Michael Douglas#Activism

Douglas was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the first child of actors Kirk Douglas (1916–2020) and Diana Dill (1923–2015).{{cite web|first=Bill|last=Hutchison|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/douglas-reveals-anti-semitic-attack-teen-son-article-1.2150236|title=Michael Douglas reveals anti-Semitic attack on 14-year-old son Dylan in Europe|work=New York Daily News|date=March 16, 2015|access-date=May 10, 2018}}{{cite web|first=Richard|last=Barber|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/oct/07/michael-douglas-kirk-was-film-star-first-father-second|title=Michael Douglas: 'Kirk was film star first, father second'|work=The Guardian|date=October 7, 2016|access-date=May 10, 2018}} His parents met at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.{{cite news|last=Brooks|first=Xan|title=Michael Douglas on Liberace, Cannes, cancer and cunnilingus|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jun/02/michael-douglas-liberace-cancer-cunnilingus|newspaper=The Guardian|date=June 2, 2013}}

His father was Jewish and was born Issur Danielovitch. Michael's paternal grandparents were emigrants from Chavusy in the Russian Empire (present-day Belarus).{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/interviews/hollywood-gladiator-kirk-douglas-has-his-eyes-set-on-a-third-barmitzvah-1.36378|title=Hollywood gladiator Kirk Douglas has his eyes set on a third barmitzvah|access-date=May 25, 2018|date=September 20, 2012|last=Paskin|first=Barbra|work=The Jewish Chronicle}}{{cite web|first=Brad|last=Darrach|url=http://people.com/archive/kirk-douglas-vol-30-no-14/|title=Kirk Douglas|work=People|date=October 3, 1988|access-date=May 25, 2018}}{{cite news|last=Tugend |first=Tom |title=Lucky number 90 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=December 12, 2006 |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881875567&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |access-date=December 12, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713123853/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881875567&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |archive-date=July 13, 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|first=Rose Troup|last=Buchanan|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/michael-douglas-accepts-jewish-nobel-prize-despite-not-being-jewish-under-religious-laws-10331037.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/michael-douglas-accepts-jewish-nobel-prize-despite-not-being-jewish-under-religious-laws-10331037.html |archive-date=May 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Michael Douglas accepts 'Jewish Nobel Prize' despite not being Jewish under religious laws|work=The Independent|date=June 19, 2015|access-date=May 25, 2018}}{{cite web|first=Ben|last=Sales|url=https://www.jta.org/2015/06/17/arts-entertainment/michael-douglas-i-never-felt-accepted-as-a-jew|title=Michael Douglas: I 'never felt accepted' as a Jew|work=JTA - Jewish news|date=June 17, 2015|access-date=May 10, 2018}}{{cite web|first=Hadley|last=Freeman|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/12/kirk-douglas-i-never-thought-id-live-to-100-thats-shocked-me|title=Kirk Douglas: 'I never thought I'd live to 100. That's shocked me'|work=The Guardian|date=February 12, 2017|access-date=May 25, 2018}} His mother was from Devonshire Parish, Bermuda, and had English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, French, Belgian, and Dutch ancestry.In the wings: a memoir, 1999, by Diana Douglas Darrid, p. 17 Douglas' uncle was politician Sir Nicholas Bayard Dill, and Douglas' maternal grandfather, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Melville Dill, served as Attorney General of Bermuda, as a Member of the Parliament of Bermuda (MCP), and as commanding officer of the Bermuda Militia Artillery.{{cite web|url=http://www.conovergenealogy.com/Pages/douglas.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629005823/http://www.conovergenealogy.com/Pages/douglas.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2012|title=Ancestors of Michael Kirk Douglas|publisher=Conovergenealogy.com|access-date=October 17, 2009}} Douglas is a US citizen by birth in the United States and has Bermudian Status from his mother's birth in Bermuda.{{cite web| url= https://www.doiapps.gov.bm/statuscheck/StatusResult.aspx?result=yes&NameStr=Michael+K+Douglas%2c+09%2f25%2f1944 |title= Status Check: Michael K. Douglas| quote= Our records indicate that Michael K Douglas, 09/25/1944 has Bermudian status.| website= doiapps.gov.bm| publisher= Department of Immigration, Bermuda| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150926004851/https://www.doiapps.gov.bm/statuscheck/StatusResult.aspx?result=yes&NameStr=Michael+K+Douglas%2c+09%2f25%2f1944 |archivedate=September 26, 2015 }}

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His great-grandfather, Thomas Newbold Dill (1837–1910), was a merchant, an MCP for Devonshire Parish from 1868 to 1888, a member of the legislative council and an assistant justice from 1888, mayor of the City of Hamilton from 1891 to 1897, served on numerous committees and boards, and was a member of the Devonshire Church (Church of England) and Devonshire Parish vestries. Thomas Newbold Dill's father, another Thomas Melville Dill, was a sea captain who took the Bermudian-built barque Sir George F. Seymour from Bermuda to Ireland in thirteen days in March 1858, but lost his master's certificate after the wreck of the Bermudian-built Cedrine on the Isle of Wight while returning the last convict laborers from the Royal Naval Dockyard in Bermuda to Britain in 1863.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bnt.bm/BNTonline_store/trust_publications.htm |title=Bermuda's Architectural Heritage: Hamilton Parish, Author: Diana Chudleigh, Editor: David L. White. Published by: The Bermuda National Trust, 2002 |access-date=December 30, 2016 |archive-date=August 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815120233/http://www.bnt.bm/BNTonline_store/trust_publications.htm |url-status=dead }} The current (installed on 29 May 2013) Bishop of Bermuda, the Right Reverend Nicholas Dill, is a cousin of Michael Douglas.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bermudasun.bm/Content/News/Latest-News/Photo_Gallery/Bishop-Nicholas-Dill-s-Consecration--May-2013/3/1297/617|title= Nicholas Dill becomes youngest Bishop of Bermuda, The Bermuda Sun|accessdate=July 10, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=756|title=Page not found | Anglican Communion|accessdate=July 10, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2013/05/movie-stars-congratulate-new-bermuda-bishop.aspx|title=Movie stars congratulate new Bermuda bishop|accessdate=July 10, 2024}}

Douglas has a younger brother, Joel Douglas (born 1947), and two paternal half-brothers, Peter Douglas (born 1955) and Eric Douglas (1958–2004), from stepmother Anne Buydens.

Douglas attended The Allen-Stevenson School in New York City, Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and The Choate Preparatory School (now Choate Rosemary Hall) in Wallingford, Connecticut. He received his B.A. in dramatic art from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1968,{{Cite web |url=https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2004/011812/michael-douglas-donates-1-million-uc-santa-barbara |title=Michael Douglas Donates $1 Million to UC Santa Barbara |last=Conrad |first=Eileen |date=February 2, 2004 |website=news.ucsb.edu |accessdate=May 10, 2022}} where he was also the honorary president of the UCSB Alumni Association. He studied acting with Wynn Handman at The American Place Theatre in New York City.{{cite book |last1=Parker |first1=John |title=Michael Douglas: Acting on Instinct |date=2011 |publisher=Headline (Hachette Book Group) |isbn=9780755362868 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o541AgAAQBAJ |access-date=1 December 2019}}

