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