Michael DouglasDouglas at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2025BornMichael Kirk Douglas (1944-09-25) September 25, 1944 (age 81)New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.CitizenshipUnited StatesUnited Kingdom (Bermuda)[1]Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (B.A.)OccupationsActorfilm producerYears active1966–2025WorksFull listSpouses Diandra Luker (m. 1977; div. 1995) Catherine Zeta-Jones (m. 2000)PartnerBrenda Vaccaro (1971–1976)Children3, including Cameron DouglasParent(s)Kirk DouglasDiana DillRelativesJoel Douglas (brother)Peter Douglas (half-brother)Eric Douglas (half-brother)Anne Buydens (stepmother)AwardsFull list
Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944)[2] is an American retired 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.[3]
The elder son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill, Douglas earned his Bachelor of Arts in drama from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), hing acquired the rights to the novel from his father and later earned the Academy Award for Best Picture as a producer. Douglas won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's Wall Street (1987), a role which he reprised in the sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010). Other notable roles include in The China Syndrome (1979), Romancing the Stone (1984), The Jewel of the Nile (1985), Fatal Attraction (1987), The War of the Roses (1989), Basic Instinct (1992), Falling Down (1993), The American President (1995), The Game (1997), Traffic (2000), Wonder Boys (2000), and Solitary Man (2009).
On television, he started his career earning three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for playing a homicide inspector in the ABC police procedural series The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1976). He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for portraying Liberace in the HBO film Behind the Candelabra (2013), and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for playing an aging acting coach in the Netflix comedy series The Kominsky Method (2018–2021). He played Benjamin Franklin in the Apple TV+ miniseries Franklin (2024). From 2015 to 2023, He portrayed Hank Pym in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He announced his retirement from acting in 2025, citing his age and desire to spend more time with his family as being the deciding factors for him.[4]
Douglas has received notice for his humanitarian and political activism. He sits on the board of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, is an honorary board member of the anti-war grant-making foundation Ploughshares Fund and he was appointed as a United Nations Messenger of Peace in 1998. He has been married to actress Catherine Zeta-Jones since 2000.
Early life and educationDouglas was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the first child of actors Kirk Douglas (1916–2020) and Diana Dill (1923–2015).[5][6] His parents met at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.[7]
His father was Jewish and was born Issur Danielovitch. Michael's paternal grandparents were emigrants from Chusy in the Russian Empire (present-day Belarus).[8][9][10][11][12][13] His mother was from Devonshire Parish, Bermuda, and had English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, French, Belgian, and Dutch ancestry.[14] Douglas's uncle was politician Sir Nicholas Bayard Dill, and Douglas's 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.[15] Douglas is a US citizen by birth in the United States and has Bermudian Status from his mother's birth in Bermuda.[1]
vteKirk Douglas family tree Diana DillKirk DouglasAnne Buydens Diandra LukerMichael DouglasCatherine Zeta-JonesJoel DouglasPeter DouglasLisa SchroederEric Douglas Viviane ThibesCameron DouglasDylan Michael DouglasCarys Zeta DouglasKelsey DouglasTyler DouglasRyan DouglasJason Douglas Lua Izzy DouglasRyder Douglas Notes: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 Nal Dockyard in Bermuda to Britain in 1863.[16] The current (installed on 29 May 2013) Bishop of Bermuda, the Right Reverend Nicholas Dill, is a cousin of Michael Douglas.[17][18][19]
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,[20] 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.[21][22]
Career 1969–1979: Early years Douglas with Tisha Sterling in the CBS Playhouse production The Experiment in 1969, Douglas's first television role[23]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.[24] On November 24, 1969, Douglas formed his first independent film production company, Bigstick Productions, Limited.[25][26][27]
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".[28] 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".[29] 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, the rights to the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which had been purchased by Bryna Productions in February 1962.[30][31] Michael went on to produce the film of the same name with Saul Zaentz.[32] Kirk hoped to portray Randle McMurphy himself, hing starred in an earlier stage version, but the director, Miloš Forman, went with Jack Nicholson, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Douglas won the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the film.[33] 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.[34][35]
After leing 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".[21] In June 1979, Douglas appointed Jack Brodsky as executive vice-president of Bigstick Productions.[36]
1980–2000: Success in Hollywood Douglas in The Streets of San Francisco, c. 1975Douglas's 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 Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito, a friend of Douglas's with whom he had shared an apartment in the 1960s.[37] 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.[38] In the 1980s, Douglas formed a new film production company, The Stone Group (later renamed Stonebridge Entertainment) with partner Rick Bieber.[39][40]
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.[41]
Douglas starred in the 1989 film The War of the Roses, which also starred Turner and DeVito.[42] 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.[43] He founded the label with record producer Richard Rudolph, who became the company's president and CEO.[44] Among the acts signed to Third Stone were Saigon Kick and Nona Gaye.[45]
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 lesbian people. In March 1994, Douglas announced that he had formed a new film production company, Douglas/Reuther Productions, in partnership with Steven Reuther.[46] 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 Did 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.[47] On November 19, 1997, Douglas formed his fourth film production company, Further Films.[48][49]
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.[50] 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.
2001–2012: Established actor Douglas in June 2004Douglas 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.[51][52] 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 he both been awarded this recognition.[53][54] He then starred in and produced the action-thriller The Sentinel in 2006.[55] 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.[56]
Douglas was approached for Basic Instinct 2, but declined to participate in the project.[57] In 2006, Douglas was Mr. Thompson in You, Me, and Dupree.[58] The following year, Douglas played Charlie in King of California.[59] In December 2007, Douglas began announcing the introduction to NBC Nightly News. Howard Reig, the previous announcer, had retired two years earlier.[60] That same year, Douglas received the Career Achievement Award from the National Board of Review.[61][62]
In the late 2000s, Douglas starred in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009),[63] Beyond a Reasonable Doubt,[64] and Solitary Man.[65] In 2009, he was honored with the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award[66] and the Did O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures from the Producers Guild of America.[67] In 2011, Douglas voiced Waylon on Disney Channel's cartoon Phineas and Ferb[68] and starred in the dramatic thriller Haywire.[69] 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.[70] 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."[71][72]
2013–2025: Resurgence, expansion, and semi-retirementDouglas collaborated with 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.[73] 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.[74] Also that year, he starred in Last Vegas, a comedy also starring Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Kline.[75] In 2014, Douglas starred alongside Diane Keaton in the romantic comedy, And So It Goes[76] and he produced and starred in Beyond the Reach.[77]
He played Hank Pym, the Marvel Comics superhero, in the films Ant-Man (2015), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023).[78] In 2016, Douglas received his second Cesar d'Honneur for Career Achievement from the French Cesar Awards; the first was in 1998.[79][80] In 2017, Douglas starred in the action thriller Unlocked.[81]
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.[82] The same year, he starred in a Chinese film, Animal World, based on the Japanese manga series Kaiji.[83] In 2018, Douglas received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[84]
Starting in 2019, Douglas voiced the character Guy-I-Am in the Netflix animated series Green Eggs and Ham.[85] In 2023, Douglas reprised the role of Hank Pym, voicing the character in the animated series What If...? (2021–2023).[86] In May 2023, Douglas was honored with an Honorary Palme d'Or for Lifetime Achievement at the Cannes Film Festival[87] and the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the 54th International Film Festival of India in November 2023.[88]
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.[89]
In July 2025, Douglas said that he was largely retired from acting, saying "I realized I had to stop [...] I did not want to be one of those people who dropped dead on the set". He added that while he was attached to one additional project and did not fully rule out future projects "if something special came up", he had no plans to work regularly again.[4]
Acting style and receptionAccording to film historian and critic Did 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".[90] Critic and author Rob Edelman points out similarities in many of Douglas's 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".[21]
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."[21] Edelman describes his characters as the "Everyman who must contend with, and be victimized by, these women and their raging, psychotic sexuality".[21]
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.[21]
Hing 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:
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 he 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."[91]
Acting credits and accolades Main articles: Michael Douglas on stage and screen and List of awards and nominations received by Michael DouglasOver 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.
