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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 9, 1916
Died
February 5, 2020
Place of Birth
Amsterdam, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Issur Danielovitch
- Issur Danielovitch Demsky
- Isador Demsky
- Izzy Demsky
- Кёрк Дуглас
- Керк Даґлас
- کرک داگلاس
Kirk Douglas
1.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.8
Self (archive footage)
From Roger Moore with Love
2024
6.5
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
2019
6.5
(archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
7.3
Self (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
6.2
Self - Actor
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
2017
7.1
Self
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
2017
🎬
0.0
Self - Interviewee
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
2015
🎬
0.0
Self
Hollywood au pied du terril
2014
🎬
6.0
Self
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
2012
7.6
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
Credits
From Roger Moore with Love
as Self (archive footage)
2024
7.8
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
2019
6.5
Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
2019
6.5
Basketball: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
2018
7.3
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
as Self - Actor
2017
6.2
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
as Self
2017
7.1
🎬
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
as Self - Interviewee
2015
0.0
🎬
Hollywood au pied du terril
as Self
2014
0.0
🎬
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
as Self
2012
6.0
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012
7.6
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
2010
6.6
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
as Self
2009
7.3
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Self
2009
2.0
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
as Self
2008
6.0
🎬
Empire State Building Murders
as Jim Kovalski
2008
0.0
Trumbo
as Self - Interviewee
2007
6.6
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
as Self
2005
6.4
Illusion
as Donald Baines
2004
7.6
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003
0.0
It Runs in the Family
as Mitchell Gromberg
2003
6.0
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
6.0
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
as Self
2001
7.3
🎬
FBI contre Hollywood
as Self
2001
5.0
Diamonds
as Harry Agensky
1999
5.1
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
as General Kalthrob
1999
8.7
Parkinson
as Self
1998
0.0
Completely Cuckoo
as Self
1997
5.7
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1997
7.5
Scene by Scene
as Self
1997
6.0
🎬
Clive Anderson All Talk
as Self
1996
0.0
The Universal Story
as Self (archive footage)
1996
7.7
The Lies Boys Tell
as Ed Reese
1994
5.0
Touched by an Angel
as Ross Berger
1994
7.2
Greedy
as Uncle Joe
1994
6.1
Brisant
as Self
1994
5.5
A Century of Cinema
as Self
1994
8.0
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
The Secret
as Grandpa Mike Dunmore
1992
0.0
Two-Fisted Tales
as General Calthrop
1992
5.0
Welcome to Veraz
as Quentin
1991
3.7
Oscar
as Eduardo Provolone
1991
6.3
Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)
1991
10.0
🎬
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
as Ned Land (archive footage)
1990
8.3
The Simpsons
as Chester J. Lampwick (voice)
1989
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Gen. Kalthrob
1989
8.0
Clive James' Postcard from
as Self
1989
7.0
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.4
🎬
The Racing Experience
as Self
1988
6.0
Inherit the Wind
as Matthew Harrison Brady
1988
7.8
Queenie
as David Konig
1987
4.0
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
as Self
1986
0.0
Tough Guys
as Archie Long
1986
6.0
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
as Self
1986
7.0
Amos
as Amos Lasher
1985
7.0
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
1985
0.0
Draw!
as Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
1984
6.3
🎬
Goldene Kamera
as Self
1984
5.7
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
1983
5.0
Eddie Macon's Run
as Carl 'Buster' Marzack
1983
5.7
Remembrance Of Love
as Joe Rabin
1982
6.0
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
1982
6.6
Wogan
as Self
1982
4.5
The Man from Snowy River
as Harrison / Spur
1982
7.0
Let Poland Be Poland
as Self
1982
0.0
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
Champs-Elysées
as Self (archive footage)
1982
6.3
Home Movies
as Dr. Tuttle
1980
5.6
Saturn 3
as Major Adam
1980
5.3
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
as Self
1980
3.8
The Final Countdown
as Capt. Matthew Yelland
1980
6.6
The Villain
as Cactus Jack
1979
5.7
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
7.4
The Fury
as Peter Sandza
1978
6.3
Holocaust 2000
as Robert Caine
1977
5.8
Victory at Entebbe
as Herschel Vilnofsky
1976
5.0
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
as Alex Vandervoort
1976
2.3
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Once Is Not Enough
as Mike Wayne
1975
5.0
Posse
as Howard Nightingale
1975
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
Apostrophes
as Self
1975
9.0
Spécial cinéma
as Self
1974
0.0
🎬
Der große Preis
as Self
1974
6.0
Mousey
as George Anderson
1974
4.4
Scalawag
as Peg
1973
5.5
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
1973
5.9
The Master Touch
as Steve Wallace
1972
5.7
Kirk Douglas
as Himself
1972
0.0
J'ai tout donné
as Self
1972
8.0
The Special London Bridge Special
as The Indian Fighter
1972
0.0
Catch Me a Spy
as Andrej
1971
4.6
A Gunfight
as Will Tenneray
1971
5.7
The Light at the Edge of the World
as Will Denton
1971
6.0
🎬
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
7.5
Once Upon a Wheel
1971
6.0
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Paris Pitman, Jr.
