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Michael Douglas on stage and screen

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American actor and producer Michael Douglas began his film career with a brief uncredited role in Cast a Giant Shadow (1966).[1] In the same year he played a small role in the play Bedford Forrest. His performance in Hail, Hero! (1969) earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer.[2] He won the 1971 Theatre World Award for Pinkville. During 1972–76, he played the lead role in the TV series The Streets of San Francisco. In 1975, Douglas produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe for Best Picture and BAFTA Award for Best Film.[3][4]

A black and white photograph of Michael Douglas in 1969
Douglas in 1969

Douglas' role of Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's Wall Street (1987) won him the Academy Award for Best Actor.[5] For his portrayal of a fictional American president in the 1995 comedy The American President, he was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.[6] His performance in Wonder Boys (2000) earned him nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama.[7]

He shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture with his co-actors in Traffic (2000).[8] He reprised the role of Gekko in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for the same.[9] Douglas' portrayal of Liberace in Behind the Candelabra (2013) earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie.[10]

For his contributions to the film industry, Douglas won the 2004 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and the 2009 AFI Life Achievement Award.[11][12]

Film

Feature film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1966 Cast a Giant Shadow Jeep Driver Uncredited [1]
1969 Hail, Hero! Carl Dixon [13]
1970 Adam at 6 A.M. Adam Gaines [14]
1971 Summertree Jerry [15]
1972 Napoleon and Samantha Danny [16]
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest N/a Producer only [5][17]
1978 Coma Dr. Mark Bellows [18]
1979 The China Syndrome Richard Adams Also producer [5][19]
Running Michael Andropolis [20]
1980 It's My Turn Ben Lewin [21]
1983 The Star Chamber Judge Steven R. Hardin [22]
1984 Romancing the Stone Jack Colton Also producer [23][24]
Starman N/a Executive producer only [17]
1985 The Jewel of the Nile Jack Colton Also producer [24][25]
A Chorus Line Zach [26]
1987 Fatal Attraction Dan Gallagher [27]
Wall Street Gordon Gekko [28]
1989 Black Rain Nick Conklin [29]
The War of the Roses Oliver Rose [30]
1990 Flatliners N/a Producer only [31]
1991 Stone Cold N/a Producer only; uncredited [32]
Double Impact N/a Producer only [33]
Eyes of an Angel N/a Executive producer only [34]
1992 Shining Through Ed Leland [35]
Radio Flyer N/a Executive producer only [36]
Basic Instinct Detective Nick Curran [37]
1993 Falling Down William "D-Fens" Foster [38]
Made in America N/a Producer only [39]
1994 Disclosure Tom Sanders [40]
1995 The American President President Andrew Shepherd [41]
1996 The Ghost and the Darkness Charles Remington Also executive producer [42]
1997 Face/Off N/a Executive producer only [17]
The Game Nicholas Van Orton [43]
The Rainmaker N/a Producer only [44]
1998 A Perfect Murder Steven Taylor [45]
2000 Wonder Boys Professor Grady Tripp [46]
Traffic Robert Wakefield [47]
2001 One Night at McCool's Mr. Burmeister Also producer [48]
Don't Say a Word Nathan Conrad [49]
2003 It Runs in the Family Alex Gromberg Also producer [50]
The In-Laws Steve Tobias [51]
2006 The Sentinel Pete Garrison Also producer [52][53]
You, Me and Dupree Mr. Thompson [54]
2007 King of California Charlie [55]
2009 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Wayne Mead [56]
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Mark Hunter [57]
Solitary Man Ben Kalmen [58]
2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Gordon Gekko [28]
2011 Haywire Alex Coblenz [59]
2013 Last Vegas Billy Gherson [60]
2014 And So It Goes Oren Little [61]
Beyond the Reach John Madec Also producer [62]
2015 Ant-Man Hank Pym / Ant-Man [63]
2017 Unlocked Eric Lasch [64]
Flatliners N/a Producer only [65]
2018 Animal World Anderson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle N/a Producer only [66]
Ant-Man and the Wasp Hank Pym / Ant-Man [67]
2019 Avengers: Endgame [68]
2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania [69]
2025 Looking Through Water William McKay [70]
TBA White Lies † Post-production [71]
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Documentary and short film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1972 American Revolution: The Impossible War John Laurens Short film [72]
American Heritage: The Cause of Liberty [72]
1997 Completely Cuckoo Himself Documentary [73]
1999 Get Bruce
One Day in September Narrator [74]
2007 Dinosaurs Alive! [75]
Trumbo Himself
2010 Nuclear Tipping Point Narrator [76]
2013 Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon [77]
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers Yitzhak Rabin Voice; documentary [78]
2024 America's Burning Narrator Documentary [79]
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Television