Personal life Marriage and relationships Douglas at a Vanity Fair party with his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, in 2012After the filming of Summertree in 1971, Douglas began dating actress Brenda Vaccaro, a relationship that lasted nearly six years.[92]
In March 1977, Douglas married Diandra Luker, 12 years his junior and the daughter of an Austrian diplomat.[93][94] 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.[94][95] Diandra then married the 10th Earl of Dartmouth, stepbrother of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 2025.[96]
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."[97] They he two children, son Dylan Michael (born August 8, 2000)[98] and daughter Carys Zeta (born April 20, 2003).[99] The family has a coastal estate near Valldemossa, Mallorca.[100] Douglas and Zeta-Jones own 4 properties, one in Canada, one in Spain, and two in New York.[101]
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.[102] A representative for Zeta-Jones subsequently confirmed that they "are taking some time apart to evaluate and work on their marriage".[103] It was reported in November, that the couple had reconciled and Zeta-Jones moved back into their New York apartment.[104]
Legal issuesIn 1997, New York caddie James Parker sued Douglas for $25 million.[105] 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.[106]
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.[107] 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.
Health problemsIn 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.[108][109]
It was announced on August 16, 2010, that Douglas was suffering from throat cancer (later revealed to he been tongue cancer),[110] and would undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatment.[111] He subsequently confirmed that the cancer was at stage IV, an advanced stage.[112]
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.[112][113] 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.[114]
Douglas attributed the cancer to stress, his previous alcohol abuse, and years of hey smoking.[115] In July 2011, Star magazine published photographs which appeared to show him smoking a cigarette while on holiday that month.[116] A representative declined to comment on the photographs.[117]
In November 2010, Douglas's doctors put him on a weight-gain diet due to excessive weight loss that left him weak.[118] 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).[119] He said he would require monthly screenings because of a high chance of recurrence within three years.[120] In June 2013, Douglas told The Guardian that his type of cancer is caused by the human papilloma virus transmitted by cunnilingus,[7] leading some media to report this as well. His spokesman denied these reports and portrayed Douglas's conversation with The Guardian as general and not referring specifically to his diagnosis.[121]
Although Douglas described the cancer as throat cancer, it was publicly speculated that he may he been diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer.[122][123] 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's promotional tour for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
Faith and charity workDouglas was born to a Jewish father and an Anglican (Church of England) mother.[124][125] His cousin, the Right Reverend Nicholas Dill, is the bishop of the established Anglican Church of Bermuda.[17][18] Douglas was not raised with a religious affiliation but stated in January 2015, that he now identifies as a Reform Jew.[126][127] His son, Dylan, had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony[128][129] and the Douglas family treled to Jerusalem to mark the occasion.[130]
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.[131]
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.[132] 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.[133] Additionally, he has been involved with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.[134] Michael Douglas has also raised awareness about the link between human papillomirus (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.[135]
Allegations of sexual misconductIn 2018, journalist and author Susan Braudy alleged on Today, an NBC morning news show in the United States, and in several other interviews,[136] 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.[137]
In a preemptive statement, Douglas admitted to using coarse language but categorically denied any other wrongdoing.[137][138] 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.[139]
Douglas at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival Activism Political activities Douglas's hand and footprints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles Douglas with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on June 2, 2024Douglas is a registered Democrat and has donated money to the campaigns of Barack Obama, Christopher Dodd, Al Franken,[140] Edward Markey,[141] Michael Bloomberg,[142] and Joe Biden.[143]
Douglas is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).[144] He also a board member of RepresentUs.[145] In 2019, Douglas appeared in a short film for RepresentUs titled Unbreaking America: Divided We Fall.[citation needed] In 2023, Douglas was a key speaker at the American Democracy Summit in Los Angeles.[146]
Douglas is on the board of selectors of the Jefferson Awards for Public Service.[147]
In October 2023, Douglas signed an open letter expressing support for Israel during the Gaza war.[148] In June 2024, Douglas visited Israel and toured the sites of Be'eri and Nova music festival that were hit by the Hamas-led October 7 attacks. After his tour of the sites, he met with President of Israel Isaac Herzog. During his meeting, Douglas described the participants of the pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses as hing undergone "brainwashing… because when you try to talk to many of them, there is no education, there's no knowledge."[149][150]
Disarmament and gun controlDouglas has been a major supporter of gun control since John Lennon was murdered in 1980.[151] Since then Douglas has supported gun safety organizations like Everytown for Gun Safety[152] and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.[153]
