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Michael Douglas
Michael Kirk Douglas 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, the Honorary Palme d'Or and the AFI Life Achievement Award.
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Born 25 September 1944 · Q119798
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2026· 4 entries
“So I said: ‘Who’s playing my part? Jack Nicholson? Never heard of him. Well, at least it will be a flop …’”
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“After being kidnapped by a rebel group, he was tortured, drugged, and forced to commit atrocities.”
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HELLO!: Michael Douglas
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2025· 4 entries
The Guardian: Michael Douglas on One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: ‘My half of the producing fee I gave to Dad’
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The Guardian: Michael Douglas says he has ‘no real intentions’ of acting again: ‘I had to stop’
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Citing his age and desire to spend more time with his family as being the deciding factors for him
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“I realized I had to stop [...] I did not want to be one of those people who dropped dead on the set”
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2024· 2 entries
The Guardian: Franklin review – Michael Douglas is absolutely compelling in this period drama
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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 R
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2023· 7 entries
The Guardian: Michael Douglas: ‘I think the audience sees there’s a struggle – I’m not just a violent, nasty person’
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The Guardian: Send us your questions for Michael Douglas
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The Guardian: ‘I’ll never drink like that again’: Kathleen Turner on booze, health and falling in love with Michael Douglas
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Douglas voiced the opening film, "Keep Going
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Douglas was a key speaker at the American Democracy Summit in Los Angeles
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Douglas reprised the role of Hank Pym, voicing the character in the animated series What If
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Douglas served as executive producer and narrator for America's Burning, the political documentary by David Smick which predicts a coming tidal wave of political, social, and economic division in America
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2019· 2 entries
Douglas voiced the character Guy-I-Am in the Netflix animated series Green Eggs and Ham
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Douglas appeared in a short film for RepresentUs titled Unbreaking America: Divided We Fall
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2018· 3 entries
Journalist and author Susan Braudy alleged on Today, an NBC morning news show in the United States, and in several other interviews, that in 1989 when Braudy was in her 40s and working as an assistant to Douglas, he regu
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Starred with Alan Arkin in The Kominsky Method, playing Sandy Kominsky, an aging acting coach
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Douglas received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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2017· 1 entry
Douglas starred in the action thriller Unlocked
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2016· 2 entries
Douglas received his second Cesar d'Honneur for Career Achievement from the French Cesar Awards; the first was in 1998
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In a 2016 interview with Town & Country magazine, Douglas described his philanthropic giving as the "sprinkle approach".
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2014· 1 entry
Douglas starred alongside Diane Keaton in the romantic comedy, And So It Goes and he produced and starred in Beyond the Reach
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Behind the Candelabra (2013).
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame (2012).
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Douglas was honored with 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
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2011· 3 entries
Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (2011).
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Said that the tumor was gone, though the illness and aggressive treatment had caused him to lose 32 pounds (14
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Douglas voiced Waylon on Disney Channel's cartoon Phineas and Ferb and starred in the dramatic thriller Haywire
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2010· 2 entries
That Douglas was suffering from throat cancer (later revealed to have been tongue cancer), and would undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatment
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Douglas supported a campaign to release Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman, who, after being convicted of committing adultery in Iran, was sentenced to death by stoning
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2009· 4 entries
Awarded AFI Life Achievement Award (2009).
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Douglas joined the project Soldiers of Peace, a movie against all wars and for global peace
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Was honored with the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award and the David O
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Two Honorary Césars in 1998 and 2016, a Film Society at Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 2010, a Golden Globe Cecil B
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2006· 1 entry
Douglas was a featured speaker for a United Nations-sponsored conference on the trade of illicit arms, especially of small arms and light weapons
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2004· 3 entries
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
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And a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018
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Douglas presented Malden with the Monte Cristo Award of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut for the Lifetime Achievement Award
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2003· 4 entries
Douglas hosted a "powerful film" on child soldiers and the impact of combat on children in countries such as Sierra Leone
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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)
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Douglas starred in The In-Laws
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“We are going to slice her up like meat on a bone and feed her to the dogs.”
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Traffic (2001).
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Awarded Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for Wonder Boys (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Douglas starred in Steven Soderbergh's critically acclaimed film Traffic, opposite Benicio del Toro and future wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones
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1999· 2 entries
Douglas funded the establishment of Michael Douglas Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Center at University of California, San Francisco
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In 1999, Douglas funded the establishment of Michael Douglas Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Center at University of California, San Francisco.
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1998· 2 entries
Was appointed UN Messenger of Peace by Secretary-General Kofi Annan
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Douglas received the Crystal Globe award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
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1997· 3 entries
Douglas formed his fourth film production company, Further Films
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Awarded Donostia Award (1997).
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New York caddie James Parker sued Douglas for $25 million
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1995· 1 entry
Diandra filed for divorce and was awarded an estimated settlement of $45 million, plus homes in Beverly Hills and Majorca
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1994· 1 entry
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
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1992· 2 entries
The same year Basic Instinct came out, he began a 30-day treatment for alcoholism and drug addiction at Sierra Tucson Center
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Douglas founded the short-lived Atlantic Records distributed label Third Stone Records
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1989· 1 entry
Starred in Ridley Scott's international police crime drama Black Rain opposite Andy García and Kate Capshaw; the film was shot in Osaka, Japan
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for Wall Street (1988).
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1987· 1 entry
Douglas starred in the thriller Fatal Attraction with Glenn Close
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1986· 1 entry
To produce independently financed features
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1984· 7 entries
“If your work isn't exciting, doesn't stir the emotions, where's the challenge? Where's the progress if you always play it safe?”
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“People have this idea that I'm part of show business royalty. I cherish the relationship I had with my father, and I'd love to fulfill the fantasy. But when I was young, he was a working actor and hadn't quite made it yet.”
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“I read the script, and I think, 'That's a good movie, and that's a really good movie, moves me, makes me laugh, this and that.' I don't worry about the part. Then I'm looking who's around me? Who's the director? Who's the cast? And I would much rather have a little part in a good movie than a big part in a crappy movie.”
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“The Cold War's end pushed disarmament down most leaders' agendas. It's a sophisticated issue, which I think is one reason why it is not so hands-on to many people. It's not visceral. It's not like a starving child.”
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“Cancer didn't bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.”
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“I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work.”
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“I'm a risk-taker. Most of my career has not been a joyful experience, but it has been challenging. I like the dangers.”
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1980· 2 entries
And presented the organization with the Regional Theatre Tony Award in 2010
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Douglas was involved in a serious skiing accident which sidelined his acting career for three years
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1979· 1 entry
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)
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1976· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Picture for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1976).
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Douglas played a hospital doctor in the medical thriller Coma (1978), and in 1979 he played the role of a troubled marathon runner in Running
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1971· 2 entries
Awarded Theatre World Award (1971).
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Douglas began dating actress Brenda Vaccaro, a relationship that lasted nearly six years
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1969· 1 entry
Douglas formed his first independent film production company, Bigstick Productions, Limited
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1968· 1 entry
Where he was also the honorary president of the UCSB Alumni Association
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1966· 1 entry
Douglas acted at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, which his step-father Bill Darrid helped found
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1944· 1 entry
Born 1944-09-25.
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