1970
6.8
The Arrangement
as Eddie Anderson
1969
6.5
The Johnny Cash Show
as Self
1969
6.5
The Brotherhood
as Frank Ginetta
1968
5.9
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
A Lovely Way to Die
as Jameson Schuyler
1968
4.7
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
6.6
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self
1968
2.0
The War Wagon
as Lomax
1967
6.8
The Way West
as Sen. William J. Tadlock
1967
6.1
Kirk Douglas
as Self
1966
5.6
Is Paris Burning?
as General Patton
1966
7.2
Cast a Giant Shadow
as Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
1966
6.2
The Heroes of Telemark
as Dr. Rolf Pedersen
1965
6.9
In Harm's Way
as Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
1965
6.6
🎬
The Making of A Movie
as Self
1965
0.0
Seven Days in May
as Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
1964
7.3
For Love or Money
as Deke Gentry
1963
5.7
The List of Adrian Messenger
as George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
1963
6.6
The Hook
as Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
1963
6.1
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Lucy Show
as Kirk Douglas
1962
7.0
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Jack Andrus
1962
5.9
Lonely are the Brave
as John W. "Jack" Burns
1962
7.4
Town Without Pity
as Major Garrett
1961
6.9
The Last Sunset
as Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
1961
6.8
Spartacus
as Spartacus
1960
7.5
Strangers When We Meet
as Larry Coe
1960
6.2
The Devil's Disciple
as Richard Dudgeon
1959
6.6
Last Train from Gun Hill
as Marshal Matt Morgan
1959
7.1
The Vikings
as Einar
1958
7.0
Paths of Glory
as Col. Dax
1957
8.3
🎬
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
as Self
1957
0.0
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
1957
7.0
Top Secret Affair
as Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
1957
4.3
Lust for Life
as Vincent van Gogh
1956
7.2
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Recipient
1956
5.6
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
1956
5.6
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
as Self
1956
0.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
The Indian Fighter
as Johnny Hawks
1955
6.2
Man Without a Star
as Dempsey Rae
1955
6.4
The Racers
as Gino Borgesa
1955
6.0
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Ned Land
1954
7.1
Operation Undersea
as Self
1954
2.0
The Disneyland Story
1954
8.0
Ulysses
as Ulysses
1954
6.5
🎬
The George Gobel Show
as Self
1954
7.3
Act of Love
as Robert Teller
1953
6.7
The Juggler
as Hans Muller
1953
6.5
The Story of Three Loves
as Pierre Narval
1953
5.8
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Jonathan Shields
1952
7.3
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
6.4
The Big Sky
as Jim Deakins
1952
6.5
The Big Trees
as Jim Fallon
1952
5.4
Detective Story
as Det. James McLeod
1951
7.0
Ace in the Hole
as Charles Tatum
1951
7.9
Along the Great Divide
as Marshal Len Merrick
1951
7.3
The Glass Menagerie
as Jim O'Connor
1950
5.6
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Ulysses (archive footage)
1950
6.8
Young Man with a Horn
as Rick Martin
1950
6.4
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
Champion
as Midge Kelly
1949
6.6
A Letter to Three Wives
as George Phipps
1949
7.2
The Walls of Jericho
as Tucker Wedge
1948
4.9
My Dear Secretary
as Owen Waterbury
1948
5.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
I Walk Alone
as Noll "Dink" Turner
1947
6.5
Out of the Past
as Whit Sterling
1947
7.6
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Peter Niles
1947
6.0
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Walter O'Neil
1946
7.1
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2