheque Gala Tribute 1993 American Cinematheque Award — Won American Film Institute Awards 2009 Life Achievement Award — Won Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1999 Favorite Actor - Suspense A Perfect Murder Nominated 2001 Favorite Actor - Drama Traffic Nominated British Academy Film Awards 1976 BAFTA Award for Best Picture One Flew Over
9453-447: The Me generation," and says "greed is good" in the movie; in Romancing the Stone and The Jewel of the Nile, he played an idealistic soldier of fortune; in The Star Chamber (1983), he was a court judge fed up with an inadequate legal system, leading him to become involved with a vigilante group; and in Black Rain (1989), he proved he could also play a Stallone -like action hero as a New York City cop. Having become recognized as
9590-415: The Monte Cristo Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center for his "monumental achievements and contributions to the American and international theater community." Douglas collaborated with Steven Soderbergh again on the 2013 film Behind the Candelabra , playing Liberace , opposite Matt Damon as Scott Thorson. The film dramatizes the last 10 years of the pianist's life and
9727-447: The O.K. Corral (1957), The Devil's Disciple (1959), The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), Seven Days in May (1964), Victory at Entebbe (1976), and Tough Guys (1986), which fixed the notion of the pair as something of a team in the public imagination. Douglas was always billed under Lancaster in these movies, but, with the exception of I Walk Alone and, even more so, The List of Adrian Messenger (where Lancaster's part
9864-445: The Past was released, I Walk Alone , the first film teaming Douglas with Burt Lancaster , presented Douglas playing a supporting part quite similar to his role in Out of the Past in another classic fast-paced noir thriller. Douglas' image as a tough guy was established in his eighth film, Champion (1949), after producer Stanley Kramer chose him to play a selfish boxer. In accepting
10001-742: The Roses Nominated Dublin Film Critics' Circle Awards 2013 Best Actor Behind the Candelabra 3rd Place Film Society of Lincoln Center 2010 Gala Tribute — Won Dorian Awards 2014 TV Performance of the Year – Actor Behind the Candelabra Won Genie Awards 1980 Best Performance by a Foreign Actor Running Nominated Gold Derby Awards 2013 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Behind
10138-470: The United States, and in several other interviews that, that in 1989 when Braudy was in her 40s and working as an assistant to Douglas, he regularly made degrading sexual comments about or to her. She stated this caused her to wear baggy clothing at work, and also recalled a one-on-one script meeting where Douglas allegedly undid his pants and fondled himself with her in the room. List of awards and nominations received by Michael Douglas From Misplaced Pages,
10275-450: The Wind , opposite Jason Robards and Jean Simmons . The film won two Emmy Awards . In the 1990s, Douglas continued starring in various features. Among them was The Secret in 1992, a television movie about a grandfather and his grandson who both struggle with dyslexia. That same year, he played the uncle of Michael J. Fox in a comedy, Greedy . He appeared as the Devil in the video for
10412-584: The action thriller Unlocked . In 2018, he starred with Alan Arkin in The Kominsky Method , playing Sandy Kominsky, an aging acting coach. He received a Golden Globe Award for his performance. The same year, he starred in a Chinese film , Animal World , based on the Japanese manga series Kaiji . In 2018, Douglas received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . Starting in 2019, Douglas voiced
10549-469: The actor's medical condition after numerous American specialists failed to do so. Douglas has since participated in fundraisers for Montreal's Jewish General Hospital , where he was diagnosed, and the McGill University Health Centre with which the hospital is affiliated. Douglas attributed the cancer to stress , his previous alcohol abuse , and years of heavy smoking . In July 2011, Star magazine published photographs which appeared to show him smoking
10686-460: The adult risks. It's flying without a net, taking chances and learning. I was never good in economics or business—had no business background, you know, and I like it. I think I'm a chameleon. I think it's something that I possibly inherited early on as a child going back and forth between two families. I know that whether it's right or wrong, I have an ability to sort of fit into a lot of different situations and make people feel relatively comfortable in
10823-532: The announcement came immediately before Douglas' promotional tour for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps . Douglas was born to a Jewish father and an Anglican ( Church of England ) mother. His cousin, the Right Reverend Nicholas Dill , is the bishop of the established Anglican Church of Bermuda . Douglas was not raised with a religious affiliation but stated in January 2015, that he now identifies as
10960-545: 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. Douglas was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey , the first child of actors Kirk Douglas (1916–2020) and Diana Dill (1923–2015). His parents met at
