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.
Christopher Nolan will be presented with an honorary award at the upcoming 49th French Cèsar ceremony in Paris on February 23.
He follows in the footsteps of David Fincher last year as well as other César honoraries such as Cate Blanchett, George Clooney and Michael Douglas.
The honor comes amid a high-profile awards season for Nolan as his latest film Oppenheimer racks up awards and nominations across the board. “The release of each of his works is the subject of a real event.
Since his debut with Following, Christopher Nolan has had a passion and unwavering commitment to the theatrical cinematic experience and continually pushes the boundaries of storytelling,’ the César Academy said in a statement.
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