Michael Douglas on stage and screen

Douglas in 1969

American actor and producer Michael Douglas began his film career with a brief uncredited role in Cast a Giant Shadow (1966). In the same year he played a small role in the play Bedford Forrest. His performance in Hail, Hero! (1969) earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer. He won the 1971 Theatre World Award for Pinkville. During 1972–76, he played the lead role in the TV series The Streets of San Francisco. In 1975, Douglas produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe for Best Picture and BAFTA Award for Best Film.

Douglas' role of Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's Wall Street (1987) won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. For his portrayal of a fictional American president in the 1995 comedy The American President, he was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. His performance in Wonder Boys (2000) earned him nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama.

He shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture with his co-actors in Traffic (2000). He reprised the role of Gekko in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for the same. Douglas' portrayal of Liberace in Behind the Candelabra (2013) earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie.

For his contributions to the film industry, Douglas won the 2004 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and the 2009 AFI Life Achievement Award.

Stage

Production	Year(s)	Theater	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
Bedford Forrest	1966	Eugene O'Neill Theater Center	Soldier
The Whistling Wizard and the Sultan of Tuffet	1969–1970	Bil Baird Marionette Theater	—	Understudy
Pinkville	1970–1971	The American Place Theatre	Jerry the Naz

Film

Feature film

Title	Year	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
Cast a Giant Shadow	1966	Jeep Driver	Uncredited
Hail, Hero!	1969	Carl Dixon
Adam at 6 A.M.	1970	Adam Gaines
Summertree	1971	Jerry
Napoleon and Samantha	1972	Danny
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	1975	—	Producer only
Coma	1978	Dr. Mark Bellows
The China Syndrome	1979	Richard Adams	Also producer
Running		Michael Andropolis
It's My Turn	1980	Ben Lewin
The Star Chamber	1983	Judge Steven R. Hardin
Romancing the Stone	1984	Jack Colton	Also producer
Starman		—	Executive producer only
The Jewel of the Nile	1985	Jack Colton	Also producer
A Chorus Line		Zach
Fatal Attraction	1987	Dan Gallagher
Wall Street		Gordon Gekko
Black Rain	1989	Nick Conklin
The War of the Roses		Oliver Rose
Flatliners	1990	—	Producer only
Stone Cold	1991	—	Producer only; uncredited
Double Impact		—	Producer only
Eyes of an Angel		—	Executive producer only
Shining Through	1992	Ed Leland
Radio Flyer		—	Executive producer only
Basic Instinct		Detective Nick Curran
Falling Down	1993	William "D-Fens" Foster
Made in America		—	Producer only
Disclosure	1994	Tom Sanders
The American President	1995	President Andrew Shepherd
The Ghost and the Darkness	1996	Charles Remington	Also executive producer
Face/Off	1997	—	Executive producer only
The Game		Nicholas Van Orton
The Rainmaker		—	Producer only
A Perfect Murder	1998	Steven Taylor
Wonder Boys	2000	Professor Grady Tripp
Traffic		Robert Wakefield
One Night at McCool's	2001	Mr. Burmeister	Also producer
Don't Say a Word		Nathan Conrad
It Runs in the Family	2003	Alex Gromberg	Also producer
The In-Laws		Steve Tobias
The Sentinel	2006	Pete Garrison	Also producer
You, Me and Dupree		Mr. Thompson
King of California	2007	Charlie
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	2009	Wayne Mead
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt		Mark Hunter
Solitary Man		Ben Kalmen
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps	2010	Gordon Gekko
Haywire	2011	Alex Coblenz
Last Vegas	2013	Billy Gherson
And So It Goes	2014	Oren Little
Beyond the Reach		John Madec	Also producer
Ant-Man	2015	Hank Pym
Unlocked	2017	Eric Lasch
Flatliners		—	Producer only
Animal World	2018	Anderson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle		—	Producer only
Ant-Man and the Wasp		Hank Pym
Avengers: Endgame	2019	Hank Pym
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	2023	Hank Pym
Blood Knot †	TBA	TBA	Filming

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Documentary and short film

Title	Year	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
American Revolution: The Impossible War	1972	John Laurens	Short
American Heritage: The Cause of Liberty
Completely Cuckoo	1997	Himself	Video documentary
One Day in September	1999	Narrator	Documentary
Dinosaurs Alive!	2007
Nuclear Tipping Point	2010
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon	2013
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers		Yitzhak Rabin	Voice; Documentary
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film	2014	Himself	Documentary

Television

Douglas (right) made his television debut in the play "The Experiment" (1969)

Title	Year(s)	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
CBS Playhouse	1969	Young Scientist	"The Experiment" (as M. K. Douglas)
The F.B.I.	1971	Jerry	Episode: "The Hitchhiker"
Medical Center		Jonathan Crowley	Episode: "The Albatross"
When Michael Calls	1972	Craig	Television film
The Streets of San Francisco	1972–1976	Inspector Steve Keller	Directed episode: "Spooks for Sale" (1975)
Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes	1980	Himself	Season 4
Saturday Night Live	1984	Himself (host)	Episode: "Michael Douglas/Deniece Williams"
Starman	1986–1987	—	Executive producer only
World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood's Stuntmen	1988	Himself	Television film Documentary
If Dolphins Could Talk	1990	Narrator	Television film Documentary
That's What Friends Are For: Arista Records 15th Anniversary Concert		Himself
Tribute to John Lennon		Host
The Earth Day Special		Himself
Oliver Stone: Inside Out	1992		Television film Documentary
Rock the Vote	1993		Television film
Burt Lancaster	1997
To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th	1998	Cohost	Television special
Where It's At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union		Himself	Television film Documentary
We All Dream of Oz	2000
Independence Day 2001	2001		Television film
Will & Grace	2002	Detective Gavin Hatch	Episode: "Fagel Attraction"
Liberty's Kids		Patrick Henry (voice)	Episode: "Liberty or Death" Episode: "United We Stand"
What's Going On?	2003	Host	Episode: "Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone" Television series Documentary
Freedom: A History of US		Benjamin Franklin Benjamin French	Episode: "Revolution" as Benjamin Franklin Episode: "A War to End Slavery" as Benjamin French
... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	2005	Himself	Television film Documentary
Phineas and Ferb	2011	Waylon (voice)	Episode: "That's the Spirit/The Curse of Candace"
Behind the Candelabra	2013	Liberace	Television film
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film	2014	Himself	Documentary
The Kominsky Method	2018–2021	Sandy Kominsky	Main role
Green Eggs and Ham	2019–2022	Guy-Am-I (voice)	Main role
Ratched	2020	-	Executive producer only
What If...?	2021-2023	Hank Pym / Yellowjacket / Ant-Man (voice)	Episode: "What If... the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?" Episode: "What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?"
Franklin	2024	Benjamin Franklin	Miniseries

Music video

Title	Artist	Year	Note(s)	Ref.
"When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"	Billy Ocean	1985
"Things Have Changed"	Bob Dylan	2000

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Michael Douglas

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External links

• Michael Douglas at IMDb
• Michael Douglas at the TCM Movie Database