Michael Douglas
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 received 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. After leaving The Streets of San Francisco in 1976, Douglas went on to produce films including The China Syndrome (1979) and Romancing the Stone (1984). He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Romancing the Stone, in which he also starred as the romantic lead. Douglas reprised this role in the sequel in 1985, The Jewel of the Nile, which he also produced. He appeared in the musical A Chorus Line (1985) and the psychological thriller Fatal Attraction (1987). 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). His subsequent film roles included: Black Rain (1989); The War of the Roses (1989); Basic Instinct (1992); Falling Down (1993); The American President (1995); The Game (1997); Traffic and Wonder Boys (both 2000); Solitary Man (2009). 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 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, and in the Netflix animated series Green Eggs and Ham, in which he voices Guy-Am-I. He has portrayed Hank Pym in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in the films Ant-Man (2015), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). He also voiced an alternate version of the character in the MCU animated television series What If...?. Besides his acting career, Douglas has received notice for his humanitarian and political activism, as well as media attention for his marriage to actress Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · America's Burning as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Franklin as Benjamin Franklin
- 2023 · Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as Self - Dr. Hank Pym
- 2021 · Polycephaly in D as (archive footage)
- 2020 · Deauville et le rêve américain as Self
- 2019 · Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate as
- 2019 · It Takes a Lunatic as Self
- 2019 · Sword-and-Sandal as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Animal World as Anderson
- 2018 · GRAND PRIX Driver as Narrator
- 2015 · Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2014 · Hollywood Banker as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film as Self
- 2014 · And So It Goes as Oren Little
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon as Self
- 2012 · Close Up as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2011 · Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as
- 2009 · Miloš Forman - What Doesn't Kill You… as Self
- 2009 · Solitary Man as Ben Kalmen
- 2009 · Beyond a Reasonable Doubt as Mark Hunter
- 2007 · Trumbo as Self
- 2007 · King of California as Charlie
- 2005 · Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
- 2004 · The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy as Self
- 2003 · It Runs in the Family as Alex Gromberg
- 2001 · One Night at McCool's as Mr. Burmeister
- 2000 · Wonder Boys as Grady Tripp
- 1999 · One Day in September as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Forever Hollywood as Self
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1990 · The Earth Day Special as Self
- 1985 · A Chorus Line as Zach
- 1983 · The Star Chamber as Steven Hardin
- 1980 · It's My Turn as Ben Lewin
- 1979 · The China Syndrome as Richard Adams
- 1972 · Napoleon and Samantha as Danny Arlington Williams III
- 1972 · When Michael Calls as Craig
- 1969 · Hail, Hero! as Carl Dixon
- 1966 · Cast a Giant Shadow as Jeep Driver (uncredited)
- Future · Blood Knot as
- 2023 · Michael Douglas: The Prodigal Son as Self - Actor
- 2023 · Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as Dr. Hank Pym
- 2023 · Downwind as
- 2022 · Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · What If...? as Hank Pym / Yellow Jacket (voice)
- 2021 · What If...? as Dr. Hank Pym / Ant-Man (voice)
- 2021 · Marvel Studios Legends as Dr. Hank Pym (archive footage)
- 2020 · Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone as Self
- 2020 · Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood as Self
- 2020 · Visible: Out On Television as Self
- 2019 · Green Eggs and Ham as Guy-Am-I (voice)
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Forman vs. Forman as Self - Forman's Producer (archive footage)
- 2019 · Avengers: Endgame as Dr. Hank Pym
- 2018 · The Kominsky Method as Sandy Kominsky
- 2018 · Ant-Man and the Wasp as Dr. Hank Pym
- 2018 · Michael Douglas: Live from the TCM Film Festival as Guest
- 2017 · The Untameable Kirk Douglas as Self - Actor
- 2017 · Unlocked as Eric Lasch
- 2016 · Ocean Vet as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Ken San as Self
- 2015 · Ant-Man as Dr. Hank Pym
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Beyond the Reach as Madec
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Last Vegas as Billy Gerson
- 2013 · The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers as Yitzhak Rabin (voice)
- 2013 · Behind the Candelabra as Liberace
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Hank Pym (archive footage)
- 2011 · Haywire as Alex Coblenz
- 2011 · The Streets of the Invisibles as Steve Keller (voice)
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2010 · 14 Actors Acting as Self
- 2010 · Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill? as Self
- 2010 · Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps as Gordon Gekko
- 2010 · America: The Story of Us as Self
- 2010 · America: The Story of Us as Michael Douglas
- 2009 · Ghosts of Girlfriends Past as Uncle Wayne
- 2009 · The Day After Peace as Self
- 2009 · A Call to Arms as Self (voice)
- 2007 · Fog City Mavericks as Self
- 2007 · Dinosaurs Alive as Narrator
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Black Rain: Making The Film as Self
- 2006 · You, Me and Dupree as Mr. Thompson
- 2006 · The Sentinel as Pete Garrison
- 2005 · Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema as Self
- 2005 · A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Self
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent as Self
- 2004 · Tell Them Who You Are as Self
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Declaration of Independence as Self
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2003 · The In-Laws as Steve Tobias
- 2003 · Direct Order as Narrator
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- 2001 · Don't Say a Word as Dr. Nathan Conrad
- 2001 · In Search of Peace as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Traffic as Robert Wakefield
- 2000 · Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic' as Self
- 1999 · Beckmann as Self
- 1999 · Get Bruce! as Self
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Detective Gavin Hatch
- 1998 · The Magic Hour as Self
- 1998 · A Perfect Murder as Steven Taylor
- 1997 · Completely Cuckoo as Himself
- 1997 · The Game as Nicholas Van Orton
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1996 · The Ghost and the Darkness as Charles Remington
- 1995 · The American President as Andrew Shepherd
- 1994 · Disclosure as Tom Sanders
- 1993 · Falling Down as D-Fens
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · Basic Instinct as Det. Nick Curran
- 1992 · Shining Through as Ed Leland
- 1991 · Pebble Mill as Self
- 1990 · If Dolphins Could Talk as Host
- 1989 · The War of the Roses as Oliver Rose
- 1989 · Black Rain as Nick Conklin
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1988 · cascadeurs de stars as Self
- 1988 · The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen as Self
- 1988 · Electric Blue 29 as (archive footage)
- 1987 · Wall Street as Gordon Gekko
- 1987 · Fatal Attraction as Dan Gallagher
- 1985 · The Jewel of the Nile as Jack T. Colton
- 1984 · Romancing the Stone as Jack T. Colton
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1979 · Running as Michael Andropolis
- 1978 · Coma as Dr. Mark Bellows
- 1977 · The Hollywood Greats as
- 1976 · TVTV Looks at the Oscars as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self
- 1975 · People's Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1973 · Hassles and Hangups as Narrator
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as Steve Keller
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as Steven Keller
- 1971 · Summertree as Jerry
- 1970 · Adam at Six A.M. as Adam Gaines
- 1966 · CBS Playhouse as
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self - Laudatio
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Jerry Williams
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · This Is Your Life as Self
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self