11097-520: The brunt of female anger because of real or imagined sexual slights". These themes of perceived male victimization are seen in films such as Fatal Attraction (1987) with Glenn Close , The War of the Roses (1989) with Kathleen Turner , Basic Instinct (1992) with Sharon Stone , Falling Down (1993), and Disclosure (1994) with Demi Moore . For his characters in films such as these, "any kind of sexual contact with someone other than his mate and
11234-411: The cancer as throat cancer, it was publicly speculated that he may have been diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer . In October 2013, Douglas said he suffered from tongue cancer, not throat cancer. He announced it as throat cancer upon the advice of his physician, who felt it would be unwise to reveal that he had tongue cancer given its negative prognosis and potential for disfigurement, particularly because
11371-486: The canvas to capture a moment in time. Douglas was nominated for an Academy Award for the role, with his co-star Anthony Quinn winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor as Paul Gauguin , van Gogh's friend. Douglas won a Golden Globe award, although Minnelli said Douglas should have won an Oscar: "He achieved a moving and memorable portrait of the artist—a man of massive creative power, triggered by severe emotional stress,
11508-574: The cast of Traffic were awarded a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. That same year he also received critical acclaim for his role in Wonder Boys , as a professor and novelist suffering from writer's block . He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role . Douglas starred in Don't Say
11645-595: The character Guy-I-Am in the Netflix animated series Green Eggs and Ham (TV series) . In 2023, Douglas again played Hank Pym in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). The Ant-Man films were directed by Peyton Reed and starred Paul Rudd . Douglas reprised the role, voicing Hank Pym in the animated series What If... (2021-2023). In May 2023, Douglas was honored with an Honorary Palme d'or for Lifetime Achievement at
11782-482: The commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz , which travels through time to the day before the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. It was produced by his son Peter Douglas . He also played in a dual role in The Man from Snowy River (1982), an Australian film which received critical acclaim and numerous awards. In 1986, he reunited with his longtime co-star, Burt Lancaster , in a crime comedy, Tough Guys , with
11919-400: The fear and horror of madness." Douglas himself called his acting role as Van Gogh a painful experience: "Not only did I look like Van Gogh, I was the same age he was when he committed suicide." His wife said he often remained in character in his personal life: "When he was doing Lust for Life , he came home in that red beard of Van Gogh's, wearing those big boots, stomping around the house—it
12056-696: The film earned six nominations in all. Variety called it "a stark, realistic study of the boxing rackets." After Champion he decided that, to succeed as a star, he needed to ramp up his intensity, overcome his natural shyness, and choose stronger roles. He later stated, "I don't think I'd be much of an actor without vanity. And I'm not interested in being a 'modest actor'". Early in his Hollywood career, Douglas demonstrated his independent streak and broke his studio contracts to gain total control over his projects, forming his own movie company, Bryna Productions (named after his mother) in September 1949. Throughout
12193-429: The film was released, Douglas gave full credit to its screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo , who was on the Hollywood blacklist , and thereby effectively ended it. During a 2012 interview Douglas said, "I've made over 85 pictures, but the thing I'm most proud of is breaking the blacklist." The film's producer, Edward Lewis, and the family of Dalton Trumbo publicly disputed Douglas's claim. In the film Trumbo (2015), Douglas
12330-660: 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
12467-435: The film's star and protagonist, Douglas is credited for the intensity of his acting. Film critic Roger Ebert wrote, "his focus and energy ... is almost scary. There is nothing dated about Douglas' performance. It's as right-now as a sharpened knife." Biographer Gene Philips noted that Wilder's story was "galvanized" by Douglas's "astounding performance" and no doubt was a factor when George Stevens , who presented Douglas with
12604-405: The film. In December 1976, Michael and his brother Peter became head of their father's film production company, The Bryna Company , though Michael would depart by 1978 to focus exclusively on producing through his own Bigstick Productions. After leaving The Streets of San Francisco in 1976, Douglas played a hospital doctor in the medical thriller Coma (1978), and in 1979 he played the role of
12741-507: The 💕 Compilation of awards and nominations This is a list of awards and nominations received by actor Michael Douglas . Awards [ edit ] Award Year Category For Result Ref. Academy Awards 1976 Best Picture One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Won 1988 Best Actor Wall Street Won Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards 2010 Most Egregious Age Difference Between
