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Kirk Douglas‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1916-12-09

Popularity

star10.8

Kirk Douglas

Amsterdam, New York, USA

Kirk Douglas

Amsterdam, New York, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1916-12-09

Popularity

star10.8

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.

Movie Credits

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea‌
star7.0
calendar 1954

Spartacus

Spartacus‌
star7.5
calendar 1960

Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory‌
star8.3
calendar 1957

Out of the Past

Out of the Past‌
star7.6
calendar 1947

Movie Tough Guys

Movie Tough Guys‌
star10.0
calendar 1991

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers‌
star0.0
calendar 1985

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‌
star5.8
calendar 1973

Is Paris Burning?

Is Paris Burning?‌
star7.2
calendar 1966

Detective Story

Detective Story‌
star7.0
calendar 1951

Tough Guys

Tough Guys‌
star5.9
calendar 1986

Victory at Entebbe

Victory at Entebbe‌
star5.0
calendar 1976

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral‌
star7.0
calendar 1957

It Runs in the Family

It Runs in the Family‌
star6.0
calendar 2003

The List of Adrian Messenger

The List of Adrian Messenger‌
star6.6
calendar 1963

Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May‌
star7.2
calendar 1964

The Man from Snowy River

The Man from Snowy River‌
star6.9
calendar 1982

Home Movies

Home Movies‌
star5.4
calendar 1980

Oscar

Oscar‌
star6.3
calendar 1991

Cast a Giant Shadow

Cast a Giant Shadow‌
star6.3
calendar 1966

The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown‌
star6.6
calendar 1980

Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole‌
star7.8
calendar 1951

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid‌
star6.6
calendar 1982

The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful‌
star7.3
calendar 1952

Greedy

Greedy‌
star6.2
calendar 1994

The Fury

The Fury‌
star6.3
calendar 1978

Champion

Champion‌
star6.6
calendar 1949

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers‌
star7.1
calendar 1946

I Walk Alone

I Walk Alone‌
star6.6
calendar 1947

There Was a Crooked Man...

There Was a Crooked Man...‌
star6.8
calendar 1970

The War Wagon

The War Wagon‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

Young Man with a Horn

Young Man with a Horn‌
star6.2
calendar 1950

Diamonds

Diamonds‌
star5.3
calendar 1999

Eddie Macon's Run

Eddie Macon's Run‌
star5.8
calendar 1983

Lust for Life

Lust for Life‌
star7.1
calendar 1956

Last Train from Gun Hill

Last Train from Gun Hill‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

The Vikings

The Vikings‌
star7.0
calendar 1958

The Way West

The Way West‌
star6.0
calendar 1967

Lonely are the Brave

Lonely are the Brave‌
star7.3
calendar 1962

Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star‌
star6.4
calendar 1955

The Big Sky

The Big Sky‌
star6.5
calendar 1952

The Big Trees

The Big Trees‌
star5.5
calendar 1952

Ulysses

Ulysses‌
star6.4
calendar 1954

Along the Great Divide

Along the Great Divide‌
star7.2
calendar 1951

Two Weeks in Another Town

Two Weeks in Another Town‌
star5.9
calendar 1962

In Harm's Way

In Harm's Way‌
star6.5
calendar 1965

A Letter to Three Wives

A Letter to Three Wives‌
star7.2
calendar 1949

Posse

Posse‌
star5.9
calendar 1975

Holocaust 2000

Holocaust 2000‌
star5.9
calendar 1977

The Heroes of Telemark

The Heroes of Telemark‌
star6.9
calendar 1965

The Last Sunset

The Last Sunset‌
star6.8
calendar 1961

The Master Touch

The Master Touch‌
star5.6
calendar 1972

My Dear Secretary

My Dear Secretary‌
star5.9
calendar 1948

The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie‌
star5.6
calendar 1950

The Arrangement

The Arrangement‌
star6.7
calendar 1969

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

A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood‌
star6.4
calendar 2005

Empire State Building Murders

Empire State Building Murders‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra‌
star6.3
calendar 1947

Saturn 3

Saturn 3‌
star5.2
calendar 1980

A Gunfight

A Gunfight‌
star5.8
calendar 1971

The Brotherhood

The Brotherhood‌
star5.9
calendar 1968

The Light at the Edge of the World

The Light at the Edge of the World‌
star5.8
calendar 1971

Catch Me a Spy

Catch Me a Spy‌
star4.6
calendar 1971

Town Without Pity

Town Without Pity‌
star6.9
calendar 1961

The Indian Fighter

The Indian Fighter‌
star6.1
calendar 1955

The Devil's Disciple

The Devil's Disciple‌
star6.5
calendar 1959

Strangers When We Meet

Strangers When We Meet‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

A Lovely Way to Die

A Lovely Way to Die‌
star4.3
calendar 1968

Illusion

Illusion‌
star8.2
calendar 2004

Once Is Not Enough

Once Is Not Enough‌
star5.2
calendar 1975

Mousey

Mousey‌
star4.6
calendar 1974

I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas

I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas‌
star0.0
calendar 2015

The Walls of Jericho

The Walls of Jericho‌
star5.7
calendar 1948

Draw!

