Michael Douglas
Milestones
- Birthplace: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
- Birthday: September 25, 1944
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2007
Played Evan Rachel Wood's manic depressive father in "The King of California"
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2006
Appeared opposite Matt Dillon and Kate Hudson in the comedy "You, Me and Dupree"
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2003
Starred alongside father Kirk and son Cameron in "It Runs in the Family"
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2002
Made rare TV guest appearance on an episode of "Will & Grace" (NBC), as a gay cop attracted to Will Truman (Eric McCormack); earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor
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2001
Featured in the ensemble black comedy "One Night at McCool's"; also produced
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2000
Played a Drug Czar in Steven Soderbergh's ensemble film, "Traffic"
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2000
Played a writer-professor in Curtis Hanson's "Wonder Boys"
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1998
Co-starred with Gwyneth Paltrow in the thriller, "A Perfect Murder," loosely based on the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film "Dial M for Murder"
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1997
Executive produced "John Grisham's The Rainmaker," directed by Francis Ford Coppola and featuring De Vito
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1997
Starred as the bored billionaire in the thriller, "The Game"
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1995
Played US President Andrew Shepherd in "The American President"
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1994
Dissolved Stonebridge Entertainment and formed Douglas/Reuther Productions (formerly Constellation Films), a production company with producing partner Steve Reuther
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1994
Is Sexually Harassed by Demi Moore in Barry Levinson's "Disclosure"
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1994
Signed a deal with Paramount to produce 12-14 features over four years
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1993
Produced (with others) the Off-Broadway production "The Best of Friends"
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1993
Reteamed with Schumacher as star of "Falling Down"
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1992
Executive produced Richard Donner's "Radio Flyers"
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1992
Was again fatally attracted, this time to Sharon Stone, in Paul Verhoeven's "Basic Instinct"
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1990
Produced Joel Schumacher's "Flatliners"
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1989
Starred as a street-worn NYC cop in Ridley Scott's "Black Rain"
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1989
Third film with Turner and De Vito, "The War of the Roses"; film directed by De Vito
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1988
Formed Stonebridge Entertainment
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1987
Earned Best Actor Oscar for his ruthless portrayal of Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street"
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1987
Starred opposite Glenn Close in Adrian Lyne's "Fatal Attraction"
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1985
Reunited with Turner and De Vito for the "Romancing" sequel "The Jewel of the Nile"; again produced
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1984
Executive produced John Carpenter's "Starman," starring Jeff Bridges
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1984
Produced and starred in "Romancing the Stone" with Kathleen Turner and Danny De Vito
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1980
Acted opposite Jill Clayburgh in "It's My Turn"
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1980
Injured in a skiing accident and spent three years off screen
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1979
Produced the award-winning film, "The China Syndrome"; also acted in the film, but was overshadowed by Jack Lemmon and Jane Fonda, who both received Oscar nominations
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1975
First film as producer, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"; earned Oscar for Best Picture; De Vito had small role in film
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1972 to 1975
Co-starred with Karl Malden in the ABC series, "The Streets of San Francisco"; also directed some episodes; earned three Emmy nominations for his role
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1971
Played young music student clashing with his parents over the Vietnam War in "Summertree"
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1969
First significant film role as the well-scrubbed hippie lead in "Hail, Hero!"
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1969
TV acting debut, "The Experiment" ("CBS Playhouse")
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1962
Worked as assistant film editor on "Lonely Are the Brave" starring his father
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1960
Was a gofer on the set of "Spartacus" starring his father, Kirk Douglas
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Created and executive produced "Starman" for ABC-TV, based on the 1984 feature
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Roomed with Danny De Vito when first starting out as an actor in NYC
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