Michael Douglas on stage and screen

American actor and producer Michael Douglas began his film career with a brief uncredited role in Cast a Giant Shadow (1966).^[1] In the same year he played a small role in the play Bedford Forrest. His performance in Hail, Hero! (1969) earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer.^[2] He won the 1971 Theatre World Award for Pinkville. During 1972–76, he played the lead role in the TV series The Streets of San Francisco. In 1975, Douglas produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe for Best Picture and BAFTA Award for Best Film.^[3][4]

Douglas in 1969

Douglas' role of Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's Wall Street (1987) won him the Academy Award for Best Actor.^[5] For his portrayal of a fictional American president in the 1995 comedy The American President, he was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.^[6] His performance in Wonder Boys (2000) earned him nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama.^[7]

He shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture with his co-actors in Traffic (2000).^[8] He reprised the role of Gekko in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for the same.^[9] Douglas' portrayal of Liberace in Behind the Candelabra (2013) earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie.^[10]

For his contributions to the film industry, Douglas won the 2004 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and the 2009 AFI Life Achievement Award.^[11][12]

Stage

Production	Year(s)	Theater	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
Bedford Forrest	1966	Eugene O'Neill Theater Center	Soldier		[13][14]
The Whistling Wizard and the Sultan of Tuffet	1969–1970	Bil Baird Marionette Theater	—	Understudy	[15]
Pinkville	1970–1971	The American Place Theatre	Jerry the Naz		[16][17]

Film

Feature film

Title	Year	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
Cast a Giant Shadow	1966	Jeep Driver	Uncredited	[1]
Hail, Hero!	1969	Carl Dixon		[18]
Adam at 6 A.M.	1970	Adam Gaines		[19]
Summertree	1971	Jerry		[16]
Napoleon and Samantha	1972	Danny		[20]
When Michael Calls	1972	Craig
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	1975	—	Producer only	[5][21]
Coma	1978	Dr. Mark Bellows		[22]
The China Syndrome	1979	Richard Adams	Also producer	[5][23]
Running		Michael Andropolis		[24]
It's My Turn	1980	Ben Lewin		[25]
The Star Chamber	1983	Judge Steven R. Hardin		[26]
Romancing the Stone	1984	Jack Colton	Also producer	[27][28]
Starman		—	Executive producer only	[21]
The Jewel of the Nile	1985	Jack Colton	Also producer	[28][29]
A Chorus Line		Zach		[30]
Fatal Attraction	1987	Dan Gallagher		[31]
Wall Street		Gordon Gekko		[32]
Black Rain	1989	Nick Conklin		[33]
The War of the Roses		Oliver Rose		[34]
Flatliners	1990	—	Producer only	[35]
Stone Cold	1991	—	Producer only; uncredited	[36]
Double Impact		—	Producer only	[37]
Eyes of an Angel		—	Executive producer only	[38]
Shining Through	1992	Ed Leland		[39]
Radio Flyer		—	Executive producer only	[40]
Basic Instinct		Detective Nick Curran		[41]
Falling Down	1993	William "D-Fens" Foster		[42]
Made in America		—	Producer only	[43]
Disclosure	1994	Tom Sanders		[44]
The American President	1995	President Andrew Shepherd		[45]
The Ghost and the Darkness	1996	Charles Remington	Also executive producer	[46]
Face/Off	1997	—	Executive producer only	[21]
The Game		Nicholas Van Orton		[47]
The Rainmaker		—	Producer only	[48]
A Perfect Murder	1998	Steven Taylor		[49]
Wonder Boys	2000	Professor Grady Tripp		[50]
Traffic		Robert Wakefield		[51]
One Night at McCool's	2001	Mr. Burmeister	Also producer	[52]
Don't Say a Word		Nathan Conrad		[53]
It Runs in the Family	2003	Alex Gromberg	Also producer	[54]
The In-Laws		Steve Tobias		[55]
The Sentinel	2006	Pete Garrison	Also producer	[56][57]
You, Me and Dupree		Mr. Thompson		[58]
King of California	2007	Charlie		[59]
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	2009	Wayne Mead		[60]
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt		Mark Hunter		[61]
Solitary Man		Ben Kalmen		[62]
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps	2010	Gordon Gekko		[32]
Haywire	2011	Alex Coblenz		[63]
Last Vegas	2013	Billy Gherson		[64]
Behind the Candelabra	2013	Liberace		[65]
And So It Goes	2014	Oren Little		[66]
Beyond the Reach		John Madec	Also producer	[67]
Ant-Man	2015	Hank Pym / Ant-Man		[68]
Unlocked	2017	Eric Lasch		[69]
Flatliners		—	Producer only	[70]
Animal World	2018	Anderson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle		—	Producer only	[71]
Ant-Man and the Wasp		Hank Pym / Ant-Man		[72]
Avengers: Endgame	2019			[73]
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	2023			[74]
Blood Knot †	TBA	TBA	Filming	[75][76]

