---
name: "Michael Douglas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-douglas"
fi1m_id: "michael-douglas"
imdb_id: "nm0000140"
tmdb_id: 3392
wikidata_id: "Q119798"
roles: ["Actor","Producer"]
born: "25 September 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 22
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 19
updated: "2026-10-22T03:18:12.324148+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michael Douglas

## Identity

Michael Douglas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-douglas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-douglas
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000140
- **TMDB ID:** 3392
- **Wikidata ID:** Q119798
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Douglas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119798, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000140/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3392

Actor and producer. Born 25 September 1944 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Producer
- **Born:** 25 September 1944, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 1975–present
- **Also known as:** Michael Kirk Douglas
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 22: 19 acting, 3 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Danny DeVito](https://film.one/person/danny-devito.md), [Evangeline Lilly](https://film.one/person/evangeline-lilly.md), [Kathleen Turner](https://film.one/person/kathleen-turner.md), [Kevin Feige](https://film.one/person/kevin-feige.md), [Paul Rudd](https://film.one/person/paul-rudd.md), [Peyton Reed](https://film.one/person/peyton-reed.md), [Steven Soderbergh](https://film.one/person/steven-soderbergh.md), [Gregory Jacobs](https://film.one/person/gregory-jacobs.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 19 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (1), 1980s 70 (7), 1990s 68 (6), 2000s 82 (2), 2010s 74 (5), 2020s 54 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 67 across 17 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 12 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 15 of 18 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 12, Thriller 9, Action 8, Adventure 6, Romance 5, Comedy 4
- **Screen time:** 39 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $6,310m across 19 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Douglas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119798, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000140/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3392

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Ant-Man and the Wasp*](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp.md) (68), [*Ant-Man*](https://film.one/film/ant-man.md) (67), [*Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania*](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania.md) (54)
- **Tubi:** [*Romancing the Stone*](https://film.one/film/romancing-the-stone.md) (77), [*Disclosure*](https://film.one/film/disclosure-1994.md) (56)
- **Hulu:** [*Basic Instinct*](https://film.one/film/basic-instinct.md) (72), [*Fatal Attraction*](https://film.one/film/fatal-attraction.md) (70)
- **HBO Max:** [*Behind the Candelabra*](https://film.one/film/behind-the-candelabra.md) (81)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Haywire*](https://film.one/film/haywire.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Michael Douglas

> Michael Douglas makes men who expect to get their way worth watching, even when they are poor company. We rate him most when he lets their sadness show without asking us to excuse what they do.

In *Falling Down* (1993), Michael Douglas speaks as though his unhappiness ought to settle the matter. His D-Fens offers little charm, and Douglas keeps the anger low-key enough for us to hear the stubborn conviction underneath. We were unnerved by how little he did to make this man agreeable, even as his sadness became plain. Joel Schumacher's film grows muddled when it tries to explain society, but Douglas makes a specific man worth watching without making him good company.

His run of leading roles accelerated with *Romancing the Stone* (1984), *Wall Street* (1987) and *Fatal Attraction* (1987). The thrillers that followed, including *Basic Instinct* (1992), made male anxiety familiar territory. These parts suit an actor who can make a flawed man's thinking comprehensible without making him pleasant. They also leave him exposed when a script mistakes that man's complaints for insight.

Steven Soderbergh has found several uses for that authority, not all equally rewarding. We admire *Traffic* (2000), but Douglas's Robert Wakefield gets speeches that spell out what he has learnt, and we find ourselves waiting for the film to return to Mexico. The repeated explanations leave him too little to act. In *Haywire* (2011), his Alex Coblenz folds his arms and lets the casting establish his importance; it is a small job, efficiently done.

He gives Soderbergh considerably more in *Behind the Candelabra* (2013), our clearest recommendation for Douglas. As Liberace, he plays the piano at home for one guest as though he were entertaining two thousand. The soft, coaxing voice and the smile he can switch off show a performer attending carefully to the person in front of him, working out what they want. The second half follows a familiar path, but the small calculations in Douglas's performance keep it interesting.

The later supporting parts can be meagre. In *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* (2023), his Hank Pym talks to ants, a thin use of an actor so good at assessing people. Start with *Behind the Candelabra*; there is more for him to do at that piano.

