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Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas
Born 25 Sept 1944, in New Brunswick, New Jersey

Wise words: "I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work."


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  • Douglas handling son's drug troubles 'fine' - 11 September 2009
    -Michael Douglas is "holding up fine" under the stress of his son Cameron's legal troubles following his arrest on drug-trafficking charges last month (Aug09).- -Actor Cameron Douglas is currently being held behind bars at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York


  • Douglas addresses son's arrest - 13 August 2009
    -Michael Douglas has broken his silence about his troubled son, insisting he is "devastated and disappointed" by Cameron's recent arrest on drug-trafficking charges.- -Cameron is currently behind bars at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City after violati


  • Douglas' son arrested - 4 August 2009
    -Michael Douglas' actor son Cameron has been arrested for possession of methamphetamines with intent to distribute.- -Douglas, 30, was taken into custody by federal authorities in New York on Monday (03Aug09), according to TMZ.com.- - The It Runs In The Family star was

Michael Douglas - what members say


  • The American President
  • The American President review by from Oxford, England
    Rated - 5 stars Feel-Good at its best. 5 April 2004
    ...cs that are going on. But that said this is a great feel-good movie, I suspect Michael Douglas plays the role of a President that americans would only get in their dreams. Ho...  
  • Falling Down
  • Falling Down review by twodelta from LONDON
    Rated - 3 stars 26 April 2004
    ...Possibly the best work by Michael Douglas: a twitchy, increasingly bitter portrayal of an ordinary man unable to understand why Life is being so rotten to him. For me, it is ...  
  • Wonder Boys
  • Wonder Boys review by from London
    Rated - 5 stars Excellent Film 2 May 2004
    ...What a brilliant film and convincing story. Great perfomances by Michael Douglas and Cutie Holmes and a real special movie. A must see....  

