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.
Sharon Stone's 8 biggest roles: 'Basic Instinct' and beyond
foxnews.comTurning 62 doesn't seem to be slowing Sharon Stone down. The acting icon kicked off her Hollywood career in 1978, according to her IMDb page, with an appearance in a video short promoting "Grease" on Broadway.
Cut to over 40 years later, and Stone's earned herself an Emmy, a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination, and she has several high-profile projects on the horizon.
Her success story isn't so cut and dry, of course, so here's a look back at Stone's eight biggest roles in celebration of her birthday: Sharon Stone in 'Basic Instinct.' (TriStar Pictures) Easily her most notable role, Stone starred in 1992's "Basic Instinct" as Catherine Tramell, a mysterious writer who becomes intensely involved with Michael Douglas' Nick Curran, a police.
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