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His first TV breakthrough role came with a 1969 CBS Playhouse special, The Experiment—and it was the only time he was billed as "M.K. Douglas".{{cite web|url=http://www.mrpopculture.com/thereport/movie-pop-culture-trivia-michael-douglas-mrpopculture/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929200257/http://www.mrpopculture.com/thereport/movie-pop-culture-trivia-michael-douglas-mrpopculture/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 29, 2013|title=Movie Pop Culture Trivia – When Actor Michael Douglas Could Not Use His First Name|work=The Pop Culture Report|access-date=December 6, 2014}} On November 24, 1969, Douglas formed his first independent film production company, Bigstick Productions, Limited.{{Cite web|title=BIGSTICK PRODUCTIONS, LTD. :: New York (US) :: OpenCorporates|url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ny/285211|access-date=2021-06-20|website=opencorporates.com}}{{Cite web|title=The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas on December 19, 1969 · Page 5|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/44031318/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Newspapers.com|date=December 19, 1969 |language=en}}{{cite magazine|date=December 17, 1969|title=Look, Pa, I'm A Corp: Actor-Son's Bigstick|magazine=Variety|page=6}} Michael Douglas started his film career in the late 1960s and early 1970s, appearing in little known films such as Hail, Hero!, Adam at 6 A.M., and Summertree. His performance in Hail, Hero! earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer.{{cite news|last1=Mulkerrins|first1=Jane|title=Golden Globes 2014: Over-60s steal the show when it comes to TV|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/golden-globes/10567622/Golden-Globes-2014-Over-60s-steal-the-show-when-it-comes-to-TV.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/golden-globes/10567622/Golden-Globes-2014-Over-60s-steal-the-show-when-it-comes-to-TV.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=August 17, 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=January 13, 2014}}{{cbignore}}

His first significant role came in the TV series The Streets of San Francisco from 1972 to 1976, in which he starred alongside Karl Malden. Douglas later said that Malden became a "mentor" and someone he "admired and loved deeply".{{cite news|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jul-02-me-karl-malden2-story.html|title=Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dies at 97|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=July 2, 2009|access-date=September 15, 2010|first=Dennis|last=McLellan}} After Douglas left the show, he had a long association with his mentor until Malden's death on July 1, 2009. In 2004, Douglas presented Malden with the Monte Cristo Award of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut for the Lifetime Achievement Award.

In late 1971, Douglas received from his father, Kirk Douglas, the rights to the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which had been purchased by Bryna Productions in February 1962.{{Cite web|title=The Eugene Guard from Eugene, Oregon on February 11, 1962 · Page 6|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/154106073/|access-date=2021-05-29|website=Newspapers.com|date=February 11, 1962 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=The Charlotte News from Charlotte, North Carolina on February 2, 1972 · 5|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/621995314/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Newspapers.com|date=February 2, 1972 |language=en}} Michael went on to produce the film of the same name with Saul Zaentz.{{cite web|url= http://www.filmsite.org/onef.html|title=One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|publisher=Filmsite.org|access-date=September 15, 2010}} Kirk Douglas hoped to portray McMurphy himself, having starred in an earlier stage version, but the director, Milos Forman, went with Jack Nicholson, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Douglas won the Award for Best Picture for producing the film.{{cite web|title=The 48th Academy Awards – 1976|date=October 4, 2014 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=August 17, 2015}} In December 1976, Michael and his brother Peter became head of their father's film production company, The Bryna Company, though Michael would depart by 1978 to focus exclusively on producing through his own Bigstick Productions.{{Cite web|title=The Raleigh Register from Beckley, West Virginia on December 6, 1976 · Page 8|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/48056382/|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Newspapers.com|date=December 6, 1976 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Republican and Herald from Pottsville, Pennsylvania on April 14, 1978 · 12|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/448552193/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Newspapers.com|date=April 14, 1978 |language=en}}

After leaving The Streets of San Francisco in 1976, Douglas played a hospital doctor in the medical thriller Coma (1978), and in 1979 he played the role of a troubled marathon runner in Running. In 1979, he both produced and starred in The China Syndrome, a dramatic film co-starring Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon about a nuclear power plant accident (the Three Mile Island accident took place 12 days after the film's release). The film was considered "one of the most intelligent Hollywood films of the 1970s". In June 1979, Michael appointed Jack Brodsky Executive Vice-president of Bigstick Productions.{{Cite web|title=Boxoffice-June.04.1979|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/31956683/boxoffice-june041979|access-date=2021-06-20|website=yumpu.com|language=en}}

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Douglas' acting career was propelled to fame when he produced and starred in the 1984 romantic adventure comedy Romancing the Stone. It also reintroduced Douglas as a capable leading man, giving director Robert Zemeckis his first box-office success. The film also starred Danny DeVito, a friend of Douglas' with who he had shared an apartment in the 1960s.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120609052707/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-10-30/gossip/17907312_1_danny-devito-magical-time-michael-douglas NY Daily News] Michael Douglas, Danny DeVito remember old times at film awards It was followed a year later by a sequel, The Jewel of the Nile, which he also produced. Bigstick Productions was then partnered with Mercury Entertainment, a company backed by producer Michael Phillips in 1986 to produce independently financed features.{{Cite news|date=1986-06-11|title=Mercury, Douglas Team|page=6|work=Variety}} In the 1980s, Douglas formed a new film production company, The Stone Group (later renamed Stonebridge Entertainment) with partner Rick Bieber.{{Cite web|title=The York Dispatch from York, Pennsylvania on October 27, 1988 · 35|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/614068764/|access-date=2021-06-20|website=Newspapers.com|date=October 27, 1988 |language=en}}{{Cite web|date=1992-04-08|title=Fox Broadcasting, the Fox studio's television network,...|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-08-fi-477-story.html|access-date=2021-06-20|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}

In 1987, Douglas starred in the thriller Fatal Attraction with Glenn Close. That same year he played tycoon Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's Wall Street for which he received an Academy Award as Best Actor. He reprised his role as Gekko in the sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps in 2010, also directed by Stone.{{cite magazine|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/Movie-News/Michael-Douglas-Wall-1005553.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502211930/http://movies.tvguide.com/Movie-News/Michael-Douglas-Wall-1005553.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 2, 2009 |title=Michael Douglas to Star in Wall Street 2 |magazine=TV Guide |access-date=April 29, 2009 }}

Douglas starred in the 1989 film The War of the Roses, which also starred Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito.{{cite web|title=THE WAR OF THE ROSES (15)|url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/war-roses-1970-3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113014147/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/war-roses-1970-3|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 13, 2015|work=British Board of Film Classification|date=January 4, 1990|access-date=May 31, 2013}} In 1989 he starred in Ridley Scott's international police crime drama Black Rain opposite Andy García and Kate Capshaw; the film was shot in Osaka, Japan.

In 1992, Douglas founded the short-lived Atlantic Records distributed label Third Stone Records.{{cite web|last1=Texeira|first1=Erin|title=Rapper, 2 Others Are Found Slain|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-27-me-29279-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|date=January 27, 1996 |access-date=February 12, 2017}} He founded the label with record producer Richard Rudolph, who became the company's president and CEO.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2REEAAAAMBAJ&dq=michael+douglas+third+stone+records&pg=PA12|title=Billboard|author= |date=October 24, 1992|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|accessdate=July 10, 2024|via=Google Books}} Among the acts signed to Third Stone were Saigon Kick and Nona Gaye.{{cite magazine |title=Nona Gaye - She's Overjoyed |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Howard Lander |publication-date=24 October 1992 |volume=104 |issue=43 |page=12 |issn=0006-2510 }}

That same year, Douglas had another successful starring role when he appeared alongside Sharon Stone in the film Basic Instinct. The movie was a box office hit and sparked controversy over its depictions of bisexuality and lesbianism. In March 1994, Douglas announced that he had formed a new film production company, Douglas/Reuther Productions, in partnership with Steven Reuther.{{Cite web|title=Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California on March 25, 1994 · Page 52|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/158612268/|access-date=2021-06-20|website=Newspapers.com|date=March 25, 1994 |language=en}} In 1994 Douglas and Demi Moore starred in the hit movie Disclosure focusing on the topic of sexual harassment with Douglas playing a man harassed by his new female boss. Other popular films he starred in during the decade were Falling Down, The American President, The Ghost and the Darkness, The Game (directed by David Fincher), and a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's classic – Dial M for Murder – titled A Perfect Murder. In 1998 Douglas received the Crystal Globe award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.{{cite web|title=33rd Karlovy Vary IFF Awards |access-date=September 25, 2006 |url=http://www.iffkv.cz/?m=32&sub=2&year=1998 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903193107/http://www.iffkv.cz/?m=32 |archive-date=September 3, 2006 }} On November 19, 1997, Douglas formed his fourth film production company, Furthur Films.{{Cite web|title=FURTHUR FILMS, INC. :: New York (US) :: OpenCorporates|url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ny/2200458|access-date=2021-06-20|website=opencorporates.com}}{{Cite web|title=The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia on May 10, 1999 · 20|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/403252621/|access-date=2021-06-20|website=Newspapers.com|date=May 10, 1999 |language=en}}

