Acting credits
162
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Kirk Douglas
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 128Series: 40Crew credits: 21
TMDB ID: 2090
IMDb ID: nm0000018
Known for: Acting
Born: December 9, 1916
Died: February 5, 2020
Age: 103
Place of birth: Amsterdam, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2024
Years active: 81
Average TMDB rating: 6.6
Wikidata: Q104027
Also known as
Issur Danielovitch • Issur Danielovitch Demsky • Isador Demsky • Izzy Demsky • Кёрк Дуглас • Керк Даґлас • کرک داگلاس
Other jobs
Executive Producer (13)Producer (4)Co-Executive Producer (2)Director (2)
Biography
Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor, producer, director and author. He grew up as Izzy Demsky and legally changed his name to Kirk Douglas before entering the United States Navy during World War II. During his career, Douglas appeared in more than 90 movies and was known for his explosive acting style. He became an international star for his leading role as an unscrupulous boxing hero in Champion (1949), which brought him his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Other early films include Young Man with a Horn (1950), Ace in the Hole (1951), and Detective Story (1951), a film for which he received a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actor in a Drama. He received a second Oscar nomination for his role in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), and his third nomination for portraying Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956), which landed him a second Golden Globe nomination. In 1955, Douglas established Bryna Productions, which produced films as varied as Paths of Glory (1957) and Spartacus (1960). He took the lead roles in both films. Douglas has been praised for helping to break the Hollywood blacklist by having Dalton Trumbo write Spartacus with an official on-screen credit. In 1963 Douglas starred in the Broadway play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, a story that he purchased and later gave to his son Michael Douglas, who turned it into an Oscar-winning film. As an actor and philanthropist, Douglas received an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As an author, he wrote ten novels and memoirs. He is No. 17 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema. Kirk Douglas died at age 103.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Kirk Douglas.
8.0
From Roger Moore with Love
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
7.5
Kubrick by Kubrick
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
8.0
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
6.5
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
2019 Movie
6.5
Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
2019 Movie
6.2
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
as Self - Actor
2017 Movie
7.1
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
as Self
2017 Movie
7.5
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012 Movie
6.6
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
2010 Movie
7.3
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
as Self
2009 Movie
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
2009 Movie
2.0
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Self
2009 Movie
6.0
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
as Self
2008 Movie
6.6
Trumbo
as Self - Interviewee
2007 Movie
6.4
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
as Self
2005 Movie
7.6
Illusion
as Donald Baines
2004 Movie
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003 Movie
6.0
It Runs in the Family
as Mitchell Gromberg
2003 Movie
7.3
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
as Self
2001 Movie
5.1
Diamonds
as Harry Agensky
1999 Movie
8.7
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
as General Kalthrob
1999 Movie
5.7
Completely Cuckoo
as Self
1997 Movie
7.5
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1997 Movie
7.7
The Universal Story
as Self (archive footage)
1996 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kirk Douglas.
7.3
Basketball: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2018 Series
6.0
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
Parkinson
as Self • 1 eps
1998 Series
4.3
The View
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
6.0
Scene by Scene
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.2
Touched by an Angel
as Ross Berger • 1 eps
1994 Series
5.5
Brisant
as Self • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1993 Series
8.0
The Simpsons
as Chester J. Lampwick (voice) • 1 eps
1989 Series
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Gen. Kalthrob • 1 eps
1989 Series
7.0
Clive James' Postcard from
as Self • 1 eps
1989 Series
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 eps
1988 Series
4.0
Queenie
as David Konig • 2 eps
1987 Series
4.5
Wogan
as Self • 1 eps
1982 Series
6.3
Champs-Elysées
as Self • 2 eps
1982 Series
3.8
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
as Self • 1 eps
1980 Series
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self • 1 eps
1978 Series
2.3
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
as Alex Vandervoort • 4 eps
1976 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host • 1 eps
1975 Series
9.2
People's Choice Awards
as Self • 1 eps
1975 Series
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self • 1 eps
1975 Series
9.0
Apostrophes
as Self • 1 eps
1975 Series
Spécial cinéma
as Self • 2 eps
1974 Series
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self • 1 eps
1973 Series