Michael Douglas
Known for
The son of the legendary Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas built one of the most complete careers in Hollywood as an actor and producer, with two Oscars to his name. He won the first as producer of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' and the second, as a performer, for his glacial Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's 'Wall Street'. He consolidated his stardom with thrillers and dramas of enormous impact such as 'Fatal Attraction', 'Basic Instinct', 'The War of the Roses' and 'Falling Down'. In maturity he shone as Liberace in 'Behind the Candelabra', won an Emmy, played Hank Pym in 'Ant-Man' and starred in the series 'The Kominsky Method'. His register alternates the ambitious leading man, the cornered man and cynical irony with equal command.
Michael Douglas
50 Movies
8 Series
The son of the legendary Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas built one of the most complete careers in Hollywood as an actor and producer, with two Oscars to his name. He won the first as producer of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' and the second, as a performer, for his glacial Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's 'Wall Street'. He consolidated his stardom with thrillers and dramas of enormous impact such as 'Fatal Attraction', 'Basic Instinct', 'The War of the Roses' and 'Falling Down'. In maturity he shone as Liberace in 'Behind the Candelabra', won an Emmy, played Hank Pym in 'Ant-Man' and starred in the series 'The Kominsky Method'. His register alternates the ambitious leading man, the cornered man and cynical irony with equal command.
Movies
Plays Hank Pym
Avengers: Endgame
2019
Plays Dr. Hank Pym
Ant-Man
2015
Plays Dr. Hank Pym
Ant-Man and the Wasp
2018
Plays Dr. Hank Pym
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023
Plays Detective Nick Curran
Basic Instinct
1992
Plays Nicholas Van Orton
The Game
1997
Plays D-Fens
Falling Down
1993
Plays Robert Wakefield
Traffic
2000
Plays Steven Taylor
A Perfect Murder
1998
Producer
Plays Jack T. Colton
Romancing the Stone
1984
Plays Dan Gallagher
Fatal Attraction
1987
Plays Gordon Gekko
Wall Street
1987
Plays Oliver Rose
The War of the Roses
1989
Producer
Plays Charles Remington
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
Producer
Plays Pete Garrison
The Sentinel
2006
Plays Tom Sanders
Disclosure
1994
Producer
Plays Jack T. Colton
The Jewel of the Nile
1985
Plays Nick Conklin
Black Rain
1989
Plays Billy Gerson
Last Vegas
2013
Plays Gordon Gekko
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
Plays Dr. Nathan Conrad
Don't Say a Word
2001
Plays Eric Lasch
Unlocked
2017
Plays Uncle Wayne
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009
Plays Alex Coblenz
Haywire
2011
Plays Liberace
Behind the Candelabra
2013
Plays Andrew Shepherd
The American President
1995
Producer
Plays Madec
Beyond the Reach
2014
Plays Zach
A Chorus Line
1985
Plays William
Looking Through Water
2025
Plays Grady Tripp
Wonder Boys
2000
Plays Dr. Mark Bellows
Coma
1978
Plays Steve Tobias
The In-Laws
2003
Plays Mr. Thompson
You, Me and Dupree
2006
Producer
Plays Richard Adams
The China Syndrome
1979
Plays Oren Little
And So It Goes
2014
Plays Ed Leland
Shining Through
1992
Producer
Plays Mr. Burmeister
One Night at McCool's
2001
Plays Anderson
Animal World
2018
Plays Ben Kalmen
Solitary Man
2009
Plays Mark Hunter
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
2009
Plays Charlie
King of California
2007
Plays Steven Hardin
The Star Chamber
1983
Producer
Plays Alex Gromberg
It Runs in the Family
2003
Plays Danny Arlington Williams III
Napoleon and Samantha
1972
Plays Ben Lewin
It's My Turn
1980
Producer
Plays Michael Andropolis
Running
1979
Plays Jerry
Summertree
1971
Plays Adam Gaines
Adam at Six A.M.
1970
TV Shows
Director
Plays Steve Keller
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Plays Guy-Am-I (voice)
Green Eggs and Ham
2019
Producer
Plays Sandy Kominsky
The Kominsky Method
2018
Plays Narrator (voice)
Ocean Vet
2016
Producer
Plays Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
2024
Plays Jerry Williams
The F.B.I.
1965
Plays Detective Gavin Hatch
Will & Grace
1998
Plays Hank Pym / Yellow Jacket (voice)
What If...?
2021
Latest Trailers
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I Am Curious Johnny
Full Filmography
Looking Through Water
William
2025
Film
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin · 8 episodes
2024
TV
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Dr. Hank Pym
2023
Film
What If...?
Hank Pym / Yellow Jacket (voice) · 1 episode
2021
TV
Green Eggs and Ham
Guy-Am-I (voice) · 23 episodes
2019–
TV
Avengers: Endgame
Hank Pym
2019
Film
The Kominsky Method
Sandy Kominsky · 22 episodes
2018–
TV
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Dr. Hank Pym
2018
Film
Animal World
Anderson
2018
Film
Photos
Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Michael Douglas and where are they from?
Michael Douglas is 81 years old, born on September 25, 1944 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
What are the most famous roles of Michael Douglas?
Michael Douglas is best known for roles in Avengers: Endgame, Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp.
How many movies has Michael Douglas been in?
Over a 60-year career (since 1966), Michael Douglas has appeared in 50 movies and 7 TV shows.
What was Michael Douglas's first movie?
The career of Michael Douglas began with Cast a Giant Shadow (1966).
What is Michael Douglas's most recent movie or series?
Michael Douglas's most recent release is Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life, which premiered on December 21, 2025.
What TV shows has Michael Douglas appeared in?
On television, Michael Douglas has appeared in What If...?, Will & Grace, Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Michael Douglas
1944-09-25 · New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is a retired American actor and film 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 earned 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. In 1975, Douglas produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, having acquired the rights to the Ken Kesey novel from his father. The film received critical and popular acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Picture, earning Douglas his first Oscar as one of the film's producers.
Douglas went on to produce films including The China Syndrome (1979) and Romancing the Stone (1984), for which he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy, and The Jewel of the Nile (1985). Douglas received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's Wall Street (1987), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor (a role he reprised in the sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps in 2010). Other notable roles include in Fatal Attraction (1987), The War of the Roses (1989), Basic Instinct (1992), Falling Down (1993), The American President (1995), The Game (1997), Traffic (2000), and Wonder Boys (2000).
In 2013, for his portrayal of Liberace in the HBO film Behind the Candelabra, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. Douglas starred as an ageing acting coach in the Netflix comedy series The Kominsky Method (2018–2021), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best ctor—television series musical or omedy. He has portrayed Hank Pym in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Ant-Man (2015).
Douglas has received notice for his humanitarian and political activism. He sits on the board of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, is an honorary board member of the anti-war grant-making foundation Ploughshares Fund, and he was appointed as a United Nations Messenger of Peace in 1998. He has been married to actress Catherine Zeta-Jones since 2000.
In July 2025, Douglas said that he was largely retired from acting, saying "I realized I had to stop [...] I did not want to be one of those people who dropped dead on the set". He added that while he was attached to one additional project and did not fully rule out future projects "if something special came up", he had no plans to work regularly again.