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{{Infobox actor
| image = Michael Douglas Navy3.jpg
| caption = Michael Douglas, June 2004
| birth_name = Michael Kirk Douglas
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1944|9|25}}
| birth_place = [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]], [[United States]]
| spouse = Diandra Luker<br />(1977–2000)<br />[[Catherine Zeta-Jones]]<br />(2000–present)
| occupation = Actor, producer
| years_active = 1966–2010
| parents = [[Kirk Douglas]]
Diana Dill
}}

'''Michael Kirk Douglas''' (born September 25, 1944) is a U.S. actor and [[film producer|producer]], primarily in [[movies]] and [[television]]. He has won three [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globes]] and two [[Academy Award]]s, first as producer of 1975's [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' and as [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] in 1987 for his role in ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]''. Douglas received the [[American Film Institute|AFI]] Life Achievement Award in 2009.<ref>{{cite news | last = Kilday | first = Gregg | title = AFI Life award all in Douglas family | work = The Hollywood Reporter | date = 2009-06-15 | pages = 9, 14 | url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i45a4bf33efc17917cf3ca441cd402d4f | accessdate = 2009-09-04}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

===Early life===
Douglas was born in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]], the first son of actor [[Kirk Douglas]] and [[Bermudian]] actress [[Diana Dill]]. His paternal grandparents, Herschel Danielovitch and Bryna Sanglel, were [[Jew]]ish immigrants from [[Gomel]] in [[Belarus]] (at that time a part of the [[Russian Empire]]).<ref name="kdouglas">{{cite news | last =Tugend| first =Tom| coauthors=| title =Lucky number 90| pages=| publisher =The Jerusalem Post| date =December 12, 2006 | url =http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881875567&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull| accessdate =December 12, 2006 }}</ref> His mother and maternal grandparents, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Melville Dill and Ruth Rapalje Neilson, were natives of [[Devonshire Parish, Bermuda]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conovergenealogy.com/Pages/douglas.html |title=Ancestors of Michael Kirk Douglas |publisher=Conovergenealogy.com |date= |accessdate=2009-10-17}}</ref> Thomas Dill served as Attorney General of [[Bermuda]] and was commanding officer of the [[Bermuda Militia Artillery]].

Douglas has a younger brother, [[Joel Douglas]] (b. 1947), and two younger half-brothers, [[Peter Douglas]] (b. 1955) and [[Eric Douglas]] (1958–2004).

Douglas attended the [[Allen-Stevenson School]], the [[International School of Geneva]], and graduated from [[Eaglebrook School]] in [[Deerfield, Massachusetts]] in 1960 and [[Choate Rosemary Hall|The Choate School]] (now Choate Rosemary Hall) in [[Wallingford, Connecticut]] in 1963. He received his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] from the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] in 1966, where he is also the Honorary President of the UCSB [[Alumni association|Alumni Association]].

== Career ==
[[Image:Michael Dougas 48.jpg|thumb|240px|Kirk Douglas with sons Joel and Michael (top), c. 1948]]

=== Early years ===
Douglas started his film career in the late 60s and early 70s appearing in little known films like ''[[Hail, Hero!]]'' and ''[[Summertree]]''. His first significant role came in the [[television series|TV series]] ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'' from 1972 to 1976, where he starred alongside [[Karl Malden]]. Douglas later said that Malden became a "mentor" and someone he "admired and loved deeply".<ref>{{cite news|url= http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/02/local/me-karl-malden2|title=Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dies at 97|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date= July 2, 2009 |accessdate=September 15, 2010 | first=Dennis | last=McLellan}}</ref> After Douglas left the show, he had a long association with his mentor until Malden's death on July 1, 2009. In 2004, Douglas presented Malden with the Monte Cristo Award of the [[Eugene O'Neill Theater Center]] in [[Waterford, Connecticut]], for the [[Lifetime Achievement Award]].