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.[154][155] In 1998, he was appointed UN Messenger of Peace by Secretary-General Kofi Annan.[156]
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 he 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."[157][158] Douglas discussed his role as a Messenger Peace for the UN:
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.[157]
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:
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.[157]
In 2009, Douglas joined the project Soldiers of Peace, a movie against all wars and for global peace.[159]
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.[160][161][162][163] 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.[164]
In 2023, Douglas served as executive producer and narrator for the political documentary by Did Smick, America's Burning, that predicts a coming tidal we of political, social, and economic division in America.[165]
PhilanthropyIn 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.[166] 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.[167][168] He supports PEN America and has presented awards at the organization's annual galas.[169][170] In 1999, Douglas funded the establishment of UC San Francisco's Michael Douglas Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Center.[171] Douglas is a supporter of the Clinton Global Initiative, part of the Clinton Foundation.[172][173] In 2023, Douglas voiced the opening film, "Keep Going!" shown at the opening event of the annual meeting.[174] For 12 years, Douglas hosted the Michael Douglas and Friends Celebrity Golf Tournament, raising over $10 million for the Motion Picture & Television Fund.[175] At UC Santa Barbara, he supports the Center for Film, Television, and New Media.[176] He also founded and funds the Michael Douglas Foundation Visiting Artists Program for the Department of Theater and Dance.[171] 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.[177]
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Parker, John (July 21, 2011). Michael Douglas: Acting on Instinct. Headline. ISBN 978-0-7553-6286-8. Skip Press (1995). Michael and Kirk Douglas. Silver Burdett Press. ISBN 978-0-382-24941-9. External links Michael Douglas at Wikipedia's sister projects Media from CommonsNews from WikinewsQuotations from WikiquoteData from Wikidata Michael Douglas at the American Film Institute Catalog Michael Douglas at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (archived) Michael Douglas at IMDb Michael Douglas at the TCM Movie Database Michael Douglas at TV Guide vteMichael Douglas Career history Accolades Producer One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) The China Syndrome (1979) Romancing the Stone (1984) The Jewel of the Nile (1985) Flatliners (1990) Made in America (1993) The Rainmaker (1997) One Night at McCool's (2001) It Runs in the Family (2003) The Sentinel (2006) Beyond the Reach (2014) Flatliners (2017) Related Bigstick Productions Further Films The Bryna Company Family Kirk Douglas (father) Diana Dill (mother) Anne Buydens (stepmother) Joel Douglas (brother) Peter Douglas (half-brother) Eric Douglas (half-brother) Brenda Vaccaro (partner) Catherine Zeta-Jones (second wife) Cameron Douglas (son) Thomas Melville Dill (maternal grandfather) Nicholas Bayard Dill (maternal uncle) Awards for Michael Douglas vteAcademy Award for Best Picture1951–1975 Arthur Freed (1951) Cecil B. DeMille (1952) Buddy Adler (1953) Sam Spiegel (1954) Harold Hecht (1955) Michael Todd (1956) Sam Spiegel (1957) Arthur Freed (1958) Sam Zimbalist (1959) Billy Wilder (1960) Robert Wise (1961) Sam Spiegel (1962) Tony Richardson (1963) Jack L. Warner (1964) Robert Wise (1965) Fred Zinnemann (1966) Walter Mirisch (1967) John Woolf (1968) Jerome Hellman (1969) Frank McCarthy (1970) Philip D'Antoni (1971) Albert S. Ruddy (1972) Tony Bill, Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips (1973) Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos (1974) Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz (1975) 1976–present Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler (1976) Charles H. Joffe (1977) Michael Cimino, Michael Deeley, John Peverall and Barry Spikings (1978) Stanley R. Jaffe (1979) Ronald L. Schwary (1980) Did Puttnam (1981) Richard Attenborough (1982) James L. Brooks (1983) Saul Zaentz (1984) Sydney Pollack (1985) Arnold Kopelson (1986) Jeremy Thomas (1987) Mark Johnson (1988) Lili Fini Zanuck and Richard D. Zanuck (1989) Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson (1990) Ron Bozman, Edward Saxon and Kenneth Utt (1991) Clint Eastwood (1992) Branko Lustig, Gerald R. Molen and Steven Spielberg (1993) Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey and Steve Tisch (1994) Bruce Dey, Mel Gibson and Alan Ladd Jr. (1995) Saul Zaentz (1996) James Cameron and Jon Landau (1997) Donna Gigliotti, Marc Norman, Did Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein and Edward Zwick (1998) Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks (1999) Did Franzoni, Branko Lustig and Douglas Wick (2000) Brian Grazer and Ron Howard (2001) Martin Richards (2002) Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne and Fran Walsh (2003) Clint Eastwood, Tom Rosenberg and Albert S. Ruddy (2004) Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman (2005) Graham King (2006) Ethan Coen, Joel Coen and Scott Rudin (2007) Christian Colson (2008) Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro (2009) Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin (2010) Thomas Langmann (2011) Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov (2012) Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Brad Pitt (2013) Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole (2014) Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Michael Sugar (2015) Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Adele Romanski (2016) J. Miles Dale and Guillermo del Toro (2017) Jim Burke, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga and Charles B. Wessler (2018) Bong Joon-ho and Kwak Sin-ae (2019) Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears and Chloé Zhao (2020) Fabrice Gianfermi, Philippe Rousselet, Patrick Wachsberger (2021) Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang (2022) Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan (2023) Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker (2024) vteAcademy Award for Best Actor1928–1975 Emil Jannings (1928) Warner Baxter (1929) George Arliss (1930) Lionel Barrymore (1931) Fredric March / Wallace Beery (1932) Charles Laughton (1933) Clark Gable (1934) Victor McLaglen (1935) Paul Muni (1936) Spencer Tracy (1937) Spencer Tracy (1938) Robert Donat (1939) James Stewart (1940) Gary Cooper (1941) James Cagney (1942) Paul Lukas (1943) Bing Crosby (1944) Ray Milland (1945) Fredric March (1946) Ronald Colman (1947) Laurence Olivier (1948) Broderick Crawford (1949) José Ferrer (1950) Humphrey Bogart (1951) Gary Cooper (1952) William Holden (1953) Marlon Brando (1954) Ernest Borgnine (1955) Yul Brynner (1956) Alec Guinness (1957) Did Niven (1958) Charlton Heston (1959) Burt Lancaster (1960) Maximilian Schell (1961) Gregory Peck (1962) Sidney Poitier (1963) Rex Harrison (1964) Lee Marvin (1965) Paul Scofield (1966) Rod Steiger (1967) Cliff Robertson (1968) John Wayne (1969) George C. Scott1 (1970) Gene Hackman (1971) Marlon Brando1 (1972) Jack Lemmon (1973) Art Carney (1974) Jack Nicholson (1975) 1976–present Peter Finch (1976) Richard Dreyfuss (1977) Jon Voight (1978) Dustin Hoffman (1979) Robert De Niro (1980) Henry Fonda (1981) Ben Kingsley (1982) Robert Duvall (1983) F. Murray Abraham (1984) William Hurt (1985) Paul Newman (1986) Michael Douglas (1987) Dustin Hoffman (1988) Daniel Day-Lewis (1989) Jeremy Irons (1990) Anthony Hopkins (1991) Al Pacino (1992) Tom Hanks (1993) Tom Hanks (1994) Nicolas Cage (1995) Geoffrey Rush (1996) Jack Nicholson (1997) Roberto Benigni (1998) Kevin Spacey (1999) Russell Crowe (2000) Denzel Washington (2001) Adrien Brody (2002) Sean Penn (2003) Jamie Foxx (2004) Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005) Forest Whitaker (2006) Daniel Day-Lewis (2007) Sean Penn (2008) Jeff Bridges (2009) Colin Firth (2010) Jean Dujardin (2011) Daniel Day-Lewis (2012) Matthew McConaughey (2013) Eddie Redmayne (2014) Leonardo DiCaprio (2015) Casey Affleck (2016) Gary Oldman (2017) Rami Malek (2018) Joaquin Phoenix (2019) Anthony Hopkins (2020) Will Smith (2021) Brendan Fraser (2022) Cillian Murphy (2023) Adrien Brody (2024) 1 refused award that year vteAFI Life Achievement Award John Ford (1973) James Cagney (1974) Orson Welles (1975) William Wyler (1976) Bette Dis (1977) Henry Fonda (1978) Alfred Hitchcock (1979) James Stewart (1980) Fred Astaire (1981) Frank Capra (1982) John Huston (1983) Lillian Gish (1984) Gene Kelly (1985) Billy Wilder (1986) Barbara Stanwyck (1987) Jack Lemmon (1988) Gregory Peck (1989) Did Lean (1990) Kirk Douglas (1991) Sidney Poitier (1992) Elizabeth Taylor (1993) Jack Nicholson (1994) Steven Spielberg (1995) Clint Eastwood (1996) Martin Scorsese (1997) Robert Wise (1998) Dustin Hoffman (1999) Harrison Ford (2000) Barbra Streisand (2001) Tom Hanks (2002) Robert De Niro (2003) Meryl Streep (2004) George Lucas (2005) Sean Connery (2006) Al Pacino (2007) Warren Beatty (2008) Michael Douglas (2009) Mike Nichols (2010) Morgan Freeman (2011) Shirley MacLaine (2012) Mel Brooks (2013) Jane Fonda (2014) Steve Martin (2015) John Williams (2016) Diane Keaton (2017) George Clooney (2018) Denzel Washington (2019) Julie Andrews (2022) Nicole Kidman (2024) Francis Ford Coppola (2025) Eddie Murphy (2026) vteCecil B. DeMille Award Cecil B. DeMille (1951) Walt Disney (1952) Darryl F. Zanuck (1953) Jean Hersholt (1954) Jack L. Warner (1955) Mervyn LeRoy (1956) Buddy Adler (1957) Maurice Chevalier (1958) Bing Crosby (1959) Fred Astaire (1960) Judy Garland (1961) Bob Hope (1962) Joseph E. Levine (1963) James Stewart (1964) John Wayne (1965) Charlton Heston (1966) Kirk Douglas (1967) Gregory Peck (1968) Joan Crawford (1969) Frank Sinatra (1970) Alfred Hitchcock (1971) Samuel Goldwyn (1972) Bette Dis (1973) Hal B. Wallis (1974) No Award (1975) Walter Mirisch (1976) Red Skelton (1977) Lucille Ball (1978) Henry Fonda (1979) Gene Kelly (1980) Sidney Poitier (1981) Laurence Olivier (1982) Paul Newman (1983) Elizabeth Taylor (1984) Barbara Stanwyck (1985) Anthony Quinn (1986) Clint Eastwood (1987) Doris Day (1988) Audrey Hepburn (1989) Jack Lemmon (1990) Robert Mitchum (1991) Lauren Bacall (1992) Robert Redford (1993) Sophia Loren (1994) Sean Connery (1995) Dustin Hoffman (1996) Shirley MacLaine (1997) Jack Nicholson (1998) Barbra Streisand (1999) Al Pacino (2000) Harrison Ford (2001) Gene Hackman (2002) Michael Douglas (2003) Robin Williams (2004) Anthony Hopkins (2005) Warren Beatty (2006) No Award (2007) Steven Spielberg (2008) Martin Scorsese (2009) Robert De Niro (2010) Morgan Freeman (2011) Jodie Foster (2012) Woody Allen (2013) George Clooney (2014) Denzel Washington (2015) Meryl Streep (2016) Oprah Winfrey (2017) Jeff Bridges (2018) Tom Hanks (2019) Jane Fonda (2020) No Award (2021) Eddie Murphy (2022) No Award (2023) Viola Dis (2024) Helen Mirren (2025) vteCritics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Benedict Cumberbatch (2012) Michael Douglas (2013) Billy Bob Thornton (2014) Did Oyelowo (2015) Idris Elba (2016) Courtney B. Vance (2016) Ewan McGregor (2017) Darren Criss (2018) Jharrel Jerome (2019) John Boyega (2020) Michael Keaton (2021) Daniel Radcliffe (2022) Steven Yeun (2023) Colin Farrell (2024) vteDid di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actor1957–1975 Laurence Olivier (1957) Marlon Brando / Charles Laughton (1958) Jean Gabin (1959) Cary Grant (1960) Charlton Heston (1961) Anthony Perkins / Spencer Tracy (1962) Gregory Peck (1963) Fredric March / Peter O'Toole (1964) Rex Harrison (1965) Richard Burton (1966) Richard Burton / Peter O'Toole (1967) Warren Beatty / Spencer Tracy (1968) Rod Steiger (1969) Dustin Hoffman / Peter O'Toole (1970) Ryan O'Neal (1971) Chaim Topol (1972) Yves Montand / Laurence Olivier (1973) Al Pacino / Robert Redford (1974) Burt Lancaster / Jack Lemmon / Walter Matthau (1975) 1976–1996 Jack Nicholson / Philippe Noiret (1976) Dustin Hoffman / Sylvester Stallone (1977) Richard Dreyfuss (1978) Richard Gere / Michel Serrault (1979) Dustin Hoffman / Jack Lemmon (1980) Burt Lancaster (1981) Klaus Maria Brandauer (1982) Paul Newman (1983) Woody Allen (1984) Tom Hulce (1985) William Hurt (1986) Dexter Gordon (1987) Michael Douglas (1988) Dustin Hoffman (1989) Philippe Noiret (1990) Jeremy Irons (1991) John Turturro (1992) Daniel Auteuil (1993) Anthony Hopkins (1994) John Trolta (1995) Harvey Keitel (1996) vteDid O. Selznick Achievement Award Hal Roach (1989) Stanley Kramer (1990) Pandro S. Berman (1991) Did Brown and Richard D. Zanuck (1992) Saul Zaentz (1993) Howard W. Koch (1994) Walter Mirisch (1995) Billy Wilder (1996) Clint Eastwood (1997) Steven Bochco (1998) Jerry Bruckheimer (1999) Brian Grazer (2000) Lawrence Gordon (2001) Robert Evans (2002) Dino De Laurentiis (2003) Laura Ziskin (2004) Roger Corman (2005) Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher (2006) Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall (2007) Michael Douglas (2008) John Lasseter (2009) Scott Rudin (2010) Steven Spielberg (2011) Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan (2012) Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson (2013) Gale Anne Hurd (2014) Did Heyman (2015) Irwin Winkler (2016) Charles Roven (2017) Kevin Feige (2018) Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Brad Pitt (2019) Mary Parent (2021) Tom Cruise (2022) Martin Scorsese (2023) Chris Meledandri (2024) Amy Pascal (2025) vteDonostia AwardLifetime Achievement Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival 1986: Gregory Peck / Gene Tierney 1987: Glenn Ford 1988: Vittorio Gassman 1989: Bette Dis 1990: Claudette Colbert 1991: Anthony Perkins 1992: Lauren Bacall 1993: Robert Mitchum 1994: Lana Turner 1995: Susan Sarandon / Catherine Deneuve 1996: Al Pacino 1997: Michael Douglas / Jeremy Irons 1998: Jeanne Moreau / Anthony Hopkins / John Malkovich 1999: Anjelica Huston / Fernando Fernán Gómez / Vanessa Redgre 2000: Michael Caine / Robert De Niro 2001: Julie Andrews / Warren Beatty / Francisco Rabal 2002: Jessica Lange / Bob Hoskins / Dennis Hopper / Francis Ford Coppola 2003: Robert Duvall / Sean Penn / Isabelle Huppert 2004: Annette Bening / Jeff Bridges / Woody Allen 2005: Willem Dafoe / Ben Gazzara 2006: Max von Sydow / Matt Dillon 2007: Liv Ullmann / Richard Gere 2008: Meryl Streep / Antonio Banderas 2009: Ian McKellen 2010: Julia Roberts 2011: Glenn Close 2012: Oliver Stone / Ewan McGregor / Tommy Lee Jones / John Trolta / Dustin Hoffman 2013: Carmen Maura / Hugh Jackman 2014: Denzel Washington / Benicio del Toro 2015: Emily Watson 2016: Sigourney Weer / Ethan Hawke 2017: Ricardo Darín / Monica Bellucci / Agnès Varda 2018: Hirokazu Kore-eda / Danny DeVito / Judi Dench 2019: Penélope Cruz / Costa-Gras / Donald Sutherland 2020: Viggo Mortensen 2021: Johnny Depp / Marion Cotillard 2022: Juliette Binoche / Did Cronenberg 2023: Jier Bardem / Víctor Erice / Hayao Miyazaki 2024: Pedro Almodóvar / Cate Blanchett 2025: Esther García / Jennifer Lawrence vtePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie1953–1975 Thomas Mitchell (1953) Robert Cummings (1955) Lloyd Nolan (1956) Jack Palance (1957) Peter Ustinov (1958) Fred Astaire (1959) Laurence Olivier (1960) Maurice Evans (1961) Peter Falk (1962) Trevor Howard (1963) Jack Klugman (1964) Alfred Lunt (1965) Cliff Robertson (1966) Peter Ustinov (1967) Melvyn Douglas (1968) Paul Scofield (1969) Peter Ustinov (1970) George C. Scott (1971) Keith Michell (1972) Laurence Olivier (1973) Anthony Murphy (1973) Hal Holbrook (1974) William Holden (1974) Laurence Olivier (1975) Peter Falk (1975) 1976–2000 Anthony Hopkins (1976) Hal Holbrook (1976) Ed Flanders (1977) Christopher Plummer (1977) Fred Astaire (1978) Michael Moriarty (1978) Peter Strauss (1979) Powers Boothe (1980) Anthony Hopkins (1981) Mickey Rooney (1982) Tommy Lee Jones (1983) Laurence Olivier (1984) Richard Crenna (1985) Dustin Hoffman (1986) James Woods (1987) Jason Robards (1988) James Woods (1989) Hume Cronyn (1990) John Gielgud (1991) Beau Bridges (1992) Robert Morse (1993) Hume Cronyn (1994) Raul Julia (1995) Alan Rickman (1996) Armand Assante (1997) Gary Sinise (1998) Stanley Tucci (1999) Jack Lemmon (2000) 2001–present Kenneth Branagh (2001) Albert Finney (2002) William H. Macy (2003) Al Pacino (2004) Geoffrey Rush (2005) Andre Braugher (2006) Robert Duvall (2007) Paul Giamatti (2008) Brendan Gleeson (2009) Al Pacino (2010) Barry Pepper (2011) Kevin Costner (2012) Michael Douglas (2013) Benedict Cumberbatch (2014) Richard Jenkins (2015) Courtney B. Vance (2016) Riz Ahmed (2017) Darren Criss (2018) Jharrel Jerome (2019) Mark Ruffalo (2020) Ewan McGregor (2021) Michael Keaton (2022) Steven Yeun (2023) Richard Gadd (2024) Stephen Graham (2025) vte Film Society of Lincoln Center Gala Tribute Honorees Charlie Chaplin (1972) Fred Astaire (1973) Alfred Hitchcock (1974) Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman (1975) George Cukor (1978) Bob Hope (1979) John Huston (1980) Barbara Stanwyck (1981) Billy Wilder (1982) Laurence Olivier (1983) Claudette Colbert (1984) Federico Fellini (1985) Elizabeth Taylor (1986) Alec Guinness (1987) Yves Montand (1988) Bette Dis (1989) James Stewart (1990) Audrey Hepburn (1991) Gregory Peck (1992) Jack Lemmon (1993) Robert Altman (1994) Shirley MacLaine (1995) Clint Eastwood (1996) Sean Connery (1997) Martin Scorsese (1998) Mike Nichols (1999) Al Pacino (2000) Jane Fonda (2001) Francis Ford Coppola (2002) Susan Sarandon (2003) Michael Caine (2004) Dustin Hoffman (2005) Jessica Lange (2006) Diane Keaton (2007) Meryl Streep (2008) Tom Hanks (2009) Michael Douglas (2010) Sidney Poitier (2011) Catherine Deneuve (2012) Barbra Streisand (2013) Rob Reiner (2014) Robert Redford (2015) Morgan Freeman (2016) Robert De Niro (2017) Helen Mirren (2018) Spike Lee (2020) Cate Blanchett (2022) Viola Dis (2023) Jeff Bridges (2024) Pedro Almodóvar (2025) George Clooney (2026) vteGolden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama1943–1975 Paul Lukas (1943) Alexander Knox (1944) Ray Milland (1945) Gregory Peck (1946) Ronald Colman (1947) Laurence Olivier (1948) Broderick Crawford (1949) José Ferrer (1950) Fredric March (1951) Gary Cooper (1952) Spencer Tracy (1953) Marlon Brando (1954) Ernest Borgnine (1955) Kirk Douglas (1956) Alec Guinness (1957) Did Niven (1958) Anthony Franciosa (1959) Burt Lancaster (1960) Maximilian Schell (1961) Gregory Peck (1962) Sidney Poitier (1963) Peter O'Toole (1964) Omar Sharif (1965) Paul Scofield (1966) Rod Steiger (1967) Peter O'Toole (1968) John Wayne (1969) George C. Scott (1970) Gene Hackman (1971) Marlon Brando (1972) Al Pacino (1973) Jack Nicholson (1974) Jack Nicholson (1975) 1976–present Peter Finch (1976) Richard Burton (1977) Jon Voight (1978) Dustin Hoffman (1979) Robert De Niro (1980) Henry Fonda (1981) Ben Kingsley (1982) Robert Duvall / Tom Courtenay (1983) F. Murray Abraham (1984) Jon Voight (1985) Bob Hoskins (1986) Michael Douglas (1987) Dustin Hoffman (1988) Tom Cruise (1989) Jeremy Irons (1990) Nick Nolte (1991) Al Pacino (1992) Tom Hanks (1993) Tom Hanks (1994) Nicolas Cage (1995) Geoffrey Rush (1996) Peter Fonda (1997) Jim Carrey (1998) Denzel Washington (1999) Tom Hanks (2000) Russell Crowe (2001) Jack Nicholson (2002) Sean Penn (2003) Leonardo DiCaprio (2004) Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005) Forest Whitaker (2006) Daniel Day-Lewis (2007) Mickey Rourke (2008) Jeff Bridges (2009) Colin Firth (2010) George Clooney (2011) Daniel Day-Lewis (2012) Matthew McConaughey (2013) Eddie Redmayne (2014) Leonardo DiCaprio (2015) Casey Affleck (2016) Gary Oldman (2017) Rami Malek (2018) Joaquin Phoenix (2019) Chadwick Boseman (2020) Will Smith (2021) Austin Butler (2022) Cillian Murphy (2023) Adrien Brody (2024) vteGolden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy Bob Newhart (1961) Mickey Rooney (1963) Dean Martin (1966) Dan Dailey (1969) Flip Wilson (1970) Carroll O'Connor (1971) Redd Foxx (1972) Jack Klugman (1973) Alan Alda (1974) Alan Alda (1975) Henry Winkler (1976) Ron Howard / Henry Winkler (1977) Robin Williams (1978) Alan Alda (1979) Alan Alda (1980) Alan Alda (1981) Alan Alda (1982) John Ritter (1983) Bill Cosby (1984) Bill Cosby (1985) Bruce Willis (1986) Dabney Coleman (1987) Michael J. Fox / Judd Hirsch / Richard Mulligan (1988) Ted Danson (1989) Ted Danson (1990) Burt Reynolds (1991) John Goodman (1992) Jerry Seinfeld (1993) Tim Allen (1994) Kelsey Grammer (1995) John Lithgow (1996) Michael J. Fox (1997) Michael J. Fox (1998) Michael J. Fox (1999) Kelsey Grammer (2000) Charlie Sheen (2001) Tony Shalhoub (2002) Ricky Gervais (2003) Jason Bateman (2004) Steve Carell (2005) Alec Baldwin (2006) Did Duchovny (2007) Alec Baldwin (2008) Alec Baldwin (2009) Jim Parsons (2010) Matt LeBlanc (2011) Don Cheadle (2012) Andy Samberg (2013) Jeffrey Tambor (2014) Gael García Bernal (2015) Donald Glover (2016) Aziz Ansari (2017) Michael Douglas (2018) Ramy Youssef (2019) Jason Sudeikis (2020) Jason Sudeikis (2021) Jeremy Allen White (2022) Jeremy Allen White (2023) Jeremy Allen White (2024) vteGolden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film Mickey Rooney (1981) Anthony Andrews (1982) Richard Chamberlain (1983) Ted Danson (1984) Dustin Hoffman (1985) James Woods (1986) Randy Quaid (1987) Michael Caine / Stacy Keach (1988) Robert Duvall (1989) James Garner (1990) Beau Bridges (1991) Robert Duvall (1992) James Garner (1993) Raul Julia (1994) Gary Sinise (1995) Alan Rickman (1996) Ving Rhames (1997) Stanley Tucci (1998) Jack Lemmon (1999) Brian Dennehy (2000) James Franco (2001) Albert Finney (2002) Al Pacino (2003) Geoffrey Rush (2004) Jonathan Rhys Meyers (2005) Bill Nighy (2006) Jim Broadbent (2007) Paul Giamatti (2008) Kevin Bacon (2009) Al Pacino (2010) Idris Elba (2011) Kevin Costner (2012) Michael Douglas (2013) Billy Bob Thornton (2014) Oscar Isaac (2015) Tom Hiddleston (2016) Ewan McGregor (2017) Darren Criss (2018) Russell Crowe (2019) Mark Ruffalo (2020) Michael Keaton (2021) Evan Peters (2022) Steven Yeun (2023) Colin Farrell (2024) vteHasty Pudding Men of the Year Bob Hope (1967) Paul Newman (1968) Bill Cosby (1969) Robert Redford (1970) James Stewart (1971) Dustin Hoffman (1972) Jack Lemmon (1973) Peter Falk (1974) Warren Beatty (1975) Robert Blake (1976) Johnny Carson (1977) Richard Dreyfuss (1978) Robert De Niro (1979) Alan Alda (1980) John Trolta (1981) James Cagney (1982) Steven Spielberg (1983) Sean Connery (1984) Bill Murray (1985) Sylvester Stallone (1986) Mikhail Baryshnikov (1987) Steve Martin (1988) Robin Williams (1989) Kevin Costner (1990) Clint Eastwood (1991) Michael Douglas (1992) Chevy Chase (1993) Tom Cruise (1994) Tom Hanks (1995) Harrison Ford (1996) Mel Gibson (1997) Kevin Kline (1998) Samuel L. Jackson (1999) Billy Crystal (2000) Anthony Hopkins (2001) Bruce Willis (2002) Martin Scorsese (2003) Robert Downey Jr. (2004) Tim Robbins (2005) Richard Gere (2006) Ben Stiller (2007) Christopher Walken (2008) James Franco (2009) Justin Timberlake (2010) Jay Leno (2011) Jason Segel (2012) Kiefer Sutherland (2013) Neil Patrick Harris (2014) Chris Pratt (2015) Joseph Gordon-Levitt (2016) Ryan Reynolds (2017) Paul Rudd (2018) Milo Ventimiglia (2019) Ben Platt (2020) Jason Bateman (2022) Bob Odenkirk (2023) Barry Keoghan (2024) Jon Hamm (2025) Michael Keaton (2026) vteHonorary César1976–2000 Ingrid Bergman (1976) Diana Ross (1976) Henri Langlois (1977) Jacques Tati (1977) Robert Dorfmann (1978) René Goscinny (1978) Marcel Carné (1979) Charles Vanel (1979) Walt Disney (1979) Pierre Braunberger (1980) Louis de Funès (1980) Kirk Douglas (1980) Marcel Pagnol (1981) Alain Resnais (1981) Georges Dancigers (1982) Alexandre Mnouchkine (1982) Jean Nény (1982) Andrzej Wajda (1982) Raimu (1983) René Clément (1984) Georges de Beauregard (1984) Edwige Feuillère (1984) Christian-Jaque (1985) Danielle Darrieux (1985) Christine Gouze-Rénal (1985) Alain Poiré (1985) Maurice Jarre (1986) Bette Dis (1986) Jean Delannoy (1986) René Ferracci (1986) Claude Lanzmann (1986) Jean-Luc Godard (1987) Serge Silberman (1988) Bernard Blier (1989) Paul Grimault (1989) Gérard Philipe (1990) Jean-Pierre Aumont (1991) Sophia Loren (1991) Michèle Morgan (1992) Sylvester Stallone (1992) Jean Marais (1993) Marcello Mastroianni (1993) Gérard Oury (1993) Jean Carmet (1994) Jeanne Moreau (1995) Gregory Peck (1995) Steven Spielberg (1995) Lauren Bacall (1996) Henri Verneuil (1996) Charles Aznour (1997) Andie MacDowell (1997) Michael Douglas (1998) Clint Eastwood (1998) Jean-Luc Godard (1998) Pedro Almodóvar (1999) Johnny Depp (1999) Jean Rochefort (1999) Josiane Balasko (2000) Georges Crenne (2000) Jean-Pierre Léaud (2000) Martin Scorsese (2000) 2001–present Darry Cowl (2001) Charlotte Rampling (2001) Agnès Varda (2001) Anouk Aimée (2002) Jeremy Irons (2002) Claude Rich (2002) Bernadette Lafont (2003) Spike Lee (2003) Meryl Streep (2003) Micheline Presle (2004) Jacques Dutronc (2005) Will Smith (2005) Hugh Grant (2006) Pierre Richard (2006) Marlène Jobert (2007) Jude Law (2007) Jeanne Moreau (2008) Roberto Benigni (2008) Romy Schneider (2008) Dustin Hoffman (2009) Harrison Ford (2010) Quentin Tarantino (2011) Kate Winslet (2012) Kevin Costner (2013) Scarlett Johansson (2014) Sean Penn (2015) Michael Douglas (2016) George Clooney (2017) Penélope Cruz (2018) Robert Redford (2019) Cate Blanchett (2022) Did Fincher (2023) Agnès Jaoui (2024) Christopher Nolan (2024) Julia Roberts (2025) Costa-Gras (2025) Jim Carrey (2026) vteIFFI Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award1999–2020IFFI Lifetime Achievement Award Bernardo Bertolucci (30th) Liv Ullmann (34th) Dilip Kumar (38th) Lata Mangeshkar (38th) Bertrand Ternier (42nd) Krzysztof Zanussi (43rd) Jiří Menzel (44th) Wong Kar-wai (45th) Nikita Mikhalkov (46th) Im Kwon-taek (47th) Atom Egoyan (48th) Dan Wolman (49th) Isabelle Huppert (50th) Vittorio Storaro (51st) 2021–presentIFFI Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award Martin Scorsese (52nd) István Szabó (52nd) Carlos Saura (53rd) Michael Douglas (54th) Phillip Noyce (55th) Rajinikanth (56th) vteKirk Douglas Award2007–present Kirk Douglas (2007) John Trolta (2008) Ed Harris (2009) Quentin Tarantino (2010) Harrison Ford (2011) Michael Douglas (2012) Robert De Niro (2013) Forest Whitaker (2014) Jessica Lange (2015) Jane Fonda (2016) Warren Beatty (2017) Judi Dench (2018) Hugh Jackman (2019) Martin Scorsese (2020) Michelle Yeoh (2023) Ryan Gosling (2024) Will Ferrell (2025) Cynthia Erivo (2026) Festival editions 2024 2025 2026 vteMaltin Modern Master AwardAward Michael Douglas (1995) Jodie Foster (1997) Anthony Hopkins (2000) Diane Keaton (2001) Peter Jackson (2004) George Clooney (2006) Will Smith (2007) Cate Blanchett (2008) Clint Eastwood (2009) James Cameron (2010) Christopher Nolan (2011) Christopher Plummer (2012) Ben Affleck (2013) Bruce Dern (2014) Michael Keaton (2015) Johnny Depp (2016) Denzel Washington (2017) Gary Oldman (2018) Glenn Close (2019) Brad Pitt (2020) Bill Murray (2021) Nicole Kidman (2022) Jier Bardem (2022) Jamie Lee Curtis (2023) Robert Downey Jr. (2024) Angelina Jolie (2025) Adam Sandler (2026) Festival editions 2024 2025 2026 vteLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor1975–2000 Al Pacino (1975) Robert De Niro (1976) Richard Dreyfuss (1977) Jon Voight (1978) Dustin Hoffman (1979) Robert De Niro (1980) Burt Lancaster (1981) Ben Kingsley (1982) Robert Duvall (1983) F. Murray Abraham / Albert Finney (1984) William Hurt (1985) Bob Hoskins (1986) Jack Nicholson / Steve Martin (1987) Tom Hanks (1988) Daniel Day-Lewis (1989) Jeremy Irons (1990) Nick Nolte (1991) Clint Eastwood (1992) Anthony Hopkins (1993) John Trolta (1994) Nicolas Cage (1995) Geoffrey Rush (1996) Robert Duvall (1997) Ian McKellen (1998) Russell Crowe (1999) Michael Douglas (2000) 2001–2021 Denzel Washington (2001) Daniel Day-Lewis / Jack Nicholson (2002) Bill Murray (2003) Liam Neeson (2004) Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005) Sacha Baron Cohen / Forest Whitaker (2006) Daniel Day-Lewis (2007) Sean Penn (2008) Jeff Bridges (2009) Colin Firth (2010) Michael Fassbender (2011) Joaquin Phoenix (2012) Bruce Dern (2013) Tom Hardy (2014) Michael Fassbender (2015) Adam Driver (2016) Timothée Chalamet (2017) Ethan Hawke (2018) Antonio Banderas (2019) Chadwick Boseman (2020) Simon Rex (2021) vteNational Board of Review Award for Best Actor1945–1975 Ray Milland (1945) Laurence Olivier (1946) Michael Redgre (1947) Walter Huston (1948) Ralph Richardson (1949) Alec Guinness (1950) Richard Basehart (1951) Ralph Richardson (1952) James Mason (1953) Bing Crosby (1954) Ernest Borgnine (1955) Yul Brynner (1956) Alec Guinness (1957) Spencer Tracy (1958) Victor Sjöström (1959) Robert Mitchum (1960) Albert Finney (1961) Jason Robards (1962) Rex Harrison (1963) Anthony Quinn (1964) Lee Marvin (1965) Paul Scofield (1966) Peter Finch (1967) Cliff Robertson (1968) Peter O'Toole (1969) George C. Scott (1970) Gene Hackman (1971) Peter O'Toole (1972) Al Pacino / Robert Ryan (1973) Gene Hackman (1974) Jack Nicholson (1975) 1976–present Did Carradine (1976) John Trolta (1977) Jon Voight / Laurence Olivier (1978) Peter Sellers (1979) Robert De Niro (1980) Henry Fonda (1981) Ben Kingsley (1982) Tom Conti (1983) Victor Banerjee (1984) William Hurt / Raul Julia (1985) Paul Newman (1986) Michael Douglas (1987) Gene Hackman (1988) Morgan Freeman (1989) Robert De Niro / Robin Williams (1990) Warren Beatty (1991) Jack Lemmon (1992) Anthony Hopkins (1993) Tom Hanks (1994) Nicolas Cage (1995) Tom Cruise (1996) Jack Nicholson (1997) Ian McKellen (1998) Russell Crowe (1999) Jier Bardem (2000) Billy Bob Thornton (2001) Campbell Scott (2002) Sean Penn (2003) Jamie Foxx (2004) Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005) Forest Whitaker (2006) George Clooney (2007) Clint Eastwood (2008) George Clooney / Morgan Freeman (2009) Jesse Eisenberg (2010) George Clooney (2011) Bradley Cooper (2012) Bruce Dern (2013) Michael Keaton / Oscar Isaac (2014) Matt Damon (2015) Casey Affleck (2016) Tom Hanks (2017) Viggo Mortensen (2018) Adam Sandler (2019) Riz Ahmed (2020) Will Smith (2021) Colin Farrell (2022) Paul Giamatti (2023) Daniel Craig (2024) Leonardo DiCaprio (2025) vtePeople's Choice Award for Forite Movie Actor John Wayne (1975) John Wayne (1976) John Wayne (1977) John Wayne (1978) Burt Reynolds (1979) Burt Reynolds (1980) Clint Eastwood (1981) Burt Reynolds (1982) Burt Reynolds (1983) Clint Eastwood / Burt Reynolds (1984) Clint Eastwood (1985) Sylvester Stallone (1986) Clint Eastwood (1987) Michael Douglas (1988) Tom Cruise (1990) Mel Gibson (1991) Kevin Costner (1993) Tom Hanks (1996) Mel Gibson (1997) Harrison Ford (1998) Tom Hanks (1999) Harrison Ford (2000) Mel Gibson (2001) Tom Hanks (2002) Mel Gibson (2003) Mel Gibson (2004) Johnny Depp (2005) Johnny Depp (2006) Johnny Depp (2007) Johnny Depp (2008) Will Smith (2009) Johnny Depp (2010) Johnny Depp (2011) Johnny Depp (2012) Robert Downey Jr. (2013) Johnny Depp (2014) Robert Downey Jr. (2015) Channing Tatum (2016) Ryan Reynolds (2017) Chadwick Boseman (2018) Robert Downey Jr. (2019) Will Smith (2020) Dwayne Johnson (2021) Chris Hemsworth (2022) vteSatellite Award for Best Actor – Motion PictureDrama (1996–2010, 2018–present) Geoffrey Rush (1996) Robert Duvall (1997) Edward Norton (1998) Terence Stamp (1999) Geoffrey Rush (2000) Brian Cox (2001) Michael Caine / Daniel Day-Lewis (2002) Sean Penn (2003) Don Cheadle (2004) Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005) Forest Whitaker (2006) Viggo Mortensen (2007) Richard Jenkins (2008) Jeremy Renner (2009) Colin Firth (2010) Willem Dafoe (2018) Christian Bale (2019) Riz Ahmed (2020) Benedict Cumberbatch (2021) Brendan Fraser (2022) Cillian Murphy (2023) Colman Domingo (2024) Musical or Comedy (1996–2010, 2018–present) Tom Cruise (1996) Jack Nicholson (1997) Ian Bannen / Did Kelly (1998) Philip Seymour Hoffman (1999) Michael Douglas (2000) Ewan McGregor (2001) Kieran Culkin (2002) Bill Murray (2003) Jamie Foxx (2004) Terrence Howard (2005) Joseph Cross (2006) Ryan Gosling (2007) Ricky Gervais (2008) Michael Stuhlbarg (2009) Michael Cera (2010) Rami Malek (2018) Taron Egerton (2019) Sacha Baron Cohen (2020) Andrew Garfield (2021) Austin Butler (2022) Paul Giamatti (2023) Keith Kupferer (2024) Motion Picture (2011–2017) Ryan Gosling (2011) Bradley Cooper (2012) Matthew McConaughey (2013) Michael Keaton (2014) Leonardo DiCaprio (2015) Andrew Garfield / Viggo Mortensen (2016) Gary Oldman / Harry Dean Stanton (2017) vteSatellite Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries, Limited Series or Television Film Alan Rickman (1996) Gary Sinise (1997) Delroy Lindo (1998) William H. Macy (1999) James Woods (2000) Richard Dreyfuss (2001) William H. Macy (2002) James Woods (2003) Jamie Foxx (2004) Jonathan Rhys Meyers (2005) Bill Nighy (2006) Did Oyelowo (2007) Paul Giamatti (2008) Brendan Gleeson (2009) Al Pacino (2010) Jason Isaacs (2011) Benedict Cumberbatch (2012) Michael Douglas (2013) Mark Ruffalo (2014) Mark Rylance (2015) Bryan Cranston (2016) Robert De Niro (2017) Darren Criss (2018) Jared Harris (2019) Ethan Hawke (2020) Ewan McGregor (2021) Evan Peters (2022) Guy Pearce (2023) Colin Farrell (2024) vteScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Raul Julia (1994) Gary Sinise (1995) Alan Rickman (1996) Gary Sinise (1997) Christopher Reeve (1998) Jack Lemmon (1999) Brian Dennehy (2000) Ben Kingsley (2001) William H. Macy (2002) Al Pacino (2003) Geoffrey Rush (2004) Paul Newman (2005) Jeremy Irons (2006) Kevin Kline (2007) Paul Giamatti (2008) Kevin Bacon (2009) Al Pacino (2010) Paul Giamatti (2011) Kevin Costner (2012) Michael Douglas (2013) Mark Ruffalo (2014) Idris Elba (2015) Bryan Cranston (2016) Alexander Skarsgård (2017) Darren Criss (2018) Sam Rockwell (2019) Mark Ruffalo (2020) Michael Keaton (2021) Sam Elliott (2022) Steven Yeun (2023) Colin Farrell (2024) vteBryna ProductionsPresidents Kirk Douglas (Filmography) (1949–1982) Anne Douglas (1982–1989) Peter Douglas (1989–1996) Vice-Presidents and General Managers William Schorr (1952–1955) Norman A. Cook (1955) Jerry Bresler (1955–1958) Edward Lewis (1958–1966) Eleanor Wolquitt (1966–1968) Norman Kurland (1968–1970) Anne Douglas (1970–1982) Key Executives Allan Balter Joseph A. Barry Myer P. Beck Barney Briskin George M. Cahan Eric Douglas Joel Douglas Michael Douglas Charles K. Feldman James B. Harris Charles Levy Stanley Margulies Martin Melcher Seymour Poe Norman Retchin Milton Shapiro Robert Siodmak Linn Unkefer Did E. Weshner Films The Indian Fighter (1955) Spring Reunion (1956) Lizzie (1957) The Careless Years (1957) Ride Out for Revenge (1957) Paths of Glory (1957) The Vikings (1958) The Devil's Disciple (1959) Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) Spartacus (1960) Strangers When We Meet (1960) The Last Sunset (1961) Lonely Are the Bre (1962) The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) Seven Days in May (1964) Seconds (1966) Grand Prix (1966) The Brotherhood (1968) Summertree (1971) A Gunfight (1971) The Light at the Edge of the World (1971) To Catch a Spy (1971) Scalawag (1973) Posse (1975) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) The Final Countdown (1980) Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) Tough Guys (1986) Television King of the Vikings (1957) Tales of the Vikings (1959–1960) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973) Draw! (1984) Amos (1985) Sperry Goes Hollywood (1986) Stage One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1963–1964) Subsidiaries Bryna Corporation Bryna Industries Bryna International Brynaprod Cameron Productions Douglas and Lewis Productions Eric Productions Joel Productions Michael Productions Peter Vincent Music Public Relations Consultants TBC Merger The Brotherhood Company The Bryna Company Affiliates Aspen Productions Astral Film Productions Barbizon Productions Barcarola Bigstick Productions Capitole Films Cayuga Productions Cherokee Productions Columbia Broadcasting System Curtleigh Productions Douglas/Reuther Productions Edward Lewis Productions Fantasy Films Film Finance Group Further Films Gibraltar Productions Harris-Kubrick Pictures Harvest Productions Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Films Inex Film Jet Films Jerry Bresler Productions John Frankenheimer Productions Les Films de la Pléiade Ludgate Films Martin Ritt Productions The Mirisch Corporation Oceania Produzioni Internazionali Cinematografiche Polyc International Quine Productions Rizzoli Films Seven Arts Productions Silver Screen Partners II The Stone Group Stonebridge Entertainment Thoroughbred Productions Touchstone Pictures Triumfilms Vincent Pictures Vulcano Film Wallis-Hazen Productions Walt Disney Productions Winters/Rosen Productions Zeeuwse Maatschappij Zwaluw Distributors Buena Vista Columbia Broadcasting System Columbia Pictures Home Box Office Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NBC National General Pictures Paramount Pictures Rank Film Distributors United Artists United Artists Records United Artists Television Universal-International Pictures Portals: Biography Film United States Television Authority control databases InternationalISNIVIAFGNDFASTWorldCatNationalUnited StatesFranceBnF dataItalyCzech RepublicSpainNetherlandsNorwayLatviaKoreaSwedenPolandIsraelCataloniaBelgiumArtistsMusicBrainzEmmy AwardsFIDPeopleTroveDeutsche BiographieDeutsche SynchronkarteiDDBOtherIdRefSNACYale LUX