Looking Through Water
2025 · Movie
as William
Michael Douglas
1944-09-25
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New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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
I Am Curious Johnny
2025 · Movie
as Self
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
2025 · Movie
as Self
America's Burning
2024 · Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Franklin
2024 · TV Show
as Benjamin Franklin
Downwind
2023 · Movie
Michael Douglas: The Prodigal Son
2023 · Movie
as Self - Actor
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023 · Movie
as Self - Dr. Hank Pym
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023 · Movie
as Dr. Hank Pym
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021 · Movie
as Gordon Gekko (archive footage)
What If...?
2021 · TV Show
as Hank Pym / Yellow Jacket (voice), Dr. Hank Pym / Ant-Man (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
2021 · TV Show
as Dr. Hank Pym (archive footage) (uncredited)
Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood
2020 · Movie
as Self
Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone
2020 · Movie
as Self
Deauville et le rêve américain
2020 · Movie
as Self
Visible: Out on Television
2020 · TV Show
as Self
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019 · Movie
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019 · Movie
as Self
It Takes a Lunatic
2019 · Movie
as Self
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Movie
as Hank Pym
Forman vs. Forman
2019 · Movie
as Self - Forman's Producer (archive footage)
Green Eggs and Ham
2019 · TV Show
as Guy-Am-I (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV Show
as Self
Ant-Man and the Wasp
2018 · Movie
as Dr. Hank Pym
Animal World
2018 · Movie
as Anderson
Michael Douglas: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2018 · Movie
as Guest
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018 · Movie
The Green Fog
2018 · Movie
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Shocking Truth
2018 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
GRAND PRIX Driver
2018 · TV Show
as Narrator
The Kominsky Method
2018 · TV Show
as Sandy Kominsky
Once upon a time on Wall Street
2017 · Movie
as Self
Unlocked
2017 · Movie
as Eric Lasch
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
2017 · Movie
as Self - Actor
Ken San
2016 · Movie
as Self
Ocean Vet
2016 · TV Show
as Narrator (voice)
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Ant-Man
2015 · Movie
as Dr. Hank Pym
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
And So It Goes
2014 · Movie
as Oren Little
Beyond the Reach
2014 · Movie
as Madec
Hollywood Banker
2014 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014 · Movie
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV Show
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · TV Show
as Self
Behind the Candelabra
2013 · Movie
as Liberace
Last Vegas
2013 · Movie
as Billy Gerson
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers
2013 · Movie
as Yitzhak Rabin (voice)
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
2013 · Movie
as Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Close Up
2012 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Finding Your Roots
2012 · TV Show
Haywire
2011 · Movie
as Alex Coblenz
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The Streets of the Invisibles
2011 · Movie
as Steve Keller (voice) (archival)
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2011 · Movie
as Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011 · TV Show
as Self
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010 · Movie
as Gordon Gekko
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Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill?
2010 · Movie
as Self
America: The Story of Us
2010 · TV Show
as Self
A Call to Arms
2009 · Movie
as Self (voice)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
2009 · Movie
as Mark Hunter
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009 · Movie
as Uncle Wayne
Solitary Man
2009 · Movie
as Ben Kalmen
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The Day After Peace
2009 · Movie
as Self
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009 · Movie
as Self
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009 · Movie
as Self
King of California
2007 · Movie
as Charlie
Dinosaurs Alive
2007 · Movie
as Narrator
Trumbo
2007 · Movie
as Self
Fog City Mavericks
2007 · Movie
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV Show
as Self
You, Me and Dupree
2006 · Movie
as Mr. Thompson
The Sentinel
2006 · Movie
as Pete Garrison
Black Rain: Making The Film
2006 · Movie
as Self
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2005 · Movie
as Self
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005 · Movie
as Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · TV Show
as Self
Tell Them Who You Are
2004 · Movie
as Self
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
2004 · Movie
as Self
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
2004 · Movie
as Self
The In-Laws
2003 · Movie
as Steve Tobias
It Runs in the Family
2003 · Movie
as Alex Gromberg
No image
Direct Order
2003 · Movie
as Narrator
Declaration of Independence
2003 · Movie
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · TV Show
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Guest
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 · TV Show
as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · TV Show
as Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002 · TV Show
as Self
One Night at McCool's
2001 · Movie
as Mr. Burmeister
Don't Say a Word
2001 · Movie
as Dr. Nathan Conrad
In Search of Peace
2001 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'
2001 · Movie
as Self (archive)
Traffic
2000 · Movie
as Robert Wakefield
Wonder Boys
2000 · Movie
as Grady Tripp
Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'
2000 · Movie
as Self
The Directors: Milos Forman
2000 · Movie
as Self
One Day in September
1999 · Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Get Bruce!
