Michael Douglas Biography

Michael Douglas is an American actor best known for his roles on TV's Streets of San Francisco and in the films Wall Street, Fatal Attraction and Wonder Boys.

Michael Douglas, son of movie star Kirk Douglas, was born in New Jersey in 1944. He gained fame after starring in the cop show Streets of San Francisco (1972–77). His film career took off shortly after, with starring roles in The China Syndrome (1979), Romancing the Stone (1984) and Wall Street (1987), for which he won an Academy Award. Later films include Fatal Attraction (1987), Basic Instinct (1992) and Wonder Boys (2000). He he still finds prominent parts later in his career, starring in films such as the Emmy Award-winning Behind the Candelabra (2013) and Last Vegas (2013). Douglas married actress Catherine Zeta-Jones in 2000 and the couple announced that they were separated but working on their marriage in 2013.