Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas

American actor (born 1944)
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Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the AFI Life Achievement Award.

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Michael Douglas was born on Monday, 25 September 1944 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. His full name at birth was Michael Kirk Douglas. He is best known as an actor. Douglas' country of citizenship (nationality) is American. Michael attended high school at Allen-Stevenson School, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States (1959). For university, he studied at B.A. Drama, University Of California At Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States (1968). He is considered to be politically left leaning and is affiliated with the Democratic Party (USA). His religion is listed as Jewish. He is 5' 10" (178 cm) tall with an average build. He has blue eyes and salt and pepper hair (color). His net worth is reported to be $300,000,000 US dollars. Michael Douglas is 79 years old and his zodiac star sign is Libra.

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Full name at birth
Michael Kirk Douglas
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Claim to fame
The Jewel of the Nile, Fatal Attraction, Wall Street
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Date of birth
25 September 1944
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New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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Actor, Director, Producer
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5' 10" (178 cm)
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Net worth
$300,000,000 USD
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High school
  • Allen-Stevenson School, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States (1959)
  • Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut, United States
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B.A. Drama, University Of California At Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States (1968)
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  • First announcing in August 2010 that he was diagnosed with throat cancer--for which he underwent chemotherapy and radiation therapy as treatment--Michael Douglas later revealed in October 2013 that he in fact had dealt with tongue cancer.
  • Daughter Carys Zeta Douglas with Catherine Zeta-Jones; Carys was born the 20th April of 2003, at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey.
  • Thursday, December 11, 2003, he was host, together with wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, at the 2003 Annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Olso Spectrum in Oslo, Norway.
  • Has worked with three actors who share roles with his father. Kirk Douglas played Doc Holliday in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957). Val Kilmer played the part in Tombstone (1993) and then appeared with Michael in The Ghost and the Darkness (1996). Dennis Quaid also played Holliday in Wyatt Earp (1994) and appeared with Michael in Traffic (2000). Kirk played Ulysses (Odysseus) in Ulisse (1954), based on The Odyssey. Michael appeared in Don't Say a Word (2001) with Sean Bean, who played Odysseus in Troy (2004).
  • Michael is exactly 25 years older than his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones. The two of them share a birthday, September 25th.

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