Michael Douglas

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

168

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-09-25 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Michael Douglas

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 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. In July 2025, Douglas said that he was largely retired from acting, saying "I realized I had to stop [...] I did not want to be one of those people who dropped dead on the set". He added that while he was attached to one additional project and did not fully rule out future projects "if something special came up", he had no plans to work regularly again.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • Leute heute

    Leute heute

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • The View

    The View

  • Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • What If...?

    What If...?

  • What If...?

    What If...?

  • Will & Grace

    Will & Grace

  • Bambi

    Bambi

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Beckmann

    Beckmann

  • Avengers: Endgame

    Avengers: Endgame

  • Pebble Mill

    Pebble Mill

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

  • Marvel Studios Legends

    Marvel Studios Legends

  • Ant-Man

    Ant-Man

  • Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

    Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

  • The Jonathan Ross Show

    The Jonathan Ross Show

  • The Streets of San Francisco

    The Streets of San Francisco

  • Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

    Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

  • Green Eggs and Ham

    Green Eggs and Ham

  • Ant-Man and the Wasp

    Ant-Man and the Wasp

  • Falling Down

    Falling Down

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • Basic Instinct

    Basic Instinct

  • The Kominsky Method

    The Kominsky Method

  • Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

    Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

  • The Ghost and the Darkness

    The Ghost and the Darkness

  • Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

    Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

  • The Sentinel

    The Sentinel

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Beyond the Reach

    Beyond the Reach

  • Don't Say a Word

    Don't Say a Word

  • Traffic

    Traffic

  • Adam at Six A.M.

    Adam at Six A.M.

  • The Game

    The Game

  • Wall Street

    Wall Street

  • Behind the Candelabra

    Behind the Candelabra

  • Franklin

    Franklin

  • Romancing the Stone

    Romancing the Stone

  • Fatal Attraction

    Fatal Attraction

  • Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

    Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

  • Electric Blue 29

    Electric Blue 29

  • Black Rain

    Black Rain

  • Last Vegas

    Last Vegas

  • Coma

    Coma

  • And So It Goes

    And So It Goes

  • Unlocked

    Unlocked

  • One Day in September

    One Day in September

  • CBS Playhouse

    CBS Playhouse

  • The Jewel of the Nile

    The Jewel of the Nile

  • A Perfect Murder

    A Perfect Murder

  • Looking Through Water

    Looking Through Water

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • Black Rain: Making The Film

    Black Rain: Making The Film

  • Shining Through

    Shining Through

  • The American President

    The American President

  • People's Choice Awards

    People's Choice Awards

  • Disclosure

    Disclosure

  • The Star Chamber

    The Star Chamber

  • The War of the Roses

    The War of the Roses

  • Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

  • Animal World

    Animal World

  • Wonder Boys

    Wonder Boys

  • America: The Story of Us

    America: The Story of Us

  • The In-Laws

    The In-Laws

  • King of California

    King of California

  • It's My Turn

    It's My Turn

  • Forman vs. Forman

    Forman vs. Forman

  • Visible: Out on Television

    Visible: Out on Television

  • Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

    Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

  • The Magic Hour

    The Magic Hour

  • Hail, Hero!

    Hail, Hero!

  • The Hollywood Greats

    The Hollywood Greats

  • Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate

    Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate

  • Haywire

    Haywire

  • Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

    Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

  • Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood

    Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood

  • Ken San

    Ken San

  • It Takes a Lunatic

    It Takes a Lunatic

  • One Night at McCool's

    One Night at McCool's

  • A Chorus Line

    A Chorus Line

  • Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

    Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

  • It Runs in the Family

    It Runs in the Family

  • Close Up

    Close Up

  • Deauville et le rêve américain

    Deauville et le rêve américain

  • Running

    Running

  • Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'

    Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'

  • Napoleon and Samantha

    Napoleon and Samantha

  • The China Syndrome

    The China Syndrome

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

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

  • Summertree

    Summertree

  • TVTV Looks at the Oscars

    TVTV Looks at the Oscars

  • Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

    Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

  • You, Me and Dupree

    You, Me and Dupree

  • A Call to Arms

    A Call to Arms

  • Cast a Giant Shadow

    Cast a Giant Shadow

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

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

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

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

  • Tell Them Who You Are

    Tell Them Who You Are

  • Solitary Man

    Solitary Man

  • Get Bruce!

    Get Bruce!

  • Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

    Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

  • Direct Order

    Direct Order

  • Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

    Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Forever Hollywood

    Forever Hollywood

  • The Earth Day Special

    The Earth Day Special

  • GRAND PRIX Driver

    GRAND PRIX Driver

  • Michael Douglas: The Prodigal Son

    Michael Douglas: The Prodigal Son

  • Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon

    Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon

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

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

  • Ocean Vet

    Ocean Vet

  • Fog City Mavericks

    Fog City Mavericks

  • America's Burning

    America's Burning

  • The Directors: Milos Forman

    The Directors: Milos Forman

  • Hollywood Banker

    Hollywood Banker

  • Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill?

    Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill?

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

  • I Am Curious Johnny

    I Am Curious Johnny

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

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

  • Hassles and Hangups

    Hassles and Hangups

  • Michael Douglas: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival

    Michael Douglas: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival

  • Trumbo

    Trumbo

  • Celebrities Uncensored

    Celebrities Uncensored

  • Downwind

    Downwind

  • The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers

    The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers

  • When Michael Calls

    When Michael Calls

  • Dinosaurs Alive

    Dinosaurs Alive

  • The Untameable Kirk Douglas

    The Untameable Kirk Douglas

  • Completely Cuckoo

    Completely Cuckoo

  • Once upon a time on Wall Street

    Once upon a time on Wall Street

  • Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone

    Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone

  • The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent

    The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent

  • The Streets of San Francisco

    The Streets of San Francisco

  • cascadeurs de stars

    cascadeurs de stars

  • If Dolphins Could Talk

    If Dolphins Could Talk

  • The Day After Peace

    The Day After Peace

  • In Search of Peace

    In Search of Peace

  • The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy

    The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy

  • The Streets of the Invisibles

    The Streets of the Invisibles