## Biography

Michael Douglas is an American actor and film producer. Born Michael Kirk Douglas on 25 September 1944 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he is the elder son of actors Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in drama from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Douglas first gained prominence playing a homicide inspector in the television series *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972–1976). He produced *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. He received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Gordon Gekko in *Wall Street* (1987).

His film roles include Robert Wakefield in *Traffic* (2000), Alex Coblenz in *Haywire* (2011) and Dr. Hank Pym in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films *Ant-Man* (2015), *Ant-Man and the Wasp* (2018) and *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* (2023). He portrayed Liberace in *Behind the Candelabra* (2013), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (22)

### Performed in (19) — the average rests on these

- *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* (2023), Fi1m 54, as Dr. Hank Pym — [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania.md)
- *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), Fi1m 79, as Hank Pym — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-endgame.md)
- *Ant-Man and the Wasp* (2018), Fi1m 68, as Dr. Hank Pym — [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp.md)
- *Ant-Man* (2015), Fi1m 67, as Dr. Hank Pym — [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man.md)
- *Behind the Candelabra* (2013), Fi1m 81, as Liberace — [page](https://film.one/film/behind-the-candelabra.md)
- *Haywire* (2011), Fi1m 74, as Alex Coblenz — [page](https://film.one/film/haywire.md)
- *Traffic* (2000), Fi1m 82, as Robert Wakefield — [page](https://film.one/film/traffic.md)
- *Wonder Boys* (2000), Fi1m 82, as Grady Tripp — [page](https://film.one/film/wonder-boys.md)
- *The Game* (1997), Fi1m 76, as Nicholas Van Orton — [page](https://film.one/film/the-game.md)
- *Disclosure* (1994), Fi1m 56, as Tom Sanders — [page](https://film.one/film/disclosure-1994.md)
- *Falling Down* (1993), Fi1m 71, as D-Fens — [page](https://film.one/film/falling-down.md)
- *Basic Instinct* (1992), Fi1m 72, as Detective Nick Curran — [page](https://film.one/film/basic-instinct.md)
- *Shining Through* (1992), Fi1m 47, as Ed Leland — [page](https://film.one/film/shining-through.md)
- *Black Rain* (1989), Fi1m 62, as Nick Conklin — [page](https://film.one/film/black-rain.md)
- *The War of the Roses* (1989), Fi1m 75, as Oliver Rose — [page](https://film.one/film/the-war-of-the-roses.md)
- *Fatal Attraction* (1987), Fi1m 70, as Dan Gallagher — [page](https://film.one/film/fatal-attraction.md)
- *Wall Street* (1987), Fi1m 74, as Gordon Gekko — [page](https://film.one/film/wall-street.md)
- *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985), Fi1m 53, as Jack T. Colton — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jewel-of-the-nile.md)
- *Romancing the Stone* (1984), Fi1m 77, as Jack T. Colton — [page](https://film.one/film/romancing-the-stone.md)

### Produced (3)

- *Face/Off* (1997), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/face-off.md)
- *Starman* (1984), Fi1m 77, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/starman.md)
- *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest.md)

