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Trivia
Birth name: Michael Kirk Douglas
Date of birth: 25 September 1944
Place of birth: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Spouse: Catherine Zeta-Jones (18 November 2000 - present) 2 children,
Diandra Douglas (20 March 1977 - June 2000) (divorced) 1 child.
Son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Douglas.
Named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. His mission: to focus
worldwide attention on nuclear disarmament and human rights. [1998]
Ranked #74 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of
All Time" list. [October 1997]
Roomed with Danny DeVito when first starting out.
B.A. from U.C. Santa Barbara. [1968]
Brother of Joel Douglas.
Half-brother of Peter Douglas and Eric Douglas.
Graduated from the University of California.
Graduate of Choate Rosemary Hall.
His second son and first child with Catherine
Zeta-Jones, a boy named Dylan Michael, was born on 8th August about
6 p.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre near Beverly Hills. The baby
weighed in at 7 pounds and seven ounces and measured 21-1/2 inches. He
met Catherine at the Deauville Film Festival in France in August 1998;
they began dating in March 1999 and got engaged on New Year's Eve 1999.
Father of Cameron Douglas.
Has two sons: Cameron Morrell (b. 13 December 1978), with Diandra Luker,
and Dylan Michael (b. 8 August 2000), with Catherine
Zeta-Jones.
Attended Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, MA.
Michael is exactly 25 years older than his wife, Catherine
Zeta-Jones. The two of them share a birthday, September 25th.
Is of Russian-Jewish, Scottish, and Irish heritage.
As of 2002, he and Sir Laurence Olivier are the only two people in
history to win Oscars for both Best Picture and Best Actor (although
Olivier won them simultaneously for the same film).
Initially turned down the role of Judge Wakefield in Traffic (2000). He
later accepted only after the script underwent extensive re-writes.
Daughter Carys Zeta Douglas with Catherine
Zeta-Jones; Carys was born the 20th April of 2003, at Valley
Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey.
In 1975, quit the show "The Streets of San Francisco" (1972)
to produce the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).
Thursday December 11 2003, he was host, together with wife Catherine
Zeta-Jones, at the 2003 Annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Olso
Spectrum in Oslo, Norway.
In addition to Catherine
Zeta-Jones, he also shares a birthday with Will
Smith, Heather Locklear, Michael Madsen, Barbara Walters and the
late Christopher Reeve.
Has worked with three actors who share roles with his father. Kirk
Douglas played Doc Holliday in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957). Val
Kilmer played the part in Tombstone (1993) and then appeared with
Michael in The Ghost and the Darkness (1996). Dennis Quaid also played
Holliday in Wyatt Earp (1994) and appeared with Michael in Traffic
(2000). Kirk played Ulysses (Odysseus) in Ulisse (1955), based on The
Odyssey. Michael appeared in Don't Say a Word (2001) with Sean Bean, who
played Odysseus in Troy (2004).
Five days after completing Black Rain (1989) , he started filming The
War of the Roses (1989).
In 1980, he was involved in a serious skiing accident which sidelined
his acting career for three years.
In September of 1992 he underwent treatment for alcohol abuse at Sierra
Tucson Center.
Was named to Quigley Publications' Top 10 Poll of Money-Making Stars six
times between 1985 and 1995, hitting a high of #2 in 1987. Surprising,
despite a career that has spanned seven decades, his father, Kirk, never
made the list, the annual poll of movie exhibitors that ranks the top
stars in terms of box-office drawing power.
He and The China Syndrome (1979) co-stars Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon
have all won Oscars for Leading Roles. Douglas won for Wall Street
(1987), Fonda won for Klute (1971), and Lemmon won for Save the Tiger
(1973).
Stepson of Anne Buydens.
Turned down the role of Oliver in Love Story (1970) despite being
offered 10% of the gross.
He endorsed Richard Gephardt in the 2004 Democratic primaries. |