12878-505: The hardships that he, along with his parents and six sisters, endured during their early years in Amsterdam: My father, who had been a horse trader in Russia , got himself a horse and a small wagon, and became a ragman, buying old rags, pieces of metal, and junk for pennies, nickels, and dimes ... Even on Eagle Street, in the poorest section of town, where all the families were struggling,
13015-604: The introduction to NBC Nightly News . Howard Reig , the previous announcer, had retired two years earlier. That same year, Douglas received the Career Achievement Award from the National Board of Review . In the late 2000s, Douglas starred in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009), Beyond a Reasonable Doubt , and Solitary Man . In 2009, he was honored with the American Film Institute 's Lifetime Achievement Award and
13152-465: The label with record producer Richard Rudolph , who became the company's president and CEO. Among the acts signed to Third Stone were Saigon Kick and Nona Gaye . That same year, Douglas had another successful starring role when he appeared alongside Sharon Stone in the film Basic Instinct . The movie was a box office hit and sparked controversy over its depictions of bisexuality and lesbianism . In March 1994, Douglas announced that he had formed
13289-586: The late 1960s and early 1970s, appearing in little known films such as Hail, Hero! , Adam at 6 A.M. , and Summertree . His performance in Hail, Hero! earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer. His first significant role came in the TV series The Streets of San Francisco from 1972 to 1976, in which he starred alongside Karl Malden . Douglas later said that Malden became
13426-469: The mother of his children is destined to come at a costly price." Edelman describes his characters as the "Everyman who must contend with, and be victimized by, these women and their raging, psychotic sexuality". Conversely, Douglas also played powerful characters with dominating personalities, including Gordon Gekko , in the Wall Street franchise, who was described as the "greedy yuppie personification of
13563-558: The night in jail since he had no place to sleep. She once gave him her uncle's old coat to keep warm: "I thought he must be frozen in the winter ... He was thrilled and grateful." Sometimes, just to see him, she would drag a friend or her mother to the restaurant where he worked as a busboy and waiter. He told her his dream was to someday bring his family to New York to see him on stage. During that period she fantasized about someday sharing her personal and stage lives with Douglas, but would later be disappointed: "Kirk did not really pursue me. He
13700-534: The novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , which had been purchased by Bryna Productions in February 1962. Michael went on to produce the film of the same name with Saul Zaentz . Kirk Douglas hoped to portray McMurphy himself, having starred in an earlier stage version, but the director, Milos Forman, went with Jack Nicholson , who won the Academy Award for Best Actor . Douglas won the Award for Best Picture for producing
13837-631: The original (PDF) on September 27, 2015 . Retrieved September 21, 2015 . Bibliography [ edit ] Franks, Don (2004). Entertainment Awards: A Music, Cinema, Theatre and Broadcasting Guide, 1928 through 2003 (3rd ed.). McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0806-8 . External links [ edit ] Michael Douglas — Awards at the Internet Movie Database v t e Michael Douglas Career history Accolades Producer One Flew Over
13974-1125: The original on September 26, 2015 . Retrieved September 21, 2015 . ^ Franks 2004 , p. 292. ^ Carpendo, Karen (November 6, 1992). "Millcreek Twp. Woman Is Co-Producer of Harvard's Hasty Puddings Theatericals" . The Titusville Herald . Titusville, Pennsylvania. p. 7 . Retrieved October 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com . [REDACTED] ^ Saval, Malina (November 6, 2018). "Michael Douglas on 'The Kominsky Method,' Nervous Laughter and His Walk of Fame Star" . Variety . Retrieved November 6, 2018 . [REDACTED] ^ "33rd 1998 – MFF Karlovy Vary" . Karlovy Vary International Film Festival . Retrieved September 21, 2015 . ^ "1987 Award Winners" . National Board of Review of Motion Pictures . 2016 . Retrieved October 28, 2016 . ^ "2007 Award Winners" . National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 2016 . Retrieved October 28, 2016 . ^ "The Zurich Film Festival's Golden Icon Award goes to Michael Douglas" (PDF) . Zurich Film Festival . August 3, 2010. Archived from
14111-411: The original script. I think the movie is a classic, one of the most important pictures—possibly the most important picture—Stanley Kubrick has ever made." Douglas played military men in numerous films, with varying nuance, including Top Secret Affair (1957), Town Without Pity (1961), The Hook (1963), Seven Days in May (1964), Heroes of Telemark (1965), In Harm's Way (1965), Cast
