Michael Douglas on stage and screen

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Douglas at the Cannes Film Festival, 2013

American actor and producer Michael Douglas began his film career with an 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]

Stage

Production Year Theater Role Notes Ref(s)
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 N/A Understudy [15]
Pinkville 1970–1971 The American Place Theatre Jerry the Naz Winner—1971 Theatre World Award [16][17]

Filmography

Feature film

Title Year Role Notes Ref(s)
Cast a Giant Shadow 1966 Jeep driver Uncredited [1]
Hail, Hero! 1969 Carl Dixon [18]
Adam at Six A.M. 1970 Adam Gaines [19]
Summertree 1971 Jerry [16]
Napoleon and Samantha 1972 Danny [20]
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 Producer only
Academy Award for Best Picture
BAFTA Award for Best Film
Golden Globe for Best Picture
[21][5]
Coma 1978 Dr. Mark Bellows [22]
China Syndrome, TheThe China Syndrome 1979 Richard Adams Also producer
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film
[5][23]
Running 1979 Michael Andropolis [24]
It's My Turn 1980 Ben Lewin [25]
Star Chamber, TheThe Star Chamber 1983 Judge Steven R. Hardin [26]
Romancing the Stone 1984 Jack Colton Also producer [27][28]
Starman 1984 Executive producer only [21]
Jewel of the Nile, TheThe Jewel of the Nile 1985 Jack Colton Also producer [29][28]
A Chorus Line 1985 Zach [30]
Fatal Attraction 1987 Dan Gallagher [31]
Wall Street 1987 Gordon Gekko Academy Award for Best Actor [32]
Black Rain 1989 Nick Conklin [33]
War of the Roses, TheThe War of the Roses 1989 Oliver Rose [34]
The Earth Day Special 1990 Himself [35]
Flatliners 1990 Producer only [36]
Double Impact 1991 Only producer [37]
Eyes of an Angel 1991 Only executive producer [38]
Stone Cold 1991 Only producer; uncredited [39]
Shining Through 1992 Ed Leland [40]
Radio Flyer 1992 Executive producer only [41]
Basic Instinct 1992 Detective Nick Curran [42]
Falling Down 1993 William "D-Fens" Foster [43]
Made in America 1993 Producer only [44]
Disclosure 1994 Tom Sanders [45]
American President, TheThe American President 1995 President Andrew Shepherd [46]
Ghost and the Darkness, TheThe Ghost and the Darkness 1996 Charles Remington Also executive producer [47]
Game, TheThe Game 1997 Nicholas Van Orton [48]
Face/Off 1997 Executive producer only [21]
The Rainmaker 1997 producer only [49]
Perfect Murder, AA Perfect Murder 1998 Steven Taylor [50]
One Day in September 1999 Narrator [51]
Wonder Boys 2000 Professor Grady Tripp SEFCA Award for Best Actor [52]
Traffic 2000 Robert Wakefield [53]
Don't Say a Word 2001 Nathan Conrad [54]
One Night at McCool's 2001 Mr. Burmeister Also producer [55]
In-Laws, TheThe In-Laws 2003 Steve Tobias [56]
It Runs in the Family 2003 Alex Gromberg Also producer [57]
You, Me and Dupree 2006 Mr. Thompson [58]
Sentinel, TheThe Sentinel 2006 Pete Garrison Also producer [59][60]
King of California 2007 Charlie [61]
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past 2009 Wayne Mead [62]
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 2009 Mark Hunter [63]
Solitary Man 2009 Ben Kalmen [64]
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps 2010 Gordon Gekko [32]
Haywire 2011 Alex Coblenz [65]
Last Vegas 2013 Billy Gherson [66]
And So It Goes 2014 Oren Little [67]
Beyond the Reach 2014 Madec Also producer [68]
Ant-Man 2015 Dr. Hank Pym [69]
Unlocked 2016 Post-production [70]

Documentary and short film

Title Year Role Notes Ref(s)
American Revolution: The Impossible War 1972 John Laurens Short [71]
American Heritage: The Cause of Liberty 1972 John Laurens Short [71]
Completely Cuckoo 1997 Himself Video documentary [72]
Dinosaurs Alive! 2007 Narrator Documentary [73]
Nuclear Tipping Point 2010 Narrator Documentary [74]
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon 2013 Himself Documentary [75]
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers 2013 Yitzhak Rabin Documentary, Voice [76]
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film 2014 Himself Documentary [77]

Television

Title Year Role Notes Ref(s)
CBS Playhouse 1969 Young scientist The Experiment ... (as M.K. Douglas) [78]
The F.B.I. 1971 Jerry Episode: "The Hitchhiker" [79]
Medical Center 1971 Jonathan Crowley Episode: "The Albatross" [80]
When Michael Calls 1972 Craig TV movie [81]
The Streets of San Francisco 1972–1976 Lieutenant Steve Keller Episode: "Spooks for Sale" (1975) (director) [82][83]
Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes 1980 As himself Season 4 [84]
Starman 1986–1987 Executive producer only [85]
World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood's Stuntmen 1988 As himself TV Movie documentary [86]
If Dolphins Could Talk 1990 Narrator TV Movie documentary [87]
That's What Friends Are For 1990 As himself TV Movie documentary [88]
Tribute to John Lennon 1990 Host TV Movie documentary [89]
Oliver Stone: Inside Out 1992 As himself TV Movie documentary [90]
Rock the Vote 1993 As himself TV Movie [91]
Burt Lancaster 1997 As himself TV Movie [92]
To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th 1998 Co-host TV Special [93]
Where It's At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union 1998 As himself TV Movie documentary [94]
We All Dream of Oz 2000 As himself [95]
Independence Day 2001 2001 As himself TV Movie [96]
Will & Grace 2002 Detective Gavin Hatch Episode: "Fagel Attraction" [97]
Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776 2002 Patrick Henry Episode: "Liberty or Death"
Episode: "United We Stand"
Voice only
[98]
What's Going On? 2003 As himself Episode: "Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone"
TV Series documentary
[99]
Freedom: A History of US 2003 Benjamin Franklin / Benjamin French Episode: "Revolution" as Benjamin Franklin
Episode: "A War to End Slavery" as Benjamin French
[100]
... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2005 As himself TV Movie documentary [101]
Phineas and Ferb 2011 Waylon Episode: "That's the Spirit/The Curse of Candace"
Voice only
[102]
Behind the Candelabra 2013 Liberace TV movie [103]

Music video

Title Year Note(s) Ref.
"When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" 1985 [104]
"Things Have Changed" 2000 [105]

See also

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