In 1975, Douglas received from his father, [[Kirk Douglas]], the rights to the novel ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''. Michael went on to produce the [[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|film of the same name]] with [[Saul Zaentz]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.filmsite.org/onef.html|title=One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|publisher=Filmsite.org|accessdate=September 15, 2010}}</ref> Douglas considered playing the starring role, but decided against it after considering himself too old. The lead role went to a young [[Jack Nicholson]], who ended up winning the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]. Still, Douglas won the [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Award for Best Picture]] for producing it.

After leaving ''Streets of San Francisco'' in 1976, Douglas appeared in the medical thriller ''[[Coma (film)|Coma]]'' in 1978 and ''[[Running (film)|Running]]'' in 1979. In 1979, he both produced and starred in ''[[The China Syndrome]]'', a dramatic film co-starring [[Jane Fonda]] and [[Jack Lemmon]] about a nuclear power plant accident. (The [[Three Mile Island accident]] took place 12 days after the film's release.)

=== Success in Hollywood ===
Douglas's acting career propelled to fame when he starred in the 1984 romantic adventure comedy ''[[Romancing the Stone]]''. The film was a respectable hit and earned over $86,572,238 worldwide in box-office receipts and an additional $36 million in video rentals. It also helped launch [[Kathleen Turner]] to stardom, reintroduced Douglas as a capable leading man, and gave [[Bob Zemeckis]] his first box-office success. It was followed a year later in 1985 by a sequel, ''[[The Jewel of the Nile]]''.

1987 gave Douglas more hits, when he starred in the thriller ''[[Fatal Attraction]]'' with [[Glenn Close]]. That same year he played tycoon [[Gordon Gekko]] in [[Oliver Stone]]'s ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]'' for which he received an Academy Award as Best Actor. He reprised his role as Gekko in the sequel ''[[Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps]]'' in 2010, also directed by Stone.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://movies.tvguide.com/Movie-News/Michael-Douglas-Wall-1005553.aspx|title=Michael Douglas to Star in Wall Street 2|publisher=TVGuide.com|accessdate=April 29, 2009}}</ref>

Douglas paired with Kathleen Turner for the 1989 film ''[[The War of the Roses]]'', also with [[Danny DeVito]]. In 1989, he starred in [[Ridley Scott]]'s international police crime drama ''[[Black Rain (American film)|Black Rain]]'' opposite [[Andy García]] and [[Kate Capshaw]]. The film was shot in [[Osaka]], [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096933/locations|title=Filming locations for "Black Rain" (1989)|publisher=IMDB.com}}</ref>

In 1992, Douglas had another successful starring role when he appeared alongside [[Sharon Stone]] in the film ''[[Basic Instinct]]''. The movie was a box office hit, and sparked controversy over its depictions of [[bisexual]]ity and [[lesbian]]ism. In 1994, Douglas and [[Demi Moore]] starred in the hit movie ''[[Disclosure (film)|Disclosure]]'' focusing on the topic of [[sexual harassment]] with Douglas playing a man harassed by his new female boss. Other popular films he starred during these decade were ''[[Falling Down]]'', ''[[The American President]]'', ''[[The Ghost and the Darkness]]'', ''[[The Game (film)|The Game]]'' (directed by [[David Fincher]]), and a remake of [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s classic - ''[[Dial M for Murder]]'' - titled ''[[A Perfect Murder]]''. In 1998, Douglas received the [[Crystal Globe]] award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|title=33rd Karlovy Vary IFF Awards | accessdate=September 25, 2006|url=http://www.iffkv.cz/?m=32&sub=2&year=1998 }}</ref> <!-- How important is this award, really? Delete? -->

In 2000, Douglas starred in [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s critically acclaimed film ''[[Traffic (film)|Traffic]]'', opposite [[Benicio del Toro]] and future wife [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]]. That same year, he also received critical acclaim for his role in [[Wonder Boys]] as a professor and novelist suffering from [[writer's block]]. He was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama]] as well as several other awards from critics.

