Actor

Kirk Douglas

2 Movies

2 Credits

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 2

Birthday December 9, 1916 (109 years old)

Place of Birth Amsterdam, New York, USA

Also Known As Issur Danielovitch, Issur Danielovitch Demsky, Isador Demsky, Izzy Demsky

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Biography

Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor, producer, director and author. He grew up as Izzy Demsky and legally changed his name to Kirk Douglas before entering the United States Navy during World War II.

During his career, Douglas appeared in more than 90 movies and was known for his explosive acting style. He became an international star for his leading role as an unscrupulous boxing hero in Champion (1949), which brought him his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Other early films include Young Man with a Horn (1950), Ace in the Hole (1951), and Detective Story (1951), a film for which he received a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actor in a Drama. He received a second Oscar nomination for his role in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), and his third nomination for portraying Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956), which landed him a second Golden Globe nomination.

In 1955, Douglas established Bryna Productions, which produced films as varied as Paths of Glory (1957) and Spartacus (1960). He took the lead roles in both films. Douglas has been praised for helping to break the Hollywood blacklist by having Dalton Trumbo write Spartacus with an official on-screen credit. In 1963 Douglas starred in the Broadway play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, a story that he purchased and later gave to his son Michael Douglas, who turned it into an Oscar-winning film.

As an actor and philanthropist, Douglas received an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As an author, he wrote ten novels and memoirs. He is No. 17 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema.

Kirk Douglas died at age 103.

Filmography (179)

From Roger Moore with Love 2024

Morceaux de Cannes 2021

Kubrick by Kubrick 2020

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty 2020

Vincent van Gogh Superstar 2019

Mike Wallace Is Here 2019

Basketball: A Love Story 2018

If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast 2017

The Untameable Kirk Douglas 2017

I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas 2015

Johnny Cash: American Rebel 2015

Hollywood au pied du terril 2014

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 2012

Stanley Kubrick in Focus 2012

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff 2010

Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget 2009

Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 2009

Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France 2009

Empire State Building Murders 2008

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices 2008

Trumbo 2007

A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2005

Illusion 2004

It Runs in the Family 2003

The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway 2003

Real Time with Bill Maher 2003

FBI contre Hollywood 2001

Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir 2001

Diamonds 1999

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection 1999

Parkinson 1998

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line 1997

Completely Cuckoo 1997

The View 1997

Scene by Scene 1997

The Universal Story 1996

Clive Anderson All Talk 1996

Greedy 1994

The Lies Boys Tell 1994

A Century of Cinema 1994

Touched by an Angel 1994

Brisant 1994

Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1993

Two-Fisted Tales 1992

The Secret 1992

Movie Tough Guys 1991

Oscar 1991

Welcome to Veraz 1991

Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea 1990

The Simpsons 1989

Tales from the Crypt 1989

Clive James' Postcard from 1989

Inherit the Wind 1988

The Racing Experience 1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1988

Queenie 1987

Tough Guys 1986

Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick 1986

Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary 1986

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers 1985

Amos 1985

Draw! 1984

Goldene Kamera 1984

Eddie Macon's Run 1983

James Bond: The First 21 Years 1983

The Man from Snowy River 1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982

Remembrance Of Love 1982

Let Poland Be Poland 1982

Wogan 1982

Champs-Elysées 1982

Home Movies 1980

The Final Countdown 1980

Saturn 3 1980

Verstehen Sie Spaß? 1980

The Villain 1979

The Fury 1978

The Kennedy Center Honors 1978

Holocaust 2000 1977

Victory at Entebbe 1976

Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers 1976

Cérémonie des César 1976

Posse 1975

Once Is Not Enough 1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche 1975

Apostrophes 1975

Saturday Night Live 1975

People's Choice Awards 1975

Mousey 1974

Spécial cinéma 1974

Der große Preis 1974

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1973

Scalawag 1973

The American Film Institute Salute to ... 1973

The Master Touch 1972

The Special London Bridge Special 1972

J'ai tout donné 1972

A Gunfight 1971

The Light at the Edge of the World 1971

Catch Me a Spy 1971

V.I.P. Schaukel 1971

Once Upon a Wheel 1971

Film '72 1971

There Was a Crooked Man... 1970

The Arrangement 1969

The Johnny Cash Show 1969

The Brotherhood 1968

A Lovely Way to Die 1968

Rowan & Martin at the Movies 1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In 1968

The Dick Cavett Show 1968

The War Wagon 1967

The Way West 1967

Is Paris Burning? 1966

Cast a Giant Shadow 1966

Kirk Douglas 1966

In Harm's Way 1965

The Heroes of Telemark 1965

The Making of A Movie 1965

Seven Days in May 1964

The List of Adrian Messenger 1963

The Hook 1963

For Love or Money 1963

Lonely are the Brave 1962

Two Weeks in Another Town 1962

The Lucy Show 1962

The Merv Griffin Show 1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1962

The Last Sunset 1961

Town Without Pity 1961

Spartacus 1960

Strangers When We Meet 1960

Last Train from Gun Hill 1959

The Devil's Disciple 1959

The Vikings 1958

Paths of Glory 1957

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957

Top Secret Affair 1957

Van Gogh: Darkness into Light 1957

Tonight Starring Jack Paar 1957

Lust for Life 1956

Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From? 1956

The Steve Allen Show 1956

Cinépanorama 1956

Tony Awards 1956

Man Without a Star 1955

The Indian Fighter 1955

The Racers 1955

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954

Ulysses 1954

Operation Undersea 1954

The Disneyland Story 1954

The George Gobel Show 1954

The Story of Three Loves 1953

Act of Love 1953

The Juggler 1953

The Oscars 1953

The Bad and the Beautiful 1952

The Big Sky 1952

The Big Trees 1952

This Is Your Life 1952

Detective Story 1951

Ace in the Hole 1951

Along the Great Divide 1951

Young Man with a Horn 1950

The Glass Menagerie 1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour 1950

What's My Line? 1950

Champion 1949

A Letter to Three Wives 1949

My Dear Secretary 1948

The Walls of Jericho 1948

The Ed Sullivan Show 1948

Out of the Past 1947

I Walk Alone 1947

Mourning Becomes Electra 1947

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 1946

Golden Globe Awards 1944

My Life As Roger Moore

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