Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944 in New Brunswick, New Jersey) is an American actor and producer, and the most famous son of Kirk Douglas.
His first major role was in the TV series The Streets of San Francisco alongside Karl Malden. He has since won an Emmy, a Golden Globe and two Academy Awards, the first as producer of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and the other for his role as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. Other popular films on his resume include The China Syndrome, Falling Down, Romancing the Stone, Basic Instinct, Wonder Boys and Traffic.
He's been married to Catherine Zeta-Jones since 2000. He was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2010, but appears to have gotten past it. He is also the reason why Michael Keaton goes by that name, as his real surname is also Douglas.note
Notable for:
- The Streets of San Francisco (TV series; 1972-1976) — Inspector Steve Keller
- The China Syndrome (1979) — Richard Adams
- The Star Chamber (1983) — Stephen Hardin
- Romancing the Stone (1984) — Jack Colton
- Fatal Attraction (1987) — Dan Gallagher
- Wall Street (1987) — Gordon Gekko
- Black Rain (1989) — Nick Conklin
- The War of the Roses (1989) — Oliver Rose
- Basic Instinct (1992) — Nick Curran
- Shining Through (1992) — Ed Leland
- Falling Down (1993) — William "D-Fens" Foster
- Disclosure (1994) — Tom Sanders
- The American President (1995) — Andrew Shepherd
- The Game (1997) — Nicholas Van Orton
- A Perfect Murder (1998) — Steven Taylor
- One Day in September (1999) — documentary; narrator
- Traffic (2000) — Robert Wakefield
- Wonder Boys (2000) — Grady Tripp
- Don't Say a Word (2001) — Dr. Nathan R. Conrad
- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) — Gordon Gekko
- Haywire (2011) — Coblenz
- Behind the Candelabra (2013) — Liberace
- Marvel Cinematic Universe as Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym/Ant-Man
- Ant-Man (2015)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- What If...? (2021)
- Animal World note (2018) — Anderson
- Green Eggs and Ham (2019) — Guy-Am-I
