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.
Catherine Zeta-Jones says husband helped her escape 'vulnerable' situations
msn.comCatherine Zeta-Jones thinks Michael Douglas has helped her to escape unwanted attention. The 51-year-old actress has been married to the Hollywood star since 2000, and she suspects that his influence in the movie business might have saved her from "vulnerable" situations.
She told the Radio Times: "I was very young when I started out. Whenever I had to audition, I was never in an environment like that. "And when I moved to Hollywood, it wasn't long before I met my future husband, so everyone knew that I was with Michael Douglas. "I don't know whether it [being with Michael] was beneficial, but perhaps it meant I wasn't in environments where I would have been vulnerable otherwise.
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