Kirk Douglas
Acting
Born December 9, 1916 · 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.
Directed (2)
Acting (129)
From Roger Moore with Love
2024
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
2017
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
2017
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
2015
Hollywood au pied du terril
2014
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
2009
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
2009
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2008
Empire State Building Murders
2008
Trumbo
2007
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2005
Illusion
2004
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003
It Runs in the Family
2003
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001
FBI contre Hollywood
2001
Diamonds
1999
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999
Completely Cuckoo
1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
The Universal Story
1996
The Lies Boys Tell
1994
Greedy
1994
A Century of Cinema
1994
The Secret
1992
Two-Fisted Tales
1992
Welcome to Veraz
1991
Oscar
1991
Movie Tough Guys
1991
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
1990
The Racing Experience
1988
Inherit the Wind
1988
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
1986
Tough Guys
1986
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
Amos
1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
Draw!
1984
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
Eddie Macon's Run
1983
Remembrance Of Love
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
The Man from Snowy River
1982
Let Poland Be Poland
1982
Home Movies
1980
Saturn 3
1980
The Final Countdown
1980
The Villain
1979
The Fury
1978
Holocaust 2000
1977
Victory at Entebbe
1976
Once Is Not Enough
1975
Posse
1975
Mousey
1974
Scalawag
1973
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973
The Master Touch
1972
Kirk Douglas
1972
J'ai tout donné
1972
The Special London Bridge Special
1972
Catch Me a Spy
1971
A Gunfight
1971
The Light at the Edge of the World
1971
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
The Arrangement
1969
The Brotherhood
1968
A Lovely Way to Die
1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968
The War Wagon
1967
The Way West
1967
Kirk Douglas
1966
Is Paris Burning?
1966
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
The Heroes of Telemark
1965
In Harm's Way
1965
The Making of A Movie
1965
Seven Days in May
1964
For Love or Money
1963
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963
The Hook
1963
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
Lonely are the Brave
1962
Town Without Pity
1961
The Last Sunset
1961
Spartacus
1960
Strangers When We Meet
1960
The Devil's Disciple
1959
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959
The Vikings
1958
Paths of Glory
1957
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
Top Secret Affair
1957
Lust for Life
1956
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
1956
The Indian Fighter
1955
Man Without a Star
1955
The Racers
1955
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954
Operation Undersea
1954
The Disneyland Story
1954
Ulysses
1954
Act of Love
1953
The Juggler
1953
The Story of Three Loves
1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
The Big Sky
1952
The Big Trees
1952
Detective Story
1951
Ace in the Hole
1951
Along the Great Divide
1951
The Glass Menagerie
1950
Young Man with a Horn
1950
Champion
1949
A Letter to Three Wives
1949
The Walls of Jericho
1948
My Dear Secretary
1948
I Walk Alone
1947
Out of the Past
1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946