Kirk Douglas
Acting
Born: December 9, 1916 · Amsterdam, New York, USA
Died: February 5, 2020 (aged 103)
Highest Rated
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
The Simpsons
1989
Paths of Glory
1957
Spartacus
1960
Tales from the Crypt
1989
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954
Ace in the Hole
1951
The Final Countdown
1980
Out of the Past
1947
Oscar
1991
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
Seconds
1966
The Fury
1978
Photos (9)
Movies (92)
Spartacus
Spartacus
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Ned Land
Paths of Glory
Col. Dax
Ulysses
Ulysses
Oscar
Eduardo Provolone
The Final Countdown
Capt. Matthew Yelland
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
The War Wagon
Lomax
Saturn 3
Major Adam
Out of the Past
Whit Sterling
The Vikings
Einar
Greedy
Uncle Joe
The Heroes of Telemark
Dr. Rolf Pedersen
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
Is Paris Burning?
General Patton
The Bad and the Beautiful
Jonathan Shields
Tough Guys
Archie Long
Ace in the Hole
Charles Tatum
The Man from Snowy River
Harrison / Spur
Last Train from Gun Hill
Marshal Matt Morgan
In Harm's Way
Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
The Fury
Peter Sandza
The Villain
Cactus Jack
Lust for Life
Vincent van Gogh
Seven Days in May
Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
There Was a Crooked Man...
Paris Pitman, Jr.
The Way West
Sen. William J. Tadlock
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
The Last Sunset
Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
The Indian Fighter
Johnny Hawks
Posse
Howard Nightingale
The Story of Three Loves
Pierre Narval
Lonely are the Brave
John W. "Jack" Burns
A Letter to Three Wives
George Phipps
Once Is Not Enough
Mike Wayne
Detective Story
Det. James McLeod
The Brotherhood
Frank Ginetta
Cast a Giant Shadow
Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Walter O'Neil
The Arrangement
Eddie Anderson
Victory at Entebbe
Herschel Vilnofsky
The Big Sky
Jim Deakins
The Devil's Disciple
Richard Dudgeon
The List of Adrian Messenger
George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
Eddie Macon's Run
Carl 'Buster' Marzack
I Walk Alone
Noll "Dink" Turner
Man Without a Star
Dempsey Rae
Two Weeks in Another Town
Jack Andrus
Home Movies
Dr. Tuttle
A Gunfight
Will Tenneray
Along the Great Divide
Marshal Len Merrick
Illusion
Donald Baines
Young Man with a Horn
Rick Martin
Champion
Midge Kelly
Inherit the Wind
Matthew Harrison Brady
The Light at the Edge of the World
Will Denton
It Runs in the Family
Mitchell Gromberg
For Love or Money
Deke Gentry
Two-Fisted Tales
General Calthrop
The Special London Bridge Special
The Indian Fighter
A Lovely Way to Die
Jameson Schuyler
The Glass Menagerie
Jim O'Connor
Town Without Pity
Major Garrett
Strangers When We Meet
Larry Coe
Diamonds
Harry Agensky
My Dear Secretary
Owen Waterbury
Mike Wallace Is Here
(archive footage)
Draw!
Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
Welcome to Veraz
Quentin
The Big Trees
Jim Fallon
Act of Love
Robert Teller
Top Secret Affair
Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
The Juggler
Hans Muller
Holocaust 2000
Robert Caine
The Secret
Grandpa Mike Dunmore
The Walls of Jericho
Tucker Wedge
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
General Kalthrob
The Master Touch
Steve Wallace
Catch Me a Spy
Andrej
The Racers
Gino Borgesa
The Hook
Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
Mourning Becomes Electra
Peter Niles
Scalawag
Peg
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Remembrance Of Love
Joe Rabin
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003
Amos
Amos Lasher
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
2009
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
Mousey
George Anderson
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
Ned Land (archive footage)
The Lies Boys Tell
Ed Reese
TV Shows (10)
The Simpsons
Chester J. Lampwick (voice) · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 eps
The Lucy Show
Kirk Douglas · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Ross Berger · 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Gen. Kalthrob · 1 eps
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Ulysses (archive footage) · 1 eps
The Jack Benny Program
Kirk Douglas · 1 eps
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Alex Vandervoort · 4 eps
Queenie
David Konig · 2 eps
Once Upon a Wheel
1 eps
Self / Appearances (69)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 4 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The View
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Wogan
Self · 1 eps
Apostrophes
Self · 1 eps
Spécial cinéma
Self · 2 eps
The Oscars
Self · 8 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self · 2 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · 2 eps
Parkinson
Self · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 1 eps
Brisant
Self · 1 eps
People's Choice Awards
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 2 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 4 eps
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Recipient · 1 eps
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
This Is Your Life
Self · 1 eps
Cérémonie des César
Self - President · 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited) · 2 eps
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · 1 eps
Cinépanorama
Self · 4 eps
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Self · 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
The Johnny Cash Show
Self · 1 eps
Scene by Scene
Self · 1 eps
Pour le plaisir
Self · 1 eps
Clive James' Postcard from
Self · 1 eps
From Roger Moore with Love
Self (archive footage)
Kubrick by Kubrick
Self (archive footage)
A Century of Cinema
Self
Morceaux de Cannes
Self (archive footage)
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Self - Actor
J'ai tout donné
Self
Completely Cuckoo
Self
Trumbo
Self - Interviewee
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Self
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
The Disneyland Story
Self
Kirk Douglas
Himself
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self – Interviewee
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Self (archive footage)
The Universal Story
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Self
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Self
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Self
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
Self (archive footage)
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Self
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Self
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Self
Let Poland Be Poland
Self
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
Self (archive photo)
Operation Undersea
Self
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
Self
Kirk Douglas
Self
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Self
Movie Tough Guys
Self (archive footage)
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
Self
Upcoming (1)
Directing (2)
Writing (1)
Producing (20)
Spartacus
Executive Producer
Paths of Glory
Producer
Seconds
Co-Executive Producer
The Vikings
Executive Producer
Grand Prix
Executive Producer
Seven Days in May
Co-Executive Producer
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Executive Producer
The Last Sunset
Executive Producer
The Indian Fighter
Executive Producer
Posse
Producer
Lonely are the Brave
Executive Producer
The Brotherhood
Producer
The List of Adrian Messenger
Executive Producer
A Gunfight
Executive Producer
The Light at the Edge of the World
Producer
Ride Out for Revenge
Executive Producer
Strangers When We Meet
Executive Producer
Lizzie
Executive Producer
Amos
Executive Producer
Summertree
Producer