Kirk Douglas

Known for ActingBorn 1916-12-09Died 2020-02-05Amsterdam, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Movie Tough Guys

Spécial cinéma

J'ai tout donné

People's Choice Awards

The Secret

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

Johnny Cash: American Rebel

A Century of Cinema

Apostrophes

From Roger Moore with Love

Cinépanorama

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea

The Universal Story

The Simpsons

Paths of Glory

Tales from the Crypt

Remembrance Of Love

The Special London Bridge Special

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Illusion

Kubrick by Kubrick

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Inherit the Wind

The Disneyland Story

Basketball: A Love Story

Clive Anderson All Talk

Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget

V.I.P. Schaukel

Ace in the Hole

Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir

The George Gobel Show

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Kennedy Center Honors

If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast

Touched by an Angel

Out of the Past

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Spartacus

Tales of the Vikings

Der große Preis

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Amos

Once Upon a Wheel

Lonely are the Brave

Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary

Seconds

Seven Days in May