14248-434: The part and absolutely nailed it." Frederick Romano, another sports film historian, described Douglas's acting as "alarmingly authentic": Douglas shows great concentration in the ring. His intense focus on his opponent draws the viewer into the ring. Perhaps his best characteristic is his patented snarl and grimace ... he leaves no doubt that he is a man on a mission. Douglas received his first Academy Award nomination, and
14385-463: The past and originally did not want him in this film. However, Douglas thought Lancaster would fit the part and "begged me to reconsider," said Frankenheimer, and he then gave Lancaster the most colorful role. "It turns out that Burt Lancaster and I got along magnificently well on the picture," he later said. In 1967 Douglas starred with John Wayne in the western film directed by Burt Kennedy titled The War Wagon . In The Arrangement (1969),
14522-798: The picture," adding that "he's as bright a person as I've met in the acting profession." She says that his "pragmatic approach to acting" would later be a "philosophy that ended up rubbing off on me." In the 1970s, he starred in films such as There Was a Crooked Man... (1970), A Gunfight (1971), The Light at the Edge of the World (1971). and The Fury (1978). He made his directorial debut in Scalawag . (1973), and subsequently also directed Posse (1975), in which he starred alongside Bruce Dern . In 1980, he starred in The Final Countdown , playing
14659-689: The pre-nuptial agreement meant that she and their children had no claim on Douglas's estate until they had been married for five years. She could also find no documentation to prove Norton's assertion that Douglas was a millionaire. Her suspicions were further aroused when the Broadway play A Very Special Baby for which Norton had convinced Douglas to guarantee financing, closed after only a week. She shared her concerns first with Greg Bautzer and then Edward Lewis who advised her to hire Price Waterhouse to investigate her husband's finances. Douglas returned from filming The Devils Disciple in England in late 1958, and
14796-730: The ragman was on the lowest rung on the ladder. And I was the ragman's son. Douglas had an unhappy childhood, living with an alcoholic, physically abusive father. While his father drank up what little money they had, Douglas and his mother and sisters endured "crippling poverty". Douglas first wanted to be an actor after he recited "The Red Robin of Spring", a poem by the English poet John Clare , while in kindergarten and received applause. Growing up, he sold snacks to mill workers to earn enough to buy milk and bread to help his family. He later delivered newspapers, and he had more than forty jobs during his youth before becoming an actor. He found living in
14933-621: The relationship he had with Thorson. His portrayal of Liberace received critical acclaim, which resulted in him receiving the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards . He also won SAG and Golden Globe Awards for the performance. Also that year, he starred in Last Vegas , a comedy also starring Robert De Niro , Morgan Freeman , and Kevin Kline . In 2014, Douglas starred alongside Diane Keaton in
15070-477: The role played by Richard Widmark in Kiss and Tell (1943), which then led to other offers. Douglas had planned to remain a stage actor until his friend Lauren Bacall helped him get his first film role by recommending him to producer Hal B. Wallis , who was looking for a new male talent. Wallis's film The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck became Douglas' debut screen appearance. He played
15207-423: The role, he took a gamble, however, since he had to turn down an offer to star in a big-budget MGM film, The Great Sinner , which would have earned him three times the income. Melvyn Douglas played the third-billed (above the title) part Kirk Douglas passed on. The Great Sinner flopped. Film historian Ray Didinger says Douglas "saw Champion as a greater risk, but also a greater opportunity ... Douglas took
15344-457: The role. Doris Day starred as Jo, a young woman who was infatuated with the struggling jazz musician. This was strikingly opposite of the real-life account in Doris Day's autobiography, which described Douglas as "civil but self-centered" and the film as "utterly joyless". During filming, bit actress Jean Spangler disappeared, and her case remains unsolved. On October 9, 1949, Spangler's purse
15481-665: The romantic comedy, And So It Goes and he produced and starred in Beyond the Reach . He played Hank Pym , the Marvel Comics superhero, in the films Ant-Man (2015), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). In 2016, Douglas received his second Cesar d'Honneur for Career Achievement from the French Cesar Awards; the first was in 1998. In 2017, Douglas starred in
15618-658: The screen, something that does not always happen, even with the finest actors. Douglas had, and has, a distinctly individual manner. He radiates a certain inexplicable quality, and it is this, as much as talent, that accounts for his success in films. In 1947, Douglas appeared in Out of the Past (UK: Build My Gallows High ), playing a large supporting role in this classic noir thriller starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer . Douglas made his Broadway debut in 1949 in Three Sisters , produced by Katharine Cornell . The month after Out of
