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.
Michael Douglas is having his say on police brutality and racial injustice. RELATED: Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas, Zoe Saldana And More Participate In Liberatum ‘Lifesaving Conversations’ Series The actor, 75, has said that recent video footage of incidents involving police brutality against Black people makes the situation “much clearer” than ever before.
The comments come amid protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin after police shot an apparently unarmed Black man multiple times in the back, according to the state governor, prompting authorities to impose a curfew.
Jacob Blake was hospitalized and is currently in serious condition. “In all the situations where we have had video presence, the questions become much clearer than they were before.
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