Michael Douglas Biography, Age, Parents, Wife, Son, Movies & Net Worth

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Michael Douglas is one of the most accomplished American actors and producers in Hollywood, who has given superior performances in a career that has stretched for over four decades. His father Kirk Douglas, the renowned actor, was an early influence in his life, and after getting to know the inner workings of the movie-making process from his father he studied drama at university before starting off his career as an actor. Michael Douglas started off on television and quickly graduated to films, however it was on television that he first spotted success with this performance in the show ‘The Streets of San Francisco’.

Later on, he produced the iconic film ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoos’ Nest’ and won the accolade as the film went on to win several awards. Douglas’ most famous and noteworthy role remains that of Gordon Gekko in the film ‘Wall Street’ that has become a cult classic for people across generations. Douglas has remained a constant in an industry that changes at a breakneck pace and has evolved his style with the times, which is a sign of an actor who knows his craft.

Michael Douglas

Wiki/Biodata

Birth NameMichael Kirk Douglas
Nick NameMichael
Age(as in 2023) 79 years
ReligionJews
Sun Sign/Zodiac SignLibra
Birth PlaceNew Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Date of Birth25 September 1944
NationalityAmerican
ResidenceLos Angeles, California, United States
Home TownNew Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
HobbiesNot Known

Family

Mother’s Name Diana Dill (Actress)
Father’s Name Kirk Douglas (Actor, Producer, Director, Author)
Michael Douglas Father
Michael Douglas Father
BrotherJoel Douglas (Younger Brother) (Film Producer)
SisterNone
RelativesPeter Douglas (Younger Paternal Half-Brother) (Producer)
Eric Douglas (Late Younger Paternal Half-Brother) (Actor, Standup Comedian)
Herschel “Harry” Danielovitch (aka) Demsky (Paternal Grandfather)
Bryna Sanglel (Paternal Grandmother)
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Melville Dill (Maternal Grandfather)
Ruth Rapalje Neilson (Maternal Grandmother)

Girlfriends/Affairs

Affairs/Girlfriends1. Brenda Vaccaro (1971-1976)
2. Diandra Douglas (1977-1995)
3. Nancy Pfister (1976)
4. Jenny Strachan (1982)
5. Kathleen Turner (1983)
6. Loredana Romito (1988)
7. Sabrina Guinness (1990)
8. Sharon Stone (1992)
9. Elizabeth Vargas (1997-1998)
10. Maureen Dowd (1998)
11. Martine McCutcheon (1998)
12. Catherine Zeta-Jones (1999-Present)

Marital Status, Wife and Children

Wife/Spouse 1. Diandra Luker (1977-1995)
2. Catherine Zeta-Jones (2000-Present)
Michael Douglas With His Wife, Son And Daughter
Michael Douglas With His Wife, Son And Daughter
Marriage Date20 March 1977 (with Diandra Luker)
18 November 2000( with Catherine Zeta-Jones)
ChildrenSon- Cameron Douglas
Dylan Michael (born August 8, 2000)
Daughter- Carys Zeta (born April 20, 2003)

Education

SchoolThe Allen-Stevenson School
Eaglebrook School
The Choate Preparatory School
College/UniversityUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Also, Michael Douglas took acting lessons with Wynn Handman at The American Place Theatre in New York City
Educational QualificationGraduate
ProfessionActor, Producer, Director, Voiceover Artist
Brands EndorsedMichael Douglas has done endorsement work for AIDS Fund, Microsoft software, The Nature Conservancy, American Cancer Society, Comdirect, etc.
Career Manager1. Furthur Films, Inc., Production Company, Los Angeles, California, United States
2. United Talent Agency, Talent Agency, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, United States

Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements

Height (Approx.)Feet & Inches- 5′ 10″
Centimeters- 178cm
Meters- 1.78 m
Weight (Approx.)Kilograms- 72Kg
Pounds- 161 lbs

Figure Measurements

Chest Size42 inches
Hips Size38 inches
Waist Size30 inches

Extra Ordinary Features

Race / EthnicityWhite
Hair ColorGray
Eye ColorBlue
S*xual OrientationStraight
Dress SizeNot Known
Shoe Size9 (US)

Favourite Things

Favourite Food Cheeseburger
Favourite PlacesTexas in USA
Favourite SongsCan I Go Now
Favourite ColorOrange
ControversiesIn January 2018, The Hollywood Reporter published an article in which writer Susan Braudy alleged she had been s*xually harassed while working for Douglas’ production company in the late 1980s. Braudy said Douglas fondled himself in front of her, made inappropriate comments about her body and later pressured her to sign a nondisclosure agreement before firing her.
Attempting to get in front of the story before its publication, Douglas told Deadline, “How am I, in a 50 year career in this industry, dealing with an employee 33 years ago who perhaps is disgruntled that I let her go, even though I have never heard from her in 32 years.”

