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.
133 movies · 50 shows
From Roger Moore with Love
2024·8.0
Morceaux de Cannes
2021·2.0
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020·7.4
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020·8.0
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
2019·6.5
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019·6.5
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Shocking Truth
2018·0.0
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
2017·6.0
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
2017·7.1
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
2015·0.0
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
2015·8.2
Hollywood au pied du terril
2014·0.0
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
2012·6.0
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012·7.6
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010·6.7
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
2009·7.3
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
2009·0.0
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009·2.0
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2008·6.0
Empire State Building Murders
2008·0.0
Trumbo
2007·6.7
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2005·6.4
Illusion
2004·7.7
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003·0.0
It Runs in the Family
2003·6.0
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001·7.3
FBI contre Hollywood
2001·5.0
Diamonds
1999·5.2
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999·8.7
Completely Cuckoo
1997·5.7
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997·7.7
The Universal Story
1996·8.0
The Lies Boys Tell
1994·6.3
Greedy
1994·6.2
A Century of Cinema
1994·8.3
The Secret
1992·9.0
Two-Fisted Tales
1992·5.1
Welcome to Veraz
1991·4.5
Oscar
1991·6.4
Movie Tough Guys
1991·10.0
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
1990·8.1
The Racing Experience
1988·7.0
Inherit the Wind
1988·7.3
All-Time Movie Greats
1988·0.0
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
1986·0.0
Tough Guys
1986·6.0
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986·7.2
Amos
1985·7.2
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985·2.0
Draw!
1984·6.4
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983·6.7
Eddie Macon's Run
1983·5.9
Remembrance Of Love
1982·8.0
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982·6.7
The Man from Snowy River
1982·7.0
Let Poland Be Poland
1982·0.0
Home Movies
1980·5.6
Saturn 3
1980·5.3
The Final Countdown
1980·6.6
The Villain
1979·5.7
The Fury
1978·6.3
Holocaust 2000
1977·5.8
Victory at Entebbe
1976·5.1
Once Is Not Enough
1975·5.2
Posse
1975·6.1
Mousey
1974·5.2
Scalawag
1973·5.7
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973·6.3
The Master Touch
1972·5.9
Kirk Douglas
1972·0.0
J'ai tout donné
1972·9.3
The Special London Bridge Special
1972·8.0
Catch Me a Spy
1971·5.0
A Gunfight
1971·5.8
The Light at the Edge of the World
1971·6.0
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970·6.8
The Arrangement
1969·6.5
The Brotherhood
1968·6.1
A Lovely Way to Die
1968·4.8
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968·4.5
The War Wagon
1967·6.8
The Way West
1967·6.1
Kirk Douglas
1966·5.6
Is Paris Burning?
1966·7.2
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966·6.4
The Heroes of Telemark
1965·6.9
In Harm's Way
1965·6.6
The Making of A Movie
1965·0.0
Seven Days in May
1964·7.4
For Love or Money
1963·6.1
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963·6.7
The Hook
1963·6.2
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962·5.9
Lonely are the Brave
1962·7.4
Town Without Pity
1961·6.9
The Last Sunset
1961·6.8
Spartacus
1960·7.5
Strangers When We Meet
1960·6.4
The Devil's Disciple
1959·6.7
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959·7.1
The Vikings
1958·7.0
Paths of Glory
1957·8.3
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
1957·7.0
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957·7.0
Top Secret Affair
1957·4.9
Lust for Life
1956·7.2
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
1956·0.0
The Indian Fighter
1955·6.4
Man Without a Star
1955·6.5
The Racers
1955·6.7
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954·7.1
Operation Undersea
1954·2.0
The Disneyland Story
1954·8.0
Ulysses
1954·6.6
Act of Love
1953·6.9
The Juggler
1953·6.8
The Story of Three Loves
1953·6.0
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952·7.3
The Big Sky
1952·6.5
The Big Trees
1952·5.6
Detective Story
1951·7.1
Ace in the Hole
1951·7.8
Along the Great Divide
1951·7.4
The Glass Menagerie
1950·5.7
Young Man with a Horn
1950·6.4
Champion
1949·6.7
A Letter to Three Wives
1949·7.2
The Walls of Jericho
1948·5.6
My Dear Secretary
1948·6.1
I Walk Alone
1947·6.6
Out of the Past
1947·7.6
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947·6.1
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946·7.1