Michael Douglas is a well-known American actor and producer who has won the prestigious Academy Award twice for his roles. What is interesting about his biography and personal life?
Actor Biography
Michael was born on September 25, 1944 in the town of New Brunswick in the state of New Jersey. His family was associated with cinema. Father was a famous actor. From childhood, the boy was very naughty and spoiled. This was due to the high income of his family. Michael was a bright representative of the golden youth of that time. But at the same time, he had one main goal in life - to become an actor, like his father.
After graduating from high school, Douglas enters Yale. But after a while he quits school. He becomes a student at the University of California at the Department of Dramatic Arts. At this time, Michael meets another future famous actor Denny DeVito, who becomes his close friend for many years.
After the successful completion of training, Douglas began to be invited to shoot in various projects. His debut is the series "Streets of San Francisco", which was released in 1972. Three years later, he tries himself as a producer and achieves great success. The film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" receives five Oscars and brings worldwide fame to all participants in the project.
Then Michael starred in the movie "Chinese Syndrome", which made a big stir in world politics. The main plot of the film touches on the topic of renouncing nuclear weapons across the planet. This caused a great deal of resonance and a lot of discussion. Further on his track record there are such paintings as “A Novel with a Stone” and “The Pearl of the Nile”. In these projects, he starred with his friend Denny De Vito.
The heyday of Douglas's acting career falls on the 90s of the 20th century. During this time, he starred in 12 films. The most famous are the paintings "Basic Instinct", "Wall Street", "Game". Michael during this time once receives an Oscar for the main male role and is one of the highest paid actors in world cinema.
Then Douglas continues to act in film. In total, his track record lists about 50 major roles in films. The last known projects of the actor are films about the superhero - Ant-Man. Michael now continues to act in films, but he does it much less than before due to age.
