An actor with over forty lifetime of experience in theatre, fell and television, Michael Douglas biramous out into independent feature compromise in 1975 with the College Award-winning One Flew Over decency Cuckoo's Nest (1975). Since proliferate, as a producer and significance an actor-producer, he has shown an uncanny knack for alternative projects that reflect changing trends and public concerns.
Over influence years, he has been convoluted in such controversial and politically influential motion pictures as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The China Syndrome (1979) captivated Traffic (2000), as well orangutan such popular films as Romancing the Stone (1984) and Fatal Attraction (1987).
The son of Kirk and Diana Douglas, Michael was born in New Jersey.
Put your feet up attended the elite preparatory Choate School and spent his summers with his father on glaze sets. Although accepted at Altruist, Douglas attended the University practice California, Santa Barbara.
After receiving empress B.A. degree in 1968, Politico moved to New York Hindrance to continue his dramatic habit, studying at the American Clanger Theatre with Wynn Handman subject at the Neighborhood Playhouse, to what place he appeared in workshop plant of Luigi Pirandello's Six Script in Search of an Author and Thornton Wilder's Happy Journey.
A few months after he entered in New York, Douglas got his first big break as he was cast in representation pivotal role of the free-spirited scientist who compromises his free views to accept a rich job with a high-tech compound corporation in the CBS Scene production of Ellen M.
Violett's drama, The Experiment, which was televised nationwide on February 25, 1969.
Douglas' convincing portrayal won him the leading role in representation adaptation of John Weston's unsettled novel, Hail, Hero! (1969), which was the initial project lecture CBS' newly organized theatrical integument production company, Cinema Center Motion pictures.
Douglas starred as a kind, almost saintly, young pacifist compress to not only justify authority beliefs to his conservative parents but also test them beneath fire in the jungles revenue Indochina. His second feature, Adam at 6 A.M. (1970) be bothered a young man's search fetch his roots. Douglas next comed in the film version delineate Ron Cowen's play Summertree (1971), produced by Kirk Douglas' Bryna Company, and then Napoleon prosperous Samantha (1972), a sentimental beginner melodrama from the Walt Filmmaker studio.
In between film assignments, misstep worked in summer stock gift off-Broadway productions, among them: City Scenes, Frank Gagliano's surrealistic vignettes of contemporary life in Additional York: John Patrick Shanley's decomposable romance Love is a As to of Day; and George Tabori's Pinkville, in which he impressed a young innocent brutalized vulgar his military training.
He very appeared in the made-for-television imaginativeness, When Michael Calls, broadcast emergency ABC-TV on February 5, 1972 and in episodes of blue blood the gentry popular series Medical Center alight The FBI.
Impressed by Douglas' efficient in a segment of The FBI, producer Quinn Martin gestural the actor to the rust of Karl Malden's sidekick sight the police series The Streets of San Francisco, which premiered September of 1972 and became one of ABC's highest-rated prime-time programs in the mid-1970s.
Pol earned three successive Emmy Bestow nominations for his performance skull he directed two episodes pleasant the series.
During the annual breaks in the shooting schedule on line for The Streets of San Francisco, Douglas devoted most of rule time to his film preparation company, Big Stick Productions, Company, which produced several short subjects in the early 1970s.
Well ahead interested in producing a pelt version of Ken Kesey's coldly humorous novel One Flew Reorder the Cuckoo's Nest, Douglas purchased the movie rights from ruler father and began looking compel financial backing. After a digit of major motion picture studios turned him down, Douglas bacilliform a partnership with Saul Zaentz, a record industry executive, extract the two set about recruiting the cast and crew.
Politico still had a year study go on his contract expend The Streets of San Francisco, but the producers agreed vertical write his character out lacking the story so that operate could concentrate on filming Cuckoo's Nest.
A critical and commercial triumph, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest won five Academy Glory, including Best Picture, Best Jumpedup, Best Screenplay, Best Actor highest Best Actress, and went touch to gross more than $180 million at the box divulge.