## Complete filmography (99)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Looking Through Water* (2025), as William
- *America's Burning* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Franklin* (2024), series, as Benjamin Franklin · Executive Producer
- *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* (2023), as Dr. Hank Pym — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania.md)
- *Downwind* (2023), Actor
- *What If...?* (2021), series, as Hank Pym / Yellow Jacket (voice), Dr. Hank Pym / Ant-Man (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/what-if.md)
- *Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy* (2021), as Gordon Gekko (archive footage)
- *Marvel Studios Legends* (2021), series, as Dr. Hank Pym (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Ratched* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *Green Eggs and Ham* (2019), series, as Guy-Am-I (voice)
- *Earthquake Bird* (2019), Thanks
- *We Have Always Lived in the Castle* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), as Hank Pym — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-endgame.md)
- *The Kominsky Method* (2018), series, as Sandy Kominsky · Executive Producer
- *Ant-Man and the Wasp* (2018), as Dr. Hank Pym — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp.md)
- *Animal World* (2018), as Anderson
- *Michael Douglas: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival* (2018), as Guest
- *Hollywood: No Sex, Please!* (2018), Actor
- *GRAND PRIX Driver* (2018), series, as Narrator
- *The Green Fog* (2018), Actor
- *Flatliners* (2017), Producer
- *The Untameable Kirk Douglas* (2017), Thanks
- *Unlocked* (2017), as Eric Lasch
- *Ocean Vet* (2016), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *Ant-Man* (2015), as Dr. Hank Pym — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man.md)
- *Beyond the Reach* (2014), as Madec · Producer
- *And So It Goes* (2014), as Oren Little
- *Last Vegas* (2013), as Billy Gerson
- *The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers* (2013), as Yitzhak Rabin (voice)
- *Behind the Candelabra* (2013), as Liberace — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/behind-the-candelabra.md)
- *Finding Your Roots* (2012), series, Actor
- *Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen* (2012), as (archive footage)
- *Haywire* (2011), as Alex Coblenz — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/haywire.md)
- *The Streets of the Invisibles* (2011), as Steve Keller (voice) (archival)
- *Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps* (2010), as Gordon Gekko
- *Solitary Man* (2009), as Ben Kalmen
- *Ghosts of Girlfriends Past* (2009), as Uncle Wayne
- *Beyond a Reasonable Doubt* (2009), as Mark Hunter
- *Dinosaurs Alive* (2007), as Narrator
- *King of California* (2007), as Charlie
- *You, Me and Dupree* (2006), as Mr. Thompson
- *The Sentinel* (2006), as Pete Garrison · Producer
- *The In-Laws* (2003), as Steve Tobias
- *It Runs in the Family* (2003), as Alex Gromberg · Producer
- *Direct Order* (2003), as Narrator
- *Don't Say a Word* (2001), as Dr. Nathan Conrad
- *In Search of Peace* (2001), as Narrator (voice)
- *One Night at McCool's* (2001), as Mr. Burmeister · Producer
- *Traffic* (2000), as Robert Wakefield — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/traffic.md)
- *Wonder Boys* (2000), as Grady Tripp — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/wonder-boys.md)
- *Will & Grace* (1998), series, as Detective Gavin Hatch
- *A Perfect Murder* (1998), as Steven Taylor
- *The Rainmaker* (1997), Producer
- *The Game* (1997), as Nicholas Van Orton — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-game.md)
- *Face/Off* (1997), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/face-off.md)
- *The Ghost and the Darkness* (1996), as Charles Remington · Executive Producer
- *The American President* (1995), as Andrew Shepherd
- *Disclosure* (1994), as Tom Sanders — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/disclosure-1994.md)
- *Time Team* (1994), series, Director
- *Falling Down* (1993), as D-Fens — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/falling-down.md)
- *Made in America* (1993), Producer
- *Basic Instinct* (1992), as Detective Nick Curran — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/basic-instinct.md)
- *Radio Flyer* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Shining Through* (1992), as Ed Leland — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/shining-through.md)
- *Double Impact* (1991), Co-Producer
- *Eyes of an Angel* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Stone Cold* (1991), Co-Producer
- *Flatliners* (1990), Producer
- *If Dolphins Could Talk* (1990), as Host
- *The War of the Roses* (1989), as Oliver Rose — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-war-of-the-roses.md)
- *Black Rain* (1989), as Nick Conklin — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/black-rain.md)
- *Electric Blue 29* (1988), as (archive footage)
- *Wall Street* (1987), as Gordon Gekko — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/wall-street.md)
- *Fatal Attraction* (1987), as Dan Gallagher — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fatal-attraction.md)
- *Starman* (1986), series, Executive Producer
- *A Chorus Line* (1985), as Zach
- *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985), as Jack T. Colton · Producer — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/the-jewel-of-the-nile.md)
- *Starman* (1984), Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/starman.md)
- *Romancing the Stone* (1984), as Jack T. Colton · Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/romancing-the-stone.md)
