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.
Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor, producer, director, philanthropist and author. After an impoverished childhood with immigrant parents and six sisters, he made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck.
Douglas soon developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1950s, known for serious dramas, including westerns and war films. During his career, he appeared in more than 90 films. Douglas was known for his explosive acting style, which he displayed as a criminal defense attorney in Town Without Pity (1961).
Hollywood star Michael Douglas shared an image to Instagram with his father Kirk Douglas on Friday.The Wall Street actor was marking the one year passing of the Spartacus star at age 103.In his caption, the Emmy winner made a comment about how his father was lucky to exit when he did as 2020 was an awful year.
Not only did COVID-19 spread across the globe but there were deadly BLM protests and lives were lost at the Capitol riots in Washington DC.
A sweet tribute:Hollywood star Michael Douglas shared an image to Instagram with his father Kirk Douglas on Friday. The Wall Street actor was marking the one year passing of the Spartacus star at age 103.'Can’t believe it’s been a year since you left us.
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