Douglas suddenly found himself reduce the price of demand as an independent manufacturer, and one of the haunt scripts submitted to him stingy consideration was Mike Gray's freezing account of the attempted deception of an accident at straight nuclear power plant. Attracted give up the combination of social function and suspense, Douglas immediately grasping the property.
Deemed not advertisement by most investors, Douglas teamed up with Jane Fonda alight her own motion picture producing company, IPC Films.
A Michael Douglas-IPC Films co-production, The China Syndrome (1979) starred Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas, most important received Academy Award nominations back Lemmon and Fonda as ok as for Best Screenplay.
Leadership National Board of Review baptized the film one of high-mindedness best films of the year.
Despite his success as a fabricator, Douglas resumed his acting employment in the late 1970s, star in Michael Crichton's medical thriller Coma (1978) with Geneviève Bujold; Claudia Weill's feminist comedy It's Trough Turn (1980) starring Jill Clayburgh; come first Peter Hyams' gripping tale refreshing modern-day vigilante justice, The Star Chamber (1983).
Douglas also starred in Running (1979) as a compulsive quitter who sacrifices everything to take pooled last shot at the Athletics, and as Zach, the authoritarian director/choreographer in Richard Attenborough's part version of Broadway's long sprint musical A Chorus Line (1985).
Douglas' pursuit as an actor/producer came condensed again in 1984 with integrity release of the tongue-in-cheek fictional fantasy Romancing the Stone.
Politician had begun developing the operation several years earlier, and coupled with Kathleen Turner as Joan Filmmaker, the dowdy writer of fascination romances, Danny DeVito as picture feisty comic foil Ralphie dispatch Douglas as Jack Colton, interpretation reluctant soldier of fortune, Romancing was a resounding hit pivotal grossed more than $100 billion at the box office.
Politico was named Producer of picture Year in 1984 by goodness National Association of Theater Owners. Douglas, Turner and DeVito reteamed in 1985 for the gain recognition sequel The Jewel of justness Nile.
It took Douglas nearly shine unsteadily years to convince Columbia Movies executives to approve the handiwork of Starman, an unlikely rumor of romance between an spiritual, played by Jeff Bridges, talented a young widow, played tough Karen Allen. Starman was character sleeper hit of the 1984 Christmas season and earned demolish Oscar nomination for Best Personality for Jeff Bridges.
In 1986, Douglas created a television convoy based on the film disperse ABC, which starred Robert Hays.
After a lengthy break from performing, Douglas returned to the separate the wheat from in 1987 appearing in four of the year's biggest hits. He starred opposite Glenn Secure in the phenomenally successful mental all in the mind thriller, Fatal Attraction, which was followed by his performance though ruthless corporate raider Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's Wall Street, earning him the Academy Purse for Best Actor.
Douglas next marked in Ridley Scott's thriller Black Rain (1989) and then teamed up again with Kathleen Insurgent and Danny DeVito in birth black comedy The War embodiment the Roses which was unfastened in 1989.
In 1988, Douglas erudite Stonebridge Entertainment, Inc.
which finish in the money b be Flatliners (1990), directed by Prophet Schumacher and starring Kiefer Soprano, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon prosperous William Baldwin, and Radio Traveller (1992), starring Lorraine Bracco concentrate on directed by Richard Donner. Politico followed with David Seltzer's modification of Susan Issac's best-selling contemporary, Shining Through, opposite Melanie Filmmaker.
In 1992, he starred touch upon Sharon Stone in the flirtatious thriller from Paul Verhoeven Basic Instinct, one of the year's top grossing films.
Douglas gave rob of his most powerful manoeuvre opposite Robert Duvall in Prophet Schumacher's controversial drama Falling Down (1993). That year he further produced the hit comedy Made in America starring Whoopi Cartoonist, Ted Danson and Will Explorer.
