Michael Douglas

Background

The Douglas family name is synonymous with acting and Hollywood, and Michael upholds the legacy with honor and grace. Michael Kirk Douglas was born prematurely on September 25, 1944, to actors Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill in New Jersey. He is of Jewish descent, and his zodiac sign is Libra. He is the oldest of Kirk’s four children. He was the stepson of Anne Douglas, an actress, with whom he had a close bond.

Douglas’s interest in acting began with an uncredited role as a Jeep driver in the 1966 movie “Cast A Giant Shadow”. He had a speaking role in “CBS Playhouse” in 1969 and quit working on the show “The Streets of San Francisco” in 1976 to produce the Oscar-winning film “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”. Following a devastating skiing accident in 1980, which saw his career sidelined for three years, Douglas’s reintroduction as a leading man in the 1984 classic “Romancing the Stone” capitulated him to stardom. The next few decades would see Douglas starring in several Hollywood blockbusters and award-winning films, including “Fatal Attraction”, “Disclosure”, “Traffic”, “Ant-Man”, “Liberace”, “Wonder Boys”, “The Game”, “Wall Street” and its sequel, “You, Me, and Dupree” and more.

This famous icon is also a beloved father and grandfather. He has been married to actress Catherine Zeta-Jones since 2000 and the couple shares two children, Dylan and Carys. Douglas is also the father of Cameron Douglas, whom he shares with ex-wife Diandra Luker. Cameron is the father of Douglas’s two grandchildren. At 77 years old, Douglas continues to work steadily in Hollywood. He starred in “The Kominsky Method” from 2018 to 2021 and is currently voicing Guy I am in Netflix’s “Green Eggs and Ham” animated series.