Draw!‌
star6.5
calendar 1984

The Story of Three Loves

The Story of Three Loves‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices‌
star5.8
calendar 2008

Scalawag

Scalawag‌
star5.5
calendar 1973

The Lies Boys Tell

The Lies Boys Tell‌
star5.0
calendar 1994

Top Secret Affair

Top Secret Affair‌
star4.6
calendar 1957

The Racers

The Racers‌
star6.0
calendar 1955

The Villain

The Villain‌
star5.7
calendar 1979

Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick

Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

Act of Love

Act of Love‌
star6.8
calendar 1953

The Hook

The Hook‌
star5.8
calendar 1963

Remembrance Of Love

Remembrance Of Love‌
star6.0
calendar 1982

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind‌
star8.0
calendar 1988

For Love or Money

For Love or Money‌
star5.3
calendar 1963

Amos

Amos‌
star7.1
calendar 1985

Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget

Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget‌
star7.3
calendar 2009

The Juggler

The Juggler‌
star6.6
calendar 1953

Vincent van Gogh Superstar

Vincent van Gogh Superstar‌
star6.5
calendar 2019

Van Gogh: Darkness into Light

Van Gogh: Darkness into Light‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

Operation Undersea

Operation Undersea‌
star2.0
calendar 1954

The Special London Bridge Special

The Special London Bridge Special‌
star0.0
calendar 1972

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen‌
star7.5
calendar 2012

FBI contre Hollywood

FBI contre Hollywood‌
star5.0
calendar 2001

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff‌
star6.9
calendar 2010

Trumbo

Trumbo‌
star6.7
calendar 2007

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line‌
star7.0
calendar 1997

Mike Wallace Is Here

Mike Wallace Is Here‌
star6.3
calendar 2019

Welcome to Veraz

Welcome to Veraz‌
star3.7
calendar 1991

J'ai tout donné

J'ai tout donné‌
star8.0
calendar 1972

Two-Fisted Tales

Two-Fisted Tales‌
star4.6
calendar 1992

Stanley Kubrick in Focus

Stanley Kubrick in Focus‌
star6.0
calendar 2012

The Secret

The Secret‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Rowan & Martin at the Movies

Rowan & Martin at the Movies‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast

If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast‌
star7.1
calendar 2017

Completely Cuckoo

Completely Cuckoo‌
star7.5
calendar 1997

Queenie

Queenie‌
star4.8
calendar 1987

Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas‌
star5.5
calendar 1966

Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary

Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary‌
star6.7
calendar 1986

James Bond: The First 21 Years

James Bond: The First 21 Years‌
star5.0
calendar 1983

Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?

Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

The Universal Story

The Universal Story‌
star7.7
calendar 1996

The Untameable Kirk Douglas

The Untameable Kirk Douglas‌
star6.2
calendar 2017

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...‌
star7.0
calendar 2014

A Century of Cinema

A Century of Cinema‌
star8.0
calendar 1994

The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway

The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

Hollywood au pied du terril

Hollywood au pied du terril‌
star0.0
calendar 2014

Kubrick by Kubrick

Kubrick by Kubrick‌
star7.5
calendar 2020

The Disneyland Story

The Disneyland Story‌
star7.5
calendar 1954

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection‌
star8.7
calendar 1999

Let Poland Be Poland

Let Poland Be Poland‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir

Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir‌
star7.3
calendar 2001

Tv Credits

The Simpsons

The Simpsons‌
star8.0
calendar 1989

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour‌
star7.0
calendar 1950

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel‌
star7.2
calendar 1994

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

LIVE with Kelly and Mark‌
star5.4
calendar 1988

The Lucy Show

The Lucy Show‌
star7.1
calendar 1962

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt‌
star8.0
calendar 1989

The View

The View‌
star4.5
calendar 1997

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show‌
star5.3
calendar 1962

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien‌
star7.1
calendar 1993

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In‌
star6.4
calendar 1967

The Johnny Cash Show

The Johnny Cash Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1969

This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life‌
star6.4
calendar 1952

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

The American Film Institute Salute to ...‌
star4.5
calendar 1973

The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show‌
star4.0
calendar 1956

Clive Anderson All Talk

Clive Anderson All Talk‌
star0.0
calendar 1996

The Oscars

The Oscars‌
star7.0
calendar 1953

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors‌
star7.2
calendar 1978

Basketball: A Love Story

Basketball: A Love Story‌
star6.0
calendar 2018

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Tonight Starring Jack Paar‌
star5.7
calendar 1957

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour‌
star7.0
calendar 1950

The George Gobel Show

The George Gobel Show‌
star6.0
calendar 1954

Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers

Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers‌
star3.0
calendar 1976

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson‌
star7.4
calendar 1962

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

Wogan

Wogan‌
star4.5
calendar 1982

V.I.P. Schaukel

V.I.P. Schaukel‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

Scene by Scene

Scene by Scene‌
star6.0
calendar 1997

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

Verstehen Sie Spaß?‌
star3.8
calendar 1980

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

Goldene Kamera Verleihung‌
star3.5
calendar 1966

The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show‌
star4.0
calendar 1956

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

Queenie

Queenie‌
star6.0
calendar 1987

Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées‌
star6.2
calendar 1982

Star Life

Star Life‌
star10.0
calendar 1990

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama‌
star8.0
calendar 1956

Apostrophes

Apostrophes‌
star8.5
calendar 1975

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show‌
star6.6
calendar 1968

What's My Line?

What's My Line?‌
star6.6
calendar 1950

Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher‌
star6.0
calendar 2003

Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées‌
star6.2
calendar 1982

Der große Preis

Der große Preis‌
star6.0
calendar 1974

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards‌
star6.8
calendar 1944

Brisant

Brisant‌
star5.3
calendar 1994

Parkinson

Parkinson‌
star0.0
calendar 1998

Parkinson

Parkinson‌
star0.0
calendar 1998