Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA) is an Oscar-winning American actor and producer, who found fame as Karl Malden's sidekick and college educated police officer, Inspector Steve Keller on The Streets of San Francisco. After he left Streets, like his 2 predecessors (who happened to be Karl Malden, who is his friend), he went on to have a successful movie career. He is the son of actor Kirk Douglas, also a movie actor.

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Douglas starred in the long-running TV series The Streets of San Francisco from 1972 to 1976. Michael Douglas also received an Academy Award as producer for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975. Although Douglas was a capable actor on Streets, his career was somewhat stagnant after the series, and he only appeared in occasional movies which were usually less than popular (for example, 1979's Running). His fortunes changed when he starred in the 1984 romantic adventure comedy Romancing the Stone. His role in this hit movie re-introduced Douglas as a capable and likable leading man and finally made him a super-star at the age of 40. The film was followed a year later in 1985 by a sequel, The Jewel of the Nile. In 1987, Douglas starred in Fatal Attraction with Glenn Close and the film became a world-wide hit. Both Douglas and Close attended the same prep school, Choate Rosemary Hall. In 1988, Douglas received another Academy Award, this time for acting in the leading role of Wall Street.

In 1998, Douglas received the Crystal Globe award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. ^*

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@infini4 "See why you're stopped" = "initiate a maniacal shooting spree à la Michael Douglas in 'Falling Down.'"
SuzanneDenbow (Suzanne Denbow) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:58:21 -0000
@infini4 "See why you're stopped" = "initiate a maniacal shooting spree à la Michael Douglas in 'Falling Down.'"
@soriko have finished 1st draft edit of ch2 even with the distraction of Michael Douglas LOL
Donnas_Blog (Donna Newton) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:56:28 -0000
@soriko have finished 1st draft edit of ch2 even with the distraction of Michael Douglas LOL
@pheebs2000 Yeah, even when I'm really enjoying the film, I realise I can't fancy Michael Douglas, which spoils it.
pageantmalarkey (pageantmalarkey) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:49:43 -0000
@pheebs2000 Yeah, even when I'm really enjoying the film, I realise I can't fancy Michael Douglas, which spoils it.
I wonder how much better the very good film Romancing the Stone would have been if it was Kurt Russell not Michael Douglas?
pageantmalarkey (pageantmalarkey) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:40:06 -0000
I wonder how much better the very good film Romancing the Stone would have been if it was Kurt Russell not Michael Douglas?
Romancing The Stone! The slightly less well-off man's Raiders. Who'd have thought Michael Douglas was once sexy? He's doin' a li'l merengue!
captainluton (John Donson) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:27:13 -0000
Romancing The Stone! The slightly less well-off man's Raiders. Who'd have thought Michael Douglas was once sexy? He's doin' a li'l merengue!
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RubyRoo1108 (ruth kara eames) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:27:01 -0000
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