15755-502: 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
15892-577: The sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps in 2010, also directed by Stone. Douglas starred in the 1989 film The War of the Roses , which also starred Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito . In 1989 he starred in Ridley Scott 's international police crime drama Black Rain opposite Andy García and Kate Capshaw ; the film was shot in Osaka , Japan. In 1992, Douglas founded the short-lived Atlantic Records distributed label Third Stone Records. He founded
16029-706: The success of Spartacus . In 1960, Douglas played the title role in what many consider his career-defining appearance as the Thracian gladiator slave rebel Spartacus with an all-star cast in Spartacus (1960). He was the executive producer as well, which increased the $ 12 million production cost and made Spartacus one of the most expensive films up to that time. Douglas initially selected Anthony Mann to direct, but replaced him early on with Stanley Kubrick , with whom he had previously collaborated in Paths of Glory . When
16166-1137: The wreck of the Bermudian-built Cedrine on the Isle of Wight while returning the last convict laborers from the Royal Naval Dockyard in Bermuda to Britain in 1863. The current (installed on 29 May 2013) Bishop of Bermuda , the Right Reverend Nicholas Dill, is a cousin of Michael Douglas. Douglas has a younger brother, Joel Douglas (born 1947), and two paternal half-brothers, Peter Douglas (born 1955) and Eric Douglas (1958–2004), from stepmother Anne Buydens . Douglas attended The Allen-Stevenson School in New York City , Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Massachusetts , and The Choate Preparatory School (now Choate Rosemary Hall) in Wallingford, Connecticut . He received his B.A. in dramatic art from
16303-504: Was Jewish, and embraced his Jewish heritage after a near-fatal helicopter crash at the age of 74. His father's brother, who had immigrated earlier, used the surname Demsky , which Douglas's family adopted in the United States. Douglas grew up as Izzy Demsky and legally changed his name to Kirk Douglas before entering the United States Navy during World War II . In his 1988 autobiography, The Ragman's Son , Douglas notes
16440-437: Was Kubrick's rewriting the screenplay without informing Douglas first. It led to their first major argument: "I called Stanley to my room ... I hit the ceiling. I called him every four-letter word I could think of ... 'I got the money, based on that [original] script. Not this shit!' I threw the script across the room. 'We're going back to the original script, or we're not making the picture.' Stanley never blinked an eye. We shot
16577-471: Was a big, big star. Gorgeous. Intense. Amazing." To prepare for the role, Douglas spent days with the New York Police Department and sat in on interrogations. Reviewers recognized Douglas's acting qualities, with Bosley Crowther describing Douglas as "forceful and aggressive as the detective". In The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), another of his three Oscar-nominated roles, Douglas played
16714-492: Was a musical guest (as himself) on The Jack Benny Program (1954). In 1955, Douglas was finally able to get his film production company, Bryna Productions , off the ground. To do so, he had to break contracts with Hal B. Wallis and Warner Bros. , but he began to produce and star in his own films, starting with The Indian Fighter in 1955. Through Bryna, he produced and starred in the films Paths of Glory (1957), The Vikings (1958), Spartacus (1960), Lonely are
16851-409: Was able to get Rosenthal & Norton to give up their rights to any interest in his latest film The Vikings and any of his future income. Norton was dismissed as his agent, but as he had put nearly all of his assets in his wife's name, Douglas was only able to recover $ 200,000 from him. The profits from The Vikings allowed Douglas to pay off his IRS debt, with his financial future now dependent on
16988-659: Was adept at roles requiring a lighter, comic touch. In this adaptation of the Jules Verne novel, he played a happy-go-lucky sailor who was the opposite in every way to the brooding Captain Nemo ( James Mason ). The film was one of Walt Disney 's most successful live-action movies and a major box-office hit. Douglas managed a similar comic turn in the western Man Without a Star (1955) and in For Love or Money (1963). He showed further diversity in one of his earliest television appearances. He
17125-451: Was announced on August 16, 2010, that Douglas was suffering from throat cancer (later revealed to have been tongue cancer ), and would undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatment . He subsequently confirmed that the cancer was at stage IV , an advanced stage. Douglas credits the discovery of his cancer to the public Canadian health system when a doctor in Montreal , Quebec diagnosed
17262-534: Was born Issur Danielovitch in Amsterdam, New York , on December 9, 1916, the fourth of seven children and the only son of Bryna "Bertha" ( née Sanglel) and Herschel "Harry" Danielovitch. His parents were immigrants from Chavusy , Mogilev Governorate , in the Russian Empire (present-day Belarus ), and the family spoke Yiddish at home. His sisters were: Pesha "Bessie", Kaleh "Katherine", Tamara "Mary", Siffra "Frieda", Haska "Ida", and Rachel "Ruth". Douglas
