Michael Douglas
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 25, 1944 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
- Credits
- 174
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.
Known for
Avengers: Endgame
2019Movie
Hank Pym
Ant-Man
2015Movie
Dr. Hank Pym
Ant-Man and the Wasp
2018Movie
Dr. Hank Pym
The Game
1997Movie
Nicholas Van Orton
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023Movie
Dr. Hank Pym
What If...?
2021TV
Hank Pym / Yellow Jacket (voice), Dr. Hank Pym / Ant-Man (voice)
Filmography
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
2025Movie
Self
I Am Curious Johnny
2025Movie
Self
Looking Through Water
2025Movie
William
The Adventures of Alexandra and Martin in Time
2025Movie
Man in supermarket
America's Burning
2024Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Franklin
2024TV
Benjamin Franklin
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023Movie
Self - Dr. Hank Pym
Michael Douglas: The Prodigal Son
2023Movie
Self - Actor
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023Movie
Dr. Hank Pym
Downwind
2023Movie
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022TV
Self (archive footage)
What If...?
2021TV
Hank Pym / Yellow Jacket (voice), Dr. Hank Pym / Ant-Man (voice)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021Movie
Gordon Gekko (archive footage)
Marvel Studios Legends
2021TV
Dr. Hank Pym (archive footage) (uncredited)
Basic Instinct: Sex, Death & Stone
2020Movie
Self
Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood
2020Movie
Self
Deauville et le rêve américain
2020Movie
Self
Visible: Out on Television
2020TV
Self
Green Eggs and Ham
2019TV
Guy-Am-I (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
Forman vs. Forman
2019Movie
Self - Forman's Producer (archive footage)
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019Movie
Self
It Takes a Lunatic
2019Movie
Self
Avengers: Endgame
2019Movie
Hank Pym
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019Movie
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Kominsky Method
2018TV
Sandy Kominsky
Ant-Man and the Wasp
2018Movie
Dr. Hank Pym
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Shocking Truth
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
Animal World
2018Movie
Anderson
Michael Douglas: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2018Movie
Guest
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018Movie
GRAND PRIX Driver
2018TV
Narrator
The Green Fog
2018Movie
Once upon a time on Wall Street
2017Movie
Self
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
2017Movie
Self - Actor
Unlocked
2017Movie
Eric Lasch
Ocean Vet
2016TV
Narrator (voice)
Ken San
2016Movie
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self - Guest
Ant-Man
2015Movie
Dr. Hank Pym
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015TV
Self, Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014TV
Self
Hollywood Banker
2014Movie
Self (archive footage)
Beyond the Reach
2014Movie
Madec
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014Movie
Self
And So It Goes
2014Movie
Oren Little
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self - Guest
Last Vegas
2013Movie
Billy Gerson
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers
2013Movie
Yitzhak Rabin (voice)
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
2013Movie
Self
Behind the Candelabra
2013Movie
Liberace
Close Up
2012Movie
Self (archive footage)
Finding Your Roots
2012TV
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012Movie
(archive footage)
Haywire
2011Movie
Alex Coblenz
The Streets of the Invisibles
2011Movie
Steve Keller (voice) (archival)
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011TV
Self
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2011Movie
Self
Asylum: An Empty Nest For The Mentally Ill?