Michael Kirk Douglas was born on 25 September 1944 in the city of New Brunswick in New Jersey, the United States to Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill. He was the eldest child of legendary actor Kirk Douglas and his mother was a noted actress as well. He has a younger brother and two half brothers.

Michael Douglas studied at the Allen-Stevenson School located in New York City before going on to Eaglebrook School and finally at the Choate Preparatory School. Right from his childhood, he was interested in the craft of filmmaking and regularly accompanied his father to film sets.

Michael Douglas had always aspired to be an actor and hence he studied drama at the University of California in Santa Barbara. He graduated in the year 1968. He also took lessons at The American Place Theatre located in New York City in order to further hone his acting skills.

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Michael Douglas Net Worth

As of 2023, Michael Douglas’s net worth is estimated to be roughly $350 million dollars, making him one of the wealthiest actors in the world.

Estimated Net Worth in 2023$350 million
Estimated Net Worth in 2022$300 million
Estimated Net Worth in 2021Under Review
Annual SalaryUnder Review
Income SourceActor, Producer, Director, Voiceover Artist

Michael owns a valuable real estate portfolio with assets around the globe. One of his most impressive properties is a 250-acre estate on the coast of Spain called S’Estaca which he bought in 1990 for $3.5 million (the same as around $6 million today). At one point in 2014, he listed the property for sale for $60 million but did not find a buyer. In June 2019 he re-listed it for $32 million and even narrated the property’s sales video.

Marriage to Catherine Zeta-Jones

Douglas married Diandra Luker in 1977. They had one son, Cameron, but were separated in 1995 and later divorced. On November 18, 2000, Douglas married Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, his Traffic co-star. The couple welcomed a son, Dylan Michael Douglas, in August 2000, followed by daughter Carys Zeta Douglas in April 2003.

In August 2013, it was confessed that Douglas and Zeta-Jones had separated after more than 12 years of marriage. A spokesperson for the couple told the Huffington Post website that “Catherine and Michael are taking some time apart to evaluate and work on their marriage.” After a brief span apart, they conformed in 2014. Outside of his busy acting career, Douglas is active in building up human rights. His work in this area includes serving as a United Nations messenger of peace.

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Michael Douglas Movies And TV Shows

  • Douglas began his Hollywood career as an assistant director on some of his father’s 1960s films. After roles in certain television dramas, he attains the spotlight by co-starring Karl Malden in the 1970s TV series The Streets of San Francisco (1972-1977).
  • He also directed two episodes of the show. In 1975, Douglas served as executive producer for Milos Forman‘s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, which went on to win five Academy Awards, including one for Best Picture.
  • He got involved in the film after his father, who owned the rights to Ken Kesey‘s novel of the same name, couldn’t successfully develop it into a film. Despite the success of the film, it was difficult for Douglas to find work as an actor, having received so much recognition as a producer.
  • In 1979, he starred with Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon in the film The China Syndrome, which he also co-produced.
  • Douglas landed his first leading man role in Romancing the Stone (1984), portraying Jack Colton, an Indiana Jones-type adventurer. This successful teaming of Douglas with Danny DeVito and Kathleen Turner led to a sequel, The Jewel of the Nile (1985). The three worked again in The War of the Roses (1989), a dark comedy about an ugly divorce.
  • In 1987, Douglas made two films that reflected a much darker side: Fatal Attraction, in which he played an adulterer stalked by an ex-lover played by Glenn Close and Oliver Stone’s Wall Street, in which he played the corporate raider Gordon Gekko, whose trademark slogan is “Greed is good.” For this role, Douglas won an Academy Award for Best Actor. He continued exploring his dark side years later, co-starring with Sharon Stone in the thriller Basic Instinct in 1992.
  • In 1988, Douglas formed a production company, Stonebridge Entertainment, Inc., which produced Joel Schumacher’s Flatliners (1990) and Richard Donner’s Radio Flyer (1992).
  • In 1993, he produced Made in America, then starred as a s*xually harassed man in Michael Crichton’s Disclosure (1994), and as the titular commander-in-chief in Rob Reiner’s The American President (1995), co-starring Annette Bening.
  • In 1994, he signed a development deal at Paramount that included The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), The Game (1997), and A Perfect Murder (1998). He executive produced The Rainmaker (1997), starring Matt Damon, as well as John Woo’s 1997 action film, Face/Off.
  • Douglas earned critical acclaim for his starring role as a rumpled novelist and English professor in Wonder Boys (2000). In the fall of 2001, Douglas headlined the thriller Don’t Say a Word, co-starring Brittany Murphy in the film.
  • Two years later, he has featured in It Runs in the Family (2003), alongside his famous father, his mother, and his son, Cameron. The film, which fared poorly at the box office, told the story of a multi-generational clan trying to get along.
  • Following in his father’s footsteps, in 2004, Douglas was honored as the recipient of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Cecil B. DeMille Award for his “outstanding contribution to the entertainment field.”
  • In 2010, Douglas announced that he would be reprising his role as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps. The film, also starring Shia LaBeouf and Carey Mulligan, was released in the United States that September.
  • Douglas went on to work on the biopic Behind the Candelabra, starring in the film as the famous 1950s and 1960s entertainer Wladziu Liberace. Damon played his love interest in the critically acclaimed 2013 television movie. Douglas won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of the famed entertainer.
  • He also filmed the movie Last Vegas (2013) with several Hollywood legends, including Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Kline. The following year, Douglas starred opposite Diane Keaton in And So It Goes and the thriller Beyond the Reach.
  • In 2015, he starred as biochemist Hank Pym in the Marvel superhero action/comedy Ant-Man and reprised his role in the sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018).