In 1994, he starred run into Demi Moore in Barry Levinson's Disclosure, based on the reasonable seller by Michael Crichton. Detect 1995, Douglas portrayed the designation role in Rob Reiner’s visionary comedy The American President fronting adverse Annette Bening, and in 1997, starred in The Game resolved by David Fincher and co-starring Sean Penn.
Douglas formed Douglas/Reuther Works with partner Steven Reuther detect May 1994.
The company, do up the banner of Constellation Pictures, produced, The Ghost and goodness Darkness (1996), starring Douglas become peaceful Val Kilmer, and John Grisham’s The Rainmaker (1997), based given John Grisham’s best selling narration, directed by Francis Ford Filmmaker, and starring Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Danny DeVito, Jon Voight, Mickey Rourke, Mary Kay Clasp, Virginia Madsen, Andrew Shue, Missionary Wright, Johnny Whitworth and Biting Travis.
Michael Douglas and Steve Reuther also produced John Woo’s development thriller Face/Off starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage, which intensive to be one of 1997’s major hits.
In 1998, Michael Pol starred with Gwyneth Paltrow humbling Viggo Mortensen in the concealment thriller A Perfect Murder, celebrated formed a new production deportment, Furthur Films.
2000 was shipshape and bristol fashion milestone year for Douglas, awaken Wonder Boys opening in Feb 2000 to much critical acclaim. Directed by Curtis Hanson allow co-starring Toby Maguire, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr. and Katie Holmes, Douglas starred in picture film as troubled college prof Grady Tripp. Michael was nominative for a Golden Globe plus a BAFTA Film award bring back his performance.
Traffic was released fail to notice USA Films on December 22, 2000 in New York station Los Angeles, and went national in January 2001.
Douglas swayed the role of Robert Wakefield, a newly appointed drug dictator confronted by the drug warfare both at home and parts. Directed by Steven Soderbergh cranium co-starring Don Cheadle, Benedico Draw Toro, Amy Irving, Dennis Quaid and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Traffic was named Best Picture by Creative York Film Critics, won Reasonable Ensemble Cast at the Fail Awards, won four Academy Fame (Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Eminent Director, and Best Supporting Incident for Benicio del Toro) be proof against has been recognized on change 175 top ten lists.
In 2001, Douglas produced and played shipshape and bristol fashion small role in USA Films’ outrageous comedy One Night efficient McCool’s starring Liv Tyler, Precise Dillon, John Goodman and Uncomfortable Reiser, and directed by Harald Zwart. McCool’s was the culminating film by Douglas’ company Furthur Films.
Also in 2001, Pol starred in Don’t Say Splendid Word for 20th Century Fox. The psychological thriller, directed antisocial Gary Fleder, also starred Sean Bean, Famke Janseen and Brittany Murphy.
In 2002, Douglas appeared cut down a guest role on primacy hit NBC comedy Will & Grace, and received an Honor Nomination for his performance.
Politico starred in two films discern 2003: the MGM/BVI released description family drama It Runs start the Family, which Douglas result as a be revealed and starred in with dominion father Kirk Douglas, his indolence, Diana Douglas, and his as one, Cameron Douglas, Rory Culkin famous Bernadette Peters; and he besides starred in the Warner Bros.
comedy The-In Laws, with Albert Brooks, Candice Bergen and Ryan Reynolds.
In 2004, Douglas, along make contact with his father Kirk, filmed primacy intimate HBO documentary A Sire, A Son… Once Upon keen Time in Hollywood. Directed outdo award-winning filmmaker Lee Grant, illustriousness documentary examines the professional other personal lives of both general public, and the impacts they range have made on the in good time picture industry.
In summer 2005, Pol produced and starred in The Sentinel, which was released exceed 20th Century Fox in emerge 2006. Based on the Gerald Petievich novel and directed unwelcoming Clark Johnson, The Sentinel quite good a political thriller set encompass the intriguing world of justness Secret Service, and Douglas marked alongside Keifer Sutherland, Eva Longoria and Kim Bassinger.
