American actor and producer Michael Douglas began his film career with a brief uncredited role in Cast a Giant Shadow (1966). [1] In the same year he played a small role in the play Bedford Forrest. His performance in Hail, Hero! (1969) earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer. [2] He won the 1971 Theatre World Award for Pinkville. During 1972–76, he played the lead role in the TV series The Streets of San Francisco . In 1975, Douglas produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe for Best Picture and BAFTA Award for Best Film. [3] [4]
Douglas' role of Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's Wall Street (1987) won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. [5] For his portrayal of a fictional American president in the 1995 comedy The American President , he was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. [6] His performance in Wonder Boys (2000) earned him nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. [7]
He shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture with his co-actors in Traffic (2000). [8] He reprised the role of Gekko in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for the same. [9] Douglas' portrayal of Liberace in Behind the Candelabra (2013) earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. [10]
For his contributions to the film industry, Douglas won the 2004 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and the 2009 AFI Life Achievement Award. [11] [12]
Production | Year(s) | Theater | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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Bedford Forrest | 1966 | Eugene O'Neill Theater Center | Soldier | [13] [14] | |
The Whistling Wizard and the Sultan of Tuffet | 1969–1970 | Bil Baird Marionette Theater | — | Understudy | [15] |
Pinkville | 1970–1971 | The American Place Theatre | Jerry the Naz | [16] [17] |
Title | Year | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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Cast a Giant Shadow | 1966 | Jeep Driver | Uncredited | [1] |
Hail, Hero! | 1969 | Carl Dixon | [18] | |
Adam at 6 A.M. | 1970 | Adam Gaines | [19] | |
Summertree | 1971 | Jerry | [16] | |
Napoleon and Samantha | 1972 | Danny | [20] | |
When Michael Calls | 1972 | Craig | ||
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 1975 | — | Producer only | [5] [21] |
Coma | 1978 | Dr. Mark Bellows | [22] | |
The China Syndrome | 1979 | Richard Adams | Also producer | [5] [23] |
Running | Michael Andropolis | [24] | ||
It's My Turn | 1980 | Ben Lewin | [25] | |
The Star Chamber | 1983 | Judge Steven R. Hardin | [26] | |
Romancing the Stone | 1984 | Jack Colton | Also producer | [27] [28] |
Starman | — | Executive producer only | [21] | |
The Jewel of the Nile | 1985 | Jack Colton | Also producer | [28] [29] |
A Chorus Line | Zach | [30] | ||
Fatal Attraction | 1987 | Dan Gallagher | [31] | |
Wall Street | Gordon Gekko | [32] | ||
Black Rain | 1989 | Nick Conklin | [33] | |
The War of the Roses | Oliver Rose | [34] | ||
Flatliners | 1990 | — | Producer only | [35] |
Stone Cold | 1991 | — | Producer only; uncredited | [36] |
Double Impact | — | Producer only | [37] | |
Eyes of an Angel | — | Executive producer only | [38] | |
Shining Through | 1992 | Ed Leland | [39] | |
Radio Flyer | — | Executive producer only | [40] | |
Basic Instinct | Detective Nick Curran | [41] | ||
Falling Down | 1993 | William "D-Fens" Foster | [42] | |
Made in America | — | Producer only | [43] | |
Disclosure | 1994 | Tom Sanders | [44] | |
The American President | 1995 | President Andrew Shepherd | [45] | |
The Ghost and the Darkness | 1996 | Charles Remington | Also executive producer | [46] |
Face/Off | 1997 | — | Executive producer only | [21] |
The Game | Nicholas Van Orton | [47] | ||
The Rainmaker | — | Producer only | [48] | |
A Perfect Murder | 1998 | Steven Taylor | [49] | |
Wonder Boys | 2000 | Professor Grady Tripp | [50] | |
Traffic | Robert Wakefield | [51] | ||
One Night at McCool's | 2001 | Mr. Burmeister | Also producer | [52] |
Don't Say a Word | Nathan Conrad | [53] | ||
It Runs in the Family | 2003 | Alex Gromberg | Also producer | [54] |
The In-Laws | Steve Tobias | [55] | ||
The Sentinel | 2006 | Pete Garrison | Also producer | [56] [57] |
You, Me and Dupree | Mr. Thompson | [58] | ||
King of California | 2007 | Charlie | [59] | |
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | 2009 | Wayne Mead | [60] | |
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Mark Hunter | [61] | ||
Solitary Man | Ben Kalmen | [62] | ||
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | 2010 | Gordon Gekko | [32] | |