===Actor and producer===
Having become recognized as both a successful producer and actor, he describes himself as "an actor first and a producer second." He explains why he enjoys both functions:

:"I love the fact that on one side, with acting, you can be a child — acting is wonderful for its innocence and the fun. . . On the other side, producing is fun for all the adult kinds of things you do. You deal in business, you deal with the creative forces. As an adult who continues to get older, you like the adult risks. It's flying without a net, taking chances and learning. I was never good in economics or business — had no business background, you know, and I like it."<ref name=RollingStone>Hirschberg, Lynn. ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, Jan. 16, 1986 pp. 28-32, 41</ref>

He also offers reasons why he has become successful in both acting and producing:

:"I think I'm a chameleon. I think it's something that I possibly inherited early on as a child going back and forth between two families. I know that whether it's right or wrong, I have an ability to sort of fit into a lot of different situations and make people feel relatively comfortable in a wide range without giving up all my moral values. I think that same chameleonlike quality can transfer into films. I think if you can remember the reason you got involved with it in the fist place and try to keep that impulsive, instinctive feeling even when you're being beaten down or exhaused or waylaid, you'll be successful."<ref name=RollingStone/>

=== Recent years ===
In 2003, Douglas starred in ''[[It Runs in the Family (2003 film)|It Runs in the Family]]'', which featured three generations of his family (his father, Kirk; and his son, [[Cameron Douglas|Cameron]]). The film, however, was a commercial failure. Douglas did not star in a movie for three years, until the action-thriller ''[[The Sentinel (2006 film)|The Sentinel]]'' in 2006. During that time, he also guest-appeared on the episode, "[[Fagel Attraction]]", of the popular television [[situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Will and Grace]]'', as a gay cop attracted to [[Will Truman]] ([[Eric McCormack]]); the performance earned Douglas an [[Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]] nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Show.

Douglas was approached for ''[[Basic Instinct 2]]'', but he declined to participate in the project. He said:<blockquote>
"Yes, they asked me to do it a while ago, I thought we had done it very effectively; [Paul] Verhoeven is a pretty good director. I haven't seen the sequel. I've only done one sequel in my life, ''[[The Jewel of the Nile]]'', from ''[[Romancing The Stone]].'' Besides, there were age issues, you know? Sharon still looks fabulous. The script was pretty good. Good for her, she's in her late-40s, and there are not a lot of parts around. The first one was probably the best picture of her career—it certainly made her career and she was great in it".<ref>{{cite journal|title=In conversation with Michael Douglas|journal=Empire|date=|first=|last=|coauthors=|volume=|issue=August 2006|pages=|id=|url=|format=|accessdate=February 21, 2007}}</ref>
</blockquote>

== Future engagements ==
Douglas was set to star in ''Tragic Indifference'', a courtroom thriller based on a landmark liability case against [[Ford Motor Company]], according to [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]. Douglas will play the attorney who took Ford to court on behalf of a single mother from Texas who was paralyzed and nearly died after an accident. The trial exposed the automaker's indifference to flaws in its [[Sport Utility Vehicle]]s (SUV). The movie will be based on [[Adam Penenberg]]'s 2003 book of the same name. Douglas will play Attorney Tab Turner, who represented Donna Bailey after the [[Ford Explorer]] SUV she was riding in rolled over following a [[Firestone Tire and Rubber Company|Firestone]] tire failure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/20/19320.php|title=Michael Douglas to Star in Tragic Indifference|publisher=Movieweb.com|date=2007-04-24|accessdate=2009-10-17}}</ref>

On December 17, 2007 it was announced that Douglas was to be the new voice at the beginning of [[NBC Nightly News]], some two years after [[Howard Reig]], the previous announcer, retired.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-michaeldouglasnbcnewsvoiceover,0,5417160.story?coll=zap-tv-headlines|work=Zap2it.com|title=Michael Douglas Does the News|date=December 19, 2007}}</ref>

== Personal life==
[[File:Michael Douglas wedding.jpg|thumb|Wedding photo with [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], Nov. 18, 2000]]

