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Kubrick by Kubrick

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

as Self – Interviewee

2010
Empire State Building Murders

as Jim Kovalski

2008
Trumbo

as

2008
Illusion

as Donald Baines

2004
It Runs in the Family

as Mitchell Gromberg

2003
Diamonds

as Harry Agensky

1999
Greedy

as Uncle Joe McTeague

1994
Oscar

as Eduardo Provolone

1991
Inherit the Wind

as Matthew Harrison Brady

1988
Tough Guys

as Archie Long

1986
Amos

as Amos Lasher

1985
Eddie Macon's Run

as Carl 'Buster' Marzack

1983
The Man from Snowy River

as Harrison / Spur

1982
Remembrance Of Love

as Joe Rabin

1982
Home Movies

as Dr. Tuttle

1980
The Final Countdown

as Capt. Matthew Yelland

1980
Saturn 3

as Major Adam

1980
The Villain

as Cactus Jack

1979
The Fury

as Peter Sandza

1978
Holocaust 2000

as Robert Caine

1978
Victory at Entebbe

as Herschel Vilnofsky

1976
The Moneychangers

as Alex Vandervoort

1976
Posse

as Howard Nightingale

1975
Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas

Birthday

1916-12-09

Place of Birth

Amsterdam, New York, USA

Biography

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.
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