In 2000, Douglas starred in Steven Soderbergh's critically acclaimed film Traffic, opposite Benicio del Toro and future wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones. Douglas and the cast of Traffic were awarded a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.{{cite web|last1=Davis|first1=Clayton|last2=Buckner|first2=Michael|title=Every SAG Cast Ensemble Film Winner (Since 1994)|url=https://variety.com/lists/every-sag-awards-cast-ensemble-film-winner/|website=Variety|date=April 5, 2023 }} That same year he also received critical acclaim for his role in Wonder Boys, as a professor and novelist suffering from writer's block. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

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Douglas starred in Don't Say a Word (2001), filmed shortly before his marriage to Zeta-Jones. In 2003, he starred in It Runs in the Family, which featured three generations of his family (his parents, Kirk and Diana, as well as his son, Cameron). Although a labor of love, the film was not successful, critically or at the box office. Also in 2003, Douglas starred in The In-Laws.{{Cite web |last=Wilmington |first=Michael |date=23 May 2003 |title=As a spotty remake, 'In-Laws' has multiple flaws |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-05-23-0305230081-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune}}{{Cite magazine|last=Schwarzbaum|first=Lisa|title=The In-Laws |url=https://ew.com/article/2003/05/30/laws-2/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|language=en}} Douglas was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes in 2004. Michael and Kirk Douglas are the only father and son pair to have both been awarded this recognition.{{Cite web |last=Crook |first=John |date=24 January 2004 |title=Douglas relishes family aspect of the Cecil B. DeMille Award |url=https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/2004/01/25/douglas-relishes-family-aspect-of-the-cecil-b-demille-award/31656199007/ |website=The Gainesville Sun}}{{Cite web |last=Saroyan |first=Strawberry |date=8 January 2004 |title=Cecil B. DeMille Award-Michael Douglas |url=https://variety.com/2004/film/awards/cecil-b-demille-award-michael-douglas-1117898092/ |website=Variety}} He then starred in and produced the action-thriller The Sentinel in 2006.{{Cite news |date=April 21, 2006 |title=Michael Douglas as a Secret Service Agent in 'The Sentinel' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/21/movies/21sent.html?_r=0 |work=The New York Times}} During that time, he also guest starred on the episode "Fagel Attraction" of the television sitcom Will & Grace as a gay cop attracted to Will Truman (Eric McCormack); the performance earned Douglas an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Show. Douglas was also the voice of founding father Benjamin Franklin in Freedom: A History of US, the PBS television adaptation of Joy Hakim's 10-volume book A History of US.{{Cite web |last=Boyle |first=Kelli |date=28 February 2022 |title=Michael Douglas to Play Benjamin Franklin |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1034231/michael-douglas-benjamin-franklin-apple-tv-plus-john-adams-creator/ |website=TV Insider |quote=...[The] star previously voiced Franklin in Freedom:A History of US on PBS in 2003}}

Douglas was approached for Basic Instinct 2, but declined to participate in the project.{{Cite journal |title=In conversation with Michael Douglas |journal=Empire |issue=August 2006}} In 2006, Douglas was Mr. Thompson in You, Me, and Dupree.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/you-me-and-dupree/cast/2000042082/|title=You, Me and Dupree|website=TVGuide.com|accessdate=July 10, 2024}} The following year, Douglas played Charlie in King of California.{{Cite news|last=Holden|first=Stephen|title=A Determined Bipolar Dad in Search of Buried Treasure|work=The New York Times |date=September 14, 2007 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/movies/14king.html}} In December 2007, Douglas began announcing the introduction to NBC Nightly News. Howard Reig, the previous announcer, had retired two years earlier.{{Cite news |date=December 19, 2007 |title=Michael Douglas Does the News |url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-michaeldouglasnbcnewsvoiceover,0,5417160.story?coll=zap-tv-headlines |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221033018/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-michaeldouglasnbcnewsvoiceover%2C0%2C5417160.story?coll=zap-tv-headlines |archive-date=December 21, 2007 |work=Zap2it}} That same year, Douglas received the Career Achievement Award from the National Board of Review.{{cite web|last=Buckley|first=Cara|title=The National Board of Review Award Winners for 2007|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/the-national-board-of-review-award-winners-for-2007/|website=New York Times|date=5 December 2007}}{{cite web|title=National Board of Review Awards|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/national-board-of-review-awards/|date=16 January 2008|website=CBS news}}

In the late 2000s, Douglas starred in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009),{{cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=A serial swordsman duels with destiny|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ghosts-of-girlfriends-past-2009|date=29 April 2009}} Beyond a Reasonable Doubt,{{cite magazine|last=Travers|first=Peter|title=Beyond a Reasonable Doubt|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/beyond-a-reasonable-doubt-248879/|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 10, 2009 }} and Solitary Man.{{cite web|last=Scott|first=A.O.|title=Yes, He's a Jerk, but There's Something About Ben|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/movies/21solitary.html|date=20 May 2010|website=The New York Times}} In 2009, he was honored with the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award{{cite web|last=Kilday|first=Gregg|title=Michael Douglas receives AFI Award|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/michael-douglas-receives-afi-award-85342/|date=12 June 2009|website=The Hollywood Reporter}} and the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures from the Producers Guild of America.{{cite web|title=Michael Douglas honored by movie producers|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27097912|date=9 October 2008|website=NBC News}} In 2011, Douglas voiced Waylon on Disney Channel's cartoon Phineas and Ferb{{cite magazine|title=Michael J. Fox and Michael Douglas Joine Phineas and Ferb|magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2011/10/tonight-michael-j-fox-and-michael-douglas-join-phineas-and-ferbs-halloween-episode/ |last1=Blum |first1=Matt }} and starred in the dramatic thriller Haywire.{{cite web|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|title=Haywire:Film Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/haywire-film-review-258306/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 7, 2011 }} He was also honored that year by the French Minister of Culture with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres with the rank of Commandeur.{{Cite web|url=https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Decouvrir-le-ministere/histoire-du-ministere/ressources-documentaires/Discours-de-ministres/Discours-de-ministres-depuis-1998/Frederic-Mitterrand-2009-2012/Communiques-2009-2012/Frederic-Mitterrand-annonce-la-nomination-de-265-personnalites-etrangeres-au-titre-de-la-promotion-Arts-et-Lettres-du-printemps-2011-soit-22-comma|title=Frédéric Mitterrand annonce la nomination de 265 personnalités étrangères au titre de la promotion Arts et Lettres du printemps 2011, soit 22 comma...|website=www.culture.gouv.fr|accessdate=July 10, 2024}}