Douglas married Diandra Luker, 14 years his junior, on March 20, 1977, after 6 weeks of dating.<ref>http://top-10-list.org/2009/05/06/ten-most-expensive-divorce-settlements-hollywood/</ref> They had one son, [[Cameron Douglas|Cameron]] (born December 13, 1978). In 1980, Douglas was involved in a serious [[skiing]] accident which sidelined his acting career for three years. In September 1992, the same year ''Basic Instinct'' came out, he underwent treatment for [[alcoholism]] and [[drug addiction]] at Sierra Tucson Center. In 2000, after 23 years of marriage, Diandra divorced Douglas.

Douglas married [[Welsh people|Welsh]] actress [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]] on November 18, 2000; they were both born on September 25, though 25 years apart. Zeta-Jones says that when they met in [[Deauville]], [[France]], Douglas used the line "I want to father your children."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/how-cheesy-can-you-get/2007/07/12/1183833634622.html |title=Cheesy chat up line that snagged Catherine Zeta-Jones |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=July 12, 2007}}</ref> They have two children, Dylan Michael (born August 8, 2000) and Carys Zeta (born April 20, 2003).<ref>{{cite news| title=Carys&nbsp;— a name rooted in love | date=April 22, 2003 | publisher=BBC News | accessdate=September 25, 2006 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/2966821.stm }}</ref> They are planning to renew their wedding vows as part of their 10th wedding anniversary. The idea was hers, and came after Douglas was found to have advanced stages of cancer. One report notes that "Michael was in tears when she suggested it to him," and he sees it as a “wonderful expression of love.”<ref>[http://www.worldcorrespondents.com/michael-douglas-to-renew-wedding-vows-with-catherine-zeta-jones/8811310 "Michael Douglas to Renew Wedding Vows with Catherine Zeta-Jones"] ''World Correspondents'', Sept. 10, 2010</ref>

Douglas and Zeta-Jones hosted the annual [[Nobel Peace Prize]] concert in [[Oslo, Norway]], on December 11, 2003. They acted as co-masters of ceremony in the concert celebrating the award given to Iranian [[human rights activist]] [[Shirin Ebadi]]. In 2006, he was awarded an honorary [[Doctor of Letters]] (D.Litt.) from the [[University of St. Andrews]] in Scotland. Douglas and his family divide their time among their homes in [[Pacific Palisades, California]]; New York City; [[Aspen, Colorado]]; [[Bermuda]]; [[Majorca]], Spain; [[Swansea]], Wales, [[Ridgewood, New Jersey]], and [[La Conception, Quebec]].

Douglas is an advocate of [[nuclear disarmament]], a supporter of the [[Nuclear Age Peace Foundation]], and sits on the Board of Directors of the anti-war grantmaking foundation [[Ploughshares Fund]]. In 1998, he was appointed UN Messenger of Peace by Secretary-General [[Kofi Annan]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.un.org/News/ossg/messengers.htm#douglas |title=Messengers of Peace |publisher=United Nations|date= |accessdate=December 23, 2006 |author= }}</ref> He is a notable [[U.S. Democratic Party|Democrat]] and has donated money to [[Barack Obama]], [[Christopher Dodd]], and [[Al Franken]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Michael_Douglas.php |title=Donor search&nbsp;— Michael Douglas |work=newsmeat.com}}</ref> He has been a major supporter of [[gun control]] since [[John Lennon]] was murdered in 1980.<ref>[http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/douglas-pushes-for-tighter-gun-control Michael Douglas - Douglas Pushes For Tighter Gun Control]</ref>

In 1997, New York [[caddy]] James Parker sued Douglas for [[United States dollar|USD$]]25&nbsp;million.<ref>
{{cite news
|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/mdouglas1.html
|title=The Smoking Gun Archive:
|publisher=The Smoking Gun
|date=
|accessdate=December 23, 2006
|author=
}}
</ref> Parker accused Douglas of hitting him in the [[groin]] with an errant [[golf ball]], causing Parker to lose a [[testicle]] and his job. The case was later settled out of court.