Haywire | 2011 | Alex Coblenz | [63] | |
Last Vegas | 2013 | Billy Gherson | [64] | |
And So It Goes | 2014 | Oren Little | [65] | |
Beyond the Reach | John Madec | Also producer | [66] | |
Ant-Man | 2015 | Hank Pym / Ant-Man | [67] | |
Unlocked | 2017 | Eric Lasch | [68] | |
Flatliners | — | Producer only | [69] | |
Animal World | 2018 | Anderson | ||
We Have Always Lived in the Castle | — | Producer only | [70] | |
Ant-Man and the Wasp | Hank Pym / Ant-Man | [71] | ||
Avengers: Endgame | 2019 | [72] | ||
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | 2023 | [73] | ||
Blood Knot † | TBA | TBA | Filming | [74] [75] |
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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American Revolution: The Impossible War | John Laurens | Short | [76] |
American Heritage: The Cause of Liberty | [76] | ||
Completely Cuckoo | Himself | Video documentary | [77] |
Get Bruce | Documentary | ||
One Day in September | Narrator | [78] | |
Dinosaurs Alive! | [79] | ||
Nuclear Tipping Point | [80] | ||
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon | [81] | ||
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers | Yitzhak Rabin | Voice; Documentary | [82] |
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Himself | Documentary | [83] |
America's Burning | Narrator | [84] |
Title | Year(s) | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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CBS Playhouse | 1969 | Young Scientist | "The Experiment" (as M. K. Douglas) | [85] |
The F.B.I. | 1971 | Jerry | Episode: "The Hitchhiker" | [86] |
Medical Center | Jonathan Crowley | Episode: "The Albatross" | [87] | |
When Michael Calls | 1972 | Craig | Television film | [88] |
The Streets of San Francisco | 1972–1976 | Inspector Steve Keller | Directed episode: "Spooks for Sale" (1975) | [89] [90] |
Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes | 1980 | Himself | Season 4 | [91] |
Saturday Night Live | 1984 | Himself (host) | Episode: "Michael Douglas/Deniece Williams" | [92] |
Starman | 1986–1987 | — | Executive producer only | [93] |
World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood's Stuntmen | 1988 | Himself | Television film Documentary | [94] |
If Dolphins Could Talk | 1990 | Narrator | Television film Documentary | [95] |
That's What Friends Are For: Arista Records 15th Anniversary Concert | Himself | [96] | ||
Tribute to John Lennon | Host | [97] | ||
The Earth Day Special | Himself | [98] | ||
Oliver Stone: Inside Out | 1992 | Television film Documentary | [99] | |
Rock the Vote | 1993 | Television film | [100] | |
Burt Lancaster | 1997 | [101] | ||
To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th | 1998 | Cohost | Television special | [102] |
Where It's At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union | Himself | Television film Documentary | [103] | |
We All Dream of Oz | 2000 | [104] | ||
Independence Day 2001 | 2001 | Television film | [105] | |
Will & Grace | 2002 | Detective Gavin Hatch | Episode: "Fagel Attraction" | [106] |
Liberty's Kids | Patrick Henry (voice) | Episode: "Liberty or Death" Episode: "United We Stand" | [107] | |
What's Going On? | 2003 | Host | Episode: "Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone" Television series Documentary | [108] |
Freedom: A History of US | Benjamin Franklin Benjamin French | Episode: "Revolution" as Benjamin Franklin Episode: "A War to End Slavery" as Benjamin French | [109] | |
... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 2005 | Himself | Television film Documentary | [110] |
Phineas and Ferb | 2011 | Waylon (voice) | Episode: "That's the Spirit/The Curse of Candace" | [111] |
Behind the Candelabra | 2013 | Liberace | Television film | [112] |
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | 2014 | Himself | Documentary | [113] |
The Kominsky Method | 2018–2021 | Sandy Kominsky | Main role | [114] |
Green Eggs and Ham | 2019–2022 | Guy-Am-I (voice) | Main role | |
Ratched | 2020 | - | Executive producer only | [115] |
What If...? | 2021-2023 | Hank Pym / Yellowjacket / Ant-Man (voice) | Episode: "What If... the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?" Episode: "What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?" | [116] |
Marvel Studios: Assembled | 2023 | Himself | Episode: "The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania " | |
Franklin | 2024 | Benjamin Franklin | Miniseries | [117] |
Title | Artist | Year | Note(s) | Ref. |
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"When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" | Billy Ocean | 1985 | [118] | |
"Things Have Changed" | Bob Dylan | 2000 | [119] |