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Documentary and short film

Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
American Revolution: The Impossible War	John Laurens	Short	[77]
American Heritage: The Cause of Liberty			[77]
Completely Cuckoo	Himself	Video documentary	[78]
Get Bruce		Documentary
One Day in September	Narrator		[79]
Dinosaurs Alive!			[80]
Nuclear Tipping Point			[81]
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon			[82]
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers	Yitzhak Rabin	Voice; Documentary	[83]
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film	Himself	Documentary	[84]
America's Burning	Narrator		[85]

Television

Douglas (right) made his television debut in the play "The Experiment" (1969)

Title	Year(s)	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
CBS Playhouse	1969	Young Scientist	"The Experiment" (as M. K. Douglas)	[86]
The F.B.I.	1971	Jerry	Episode: "The Hitchhiker"	[87]
Medical Center		Jonathan Crowley	Episode: "The Albatross"	[88]
When Michael Calls	1972	Craig	Television film	[89]
The Streets of San Francisco	1972–1976	Inspector Steve Keller	Directed episode: "Spooks for Sale" (1975)	[90] [91]
Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes	1980	Himself	Season 4	[92]
Saturday Night Live	1984	Himself (host)	Episode: "Michael Douglas/Deniece Williams"	[93]
Starman	1986–1987	—	Executive producer only	[94]
World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood's Stuntmen	1988	Himself	Television film; Documentary	[95]
If Dolphins Could Talk	1990	Narrator		[96]
That's What Friends Are For: Arista Records 15th Anniversary Concert		Himself		[97]
Tribute to John Lennon		Host		[98]
The Earth Day Special		Himself		[99]
Oliver Stone: Inside Out	1992		Television film; Documentary	[100]
Rock the Vote	1993		Television film	[101]
Burt Lancaster	1997			[102]
To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th	1998	Cohost	Television special	[103]
Where It's At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union		Himself	Television film; Documentary	[104]
We All Dream of Oz	2000			[105]
Independence Day 2001	2001		Television film	[106]
Will & Grace	2002	Detective Gavin Hatch	Episode: "Fagel Attraction"	[107]
Liberty's Kids		Patrick Henry (voice)	Episodes: "Liberty or Death" & "United We Stand"	[108]
What's Going On?	2003	Host	Episode: "Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone"; Television series; Documentary	[109]
Freedom: A History of US		Benjamin Franklin/Benjamin French	Episodes: "Revolution" as Benjamin Franklin & "A War to End Slavery" as Benjamin French	[110]
... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	2005	Himself	Television film; Documentary	[111]
Phineas and Ferb	2011	Waylon (voice)	Episode: "That's the Spirit/The Curse of Candace"	[112]
Behind the Candelabra	2013	Liberace	Television film	[113]
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film	2014	Himself	Documentary	[114]
The Kominsky Method	2018–2021	Sandy Kominsky	Main role	[115]
Green Eggs and Ham	2019–2022	Guy-Am-I (voice)
Ratched	2020	-	Executive producer only	[116]
What If...?	2021-2023	Hank Pym / Yellowjacket / Ant-Man (voice)	Episodes: "What If... the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?" & "What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?"	[117]
Marvel Studios: Assembled	2023	Himself	Episode: "The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania "
Franklin	2024	Benjamin Franklin	Miniseries	[118]

Music video

Title	Artist	Year	Note(s)	Ref.
"When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"	Billy Ocean	1985		[119]
"Things Have Changed"	Bob Dylan	2000		[120]

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Michael Douglas