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.
The elder son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill, Douglas received his Bachelor of Arts in Drama from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His early acting roles included film, stage, and television productions. Douglas first achieved prominence for his performance in the ABC police procedural television series The Streets of San Francisco, for which he received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations.
Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor, producer, director, philanthropist and author. After an impoverished childhood with immigrant parents and six sisters, he made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck.
Douglas soon developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1950s, known for serious dramas, including westerns and war films. During his career, he appeared in more than 90 films. Douglas was known for his explosive acting style, which he displayed as a criminal defense attorney in Town Without Pity (1961).
Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are paying tribute to a legend. Douglas lost his father, Hollywood icon Kirk Douglas, in February at the age of 103.
Now, in remembrance of the "Sparticus" star, Douglas and Zeta-Jones have shown him a little love on social media. For her part, Zeta-Jones shared a black-and-white photo of Kirk planting a kiss on her cheek as she leans over her shoulder with her eyes closed. "Missing you every day," she wrote in the caption. "Happy birthday Pappy." Kirk Douglas (left), Catherine Zeta-Jones (center) and Michael Douglas (right).
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