It was announced on August 16, 2010, that Douglas was suffering [[throat cancer]] and will undergo [[chemotherapy]] and [[Radiation therapy|radiation]] treatment.<ref>
{{cite news
|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/michael-douglas-undergo-throat-cancer-treatment/story?id=11413860&page=2
|title=Michael Douglas to Undergo Throat Cancer Treatment
|publisher=ABC News
|date=
|accessdate=August 16, 2010
|author=
}}</ref> On August 31, 2010 Douglas appeared on ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z67gcf311KQ</ref> and confirmed that the cancer is at an advanced [[Cancer staging|stage IV]].<ref>{{Cite news |author= Brooks, Xan |title= Michael Douglas reveals his cancer has spread |url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/sep/01/michael-douglas-cancer-spread |work= [[The Guardian]] |date= September 1, 2010 |accessdate= September 1, 2010 | location=London}}</ref> In November 2010 Douglas was put on a special "weight gain" diet by his doctors due to the excessive weightloss leaving him weak. <ref>http://www.efitnessnow.com/news/2010/11/14/michael-douglas-recent-weight-loss-worries-doctors/</ref>

== Humanitarian initiatives ==
In 2009 Douglas joined the project "Soldiers of Peace", a movie against all wars and for global peace.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soldiersofpeacemovie.com/about/the-cast/25/michael-douglas/ |title=Michael Douglas&nbsp;— The Cast&nbsp;— Soldiers of Peace |publisher=Soldiersofpeacemovie.com |date= |accessdate=2009-10-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soldatidipace.blogspot.com/ |title=Soldati di Pace (Soldiers of Peace) |publisher=Soldatidipace.blogspot.com |date=2004-02-26 |accessdate=2009-10-17}}</ref>