In 2012, Douglas was honored with the Monte Cristo Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center for his "monumental achievements and contributions to the American and international theater community."{{cite web|last=Hetrick|first=Adam|title=Michael Douglas Honored with Monte Cristo Award April 16|url=https://v.playbill.com/article/michael-douglas-honored-with-monte-cristo-award-april-16-com-192586|date=16 April 2012|website=Playbill}}{{cite web|last=Ng|first=Philiana|title=Michael Douglas to Receive Eugene O'Neil's Monte Cristo Award|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/michael-douglas-monte-cristo-award-273728/|date=14 December 2011|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Douglas collaborated with Steven Soderbergh again on the 2013 film Behind the Candelabra, playing Liberace, opposite Matt Damon as Scott Thorson. The film dramatizes the last 10 years of the pianist's life and the relationship he had with Thorson.{{Cite web |last=Mikelbank |first=Peter |date=September 15, 2009 |title=Michael Douglas To Play Liberace |url=https://people.com/tag/michael-douglas/ |access-date=September 15, 2009 |website=People}} His portrayal of Liberace received critical acclaim, which resulted in him receiving the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards. He also won SAG and Golden Globe Awards for the performance.{{Cite news |last=Finn |first=Natalie |date=January 18, 2014 |title=Michael Douglas Gets in a Few Last Double Entendres Accepting "Bittersweet" SAG Award Win |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/501231/michael-douglas-gets-in-a-few-last-double-entendres-accepting-bittersweet-sag-award-win |access-date=January 27, 2015 |work=E Online}} Also that year, he starred in Last Vegas, a comedy also starring Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Kline.{{cite web|last=Oldenburg|first=Ann|title=Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline bond in Last Vegas|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/weekend/entertainment/2013/10/25/what-happens-in-vegas-stays-in-vegas/3179445/|date=26 October 2013|website=USA Today}} In 2014, Douglas starred alongside Diane Keaton in the romantic comedy, And So It Goes{{cite web|last=Hoffman|first=Jordan|title=And So It Goes:embarrassing for everyone|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/jul/24/and-so-it-goes-reiner-keaton-douglas-review|date=24 July 2014|website=The Guardian}} and he produced and starred in Beyond the Reach.{{cite web|last= McMillan|first=Graeme|title=Beyond the Reach Trailer Shows the Dark Side of Michael Douglas|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/beyond-reach-trailer-shows-dark-770592/|date=5 February 2015|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

He played Hank Pym, the Marvel Comics superhero, in the films Ant-Man (2015), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). In 2016, Douglas received his second Cesar d'Honneur for Career Achievement from the French Cesar Awards; the first was in 1998.{{cite web|title=Honorary Cesar:In 1998, Michael Douglas thanked the public in French|url=https://www.premiere.fr/Cinema/Cesar-d-honneur-En-1998-Michael-Douglas-remerciait-le-public-en-francais|date=27 January 2016|website=Premier}}{{cite web|last=Soghomonian|first=Talia|title=2016 Cesar Awards Honor Michael Douglas|url=https://collider.com/michael-douglas-mustang-2016-cesar-awards/|date=27 February 2016|website=Collider}} In 2017, Douglas starred in the action thriller Unlocked.{{cite web|last=Lodge|first=Guy|title=Unlocked Film Review|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/unlocked-review-noomi-rapace-1202409135/|date=5 May 2017|website=Variety}}

In 2018, he starred with Alan Arkin in The Kominsky Method, playing Sandy Kominsky, an aging acting coach. He received a Golden Globe Award for his performance.{{Cite web |date=December 6, 2019 |title=Golden Globe Awards: Michael Douglas, 'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' among local nominees |url=https://eu.lohud.com/story/entertainment/events/suburbarazzi/2018/12/06/golden-globes-2019-westchester-rockland-names-among-nominees/2224473002/ |access-date=December 8, 2018 |website=Suburbarazzi}} The same year, he starred in a Chinese film, Animal World, based on the Japanese manga series Kaiji.{{Cite news |last=Brzeski |first=Patrick |date=May 10, 2018 |title=Cannes: CMC Takes Michael Douglas Chinese Film 'Animal World' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-cmc-takes-michael-douglas-clown-movie-animal-world-1110782 |access-date=23 May 2020 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}} In 2018, Douglas received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.{{cite web|title=Michael Douglas chokes up while celebrating Hollywood Walk of Fame star|url=https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/life/people/2018/11/07/michael-douglas-hollywood-walk-fame-star/1909940002/|date=6 November 2018|website=USA Today}}

Starting in 2019, Douglas voiced the character Guy-I-Am in the Netflix animated series Green Eggs and Ham (TV series).{{cite web|last=Flores|first=Terry|title=How Netflix's Green Eggs and Ham Expands the World of the Dr. Seuss Classic|url=https://variety.com/2019/artisans/production/dr-seuss-green-eggs-and-ham-netflix-1203387748/|date=1 November 2019|website=Variety}}

In 2023, Douglas again played Hank Pym in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). The Ant-Man films were directed by Peyton Reed and starred Paul Rudd.{{Cite news |date=January 23, 2014 |title=Michael Douglas to Play Hank Pym in Marvel's Ant-Man |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/michael-douglas-ant-man-1201052848/ |access-date=January 13, 2014 |work=Variety}} Douglas reprised the role, voicing Hank Pym in the animated series What If... (2021-2023).{{cite web|last1=Lewis|first1=George|last2=Sandwell|first2=Ian|title=Michael Douglas explains why things got easier after his first Ant-Man movie|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a42978613/michael-douglas-ant-man-quantumania/|date=20 February 2023|website=DigitalSpy}}

In May 2023, Douglas was honored with an Honorary Palme d'or for Lifetime Achievement at the Cannes Film Festival{{cite web|last=Roxborough|first=Scott|title=Cannes:Michael Douglas to Receive Honorary Palme d'Or|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cannes-2023-michael-douglas-honor-palme-dor-1235478787/|date=3 May 2023|website=The Hollywood Reporter}} and the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the 54th International Film Festival of India in November 2023.{{Cite web |date=November 20, 2023 |title=54th IFFI: Hollywood star Michael Douglas to get Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/entertainment/54th-iffi-hollywood-star-michael-douglas-to-get-satyajit-ray-lifetime-achievement-award-18368091.htm |access-date=November 22, 2023 |website=CNBC TV18 |language=en}}

In 2024, he starred in the Apple TV+ miniseries Franklin, portraying Benjamin Franklin during the eight years that he spent in France attempting to convince King Louis XVI to support the burgeoning United States in the American Revolutionary War.{{cite web|last=Schwartz|first=Ryan|date=February 5, 2024|url=https://tvline.com/news/apple-tv-plus-tv-shows-2024-new-returning-1235141679/|title=Apple Sets Dates for Jake Gyllenhaal's Presumed Innocent Remake, Michael Douglas' Franklin and 10 Others (Watch)|access-date=February 5, 2024|website=TVLine}}

According to film historian and critic David Thomson, Douglas was capable of playing characters who were "weak, culpable, morally indolent, compromised, and greedy for illicit sensation without losing that basic probity or potential for ethical character that we require of a hero".Thomson, David. The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, Alfred A. Knopf (2002) pp. 247–249 Critic and author Rob Edelman points out similarities in many of Douglas' roles, writing that in some of his leading films, he personified the "contemporary, Caucasian middle-to-upper-class American male who finds himself the brunt of female anger because of real or imagined sexual slights".Edelman, Rob; Unterburger, Amy L. (Ed.) International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers-3: Actors and Actresses (3rd Ed.), St. James Press (1997) pp. 347–348

These themes of perceived male victimization are seen in films such as Fatal Attraction (1987) with Glenn Close, The War of the Roses (1989) with Kathleen Turner, Basic Instinct (1992) with Sharon Stone, Falling Down (1993), and Disclosure (1994) with Demi Moore. For his characters in films such as these, "any kind of sexual contact with someone other than his mate and the mother of his children is destined to come at a costly price." Edelman describes his characters as the "Everyman who must contend with, and be victimized by, these women and their raging, psychotic sexuality".

Conversely, Douglas also played powerful characters with dominating personalities, including Gordon Gekko, in the Wall Street franchise, who was described as the "greedy yuppie personification of the Me generation," and says "greed is good" in the movie; in Romancing the Stone and The Jewel of the Nile, he played an idealistic soldier of fortune; in The Star Chamber (1983), he was a court judge fed up with an inadequate legal system, leading him to become involved with a vigilante group; and in Black Rain (1989), he proved he could also play a Stallone-like action hero as a New York City cop.