A black and white photograph of Tisha Sterling (left) and Michael Douglas (right) from the television program CBS Playhouse
Douglas (right) made his television debut in the play "The Experiment" (1969)
More information Year(s), Title ...
Year(s) Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1969 CBS Playhouse Young Scientist Episode: "The Experiment"; credited as M. K. Douglas [80]
1971 The F.B.I. Jerry Episode: "The Hitchhiker" [81]
Medical Center Jonathan Crowley Episode: "The Albatross" [82]
1972 When Michael Calls Craig Television film [83]
1972–1976 The Streets of San Francisco Inspector Steve Keller Main role; also directed episode: "Spooks for Sale" (1975) [84][85]
1980 Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes Himself Season 4 [86]
1984 Saturday Night Live Host; episode: "Michael Douglas/Deniece Williams" [87]
1986–1987 Starman N/a Executive producer only [88]
1988 World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood's Stuntmen Himself Television documentary [89]
1990 If Dolphins Could Talk Narrator [90]
That's What Friends Are For: Arista Records 15th Anniversary Concert Himself [91]
Tribute to John Lennon Host [92]
The Earth Day Special Himself Television special [93]
1992 Oliver Stone: Inside Out Television documentary [94]
1993 Rock the Vote Television film [95]
1997 Burt Lancaster [96]
1998 To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th Co-host Television special [97]
Where It's At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union Himself Television documentary [98]
2000 We All Dream of Oz [99]
2001 Independence Day 2001 Television film [100]
2002 Will & Grace Detective Gavin Hatch Episode: "Fagel Attraction" [101]
Liberty's Kids Patrick Henry Voice; episodes: "Liberty or Death" & "United We Stand" [102]
2003 What's Going On? Host Episode: "Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone"; documentary series [103]
Freedom: A History of US Benjamin Franklin / Benjamin French Episodes: "Revolution" as Benjamin Franklin & "A War to End Slavery" as Benjamin French [104]
2005 ... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Himself Television documentary [105]
2011 Phineas and Ferb Waylon Voice; episode: "That's the Spirit/The Curse of Candace" [106]
2013 Behind the Candelabra Liberace Television film [107][108]
2014 Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film Himself Documentary [109]
2018–2021 The Kominsky Method Sandy Kominsky Main role [110]
2019–2022 Green Eggs and Ham Guy-Am-I Voice; main role
2020 Ratched N/a Executive producer only [111]
2021–2023 What If...? Hank Pym / Yellowjacket / Ant-Man Voice; episodes: "What If... the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?" & "What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?" [112]
2023 Marvel Studios: Assembled Himself Episode: "The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania"
2024 Franklin Benjamin Franklin Miniseries; Also executive producer [113]
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Stage

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Year(s) Production Theater Role Notes Ref(s)
1966 Bedford Forrest Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Soldier [114][115]
1969–1970 The Whistling Wizard and the Sultan of Tuffet Bil Baird Marionette Theater N/a Understudy [116]
1970–1971 Pinkville The American Place Theatre Jerry the Naz [15][117]
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Music video

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Year Title Artist Note(s) Ref.
1985 "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" Billy Ocean [118]
2000 "Things Have Changed" Bob Dylan [119]
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