Douglas lent his support for the campaign to release [[Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani]], the Iranian woman, who after having been convicted of committing adultery, was given a sentence of death by [[stoning]].<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/22/iran-stoning-woman-campaigners | title= Iran stoning case woman ordered to name campaigners | location=London | work=The Guardian | date=July 22, 2010
}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Cast a Giant Shadow]]''
| Jeep driver
|
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Hail, Hero!]]''
| Carl Dixon
| Nominated — [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer]]
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Adam at Six A.M.]]''
| Adam Gaines
|
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Summertree]]''
| Jerry
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Napoleon and Samantha]]''
| Danny
|
|-
| 1975
| ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''
|
| Producer Only<br />[[Academy Award for Best Picture]]<br />[[BAFTA Award for Best Film]]<br />[[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama]]
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Coma (film)|Coma]]''
| Dr. Mark Bellows
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1979
| ''[[Running (film)|Running]]
| Michael Andropolis
| Nominated&nbsp;— [[Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor]]
|-
| ''[[The China Syndrome]]''
|Richard Adams
| Also Producer<br />Nominated - [[BAFTA Award for Best Film]]<br />Nominated - [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama]]
|-
| 1980
| ''[[It's My Turn (film)|It's My Turn]]''
| Ben Lewin
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[The Star Chamber]]''
| Superior Court Judge Steven R. Hardin
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Romancing the Stone]]''
| Jack Colton
| Also Producer<br />[[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy]]
|-
|rowspan=2| 1985
| ''[[A Chorus Line]]''
| Zach
|
|-
| ''[[The Jewel of the Nile]]''
| Jack Colton
| Also Producer
|-
|rowspan=2| 1987
| ''[[Fatal Attraction]]''
| Dan Gallagher
| Nominated&nbsp;— [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
|-
| ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]
| [[Gordon Gekko]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]<br />[[David di Donatello|David di Donatello for Best Actor]]<br />[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama]]<br />[[Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor]]<br />[[Nastro d'Argento|Nastro d'Argento best Foreign Actor]]<br />[[National Board of Review Award for Best Actor]]
|-
|rowspan=2| 1989
| ''[[The War of the Roses (film)|The War of the Roses]]''
| Oliver Rose
| Nominated&nbsp;— [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]]
|-
| ''[[Black Rain (American film)|Black Rain]]
| Det. Sgt. Nick Conklin
|
|-
|rowspan=3| 1992
| ''[[Basic Instinct]]''
| Nick Curran
|Nominated — [[MTV Movie Award for Best Performance]]<br />Nominated — [[MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo]] <small>shared with [[Sharon Stone]]
|-
| ''[[Shining Through]]'' || Ed Leland ||
|-
| ''[[Oliver Stone: Inside Out]]''
| Himself
| Documentary
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Falling Down]]''
| William "D-Fens" Foster
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Disclosure (film)|Disclosure]]''
| Tom Sanders
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[The American President (film)|The American President]]''
| [[President of the United States|President]] Andrew Shepherd
| Nominated&nbsp;— [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]]
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The Ghost and the Darkness]]''
| Charles Remington
| Also Executive Producer
|-
| 1997
| ''[[The Game (film)|The Game]]''
| Nicholas van Orton
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[A Perfect Murder]]''
| Steven Taylor
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1999
| ''[[One Day in September]]''
| Narrator
| Documentary
|-
| ''[[Get Bruce]]''
| Himself
| Documentary
|-
|rowspan=2| 2000
| ''[[Wonder Boys (film)|Wonder Boys]]''
| Professor Grady Tripp
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor]]<br />[[Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]]<br />[[Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|SEFCA Award for Best Actor]]<br />Nominated&nbsp;— [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]]<br />Nominated&nbsp;— [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor]]<br />Nominated&nbsp;— [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama]]<br />Nominated&nbsp;— [[Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor|LVFCS Award for Best Actor]] <small>(also for ''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]])''</small><br />Nominated&nbsp;— [[London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor]]<br />Nominated&nbsp;— [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor]]<br />Nominated&nbsp;— [[Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor]]
|-
| ''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]]''
| Robert Wakefield
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]<br />Nominated&nbsp;— [[Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor]] <small>(also for ''[[Wonder Boys (film)|Wonder Boys]]'')</small>
|-
|rowspan=3| 2001
| ''[[Don't Say a Word]]
| Dr. Nathan R. Conrad
|
|-
| ''[[In Search of Peace]]''
| Narrator
| Documentary
|-
| ''[[One Night at McCool's]]''
| Mr. Burmeister
| Also Producer
|-
|rowspan=4| 2003
| ''[[The In-Laws (2003 film)|The In-Laws]]''
| Steve Tobias
|
|-
| ''[[It Runs in the Family (2003 film)|It Runs in the Family]]''
| Alex Gromberg
|
|-
| ''[[Direct Order]]''
| Narrator
| Documentary
|-
| ''[[Tell Them Who You Are]]''
| Himself
| Documentary
|-
|rowspan=2| 2006
| ''[[You, Me and Dupree]]''
| Mr. Thompson
|
|-
| ''[[The Sentinel (2006 film)|The Sentinel]]''
| Pete Garrison
| Also Producer
|-
| 2007
| ''[[King of California]]''
| Charlie
|
|-
|rowspan=3| 2009 || ''[[Ghosts of Girlfriends Past]]''
| Uncle Wayne
|
|-
| ''[[Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009 film)|Beyond a Reasonable Doubt]]''
| Mark Hunter
|
|-
| ''[[Solitary Man (film)|Solitary Man]]''
| Ben Kalmen
|
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps]]''
| [[Gordon Gekko]]
|
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Haywire (film)|Haywire]]''
| TBA
| Pre-production
|-
| TBA || ''[[Liberace (2010 film)|Liberace]]''
| [[Wladziu Valentino Liberace]]
| pre-production
|-
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.antesydespues.com.ar/michael-douglas/?lang=en Michael Douglas] before and after

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Revision as of 20:03, 19 November 2010

Michael Douglas like men and only men. He is a ENFJ personality type. He is an awful actor

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