Having become recognized as a successful producer and actor, he describes himself as "an actor first and a producer second". He has explained why he enjoys both functions:

{{blockquote|I love the fact that on one side, with acting, you can be a child—acting is wonderful for its innocence and the fun ... On the other side, producing is fun for all the adult kinds of things you do. You deal in business, you deal with the creative forces. As an adult who continues to get older, you like the adult risks. It's flying without a net, taking chances and learning. I was never good in economics or business—had no business background, you know, and I like it.

I think I'm a chameleon. I think it's something that I possibly inherited early on as a child going back and forth between two families. I know that whether it's right or wrong, I have an ability to sort of fit into a lot of different situations and make people feel relatively comfortable in a wide range without giving up all my moral values. I think that same chameleonlike quality can transfer into films. I think if you can remember the reason you got involved with it in the first place and try to keep that impulsive, instinctive feeling even when you're being beaten down or exhausted or waylaid, you'll be successful."Hirschberg, Lynn. Rolling Stone magazine, Jan. 16, 1986 pp. 28–32, 41}}

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Over his career he has received two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award. five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also received several honors such as the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2009, two Honorary Césars in 1998 and 2016, a Film Society at Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 2010, a Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2004, and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018.

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After the filming of Summertree in 1971, Douglas began dating actress Brenda Vaccaro, a relationship that lasted nearly six years.{{cite news| url= http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20064433,00.html |title=Michael Douglas & Brenda Vaccaro: Is Out-of-Wedlock No Longer In? |work=People |volume=2 |issue= 10 |date=September 2, 1974 |access-date=May 4, 2012 |archive-date=October 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019034131/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0%2C%2C20064433%2C00.html |url-status=live }}

In March 1977, Douglas married Diandra Luker, 12 years his junior and the daughter of an Austrian diplomat.{{cite news| url= http://top-10-list.org/2009/05/06/ten-most-expensive-divorce-settlements-hollywood/| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090511150251/http://top-10-list.org/2009/05/06/ten-most-expensive-divorce-settlements-hollywood/ |title= Ten Most Expensive Divorce Settlements in Hollywood| website= top-10-list.org| date= May 6, 2009| archivedate= May 11, 2009| access-date= }}{{cite news| url= http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20101047,00.html | title= Basic Breakup: Michael Douglas's Marriage Is Off Again| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140719133302/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20101047,00.html |archive-date=July 19, 2014| work= People |date= July 10, 1995| volume= 44 | number= 2| access-date= May 4, 2012}} They had one son, Cameron, born in 1978. In 1995, Diandra filed for divorce and was awarded $45 million as part of the divorce settlement.{{cite news| url= https://www.forbes.com/2007/04/12/most-expensive-divorces-biz-cz_lg_0412celebdivorce_slide_4.html?thisSpeed=undefined| title= 10 Most Expensive Celebrity Divorces| work= Forbes.com| date= May 22, 2002| access-date= May 4, 2012}}

In March 1999, Douglas began dating Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones. The pair married on November 18, 2000. Zeta-Jones says that when they met in Deauville, France, Douglas said, "I want to father your children."{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/how-cheesy-can-you-get/2007/07/12/1183833634622.html |title=Cheesy chat up line that snagged Catherine Zeta-Jones|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=July 12, 2007}} They have two children, son Dylan Michael (born August 8, 2000){{cite news |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20132087,00.html |title=Passages |first=David Cobb |last=Craig |work= People |date=August 21, 2000 |access-date=March 16, 2015 |archive-date=March 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316193013/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20132087%2C00.html |url-status=dead }} and daughter Carys Zeta (born April 20, 2003).{{cite news|title=Carys—a name rooted in love|date=April 22, 2003|work= news.bbc.co.uk| publisher= BBC News|access-date=September 25, 2006 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/2966821.stm}} The family has a coastal estate near Valldemossa, Mallorca.{{cite web |title=Catherine Zeta-Jones shows off her hidden talents in Mallorca |url=https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2021/08/04/87713/catherine-zeta-jones-shows-off-her-hidden-talents-majorca.html |website=Majorca Daily Bulletin |date=August 4, 2021 |access-date=8 August 2021}}

In August 2013, People claimed that Douglas and Zeta-Jones began living separately in May 2013, but did not take any legal action towards separation or divorce.{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/michael-douglas-and-catherine-zeta-jones-separate/ |title=Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones Separate|work=People|date=August 28, 2013|access-date=August 28, 2013}} A representative for Zeta-Jones subsequently confirmed that they "are taking some time apart to evaluate and work on their marriage".{{cite news |url= http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/catherine-zeta-jones-michael-douglas-taking-some-time-apart--2013288 |title=Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas 'Taking Some Time Apart'| work= Us Weekly |date=August 28, 2013|access-date=August 28, 2013|first=Allison|last=Takeda}} It was reported in November, that the couple had reconciled and Zeta-Jones moved back into their New York apartment.{{cite news|title=Michael Douglas back with Catherine Zeta-Jones|url=http://www.tv3.ie/entertainment_article.php?locID=1.803.810&article=117621| work= TV3.ie| date= November 1, 2013| access-date=November 1, 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102202521/http://www.tv3.ie/entertainment_article.php?locID=1.803.810&article=117621|archive-date=November 2, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

In 1997, New York caddie James Parker sued Douglas for $25 million.{{cite news|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/caddy-clubs-michael-douglas-0|title=The Smoking Gun Archive|publisher=The Smoking Gun|access-date=December 23, 2006}} Parker accused Douglas of hitting him in the groin with an errant golf ball, causing Parker great distress. The case was later settled out of court.{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/2000/12/22/npfri_30/|date=December 23, 2000|title=Michael Douglas closes testicle chapter|work=salon.com}}

In 2004, Douglas and Zeta-Jones took legal action against stalker Dawnette Knight, who was accused of sending violent letters to the couple that contained graphic threats on Zeta-Jones' life. Testifying, Zeta-Jones said the threats left her so shaken she feared a nervous breakdown.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4666313.stm Three-year term for Zeta stalker] from BBC News Wales Knight claimed she was in love with Douglas and admitted to the offenses, which took place between October 2003 and May 2004. She was sentenced to three years in prison.

In 1980, Douglas was involved in a serious skiing accident which sidelined his acting career for three years. On September 17, 1992, the same year Basic Instinct came out, he began a 30-day treatment for alcoholism and drug addiction at Sierra Tucson Center.{{cite news|title='Michael Douglas' Biography Reveals Actor's Hidden Demons (EXCERPT)|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/michael-douglas-biography-excerpt_n_1891335.html|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=September 18, 2012|first=Anthonia|last=Akitunde}}[https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/michael-douglas-wanted-diandra-luker-2138722 He went to rehab in the 1990s for what he said was an alcohol problem, but was widely reported to be sex addiction.] Mirror, August 8, 2013

It was announced on August 16, 2010, that Douglas was suffering from throat cancer (later revealed to have been tongue cancer),{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/celebrity/michael-douglas-i-lied-i-actually-had-tongue-cancer/|title=Michael Douglas: I Lied – I Actually Had Tongue Cancer|magazine=People|access-date=4 December 2018|date=11 October 2013|author=Blumm, K.C.}} and would undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatment.{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/michael-douglas-undergo-throat-cancer-treatment/story?id=11413860&page=2|title=Michael Douglas to Undergo Throat Cancer Treatment|work=ABC News|access-date=August 16, 2010}} He subsequently confirmed that the cancer was at stage IV, an advanced stage.{{Cite news|author=Brooks, Xan|title=Michael Douglas reveals his cancer has spread|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/sep/01/michael-douglas-cancer-spread|work=The Guardian|date=September 1, 2010|access-date=September 1, 2010|location=London}}

