Spartacus1960
As Spartacus
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Kirk Douglas
Born
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.
Filmography (138)
Paths of Glory1957
As Col. Dax
TMDb 8.3 / 10
The Final Countdown1980
As Capt. Matthew Yelland
TMDb 6.6 / 10
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea1954
As Ned Land
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Vikings1958
As Einar
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Saturn 31980
As Major Adam
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Ulysses1954
As Ulysses
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Oscar1991
As Eduardo Provolone
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Greedy1994
As Uncle Joe
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Out of the Past1947
As Whit Sterling
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral1957
As Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Last Train from Gun Hill1959
As Marshal Matt Morgan
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The War Wagon1967
As Lomax
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Is Paris Burning?1966
As General Patton
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Man from Snowy River1982
As Harrison / Spur
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Heroes of Telemark1965
As Dr. Rolf Pedersen
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Ace in the Hole1951
As Charles Tatum
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Tough Guys1986
As Archie Long
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid1982
As (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Cast a Giant Shadow1966
As Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Villain1979
As Cactus Jack
TMDb 5.8 / 10
In Harm's Way1965
As Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012
As (archive footage)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Seven Days in May1964
As Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
TMDb 7.4 / 10
J'ai tout donné1972
As Self
TMDb 9.3 / 10
The Arrangement1969
As Eddie Anderson
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Fury1978
As Peter Sandza
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Way West1967
As Sen. William J. Tadlock
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Lust for Life1956
As Vincent van Gogh
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Lonely are the Brave1962
As John W. "Jack" Burns
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Kubrick by Kubrick2020
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Man Without a Star1955
As Dempsey Rae
TMDb 6.4 / 10
A Letter to Three Wives1949
As George Phipps
TMDb 7.2 / 10
My Dear Secretary1948
As Owen Waterbury
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Big Sky1952
As Jim Deakins
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Posse1975
As Howard Nightingale
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Illusion2004
As Donald Baines
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Along the Great Divide1951
As Marshal Len Merrick
TMDb 7.4 / 10
I Walk Alone1947
As Noll "Dink" Turner
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Home Movies1980
As Dr. Tuttle
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Bad and the Beautiful1952
As Jonathan Shields
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The List of Adrian Messenger1963
As George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers1946
As Walter O'Neil
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Devil's Disciple1959
As Richard Dudgeon
TMDb 6.6 / 10
It Runs in the Family2003
As Mitchell Gromberg
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Strangers When We Meet1960
As Larry Coe
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Completely Cuckoo1997
As Self
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Detective Story1951
As Det. James McLeod
TMDb 7.0 / 10
There Was a Crooked Man...1970
As Paris Pitman, Jr.
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Last Sunset1961
As Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Big Trees1952
As Jim Fallon
TMDb 5.6 / 10
For Love or Money1963
As Deke Gentry
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Story of Three Loves1953
As Pierre Narval
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Victory at Entebbe1976
As Herschel Vilnofsky
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Eddie Macon's Run1983
As Carl 'Buster' Marzack
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Indian Fighter1955
As Johnny Hawks
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Juggler1953
As Hans Muller
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Mourning Becomes Electra1947
As Peter Niles
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Once Is Not Enough1975
As Mike Wayne
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Act of Love1953
As Robert Teller
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Two Weeks in Another Town1962
As Jack Andrus
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Two-Fisted Tales1992
As General Calthrop
TMDb 5.1 / 10
A Lovely Way to Die1968
As Jameson Schuyler
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Champion1949
As Midge Kelly
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Holocaust 20001977
As Robert Caine
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Light at the Edge of the World1971
As Will Denton
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Young Man with a Horn1950
As Rick Martin
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Mousey1974
As George Anderson
TMDb 5.2 / 10
A Gunfight1971
As Will Tenneray
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Morceaux de Cannes2021
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 2.0 / 10
The Universal Story1996
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Brotherhood1968
As Frank Ginetta
TMDb 6.1 / 10
James Bond: The First 21 Years1983
As Self
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Inherit the Wind1988
As Matthew Harrison Brady
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Rowan & Martin at the Movies1968
As Self
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France2009
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary1986
As Self
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Kirk Douglas1972
As Himself
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection1999
As General Kalthrob
TMDb 8.7 / 10
Top Secret Affair1957
As Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Mike Wallace Is Here2019
As (archive footage)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
From Roger Moore with Love2024
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Untameable Kirk Douglas2017
As Self - Actor
TMDb 6.0 / 10
A Century of Cinema1994
As Self
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest2009
As Self
TMDb 2.0 / 10
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line1997
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1973
As Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Diamonds1999
As Harry Agensky
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Racers1955
As Gino Borgesa
TMDb 6.7 / 10
All-Time Movie Greats
All-Time Movie Greats1988
As Self (archive footage)
The Master Touch1972
As Steve Wallace
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Secret1992
As Grandpa Mike Dunmore
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff2010
As Self – Interviewee
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Draw!1984
As Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Let Poland Be Poland1982
As Self
The Walls of Jericho1948
As Tucker Wedge
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Town Without Pity1961
As Major Garrett
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick1986
As Self
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Trumbo2007
As Self - Interviewee
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea1990
As Ned Land (archive footage)
TMDb 8.1 / 10
Catch Me a Spy1971
As Andrej
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Amos1985
As Amos Lasher
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty2020
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
My Life As Roger Moore
My Life As Roger MooreRelease date TBA
As Self (Archivfilmmaterial)
Monsters of the DeepRelease date TBA
As Himself
Vincent van Gogh Superstar2019
As Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Hook1963
As Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
TMDb 6.2 / 10
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood2005
As Self
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers1985
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 2.0 / 10
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas2015
As Self - Interviewee
The Racing Experience
The Racing Experience1988
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Johnny Cash: American Rebel2015
As Self (archive photo)
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Scalawag1973
As Peg
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light1957
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Glass Menagerie1950
As Jim O'Connor
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Welcome to Veraz1991
As Quentin
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
Stanley Kubrick in Focus2012
As Self
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir2001
As Self
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices2008
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Discovering: Robert Mitchum2014
As Self (archive footage)
The Making of A Movie
The Making of A Movie1965
As Self
Salute to Lady Liberty
Salute to Lady Liberty1984
The Lies Boys Tell1994
As Ed Reese
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Special London Bridge Special1972
As The Indian Fighter
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Empire State Building Murders
Empire State Building Murders2008
As Jim Kovalski
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?1956
As Self
Operation Undersea1954
As Self
TMDb 2.0 / 10
The Disneyland Story1954
As Self
TMDb 9.0 / 10
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Shocking Truth
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Shocking Truth2018
As Self
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast2017
As Self
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Remembrance Of Love1982
As Joe Rabin
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget2009
As Self
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Hollywood au pied du terril
Hollywood au pied du terril2014
As Self
Kirk Douglas1966
As Self
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway2003
FBI contre Hollywood
FBI contre Hollywood2001
As Self
TMDb 5.0 / 10
A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape
A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape1984
As Narrator
Movie Tough Guys1991
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
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