Michael Douglas

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AKA: Michael Kirk Douglas
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 09/25/1944
Birthplace: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

biography

Actor and producer Michael Douglas enjoyed great success by avoiding the heroic leading man archetype by creating smart, flawed, sympathetically human characters. His popularity grew through battle-of-the-sexes dramas “Fatal Attraction” (1987), “Basic Instinct” (1987) and “Disclosure” (1994) and held strong as he portrayed mid-life professionals at a crossroads in “Wall Street” (1987) and “Wonder Boys” (2000). Douglas rarely dominated a movie like his famous father Kirk Douglas had during his 1950s heyday, and though his $20 million price tag might have suggested otherwise, the younger Douglas Continued

Credits

Uncle Wayne
2009
Dalton Trumbo
2008
Charlie
2007
Mr Thompson
2006
Pete Garrison
2006
Producer
2006
Steve Tobias
2003
Alex Gromberg
2003
Producer
2003
(TV Show)
2002-2002
Detective Hatch
2002
Doctor Nathan Conrad
2001
Mr Burmeister
2001
Producer
2001
Robert Wakefield
2000
Grady Tripp
2000
Steven Taylor
1998
Nicholas Van Orton
1997
Executive Producer
1997
Executive Producer
1996
President Andrew Shepherd
1995
Producer
1994
Detective Nick Curran
1992
Producer
1990
Dan Gallagher
1987
Zach
1985
Jack Colton
1984
Producer
1984
Executive Producer
1984
Richard Adams
1979
Producer
1979
Dr Mark Bellows
Ben Lewin
Executive Producer
Steven Hardin
Gordon Gekko
Ben Kalman
Michael Andropolis
Oliver Rose
Jerry
D-Fens
Tom Sanders
Adam Gaines
Nick Conklin
Carl Dixon
Jack Colton
Ed Leland
Executive Producer
Executive Producer

milestones

Year
Milestone
1960 
Was a gofer on the set of "Spartacus" starring his father, Kirk Douglas
1962 
Worked as assistant film editor on "Lonely Are the Brave" starring his father
 
Roomed with Danny De Vito when first starting out as an actor in NYC
1969 
TV acting debut, "The Experiment" ("CBS Playhouse")
1969 
First significant film role as the well-scrubbed hippie lead in "Hail, Hero!"
Continued

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