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.
Well, this is awkward… Michael Douglas is an older dad — and unfortunately no one will let him forget it! The Basic Instinct star is 79 years old these days, and his son Dylan and daughter Carys are 23 and 21 respectively.
While Michael may be Hollywood royalty, his personal deets aren’t necessarily common knowledge — so unfortunately folks who meet him and his kids aren’t always in the know about their relationship! Related: Brian McKnight Says The 4 Kids He No Longer Wants Are ‘Product Of Sin’ In an interview with The Telegraph on Saturday, the Fatal Attraction star recalled a particularly awkward incident while visiting one of his kids at Brown University for Parents’ Day.
He revealed someone walked up to him and said: Oof! Who would be so rude?! Quickly, the Basic Instinct actor shot back: Despite being an older father to his kiddos, however, he has no regrets at having them so late in life with his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones.
He admitted he wasn’t able to always “keep up” with the kids due to his age, but they’ve “been a joy” to raise: Aww! What do U think about Michael being mistaken for a Dylan and Carys’ grandfather, Perezcious readers?
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