1999 · Movie
as Self
Forever Hollywood
1999 · Movie
as Self
Beckmann
1999 · TV Show
as Self
A Perfect Murder
1998 · Movie
as Steven Taylor
Will & Grace
1998 · TV Show
as Detective Gavin Hatch
The Magic Hour
1998 · TV Show
as Self
The Game
1997 · Movie
as Nicholas Van Orton
Completely Cuckoo
1997 · Movie
as Self
The View
1997 · TV Show
as Self
Leute heute
1997 · TV Show
as Self
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996 · Movie
as Charles Remington
The American President
1995 · Movie
as Andrew Shepherd
Disclosure
1994 · Movie
as Tom Sanders
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · TV Show
as Self
Falling Down
1993 · Movie
as D-Fens
Basic Instinct
1992 · Movie
as Detective Nick Curran
Shining Through
1992 · Movie
as Ed Leland
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · TV Show
No image
Pebble Mill
1991 · TV Show
as Self
No image
If Dolphins Could Talk
1990 · Movie
as Host
The Earth Day Special
1990 · Movie
as Self
The War of the Roses
1989 · Movie
as Oliver Rose
Black Rain
1989 · Movie
as Nick Conklin
No image
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
1988 · Movie
as Self
Electric Blue 29
1988 · Movie
as (archive footage)
No image
cascadeurs de stars
1988 · Movie
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Guest
Wall Street
1987 · Movie
as Gordon Gekko
Fatal Attraction
1987 · Movie
as Dan Gallagher
A Chorus Line
1985 · Movie
as Zach
The Jewel of the Nile
1985 · Movie
as Jack T. Colton
Romancing the Stone
1984 · Movie
as Jack T. Colton
No image
Goldene Kamera
1984 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Laudatio
Jeopardy!
1984 · TV Show
as Self - Clue Presenter
The Star Chamber
1983 · Movie
as Steven Hardin
Champs-Elysées
1982 · TV Show
as Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · TV Show
as Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · TV Show
as Self
It's My Turn
1980 · Movie
as Ben Lewin
The China Syndrome
1979 · Movie
as Richard Adams
Running
1979 · Movie
as Michael Andropolis
Coma
1978 · Movie
as Dr. Mark Bellows
Ciné regards
1978 · TV Show
as Self
The Hollywood Greats
1977 · TV Show
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976 · Movie
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
as Self - Host
People's Choice Awards
1975 · TV Show
as Self - Presenter, Self - Winner
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · TV Show
as Self
Hassles and Hangups
1973 · Movie
as Narrator
Napoleon and Samantha
1972 · Movie
as Danny Arlington Williams III
When Michael Calls
1972 · Movie
as Craig
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Movie
as Steven Keller
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · TV Show
as Steve Keller
Summertree
1971 · Movie
as Jerry
No image
Film '72
1971 · TV Show
as Self
Adam at Six A.M.
1970 · Movie
as Adam Gaines
Hail, Hero!
1969 · Movie
as Carl Dixon
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966 · Movie
as Jeep Driver (uncredited)
No image
CBS Playhouse
1966 · TV Show
as Wilson Evans
The F.B.I.
1965 · TV Show
as Jerry Williams
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Co-Host
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
as Self - Presenter
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
This Is Your Life
1952 · TV Show
as Self
Bambi
1948 · TV Show
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
as Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee, Self - Audience Member, Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award
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White Lies
· Movie
Crew Credits
America's Burning
2024 · Movie
Executive Producer
Franklin
2024 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Ratched
2020 · TV Show
Executive Producer
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
2019 · Movie
Executive Producer
Earthquake Bird
2019 · Movie
Thanks
The Kominsky Method
2018 · TV Show
Executive Producer
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
2017 · Movie
Thanks
Flatliners
2017 · Movie
Producer
Beyond the Reach
2014 · Movie
Producer
The Sentinel
2006 · Movie
Producer
It Runs in the Family
2003 · Movie
Producer
One Night at McCool's
2001 · Movie
Producer
The Rainmaker
1997 · Movie
Producer
Face/Off
1997 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996 · Movie
Executive Producer
Time Team
1994 · TV Show
Director
Made in America
1993 · Movie
Producer
Radio Flyer
1992 · Movie
Executive Producer
Double Impact
1991 · Movie
Co-Producer
Eyes of an Angel
1991 · Movie
Executive Producer
Stone Cold
1991 · Movie
Co-Producer
Flatliners
1990 · Movie
Producer
Starman
1986 · TV Show
Executive Producer
The Jewel of the Nile
1985 · Movie
Producer
Romancing the Stone
1984 · Movie
Producer
Starman
1984 · Movie
Executive Producer
The China Syndrome
1979 · Movie
Producer
Running
1979 · Movie
Executive Producer
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · Movie
Producer
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · TV Show
Director
Lonely are the Brave
1962 · Movie
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