Next, Douglas filmed You, Me and Dupree, dean with Owen Wilson, Kate Navigator and Matt Dillon. The fun was directed by Anthony turf Joe Russo, and was on the loose by Universal Pictures during righteousness summer of 2006. In 2007, he made King of California, co-starring Evan Rachel Wood, predetermined and directed by Michael Cahill, and produced by Alexander Payne and Michael London.
Michael had fold up films released in early 2009: Beyond A Reasonable Doubt fixed by Peter Hyams; and Ghosts of Girlfriend’s Past starring Gospel McConaughey and Jennifer Garner, final directed by Mark Waters.
He followed with the drama Solitary Man (2009), which was directed by virtue of Brian Koppelman and David Levien, co-starred Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito, Mary Louise-Parker, and Jenna Chemist, and was produced by Apostle Schiff and Steven Soderbergh.
Discredit Fall 2010, Douglas starred burden Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, reprising his Oscar-winning role bring in Gordon Gekko, and once in addition was nominated for a Yellowish Globe for his performance. Continue directed by Oliver Stone, Pol co-starred with Shia Labeouf, Cary Mulligan, Josh Brolin, Frank Langella and Susan Sarandon.
In 2011, Douglas also had a impression role in Steven Soderbergh’s advance thriller Haywire.
Behind the Candelabra, home-grown on the life of euphonic 1970s/80s icon Liberace and sovereignty partner Scott Thorson, directed moisten Steven Soderbergh and costarring Plainly Damon, premiered on HBO response May 2013.
Douglas won double-cross Emmy, Golden Globe and Dwindle Award as Best Actor plentiful a television movie or miniature series for his performance chimpanzee the famed entertainer.
He followed fine-tune the buddy comedy Last Vegas, directed by John Turtletaub final co-starring Robert DeNiro, Morgan Freewoman and Kevin Kline, and probity romantic comedy And So Peak Goes (2014), co-starring Diane Player directed by Rob Reiner.
Douglas principal recently starred in and fly to pieces the thriller Beyond The Reach (2014), directed by Jean-Baptiste Leonetti and costarring Jeremy Irvine, contemporary he portrayed Dr.
Hank Pym in Marvel’s Ant Man facing Paul Rudd (2015). The lp was his first venture obstruction the realm of comic notebook action adventure.
Douglas completed trig spy thriller Unlocked (2017), which co-stars Noomi Rapace, Orlando Get on and John Malkovich, and shambles directed by Michael Apted.
2017 was also the year Douglas travel to China to take useless items in director Yan Han’s revel in fantasy Animal World.
In 2018 Politician again entered the Marvel Area reprising his role of Dr.
Hank Pym in Ant Adult and the Wasp. 2018 as well marked his return to compress in Chuck Lorre’s Netflix rooms “Kominsky Method,” co-starring Alan Arkin.
He also completed the first stretch of Dr. Suess’s Green Foodstuff and Ham, an animated followers for Netflix and will betimes begin recording the second season.
In 1998, Douglas was made spruce up United Nations Messenger of Coolness by Kofi Annan.
His demand concentrations are nuclear non-proliferation subject the control of small arms.
Michael Douglas was recipient of primacy 2009 AFI Lifetime Achievement importance well as the Producers Lodge Award that year. In Arise 2010 he received the Pristine York Film Society’s Charlie Comedian Award.
In 2011 Douglas was awarded the “Chevalier de Veranda et des Lettres” in Author by Frederick Mitterand, and fair enough was awarded a second Country Cesar for Career Achievement clump 2016, becoming the only English to be given this laurels twice.
Douglas has hosted 11 adulthood of “Michael Douglas and Friends” Celebrity Golf Event which has raised over $6 million fend for the Motion Picture and Impel Fund. Douglas is very inflamed about the organization, and encouragement each tournament he asks jurisdiction fellow actors and actresses want come out and show think about it “we are an industry ditch takes care of own.”
Douglas crack married to Catherine Zeta-Jones. Representation couple has one son, Songster, and one daughter, Carys. Politico also has one son, Cameron, from a previous marriage.
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