2010Movie
Self
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010Movie
Gordon Gekko
America: The Story of Us
2010TV
Self
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009Movie
Self
Solitary Man
2009Movie
Ben Kalmen
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009Movie
Uncle Wayne
The Day After Peace
2009Movie
Self
A Call to Arms
2009Movie
Self (voice)
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009Movie
Self
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
2009Movie
Mark Hunter
Fog City Mavericks
2007Movie
Self
Trumbo
2007Movie
Self
Dinosaurs Alive
2007Movie
Narrator
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
King of California
2007Movie
Charlie
Black Rain: Making The Film
2006Movie
Self
You, Me and Dupree
2006Movie
Mr. Thompson
The Sentinel
2006Movie
Pete Garrison
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005Movie
Self
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2005Movie
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005TV
Self
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
2004Movie
Self
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
2004Movie
Self
Tell Them Who You Are
2004Movie
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
Declaration of Independence
2003Movie
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003TV
Self
The In-Laws
2003Movie
Steve Tobias
It Runs in the Family
2003Movie
Alex Gromberg
Direct Order
2003Movie
Narrator
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003TV
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self, Self - Guest
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002TV
Self
Don't Say a Word
2001Movie
Dr. Nathan Conrad
Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct'
2001Movie
Self (archive footage)
In Search of Peace
2001Movie
Narrator (voice)
One Night at McCool's
2001Movie
Mr. Burmeister
Traffic
2000Movie
Robert Wakefield
Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'
2000Movie
Self
The Directors: Milos Forman
2000Movie
Self
Wonder Boys
2000Movie
Grady Tripp
One Day in September
1999Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999Movie
Self
Beckmann
1999TV
Self
Get Bruce!
1999Movie
Self
Forever Hollywood
1999Movie
Self
Will & Grace
1998TV
Detective Gavin Hatch
The Magic Hour
1998TV
Self
A Perfect Murder
1998Movie
Steven Taylor
Completely Cuckoo
1997Movie
Self
The Game
1997Movie
Nicholas Van Orton
The View
1997TV
Self
Leute heute
1997TV
Self
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996Movie
Charles Remington
The American President
1995Movie
Andrew Shepherd
Disclosure
1994Movie
Tom Sanders
Inside the Actors Studio
1994TV
Self
Falling Down
1993Movie
D-Fens
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Basic Instinct
1992Movie
Detective Nick Curran
Shining Through
1992Movie
Ed Leland
Pebble Mill
1991TV
Self
Lennon: A Tribute
1990Movie
Host
The Earth Day Special
1990Movie
Self
If Dolphins Could Talk
1990Movie
Host
The War of the Roses
1989Movie
Oliver Rose
Black Rain
1989Movie
Nick Conklin
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Self, Self - Guest
cascadeurs de stars
1988Movie
Self
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
1988Movie
Self
Electric Blue 29
1988Movie
(archive footage)
Wall Street
1987Movie
Gordon Gekko
Fatal Attraction
1987Movie
Dan Gallagher
A Chorus Line
1985Movie
Zach
The Jewel of the Nile
1985Movie
Jack T. Colton
Jeopardy!
1984TV
Self - Clue Presenter
Romancing the Stone
1984Movie
Jack T. Colton
Goldene Kamera
1984TV
Self, Self - Laudatio
The Star Chamber
1983Movie
Steven Hardin
Champs-Elysées
1982TV
Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981TV
Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981TV
Self
It's My Turn
1980Movie
Ben Lewin
Running
1979Movie
Michael Andropolis
The China Syndrome
1979Movie
Richard Adams
The South Bank Show
1978TV
Coma
1978Movie
Dr. Mark Bellows
Ciné regards
1978TV
Self
The Hollywood Greats
1977TV
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976Movie
Self
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host
People's Choice Awards
1975TV
Self - Presenter, Self - Winner
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975TV
Self
Hassles and Hangups
1973Movie
Narrator
The Streets of San Francisco
1972TV
Steve Keller
The Streets of San Francisco
1972Movie
Steven Keller
Napoleon and Samantha
1972Movie
Danny Arlington Williams III
When Michael Calls
1972Movie
Craig
Film '72
1971TV
Self
Summertree
1971Movie
Jerry
Adam at Six A.M.
1970Movie
Adam Gaines
Hail, Hero!
1969Movie
Carl Dixon
CBS Playhouse
1966TV
Wilson Evans
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966Movie
Jeep Driver (uncredited)
The F.B.I.
1965TV
Jerry Williams
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self, Self - Co-Host
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Presenter
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
This Is Your Life
1952TV
Self
Bambi
1948TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee, Self - Audience Member, Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award
White Lies
Movie