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Michael Douglas

Acting 81 years old New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA ★ 3.6
Born: September 25, 1944

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.

Filmography

Acting Credits (172)

Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life Self 2025
I Am Curious Johnny
I Am Curious Johnny Self 2025
Looking Through Water
Looking Through Water William 2025
America's Burning
America's Burning Self - Narrator (voice) 2024
Franklin
Franklin Benjamin Franklin 2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Self - Dr. Hank Pym 2023
Michael Douglas: The Prodigal Son
Michael Douglas: The Prodigal Son Self - Actor 2023
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Dr. Hank Pym 2023
Downwind
Downwind 2023
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées Self (archive footage) 2022
What If...?
What If...? Hank Pym / Yellow Jacket (voice) 2021
What If...?
What If...? Dr. Hank Pym / Ant-Man (voice) 2021
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy Gordon Gekko (archive footage) 2021
Marvel Studios Legends
Marvel Studios Legends Dr. Hank Pym (archive footage) (uncredited) 2021
Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone
Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone Self 2020
Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood
Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood Self 2020
Deauville et le rêve américain
Deauville et le rêve américain Self 2020
Visible: Out on Television
Visible: Out on Television Self 2020
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham Guy-Am-I (voice) 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show Self 2019
Forman vs. Forman
Forman vs. Forman Self - Forman's Producer (archive footage) 2019
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate Self 2019
It Takes a Lunatic
It Takes a Lunatic Self 2019
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame Hank Pym 2019
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic Self - Actor (archive footage) 2019
The Kominsky Method
The Kominsky Method Sandy Kominsky 2018
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Ant-Man and the Wasp Dr. Hank Pym 2018
Animal World
Animal World Anderson 2018
Michael Douglas: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Michael Douglas: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival Guest 2018
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Hollywood: No Sex, Please! 2018
GRAND PRIX Driver
GRAND PRIX Driver Narrator 2018
Once upon a time on Wall Street
Once upon a time on Wall Street Self 2017
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
The Untameable Kirk Douglas Self - Actor 2017
Unlocked
Unlocked Eric Lasch 2017
Ocean Vet
Ocean Vet Narrator (voice) 2016
Ken San
Ken San Self 2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self - Guest 2015
Ant-Man
Ant-Man Dr. Hank Pym 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden Self 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden Self - Guest 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
Hollywood Banker
Hollywood Banker Self (archive footage) 2014
Beyond the Reach
Beyond the Reach Madec 2014
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film Self 2014
And So It Goes
And So It Goes Oren Little 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self - Guest 2014
Last Vegas
Last Vegas Billy Gerson 2013
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers Yitzhak Rabin (voice) 2013
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon Self 2013
Behind the Candelabra
Behind the Candelabra Liberace 2013
Close Up
Close Up Self (archive footage) 2012
Finding Your Roots
Finding Your Roots 2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (archive footage) 2012
Haywire
Haywire Alex Coblenz 2011
The Streets of the Invisibles
The Streets of the Invisibles Steve Keller (voice) 2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
The Jonathan Ross Show Self 2011
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Self 2011
Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill?
Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill? Self 2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Gordon Gekko 2010
America: The Story of Us
America: The Story of Us Self 2010
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… Self 2009
Solitary Man
Solitary Man Ben Kalmen 2009
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Uncle Wayne 2009
The Day After Peace
The Day After Peace Self 2009
A Call to Arms
A Call to Arms Self (voice) 2009
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Self 2009
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Mark Hunter 2009
Fog City Mavericks
Fog City Mavericks Self 2007
Trumbo
Trumbo Self 2007
Dinosaurs Alive
Dinosaurs Alive Narrator 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
King of California
King of California Charlie 2007
Black Rain: Making The Film
Black Rain: Making The Film Self 2006
You, Me and Dupree
You, Me and Dupree Mr. Thompson 2006
The Sentinel
The Sentinel Pete Garrison 2006
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema Self 2005
