Michael Kirk Douglas was born on September 25, 1944, and is an American actor and film producer.
He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the AFI Life Achievement Award.
The elder son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill, Douglas received his Bachelor of Arts in drama from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
His early acting roles included film, stage, and television productions. Douglas first achieved prominence for his performance in the ABC police procedural television series The Streets of San Francisco, for which he received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations.
In 1975, Douglas produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, having acquired the rights to the Ken Kesey novel from his father.
The film received critical and popular acclaim, and won the Academy Award for Best Picture, earning Douglas his first Oscar as one of the film’s producers.
Michael Douglas Daughter: Meet Carys Zeta Douglas
In March 1999, Douglas began dating Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones. The pair married on November 18, 2000. They were both born on September 25, albeit 25 years apart.
Zeta-Jones says that when they met in Deauville, France, Douglas said, “I want to father your children.” They have two children, a son Dylan Michael (born August 8, 2000), and a daughter Carys Zeta (born April 20, 2003). The family has a coastal estate near Valldemossa, Mallorca.
Michael Kirk Douglas recently called his daughter to wish her a happy birthday on her 19th birthday. Carys Zeta shared on Instagram ‘Happy birthday my Carys Zeta! It’s your old man,’ Douglas can be heard saying in the voice memo. ‘Beaming about you, so proud of you, and wishing you a great new year! It’s going to be fabulous and you’re the best. I love you!’