Douglas credits the discovery of his cancer to the public Canadian health system when a doctor in Montreal, Quebec diagnosed the actor's medical condition after numerous American specialists failed to do so.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/michael-douglas-praises-canadian-health-care/article578668/ Michael Douglas praises Canadian health care]. Gobeandmail.com (May 3, 2011). Retrieved June 19, 2012. Douglas has since participated in fundraisers for Montreal's Jewish General Hospital, where he was diagnosed, and the McGill University Health Centre with which the hospital is affiliated.{{Cite news|title=Douglas lends star power to Head and Neck Cancer fundraiser|url=http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2011/05/douglas-lends-star-power-to-head-and-neck-cancer-fundraiser/|work=McGill Reporter|date=May 5, 2011|access-date=August 28, 2013|location=Montreal|archive-date=April 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408211907/http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2011/05/douglas-lends-star-power-to-head-and-neck-cancer-fundraiser/|url-status=dead}}

Douglas attributed the cancer to stress, his previous alcohol abuse, and years of heavy smoking.[http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2010/09/01/michael_douglas_cigarettes_and_alcohol "Michael Douglas: 'Cigarettes And Alcohol Caused My Cancer{{'"}}] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118054632/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2010/09/01/michael_douglas_cigarettes_and_alcohol |date=January 18, 2012 }}. Starpulse.com (September 1, 2010). Retrieved May 4, 2012. In July 2011, Star magazine published photographs which appeared to show him smoking a cigarette while on holiday that month.[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-michael-douglas-still-smoking-despite-throat-cancer/ "Is Michael Douglas still smoking despite throat cancer?"] CBS News. A representative declined to comment on the photographs.{{cite news|last=Dillon|first=Nancy|title=Michael Douglas caught smoking again after beating throat cancer|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/michael-douglas-caught-smoking-beating-throat-cancer-article-1.155705|newspaper=Daily News|date=July 29, 2011|location=New York}}

In November 2010, Douglas' doctors put him on a weight-gain diet due to excessive weight loss that left him weak.[http://www.efitnessnow.com/news/2010/11/14/michael-douglas-recent-weight-loss-worries-doctors "Michael Douglas' recent weight loss worries doctors"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101117021013/http://www.efitnessnow.com/news/2010/11/14/michael-douglas-recent-weight-loss-worries-doctors/ |date=November 17, 2010 }}, November 14, 2010 On January 11, 2011, he said that the tumor was gone, though the illness and aggressive treatment had caused him to lose 32 pounds (14.5 kg).[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12159548 "Michael Douglas says tumour is gone"], BBC News, January 11, 2011 He said he would require monthly screenings because of a high chance of recurrence within three years.Carroll, Linda, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131027131524/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/41009450 "With throat tumor gone, Michael Douglas begins 3-year waiting game"], NBC News. January 10, 2011 In June 2013, Douglas told The Guardian that his type of cancer is caused by the human papilloma virus transmitted by cunnilingus, leading some media to report this as well. His spokesman denied these reports and portrayed Douglas' conversation with The Guardian as general and not referring specifically to his diagnosis.{{cite news|title=Michael Douglas' Throat Cancer Not Really Caused By Oral Sex, Rep Says (UPDATED)|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/02/michael-douglas-throat-cancer-oral-sex_n_3375500.html|work=Huffington Post | first=Leigh|last=Blickley|date=June 2, 2013}}

Although Douglas described the cancer as throat cancer, it was publicly speculated that he may have been diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer.[http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/727947 Exact type of cancer Douglas has per www.medscape.com]. Medscape.com. Retrieved May 4, 2012.[https://archive.today/20120905172705/http://www.newsoxy.com/entertainment/zeta-jones-paparazzi-22-20126.html "Doctors believe Douglas has oropharyngeal cancer, not throat cancer"]. Newsoxy.com. Retrieved May 4, 2012. In October 2013, Douglas said he suffered from tongue cancer, not throat cancer. He announced it as throat cancer upon the advice of his physician, who felt it would be unwise to reveal that he had tongue cancer given its negative prognosis and potential for disfigurement, particularly because the announcement came immediately before Douglas' promotional tour for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

Douglas was born to a Jewish father and an Anglican (Church of England) mother.{{cite web|first=Sydnee|last=Fried|url=https://www.independent.com/news/2016/feb/05/michael-douglas-natan-sharanksy-discuss-jewish-inc/|title=Michael Douglas, Natan Sharanksy Discuss Jewish Inclusion|work=Santa Barbara Independent|date=February 5, 2016|access-date=May 25, 2018}}{{cite web|first=Ree|last=Hines|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/michael-douglas-shocked-anti-semitic-rant-aimed-son-t13346|title=Michael Douglas talks family, faith after stranger's anti-Semitic rant at son|work=Today Show|date=April 8, 2015|access-date=May 10, 2018}} His cousin, the Right Reverend Nicholas Dill, is the bishop of the established Anglican Church of Bermuda. Douglas was not raised with a religious affiliation but stated in January 2015, that he now identifies as a Reform Jew.{{cite news|url=https://latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-genesis-prize-michael-douglas-20150115-story.html|title=Michael Douglas to be honored by the Genesis Prize Foundation|date=January 14, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite magazine|last=Galloway|first=Stephen|title=Michael Douglas: One Hell of a Year|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 29, 2010| url= https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-douglas-hell-year-49839|access-date=December 17, 2010}} His son, Dylan, had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony{{cite web| url= http://www.jewishpress.com/news/michael-douglas-visits-kotel/2014/06/26/ |title=Michael Douglas Visits Kotel |newspaper=The Jewish Press |date=June 26, 2014 |access-date=August 26, 2014}}{{cite web|first=Sara|last=Hammel|url=http://people.com/celebrity/michael-douglas-pays-tribute-to-wife-catherine-zeta-jones-at-aarp-awards/| title= Michael Douglas Emotionally Pays Tribute to Wife Catherine Zeta-Jones While Accepting AARP Award: 'Thank You for the Love'|work= People |date=December 4, 2015|access-date=May 10, 2018}} and the Douglas family traveled to Jerusalem to mark the occasion.{{cite news|url=http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/177606/michael-douglas-says-shalom-from-israel |title=Michael Douglas Says 'Shalom' From Israel| work=Tablet Magazine |date=June 27, 2014|access-date=June 27, 2014|first=Stephanie |last=Butnick}}

Douglas received the 2015 Genesis Prize, a $1 million prize awarded by the Genesis Prize Foundation for Jewish achievement. He donated the prize money to activities designed to raise awareness about inclusion and diversity in Jewish life and to find innovative solutions to pressing global and community problems.{{Cite news| url= http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new-york/genesis-prize-taps-michael-douglas |title=Genesis Prize Taps Michael Douglas |last=Rosenblatt |first=Gary |date=January 14, 2015 |work= The Jewish Week |access-date=January 26, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150118192233/http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new-york/genesis-prize-taps-michael-douglas |archive-date=January 18, 2015 }}

Michael Douglas has been involved in various charitable activities, focusing on healthcare, nuclear disarmament, and human rights. Since 1998, he has served as a United Nations Messenger of Peace, primarily concentrating on disarmament issues.{{Cite web |last=Nations |first=United |title=Michael Douglas |url=https://www.un.org/en/messengers-peace/michael-douglas |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=United Nations |language=en}} Douglas has supported the Motion Picture & Television Fund, which aids those in the entertainment industry, and has participated in fundraising efforts for the Jewish General Hospital and the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, where he was diagnosed with cancer.{{Cite web |title=Spotlight: Michael Douglas's Charity Work |url=https://www.imdb.com/news/ni61944988/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}} Additionally, he has been involved with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.{{Cite web |title=Michael Douglas: Charity Work & Causes |url=https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/michael-douglas |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Look to the Stars |language=en}} Michael Douglas has also raised awareness about the link between human papillomavirus (HPV) and oropharyngeal cancer, citing medical evidence and his diagnosis to promote public health education and preventive measures. He was featured in the "100 Influential Celebrities in Oncology: The 2023 Edition" by OncoDaily for his contributions to public awareness.{{Cite news |last=OncoDaily Editorial Team |title=100 Influential Celebrities in Oncology: The 2023 Edition |url=https://oncodaily.com/positive/28416.html}}

In 2018, journalist and author Susan Braudy alleged on Today, an NBC morning news show in the United States, and in several other interviews that,{{cite news| url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/18/michael-douglas-sexual-harassment-accusations-susan-braudy |title= Michael Douglas Accuser on Alleged Sexual Harassment: 'I was humiliated'| date= January 18, 2018| work= The Guardian| access-date= June 27, 2023}} that in 1989 when Braudy was in her 40s and working as an assistant to Douglas, he regularly made degrading sexual comments about or to her. She stated this caused her to wear baggy clothing at work, and also recalled a one-on-one script meeting where Douglas allegedly undid his pants and fondled himself with her in the room.

