Michael Douglas

Born in New Jersey on September 25, 1944, Michael Douglas is the son of Kirk Douglas. He refined his acting skills on the TV series Streets of San Francisco (1972-1976) with Karl Malden, produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) directed by Milos Forman starring Jack Nicholson, and other films where he did act in, The China Syndrome (1979) with Jane Fonda, Romancing the Stone (1984) and Jewel of the Nile (1985) with Kathleen Turner. He starred in Fatal Attraction (1987) by Adrian Lyne with Glenn Close, Wall Street (1987) by Oliver Stone, and its sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), Black Rain (1989) by Ridley Scott, The War of the Roses (1989) directed by Danny DeVito, Basic Instinct (1992) with Sharon Stone directed by Paul Verhoeven, Falling Down (1993) by Joel Schumacher, The American President (1995) with Annette Being by Rob Reiner, Wonder Boys (2000) by Curtis Hanson, Last Vegas (2013) with Robert DeNiro, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline, And So It Goes (2014) by Rob Reiner with Diane Keaton. Douglas played Marvel superhero Hank Pym in Ant-Man (2015) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018).

On television, he played Liberace in Behind the Candelabra (2013) by Steven Soderbergh with Matt Damon, acted with Alan Arkin in the comedy series The Kominsky Method (2018-2021).

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Golden Globe Awards

2020 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
- Kominsky Method, The
- Michael Douglas
2019 Winner

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
- Kominsky Method, The
- Michael Douglas
2014 Winner

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
- Behind the Candelabra
- Michael Douglas
2011 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
- Michael Douglas
2001 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Wonder Boys
- Michael Douglas
1996 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- American President, The
- Michael Douglas
1990 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- War of The Roses, The
- Michael Douglas
1988 Winner

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Wall Street
- Michael Douglas
1975 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama
- Streets of San Francisco, The
- Michael Douglas
1970 Nominee

New Star Of The Year - Actor
- Hail, Hero!
- Michael Douglas