Michael Douglas - filmography


  • King Of California on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Evan Rachel Wood,  Michael Douglas,  Michael Doulgas
    Director: Mike Cahill
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Michael Douglas gives a bravura performance in writer-director Mike Cahill's feature-length debut, KING OF CALIFORNIA. Douglas stars as Charlie, a troubled musician who has just been released from a mental hospital. He returns home to live with his 16-year-old daughter, Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood), ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 2,299 members
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  • The In-Laws on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Albert Brooks,  Candice Bergen
    Director: Andrew Fleming
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Michael Douglas plays Steve Tobias the undercover CIA agent and Candice Bergen plays his ex-wife in this remake of the Peter Falk original from 1979. Tobias is a Bond-style plane-stealing bullet-dodging agent, whose son (Ryan Reynolds, VAN WILDER PARTY LIAISON) hopes his wedding to stress-free ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 2,058 members
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  • One Night At McCool's on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Liv Tyler,  Matt Dillon,  Paul Reiser
    Director: Harald Zwart
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The title refers to the night when three men, Randy (Matt Dillon), his cousin Carl (Paul Reiser) and Detective Dehling (John Goodman), all meet Jewel Valentine (Liv Tyler) at a bar called McCool's. Actually, they don't so much meet her as fall under her spell when they first lay eyes on her. In her ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 1,711 member
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  • One Day In September on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Michael Douglas
    Director: Kevin Macdonald
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    One Day In September is the incredible, shocking story about the brutal massacre of Israeli athletes by a team of extremist Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics. Finally, the unbelievable truth is revealed: how eight terrorists easily snuck into the Olympic Village and took 11 ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 3,113 members
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  • Game, The - HD DVD Version (1997)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Sean Penn,  Deborah Unger
    Director: David Fincher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    For the follow-up to his dark crime thriller SEVEN, director David Fincher decided to remain in a film noir vein. The result is THE GAME, a fast-paced cinematic roller-coaster ride that stars Michael Douglas as Nicholas Van Orton, a joyless San Francisco investment banker who receives an unusual ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 440 members
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  • The Game on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Sean Penn,  Deborah Unger
    Director: David Fincher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    For the follow-up to his dark crime thriller SEVEN, director David Fincher decided to remain in a film noir vein. The result is THE GAME, a fast-paced cinematic roller-coaster ride that stars Michael Douglas as Nicholas Van Orton, a joyless San Francisco investment banker who receives an unusual ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 9,780 members
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  • Disclosure on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Demi Moore,  Donald Sutherland
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A thriller based around power, sex, ambition and corporate intrigue. An executive working for Digicom finds himself fighting for his career and his marriage when his female boss, a former lover, charges him with sexual harrassment. Based on a book by Michael Crichton.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 3,457 members
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  • Basic Instinct on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Sharon Stone,  Michael Douglas,  Jeanne Tripplehorn
    Director: Paul Verhoeven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This steamy thriller to end all steamy thrillers stars Michael Douglas as Nick, a boozy San Francisco police detective who finds himself drawn to the prime suspect in a murder case--manipulative, sexually uninhibited novelist Catherine Trammell (Sharon Stone). Catherine's latest book features a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 10,360 members
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  • Black Rain on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Andy Garcia,  Kate Capshaw
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Director Ridley Scott's international crime thriller stars Michael Douglas as Mike Conklin, a New York detective under investigation for corruption. When yakuza hit man Sato (Yusaku Matsuda) kills two American mobsters in New York, he's extradited to Osaka to face trial, with Conklin and Charlie ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 3,133 members
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  • Black Rain - HD DVD Version (1989)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Andy Garcia,  Kate Capshaw
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Ridley Scott's international crime thriller stars Michael Douglas as Mike Conklin, a New York detective under investigation for corruption. When yakuza hit man Sato (Yusaku Matsuda) kills two American mobsters in New York, he's extradited to Osaka to face trial, with Conklin and Charlie ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 260 members
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  • Fatal Attraction on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Glenn Close,  Anne Archer
    Director: Adrian Lyne
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    While his wife (Anne Archer) and daughter are out of town, successful attorney Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) has a one-night stand with Alex Forrest (Glenn Close), the publishing executive he has just met. He has no idea what he's getting into. Immediately after the encounter, Dan wants to put ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 6,256 members
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  • Wall Street on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Charlie Sheen,  Martin Sheen
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oliver Stone opened fire on the greed decade of the 1980s with this morality tale set on Wall Street. The film stars Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox, an ambitious rookie stockbroker from a blue-collar background who is magnetised by Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a Mephistophelean superbroker who ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 7,003 members
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  • A Chorus Line on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Audrey Landers,  Vicki Frederick
    Director: Richard Attenborough
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the popular Broadway show, CHORUS LINE is the story of a group of young dancers auditioning for a part in the program. The film, starring Michael Douglas, includes such song hits as "What I Did for Love;" "Dance 10, Looks 3;" and "Surprise, Surprise."
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,517 member
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  • The Star Chamber on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Hal Holbrook,  Yaphet Kotto
    Director: Peter Hyams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A judge frustrated by the lenient legal system joins a secret group of judges who have set up their own court which operates outside the scope of the law. When verdicts are reached on two men who are later discovered to be innocent, serious ethical questions arise in this taut and interesting thriller.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 199 members
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  • Running on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Susan Anspach,  Lawrence Dane
    Director: Steven Hilliard Stern
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Mike Andropolis is a failure, law school drop-out and jack-of-all-trades, and is about to lose his house and family. In desperation he decides to train for the Olympic Marathon in a last ditch attempt at winning back his family and his self-respect.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 65 members
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  • Hail Hero! (1969)
    Starring: Michael Douglas
    Director: David Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The generation gap is more than just long hair, loud music, or a misunderstanding of ideals between father and son. It is a void from which a new force must emerge, a new hero!
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 3 members
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  • Trumbo
    Starring: Joan Allen,  Brian Dennehy,  Michael Douglas
    Director: Peter Askin
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    "Trumbo" is the story of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's remarkable journey from Hollywood royalty to blacklisted writer to Academy Award winner. Focusing on the writer's own indelible words, the film features performances of some of his extraordinary letters, clips from his films and, archival and ..read more »
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Michael Douglas facts

5 most recent films

Money Never Sleeps - 3.5 stars
The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past - 3.5 stars
Solitary Man - 1.5 stars
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
King Of California - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Falling Down - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
The Game - 3.5 stars
Wall Street - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Game, The - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
Falling Down - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt - 3 stars
Trumbo - 3 stars
Shattered Silence - 1.5 stars
Solitary Man - 1.5 stars
Hail Hero! - 1.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Karl Malden - 8 times - show films
Kathleen Turner - 4 times - show films
George Dzundza - 3 times - show films
Danny De Vito - 3 times - show films
Jeanne Tripplehorn - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Virgil W. Vogel - 8 times - show films
Don Medford - 7 times - show films
William Hale - 7 times - show films
Oliver Stone - 3 times - show films
Ridley Scott - 3 times - show films