Acting
Kirk Douglas
1916-12-09 · Amsterdam, New York, USA
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.
Known for
The Simpsons
Paths of Glory
Spartacus
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Tales from the Crypt
Ace in the Hole
The Final Countdown
Out of the Past
Oscar
Saturday Night Live
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Seconds
The Fury
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
The Vikings
The Bad and the Beautiful
Movie credits · 144
My Life As Roger Moore
From Roger Moore with Love
Morceaux de Cannes
Kubrick by Kubrick
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Mike Wallace Is Here
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Shocking Truth
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
Hollywood au pied du terril
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Empire State Building Murders
Trumbo
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Illusion
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
It Runs in the Family
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
FBI contre Hollywood
Diamonds
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Completely Cuckoo
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
The Universal Story
The Lies Boys Tell
Greedy
A Century of Cinema
The Secret
Two-Fisted Tales
Welcome to Veraz
TV credits · 51
Basketball: A Love Story
Real Time with Bill Maher
Parkinson
The View
Scene by Scene
Clive Anderson All Talk
Touched by an Angel
Brisant
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Simpsons
Tales from the Crypt
Clive James' Postcard from
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Queenie
Goldene Kamera
Wogan
Champs-Elysées
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
The Kennedy Center Honors
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Cérémonie des César
Saturday Night Live
People's Choice Awards
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Apostrophes
Spécial cinéma
Der große Preis
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Film '72
V.I.P. Schaukel
Once Upon a Wheel
The Johnny Cash Show
The Dick Cavett Show
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Pour le plaisir
The Lucy Show
The Merv Griffin Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Tales of the Vikings
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
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