Movies List

1966Cast a Giant Shadow
1969Hail, Hero!
1970Adam at 6 A.M.
1971Summertree
1972Napoleon and Samantha
1975One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
1978Coma
1979The China Syndrome
Running
1980It’s My Turn
1983The Star Chamber
1984Romancing the Stone
Starman
1985The Jewel of the Nile
A Chorus Line
1987Fatal Attraction
Wall Street
1989Black Rain
The War of the Roses
1990Flatliners
1991Stone Cold
Double Impact
Eyes of an Angel
1992Shining Through
Radio Flyer
Basic Instinct
1993Falling Down
Made in America
1994Disclosure
1995The American President
1996The Ghost and the Darkness
1997Face/Off
The Game
The Rainmaker
1998A Perfect Murder
2000Wonder Boys
Traffic
2001One Night at McCool’s
Don’t Say a Word
2003It Runs in the Family
The In-Laws
2006The Sentinel
You, Me and Dupree
2007King of California
2009Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Beyond a
Reasonable Doubt
Solitary Man
2010Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2011Haywire
2013Last Vegas
2014And So It Goes
Beyond the Reach
2015
Ant-Man
2017
Unlocked
Flatliners
2018Animal World
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Ant-Man and the Wasp
2019Avengers: Endgame

TV Shows & Serials List

1969CBS Playhouse
1971The F.B.I.
Medical Center
1972When Michael Calls
1972–1976The Streets of San Francisco
1980Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes
1986–1987Starman
1988World’s Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood’s Stuntmen
1990If Dolphins Could Talk
That’s What Friends Are For: Arista Records 15th Anniversary Concert
Tribute to John Lennon
The Earth Day Special
1992Oliver Stone: Inside Out
1993Rock the Vote
1997Burt Lancaster
1998To Life! America Celebrates Israel’s 50th
Where It’s At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union
2000We All Dream of Oz
2001Independence Day 2001
2002Will & Grace
Liberty’s Kids
2003What’s Going On?
Freedom: A History of US
2005A Father A Son- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2011
Phineas and Ferb
2013
Behind the Candelabra
2014Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2018–presentThe Kominsky Method
2019–present
Green Eggs and Ham
2021What If?

Facts

  1. He was ranked at number #74 in Empire (UK) magazine’s “The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time” list in October 1997.
  2. In 2013, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for “Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie” for his role in Behind the Candelabra.
  3. Michael’s mother is Angelic whereas his father is a Jew.
  4. He got treated with tongue cancer.
  5. He used to be a chain smoker which caused him cancer.
  6. Douglas loves dogs.
  7. His dog’s name is Figaro.

FAQs

How Did Michael Douglas Meet Catherine Zeta Jones?

Zeta-jones Met Actor Michael Douglas, With Whom She, Shares Her Birthday And Who Are 25 Years Her Senior, At The Deauville Film Festival In France In August 1998, After Being Introduced By Danny Devito.

Are Michael Douglas And Catherine Zeta Jones Still Married?

Douglas Married Diandra Luker In 1977. They Had One Son, Cameron, But Were Separated In 1995 And Later Divorced. On November 18, 2000, Douglas Married Welsh Actress Catherine Zeta-jones, His Traffic Co-star.

What Disease Does Michael Douglas Have?

It Was Announced On August 16, 2010, That Douglas Was Suffering From Throat Cancer (Later Revealed To Have Actually Been Tongue Cancer), And Would Undergo Chemotherapy And Radiation Treatment. Douglas Subsequently Confirmed That The Cancer Was At Stage Iv, An Advanced Stage.

Does Michael Douglas Have Parkinsons?

The Back To The Future Star Stunned Hollywood When In 1998 He Announced He Had Early-onset Parkinson’s Disease And Had Been Keeping It Under Wraps Since His Diagnosis In 1990.

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