Michael Douglas
Actor and Producer
Birthdate: Sep 25, 1944
High School: Choate Rosemary Hall High School
Yearbooks: 1963
Yearbook photos of Michael Douglas from Choate Rosemary Hall High School
Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an actor and producer. He graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall High School in 1963, where he participated in football, track, automobile club, and art club. The superlatives section of his yearbook lists him as “most suave” and “man of experience,” among other categories. Douglas broke into acting in the late 1960s and started making a name for himself in the following decade when he was cast as the lead in the series The Streets of San Francisco. In 1975, he earned his first major producer credit when he produced the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (which later won an Oscar for Best Picture). Douglas was introduced to a new generation of filmgoers when he starred in (and produced) the 1984 hit movie Romancing the Stone, and he soon found himself in high demand. Major projects over the years have included starring roles in Wall Street, Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct, Traffic, and Behind the Candelabra, and his list of acting and producing credits is a long one. Douglas received the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award in 2009.
Awards (partial list):
- Academy Award for Best Picture for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. 1976
- Academy Award for Best Actor for Wall Street. 1988
- British Academy Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Fatal Attraction. 1989
- British Academy Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Wonder Boys. 2001
- Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries for Behind the Candelabra. 2013
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama for The Streets of San Francisco. 1975
- Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Romancing the Stone. 1985
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for Wall Street. 1988
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for Behind the Candelabra. 2013
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for Behind the Candelabra. 2013
Source: Wikipedia