- *The Star Chamber* (1983), as Steven Hardin
- *It's My Turn* (1980), as Ben Lewin
- *Running* (1979), as Michael Andropolis · Executive Producer
- *The China Syndrome* (1979), as Richard Adams · Producer
- *Coma* (1978), as Dr. Mark Bellows
- *The Hollywood Greats* (1977), series, Actor
- *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest.md)
- *Hassles and Hangups* (1973), as Narrator
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), series, as Steve Keller · Director
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), as Steven Keller
- *Napoleon and Samantha* (1972), as Danny Arlington Williams III
- *When Michael Calls* (1972), as Craig
- *Summertree* (1971), as Jerry
- *Adam at Six A.M.* (1970), as Adam Gaines
- *Hail, Hero!* (1969), as Carl Dixon
- *CBS Playhouse* (1966), series, as Wilson Evans
- *Cast a Giant Shadow* (1966), as Jeep Driver (uncredited)
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Jerry Williams
- *Lonely are the Brave* (1962), Assistant Editor
- *White Lies*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Michael Douglas as Grady Tripp in Wonder Boys (2000)](https://film.one/media/title/832/still-d8f16d0af3ca.jpg) Michael Douglas as Grady Tripp in *Wonder Boys* (2000) — Image via TMDB
- ![Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street (1987)](https://film.one/media/title/6420/still-22b6de36d65a.jpg) Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in *Wall Street* (1987) — Image via TMDB
- ![Michael Douglas as D-Fens in Falling Down (1993)](https://film.one/media/title/4209/still-2cbd4d315f83.jpg) Michael Douglas as D-Fens in *Falling Down* (1993) — Image via TMDB
- ![Michael Douglas](https://film.one/media/person/9372/gallery-75e489c36c8a.jpg) Michael Douglas — Jan Beránek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/59th_Karlovy_Vary_International_Film_Festival%2C_Michael_Douglas_07_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-59th_Karlovy_Vary_International_Film_Festival%2C_Michael_Douglas_07_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Douglas (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/9372/gallery-0c9b23c61cd4.jpg) Michael Douglas (2010) — Anthony Quintano, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/%22Wall_Street_Money_Never_Sleeps%22_Premiere%2C_New_York_City%2C_2010_%2855362075927%29.jpg/1280px-%22Wall_Street_Money_Never_Sleeps%22_Premiere%2C_New_York_City%2C_2010_%2855362075927%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![American actor and producer Michael Douglas at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/9372/gallery-3722c45fef99.jpg) American actor and producer Michael Douglas at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2025) — Jan Beránek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/59th_Karlovy_Vary_International_Film_Festival%2C_Michael_Douglas_01.jpg/1280px-59th_Karlovy_Vary_International_Film_Festival%2C_Michael_Douglas_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![American actor and producer Michael Douglas at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/9372/gallery-1dc2c2f78586.jpg) American actor and producer Michael Douglas at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2025) — Jan Beránek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/59th_Karlovy_Vary_International_Film_Festival%2C_Michael_Douglas_02.jpg/1280px-59th_Karlovy_Vary_International_Film_Festival%2C_Michael_Douglas_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Douglas](https://film.one/media/person/9372/gallery-aedecb64318c.jpg) Michael Douglas — Image via TMDB
- ![Michael Douglas](https://film.one/media/person/9372/gallery-e977e4fe31b0.jpg) Michael Douglas — Image via TMDB
- ![Michael Douglas](https://film.one/media/person/9372/gallery-a3e46e7bcd4e.jpg) Michael Douglas — Image via TMDB
- ![American actor and producer Michael Douglas at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/9372/gallery-924c057c5c6f.jpg) American actor and producer Michael Douglas at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2025) — Jan Beránek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/59th_Karlovy_Vary_International_Film_Festival%2C_Michael_Douglas_03.jpg/1280px-59th_Karlovy_Vary_International_Film_Festival%2C_Michael_Douglas_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![American actor and producer Michael Douglas at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/9372/gallery-1c3930701318.jpg) American actor and producer Michael Douglas at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2025) — Jan Beránek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/59th_Karlovy_Vary_International_Film_Festival%2C_Michael_Douglas_04.jpg/1280px-59th_Karlovy_Vary_International_Film_Festival%2C_Michael_Douglas_04.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won

- 1988: Best Actor (won), for *Wall Street*
- 1976: Best Picture (won), for *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2013: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (won), for *Behind the Candelabra*

### SAG Awards — 1 won

- 2001: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (won), for *Traffic*

### Other awards — 6 won

- New Jersey Hall of Fame 2012: New Jersey Hall of Fame (won)
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 2011: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (won)
- AFI Life Achievement Award 2009: AFI Life Achievement Award (won)
- Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy 2001: Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy (won), for *Wonder Boys*
- Donostia Award 1997: Donostia Award (won)
- Theatre World Award 1971: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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