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Self 2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood Self (archive footage) 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Self 2005
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy Self 2004
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent Self 2004
Tell Them Who You Are
Tell Them Who You Are Self 2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self 2003
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence Self 2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Celebrities Uncensored Self 2003
The In-Laws
The In-Laws Steve Tobias 2003
It Runs in the Family
It Runs in the Family Alex Gromberg 2003
Direct Order
Direct Order Narrator 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Real Time with Bill Maher Self 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self - Guest 2003
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Self 2002
Don't Say a Word
Don't Say a Word Dr. Nathan Conrad 2001
In Search of Peace
In Search of Peace Narrator (voice) 2001
One Night at McCool's
One Night at McCool's Mr. Burmeister 2001
Traffic
Traffic Robert Wakefield 2000
Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'
Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic' Self 2000
The Directors: Milos Forman
The Directors: Milos Forman Self 2000
Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys Grady Tripp 2000
One Day in September
One Day in September Self - Narrator (voice) 1999
Beckmann
Beckmann Self 1999
Get Bruce!
Get Bruce! Self 1999
Forever Hollywood
Forever Hollywood Self 1999
Will & Grace
Will & Grace Detective Gavin Hatch 1998
The Magic Hour
The Magic Hour Self 1998
A Perfect Murder
A Perfect Murder Steven Taylor 1998
Completely Cuckoo
Completely Cuckoo Self 1997
The Game
The Game Nicholas Van Orton 1997
The View
The View Self 1997
Leute heute
Leute heute Self 1997
The Ghost and the Darkness
The Ghost and the Darkness Charles Remington 1996
The American President
The American President Andrew Shepherd 1995
Disclosure
Disclosure Tom Sanders 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio Self 1994
Falling Down
Falling Down D-Fens 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992
Basic Instinct
Basic Instinct Detective Nick Curran 1992
Shining Through
Shining Through Ed Leland 1992
Pebble Mill
Pebble Mill Self 1991
The Earth Day Special
The Earth Day Special Self 1990
If Dolphins Could Talk
If Dolphins Could Talk Host 1990
The War of the Roses
The War of the Roses Oliver Rose 1989
Black Rain
Black Rain Nick Conklin 1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest 1988
cascadeurs de stars
cascadeurs de stars Self 1988
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen Self 1988
Electric Blue 29
Electric Blue 29 (archive footage) 1988
Wall Street
Wall Street Gordon Gekko 1987
Fatal Attraction
Fatal Attraction Dan Gallagher 1987
A Chorus Line
A Chorus Line Zach 1985
The Jewel of the Nile
The Jewel of the Nile Jack T. Colton 1985
Romancing the Stone
Romancing the Stone Jack T. Colton 1984
Goldene Kamera
Goldene Kamera Self 1984
Goldene Kamera
Goldene Kamera Self - Laudatio 1984
The Star Chamber
The Star Chamber Steven Hardin 1983
Champs-Elysées
Champs-Elysées Self 1982
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight Self 1981
Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..? Self 1981
It's My Turn
It's My Turn Ben Lewin 1980
Running
Running Michael Andropolis 1979
The China Syndrome
The China Syndrome Richard Adams 1979
Coma
Coma Dr. Mark Bellows 1978
The Hollywood Greats
The Hollywood Greats 1977
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
TVTV Looks at the Oscars Self 1976
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
People's Choice Awards
People's Choice Awards Self - Presenter 1975
People's Choice Awards
People's Choice Awards Self - Winner 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche Self 1975
Hassles and Hangups
Hassles and Hangups Narrator 1973
The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco Steve Keller 1972
The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco Steven Keller 1972
Napoleon and Samantha
Napoleon and Samantha Danny Arlington Williams III 1972
When Michael Calls
When Michael Calls Craig 1972
Summertree
Summertree Jerry 1971
Adam at Six A.M.
Adam at Six A.M. Adam Gaines 1970
Hail, Hero!
Hail, Hero! Carl Dixon 1969
CBS Playhouse
CBS Playhouse 1966
Cast a Giant Shadow
Cast a Giant Shadow Jeep Driver (uncredited) 1966
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I. Jerry Williams 1965
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show Self 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show Self 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show Self - Co-Host 1961
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
This Is Your Life
This Is Your Life Self 1952
Bambi
Bambi Self 1948
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Presenter 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Audience Member 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award 1944

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