Michael Douglas Trivia

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  • Daughter Carys Zeta Douglas with Catherine Zeta-Jones; Carys was born the 20th April of 2003, at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey.
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  • Thursday, December 11, 2003, he was host, together with wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, at the 2003 Annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Olso Spectrum in Oslo, Norway.
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  • Has worked with three actors who share roles with his father. Kirk Douglas played Doc Holliday in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957). Val Kilmer played the part in Tombstone (1993) and then appeared with Michael in The Ghost and the Darkness (1996). Dennis Quaid also played Holliday in Wyatt Earp (1994) and appeared with Michael in Traffic (2000). Kirk played Ulysses (Odysseus) in Ulisse (1954), based on The Odyssey. Michael appeared in Don't Say a Word (2001) with Sean Bean, who played Odysseus in Troy (2004).
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  • Michael is exactly 25 years older than his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones. The two of them share a birthday, September 25th.
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  • His second son and first child with Catherine Zeta-Jones, a boy named Dylan Michael, was born on 8th August about 6 p.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre near Beverly Hills. The baby weighed in at 7 pounds and seven ounces and measured 21-1/2 inches. He met Catherine at the Deauville Film Festival in France in August 1998; they began dating in March 1999 and got engaged on New Year's Eve 1999.
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  • Brother of Joel Douglas.
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  • Father of Cameron Douglas.
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  • Ranked #74 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
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  • Reason for being born in New Brunswick, N.J.: His parents (who had a small apartment in Greenwich Village, N.Y.) were visiting his mother's sister (who was married to one of the founders of Johnson & Johnson which is headquartered in New Bruswick) when he arrived prematurely.
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  • He has been active in handgun control since John Lennon's murder in December 1980.
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  • Half-brother of Peter Douglas and Eric Douglas.
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  • Graduate of Choate Rosemary Hall.
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  • Was named to Quigley Publications' Top 10 Poll of Money-Making Stars six times between 1985 and 1995, hitting a high of #2 in 1987. Surprising, despite a career that has spanned seven decades, his father, Kirk Douglas, never made the list, the annual poll of movie exhibitors that ranks the top stars in terms of box-office drawing power.
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  • His performance as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street (1987) is ranked #25 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
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  • Has two sons: Cameron Morrell (b. 13 December 1978), with Diandra Luker, and Dylan Michael (b. 8 August 2000), with Catherine Zeta-Jones.
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  • Initially turned down the role of Judge Wakefield in Traffic (2000). He later accepted only after the script underwent extensive re-writes.
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  • Stepson of Anne Buydens.
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  • He and The China Syndrome (1979) co-stars Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon have all won Oscars for leading roles. Douglas won for Wall Street (1987), Fonda for Klute (1971), and Lemmon for Save the Tiger (1973).
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  • Mother is Bermudian.
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  • September 2007 - has residences in both New York City and Bermuda.
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  • He endorsed Rep.Richard Gephardt (D-MO) in the 2004 Democratic primaries.
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  • Turned down the role of Oliver in Love Story (1970) despite being offered 10% of the gross.
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  • In September 1992, he underwent treatment for alcohol and substance abuse at Sierra Tucson Center.
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  • In 1980, he was involved in a serious skiing accident, which sidelined his acting career for three years.
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  • Five days after completing Black Rain (1989/I), he started filming The War of the Roses (1989).
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  • In addition to Catherine Zeta-Jones, he also shares a birthday with Will Smith, Heather Locklear, Michael Madsen, Barbara Walters and the late Christopher Reeve.
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  • In 1975, quit the show "The Streets of San Francisco" (1972) to produce the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest (1975).
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  • As of 2002, he and Sir Laurence Olivier are the only two people in history to win Oscars for both Best Picture and Best Actor (although Olivier won them simultaneously for the same film).
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  • Is of Russian-Jewish, Scottish, and Irish heritage.
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  • Attended Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, MA.
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  • Graduated from the University of California.
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  • Graduated with a B.A. from U.C. Santa Barbara along with singer Jack Johnson and actor Ossie Beck. [1968]
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  • Roomed with Danny DeVito when first starting out.
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  • Named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. His mission: to focus worldwide attention on nuclear disarmament and human rights. [1998]
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  • Son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Douglas.
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