17399-442: Was capable of playing characters who were "weak, culpable, morally indolent, compromised, and greedy for illicit sensation without losing that basic probity or potential for ethical character that we require of a hero". Critic and author Rob Edelman points out similarities in many of Douglas' roles, writing that in some of his leading films, he personified the "contemporary, Caucasian middle-to-upper-class American male who finds himself
17536-526: Was controversial at the time, and U.S. audiences stayed away. Some reviews saw it as "ruthless and cynical ... a distorted study of corruption, mob psychology and the free press." Possibly it "hit too close to home", said Douglas. It won a Best Foreign Film award at the Venice Film Festival . The film's stature has increased in recent years, with some surveys placing it in their Top 500 Films list. Woody Allen considers it one of his favorite films. As
17673-630: Was found near the Fern Dell entrance to Griffith Park in Los Angeles. There was an unfinished note in the purse addressed to a "Kirk," which read: "Can't wait any longer, Going to see Dr. Scott. It will work best this way while mother is away". Douglas, married at the time, called the police and told them he was not the Kirk mentioned in the note. When interviewed via telephone by the head of the investigating team, Douglas stated that he had "talked and kidded with her
17810-421: Was friendly and sweet—enjoyed my company—but I was clearly too young for him," the eight-years-younger Bacall later wrote. Douglas joined the United States Navy in 1941, shortly after the United States entered World War II , where he served as a communications officer in anti-submarine warfare aboard USS PC-1139 . He was medically discharged in 1944 for injuries sustained from the premature explosion of
17947-559: Was frightening." In general, however, Douglas's acting style fit well with Minnelli's preference for "melodrama and neurotic-artist roles", writes film historian James Naremore . He adds that Minnelli had his "richest, most impressive collaborations" with Douglas, and for Minnelli, no other actor portrayed his level of "cool": "A robust, athletic, sometimes explosive player, Douglas loved stagy rhetoric, and he did everything passionately." Douglas had also starred in Minnelli's film The Bad and
18084-420: Was in love with Douglas and admitted to the offenses, which took place between October 2003 and May 2004. She was sentenced to three years in prison. In 1980, Douglas was involved in a serious skiing accident which sidelined his acting career for three years. On September 17, 1992, the same year Basic Instinct came out, he began a 30-day treatment for alcoholism and drug addiction at Sierra Tucson Center. It
18221-436: Was noted not only for the veracity of van Gogh's appearance but for how he conveyed the painter's internal turmoil. Some reviewers consider it the most famous example of the "tortured artist" who seeks solace from life's pain through his work. Others see it as a portrayal not only of the "painter-as-hero", but a unique presentation of the "action painter", with Douglas expressing the physicality and emotion of painting, as he uses
18358-452: Was presented with the results of Price Waterhouse's audit which detailed that the 18 months he had recently spent overseas on the advice of Norton did not qualify for a tax-free income break, that the investments he had been advised to make in fact had been channeled through dummy companies owned by his agent. As a result, Douglas had no money and owed the IRS $ 750,000. Douglas engaged a new lawyer and
18495-455: Was propelled to fame when he produced and starred in the 1984 romantic adventure comedy Romancing the Stone . It also reintroduced Douglas as a capable leading man, giving director Robert Zemeckis his first box-office success. The film also starred Danny DeVito , a friend of Douglas' with who he had shared an apartment in the 1960s. It was followed a year later by a sequel, The Jewel of the Nile , which he also produced. Bigstick Productions
18632-489: Was respected by critics but did not do well at the box office due to poor marketing and distribution. In 1950, Douglas played Rick Martin in Young Man with a Horn , based on a novel of the same name by Dorothy Baker based on the life of jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke . Composer and pianist Hoagy Carmichael , a friend of the real Beiderbecke, played the sidekick, adding realism to the film and giving Douglas insight into
18769-544: Was then partnered with Mercury Entertainment, a company backed by producer Michael Phillips in 1986 to produce independently financed features. In the 1980s, Douglas formed a new film production company, The Stone Group (later renamed Stonebridge Entertainment) with partner Rick Bieber. In 1987, Douglas starred in the thriller Fatal Attraction with Glenn Close . That same year he played tycoon Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone 's Wall Street for which he received an Academy Award as Best Actor. He reprised his role as Gekko in
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