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For other persons named Michael Douglas, see Michael Douglas (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Mike Douglas. Michael Douglas Michael Douglas, June 2004 Born Michael Kirk Douglas September 25, 1944 (1944-09-25) (age 64) New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. Occupation Actor/Producer Years active 1966–present Spouse(s) Catherine Zeta-Jones (2000-present) [show]Awards won Academy Awards Best Picture 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Best Actor 1987 Wall Street BAFTA Awards Best Film 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest César Awards Honorary César 1998 Lifetime Achievement Golden Globe Awards Best Motion Picture - Drama 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama 1987 Wall Street Cecil B. DeMille Award 2004 Lifetime Achievement Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture 2000 Traffic Other awards KCFCC Award for Best Actor 1987 Wall Street LAFCA Award for Best Actor 2000 Wonder Boys NBR Award for Best Actor 1987 Wall Street Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 2000 Wonder Boys SEFCA Award for Best Actor 2000 Wonder Boys AFI Life Achievement Award 2009 Lifetime Achievement Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. Douglas's first television exposure was that of Karl Malden's young college-educated partner, Insp. Steve Keller, in the 1970s crime drama, The Streets of San Francisco, a role he played from 1972 to 1976. Douglas is an Emmy Award-, Biography Early life Douglas was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the son of American actor Kirk Douglas and Bermudian actress Diana Dill. His paternal grandparents, Bryna Sanglel and Herschel Danielovitch, were Jewish immigrants from Gomel in Belarus (at that time a part of the Russian Empire),[1] while his mother and maternal grandparents, Ruth Rapalje Neilson and Lt. Col. Thomas Melville Dill, were natives of Devonshire Parish, Bermuda.[2] His maternal grandfather served as the Attorney General of Bermuda and was a commanding officer of the Bermuda Militia Artillery. Douglas attended the Allen-Stevenson School and then graduated ('60) from Eaglebrook School middle school in Deerfield, Massachusetts before going on to The Choate School, (now Choate Rosemary Hall) in Wallingford, Connecticut. Douglas graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1968 with a B.A. in dramatic arts where he is also the Honorary President of the UCSB Alumni Association. He has one younger brother named Joel (b. 1947) and two younger paternal half-brothers, | ||||
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