In a preemptive statement, Douglas admitted to using coarse language but categorically denied any other wrongdoing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/01/19/michael-douglas-accused-of-sexual-harassment-by-former-employee/|title=Michael Douglas accused of sexual harassment by former employee|last=Rao|first=Sonia|date=January 19, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=January 20, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite news|first=Matthew|last=Belloni|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/michael-douglas-alleged-harassment-media-metoo-moment-1075609|title=Michael Douglas, Alleged Harassment, Media and the #MeToo Moment|work= The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 18, 2018|access-date=January 20, 2018|language=en}} Zeta-Jones, asked about the allegations while promoting Cocaine Godmother, did not address them directly but said that her husband was "110 percent behind" the #MeToo movement and that she was "very, very happy" with his statement.{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/01/15/catherine-zeta-jones-michael-douglas-metoo-supporter/1034429001/|title=Catherine Zeta-Jones: Husband Michael Douglas is a #MeToo supporter|work=USA Today|date=January 15, 2018|access-date=January 20, 2018|language=en}}

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Douglas is a registered Democrat and has donated money to the campaigns of Barack Obama, Christopher Dodd, Al Franken,{{cite web|url=http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Michael_Douglas.php |title=Donor search—Michael Douglas |work=newsmeat.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115102419/http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Michael_Douglas.php |archive-date=November 15, 2006 }} Edward Markey{{cite web|last=Manchester|first=Julia|title=Celebrities fundraise for Markey ahead of Massachusetts senate primary|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/505012-celebrities-fundraise-for-markey-in-massachusetts-senate-primary/|date=29 June 2020|website=The Hill}} Michael Bloomberg,{{cite web|last=Neumann|first=Sean|title=Michael Douglas endorses Mike Bloomberg for President|url=https://people.com/politics/michael-douglas-endorses-mike-bloomberg-for-president/|date=21 January 2020|website=People}} and Joe Biden.{{cite web|last1=Jacobs|first1=Jennifer|last2=Gardner|first2=Akayla|title=Actor Michael Douglas helps raise cash for Biden|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-25/gordon-gekko-actor-michael-douglas-helps-raise-cash-for-biden|date=26 April 2024|website=Bloomberg}}

Douglas is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).{{cite magazine|last=Winters|first=Rebecca|title=The World is in His Hands|url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1037643,00.html|date=13 March 2005|magazine=Time}} He also a board member of RepresentUs.{{cite web|last=Swann|first=Sara|title=Michael Douglas joins Jennifer Lawrence in movies about democracy's problems|url=https://thefulcrum.us/big-picture/representus-anti-corruption-video|date=9 December 2019|website=Fulcrum}} In 2019, Douglas appeared in a short film for RepresentUs titled Unbreaking America: Divided We Fall.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} In 2023, Douglas was a key speaker at the American Democracy Summit in Los Angeles.{{cite web|last=Griffiths|first=Shawn|title=Tackling the crises in American Democracy|url=https://ivn.us/posts/american-democracy-summit-tackling-crisis-american-democracy|date=24 September 2023|website= Independent Voter News}}

Douglas is on the board of selectors of the Jefferson Awards for Public Service.{{Cite web |title=Board | youth community | service award |url=http://www.jeffersonawards.org/board |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106145805/http://www.jeffersonawards.org/board |archive-date=January 6, 2009 |access-date=August 26, 2014 |publisher=Jefferson Awards}}

In June 2024, Douglas visited Israel and toured the sites of Be'eri and Nova music festival massacres during the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel. After his tour of the sites, he met with President of Israel Isaac Herzog and during his meeting, Douglas described the participants of the pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses as undergone "brainwashing… because when you try to talk to many of them, there is no education, there’s no knowledge."{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/america-is-definitely-your-ally-actor-michael-douglas-tours-oct-7-massacre-sites/|title=Visiting Israel, Michael Douglas suggests anti-Israel campus protesters 'brainwashed'|newspaper=Times of Israel|first=Amy|last=Spiro|date=2024-06-02|access-date=2025-03-30}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-douglas-israel-visit-solidarity/|title=Michael Douglas visits Israel to show solidarity as war in Gaza continues|newspaper=CBS News|date=2024-06-03|access-date=2025-03-30}}

Douglas has been a major supporter of gun control since John Lennon was murdered in 1980.{{dead link|date=April 2025}}[http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/douglas-pushes-for-tighter-gun-control Michael Douglas – Douglas Pushes For Tighter Gun Control]. Contactmusic.com. Retrieved on May 4, 2012. Since then Douglas has supported gun safety organizations like Everytown for Gun Safety{{cite news|last=Hornaday|first=Ann|title=Michael Douglas as Ben Franklin? You bet your britches|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/04/05/michael-douglas-ben-franklin-series/|date=5 April 2024|newspaper=The Washington Post}} and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.{{cite web|last=Dalton|first=Alex|title=2024 legislative session sees new raft of gun-related bills|url=https://news.yahoo.com/2024-legislative-session-sees-raft-220800518.html|date=12 January 2024|website=Chicago Tribune}}

He is an advocate of nuclear disarmament, a supporter of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and an advisor and former board member of the nuclear nonproliferation-focused grant making foundation Ploughshares Fund.{{cite web|url = http://www.nti.org/about/leadership-staff/michael-douglas/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140427055901/http://www.nti.org/about/leadership-staff/michael-douglas/|url-status=dead|archive-date = April 27, 2014|title = Michael Douglas, Actor, Producer|access-date = January 27, 2015|website = Nuclear Threat Initiative Official Website}}{{cite web |title=Board and Advisors |url=https://ploughshares.org/about/board-and-advisors/ |website=Ploughshares.org |publisher=Ploughshares Fund |access-date=3 April 2025}} In 1998, he was appointed UN Messenger of Peace by Secretary-General Kofi Annan.{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/News/ossg/messengers.htm#douglas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021226213650/http://www.un.org/News/ossg/messengers.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 26, 2002 |title=Messengers of Peace |publisher=United Nations |access-date=December 23, 2006 }}

In 2003, Douglas hosted a "powerful film" on child soldiers and the impact of combat on children in countries such as Sierra Leone. During the documentary film, entitled What's Going On? Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone, Douglas interviewed children, and estimated that they were among 300,000 other children worldwide who have been conscripted or kidnapped and forced to fight. Of one such child he interviewed, Douglas stated, "After being kidnapped by a rebel group, he was tortured, drugged, and forced to commit atrocities."{{cite web|last=Acosta|first=Yvonne|title=Face to face with former child soldiers--and hope:Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas visits Sierra Leone|url=https://international.vlex.com/vid/hope-michael-douglas-visits-sierra-leone-53147446|date=1 June 2003|website=UN Chronicle}}

Douglas discussed his role as a Messenger Peace for the UN:

{{Blockquote|I'm in an enviable position ... When I talk about movies I can talk about messages of peace, and infuse them into the entertainment pages.}}

In 2006, he was a featured speaker for a United Nations-sponsored conference on the trade of illicit arms, especially of small arms and light weapons. Douglas made several appearances, saying:

