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My Take
Michael Douglas interests me most as a study in escaping a famous father's shadow sideways rather than head-on. Before proving himself as a leading man, he won an Oscar as the producer of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — he learned the whole machine first. When the acting prize came for Wall Street, it was for embodying greed so persuasively that audiences perversely admired it; that moral ambiguity is his signature register. I rate him highest in roles where charm curdles, from Gekko to the unraveling everyman of Falling Down. Few actors have aged into their flaws so productively, and his AFI honor felt earned rather than ceremonial.
Overview
Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an 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, the Honorary Palme d'Or and the AFI Life Achievement Award.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Michael Douglas
- Name (Japanese)
- マイケル・ダグラス
- Reading
- まいける・だぐらす
- Born
- September 25, 1944 (age 81)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Monkey
- Origin
- New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film producer / film actor / television actor / producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of California, Santa Barbara
Awards & achievements
- 1997 Donostia Award
- 1988 Academy Award for Best Actor
- 1976 Academy Award for Best Picture
- 1971 Theatre World Award
- 2001 Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy
- 2001 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- 2012 New Jersey Hall of Fame
- 2009 AFI Life Achievement Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | — | |
| Notable work | Wall Street | — | |
| Notable work | Falling Down | — | |
| Notable work | The Game | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.