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 told Catherine Zeta-Jones he'd be the father of her children on first date
mirror.co.ukMichael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary today, and to mark the occasion the actor has shared the story of how they met.
He had watched her in the film The Mask of Zorro and was so taken with her he begged his assistant to set up a date between them.
They met up for a drink, but Michael, 76, thought he had blown it when Catherine, 51, stormed off because he told her he was going to be the father of her children.
But Michael actually turned out to be right, because they got married in 2000 and went on to have children Dylan, 20, and Carys, 17.
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