{{Blockquote|The conference is an opportunity for UN member states to build on the Program of Action and to encourage countries to strengthen their laws on the illicit trade, ... an issue that affects us all ... [and] while owning guns is a legal right in most countries, the illegal trade in guns continues to fuel conflict, crime and violence.Firsing, Scott T. Disturbing Times: The State of the Planet and Its Possible Future, South Publishers (2007) pp. 92–93}}

In 2009, Douglas joined the project Soldiers of Peace, a movie against all wars and for global peace.{{cite web|url=http://www.soldiersofpeacemovie.com/about/the-cast/25/michael-douglas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808104837/http://www.soldiersofpeacemovie.com/about/the-cast/25/michael-douglas/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 8, 2009 |title=Michael Douglas—The Cast—Soldiers of Peace |publisher=Soldiersofpeacemovie.com |access-date=October 17, 2009 }}

In February 2012, following his return to the character of financial criminal Gordon Gekko, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released a public service announcement video of Douglas calling on viewers to report financial crime.{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2012/february/financial-crimes_022712 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302193757/http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2012/february/financial-crimes_022712 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 2, 2012 |title=FBI – The State of Financial Crime |work=FBI |access-date=December 6, 2014 }}{{cite web|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/27/fbi-michael-douglas_n_1305067.html|title=Michael Douglas Stars In FBI's Anti-Financial Fraud PSA [VIDEO]|work=The Huffington Post|date=February 27, 2012|access-date=December 6, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2012/feb/27/michael-douglas-assists-fbi-fighting-financial-crimes/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319040331/http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2012/feb/27/michael-douglas-assists-fbi-fighting-financial-crimes/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 19, 2012 |title=FBI Taps Michael Douglas to Raise Financial Crime-Fighting Profile |work=WNYC |access-date=December 6, 2014 }}{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/michael-douglas-gordon-gekko-takes-insider-trading-real/story?id=15803078#.T-DFzRcb_Sg|title=Michael Douglas, Gordon Gekko, Takes on Insider Trading in Real Life|work=ABC News|access-date=December 6, 2014}} In August 2014, Douglas was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text |title=Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories |newspaper=The Guardian |date=August 7, 2014 |access-date=August 26, 2014}}

In 2023, Douglas served as executive producer and narrator for the political documentary by David Smick, America's Burning, that predicts a coming tidal wave of political, social, and economic division in America.{{cite web|last=Lindner|first=Larry|title=A Nation at risk|url=https://www.n-magazine.com/a-nation-at-risk|date=1 September 2023|website=N Magazine}}

In a 2016 interview with Town & Country magazine, Douglas described his philanthropic giving as the “sprinkle approach”. He has given to over 70 organizations including Memorial Sloan-Kettering, the hospital where he was treated for cancer.{{cite web|last=Barnes|first=Brooks|title=How Michael Douglas and His Parents Turned Their Celebrity Into Serious Philanthropy|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a6093/michael-douglas-family/|date=8 December 2016|website=Town & Country}}

Douglas is a benefactor and board member of the Perelman Performing Arts Center in New York City and a longstanding board member of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT where he worked for three summers during college. He attended the ribbon-cutting opening ceremony in September 2023.{{cite web|last=Jacobs|first=Julia|title=An Arts Center Opens at Ground Zero With Stars Onstage and Off|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/arts/perelman-performing-arts-center.html|date=14 September 2023|website=The New York Times}}{{cite web|last1=Parrott|first1=Max|last2=Sorensen|first2=Mac|title=Cultural cornerstone:Perelman Performing Arts Center opens in Lower Manhattan near World Trade Center|url=https://www.amny.com/business/perelman-pac-opens-lower-manhattan/|date=13 September 2023|website=AMNY}}

He supports PEN America and has presented awards at the organization's annual galas.{{cite web|last=Ferme|first=Antonio|title=Billions star Asia Kate Dillion Honors High Schooler Protesting Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' Legislation|url=https://variety.com/2022/politics/news/asia-kate-dillon-pen-dont-say-gay-1235276660/|date=24 May 2022|website=Variety}}{{cite web|last=Italie|first=Hillel|title=PEN America honors activists, artists and dissidents|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/pen-america-honors-activists-artists-and-dissidents/articleshow/91757432.cms|date=24 May 2022|website=The Times of India}}

In 1999, Douglas funded the establishment of UC San Francisco’s Michael Douglas Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Center.{{cite web|title=Michael Douglas:37th AFI Life Achievement Award Honoree|url=https://www.afi.com/laa/michael-douglas/|website=American Film Institute}}

Douglas is a supporter of the Clinton Global Initiative, part of the Clinton Foundation.{{cite web|title=Holywood gets involved in Clinton Global Initiative|url=https://arktimes.com/the-moviegoer/2006/09/22/hollywood-gets-involved-in-clinton-global-initiative|date=22 September 2006|website=Arkansas Times}}{{cite web|last=Jana|first=Reena|title=Clinton Global Initiative's Annual Meeting to focus on design|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/clinton-global-initiatives-annual-meeting-to-focus-on-design/|date=19 September 2012|website=ZD Net}} In 2023, Douglas voiced the opening film, "Keep Going!" shown at the opening event of the annual meeting.{{cite web|url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative-september-2023-meeting/?w=slide-keep-going-panel|title=Keep Going|date=20 September 2023}}

For 12 years, Douglas hosted the Michael Douglas and Friends Celebrity Golf Tournament, raising over $10 million for the Motion Picture & Television Fund.{{cite web|last=Pike|first=Joe|title=Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman to Host Celebrity Golf Tournament in The Bahamas|url=https://www.travelagentcentral.com/destinations/michael-douglas-morgan-freeman-to-host-celebrity-golf-tournament-bahamas|date=29 February 2012|website=Travel Agent Central}}

At UC Santa Barbara, he supports the Center for Film, Television, and New Media.{{cite web|title=Michael Douglas Pledges $1 Million for UCSB Film Center|url=https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/michael-douglas-pledges-1-million-for-ucsb-film-center|date=4 February 2004|website=Philanthropy News Digest}} He also founded and funds the Michael Douglas Foundation Visiting Artists Program for the Department of Theater and Dance.

He serves on the Board of Trustees of The Douglas Foundation which has granted more than $118 million to organizations committed to providing more equitable access to education, healthcare, and the arts. The foundation was founded by his father and stepmother, Kirk and Anne Douglas, in 1964.{{cite web|last=Hammond|first=Pete|title=Douglas Foundation Archive Adds 10,000 Personal Items From Anne and Kirk, Goes Online Fully Digitized For Public Access|url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/douglas-foundation-archive-michael-douglas-kirk-douglas-anne-douglas-1235249593/|date=4 February 2023|website=Deadline}}

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• {{cite book|last=Dougan|first=Andy|title=Michael Douglas: Out of the Shadows. the Unauthorised Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SyWeNQAACAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Robson|isbn=978-1-86105-694-8}}
• {{cite book|last=Douglas|first=Diana|author-link=Diana Douglas|title=In the Wings: A Memoir|year=1999|publisher=Barricade Books|isbn=978-1-56980-151-2}}
• {{cite book|last=Eliot|first=Marc|title=Michael Douglas: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EeNdn6Ku8-cC|year=2012|publisher=Crown Archetype|isbn=978-0-307-95236-3}}
• {{cite book|last1=Kaye|first1=Annene|last2=Sclavunos|first2=Jim|title=Michael Douglas and the Douglas Clan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HL89AAAACAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Knightsbridge Publishing Company Mass|isbn=978-1-877961-21-2}}
• {{cite book|last=Lawson|first=Alan|title=Michael Douglas: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xjA3HAAACAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Warner|isbn=978-0-7515-0851-2}}
• {{cite book|last=Parker|first=John|title=Michael Douglas: Acting on Instinct|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HxRtk_A9TTsC|date=July 21, 2011|publisher=Headline|isbn=978-0-7553-6286-8}}
• {{cite book|author=Skip Press|title=Michael and Kirk Douglas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iq3aAAAACAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Silver Burdett Press|isbn=978-0-382-24941-9}}

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