Kirk Douglas
Birthday: 1916-12-09
Deathday: 2019-11-14
Birthplace: Amsterdam, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 0
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0
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.
Career Statisics
| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
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| 1950 | 34 | Champion (1949) | Leading Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| 1953 | 37 | The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) | Leading Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| 1957 | 41 | Lust for Life (1956) | Leading Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| Career | 0 |
Transaction History
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Credits
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2008-08-14 | Empire State Building Murders | Jim Kovalski |
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2004-10-25 | Illusion | Donald Baines |
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2003-10-31 | The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway | |
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2003-04-25 | It Runs in the Family | Mitchell Gromberg |
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1999-12-10 | Diamonds | Harry Agensky |
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1999-09-07 | Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection | General Kalthrob |
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1994-12-18 | The Lies Boys Tell | Ed Reese |
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1994-03-04 | Greedy | Uncle Joe McTeague |
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1992-04-19 | The Secret | Grandpa Mike Dunmore |
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1992-01-18 | Two-Fisted Tales | General Calthrop |
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1991-06-21 | Welcome to Veraz | Quentin |
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1991-04-26 | Oscar | Eduardo Provolone |
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1988-03-20 | Inherit the Wind | Matthew Harrison Brady |
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1987-05-10 | Queenie | David Konig |
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1986-10-03 | Tough Guys | Archie Long |
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1985-09-29 | Amos | Amos Lasher |
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1984-07-15 | Draw! | Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland |
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1983-03-23 | Eddie Macon's Run | Carl 'Buster' Marzack |
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1982-12-06 | Remembrance Of Love | Joe Rabin |
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1982-03-25 | The Man from Snowy River | Harrison / Spur |
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1980-05-16 | Home Movies | Dr. Tuttle |
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1980-02-15 | Saturn 3 | Major Adam |
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1980-01-31 | The Final Countdown | Capt. Matthew Yelland |
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1979-07-26 | The Villain | Cactus Jack |
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1978-03-10 | The Fury | Peter Sandza |
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1977-11-25 | Holocaust 2000 | Robert Caine |
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1976-12-13 | Victory at Entebbe | Herschel Vilnofsky |
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1975-06-20 | Once Is Not Enough | Mike Wayne |
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1975-06-04 | Posse | Howard Nightingale |
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1974-05-24 | Mousey | George Anderson |
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1973-04-22 | Scalawag | Peg |
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1973-03-07 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde |
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1972-12-08 | The Master Touch | Steve Wallace |
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1972-06-21 | J'ai tout donné | |
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1972-01-01 | The Special London Bridge Special | The Indian Fighter |
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1971-09-06 | Catch Me a Spy | Andrej |
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1971-08-25 | A Gunfight | Will Tenneray |
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1971-07-16 | The Light at the Edge of the World | Will Denton |
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1970-09-18 | There Was a Crooked Man... | Paris Pitman, Jr. |
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1969-11-18 | The Arrangement | Eddie Anderson |
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1968-12-01 | The Brotherhood | Frank Ginetta |
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1968-04-19 | A Lovely Way to Die | Jameson Schuyler |
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1967-05-26 | The War Wagon | Lomax |
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1967-05-24 | The Way West | Sen. William J. Tadlock |
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1966-10-26 | Is Paris Burning? | General Patton |
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1966-03-30 | Cast a Giant Shadow | Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus |
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1965-11-12 | The Heroes of Telemark | Dr. Rolf Pedersen |
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1965-04-06 | In Harm's Way | Commander Paul Eddington, Jr. |
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1964-02-01 | Seven Days in May | Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey |
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1963-08-07 | For Love or Money | Deke Gentry |
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1963-05-23 | The List of Adrian Messenger | George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson |
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1963-02-15 | The Hook | Sgt. P.J. Briscoe |
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1962-08-17 | Two Weeks in Another Town | Jack Andrus |
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1962-05-24 | Lonely are the Brave | John W. "Jack" Burns |
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1961-10-10 | Town Without Pity | Major Garrett |
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1961-06-08 | The Last Sunset | Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley |
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1960-10-13 | Spartacus | Spartacus |
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1960-06-29 | Strangers When We Meet | Larry Coe |
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1959-08-20 | The Devil's Disciple | Richard Dudgeon |
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1959-07-29 | Last Train from Gun Hill | Marshal Matt Morgan |
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1958-06-11 | The Vikings | Einar |
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1957-10-25 | Paths of Glory | Col. Dax |
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1957-05-30 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday |
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1957-01-30 | Top Secret Affair | Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin |
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1956-09-15 | Lust for Life | Vincent van Gogh |
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1955-12-21 | The Indian Fighter | Johnny Hawks |
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1955-03-24 | Man Without a Star | Dempsey Rae |
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1955-02-04 | The Racers | Gino Borgesa |
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1954-12-23 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Ned Land |
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1954-10-27 | The Disneyland Story | |
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1954-10-06 | Ulysses | Ulysses |
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1953-12-17 | Act of Love | Robert Teller |
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1953-05-11 | The Juggler | Hans Muller |
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1953-03-26 | The Story of Three Loves | Pierre Narval |
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1952-12-25 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Jonathan Shields |
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1952-08-19 | The Big Sky | Jim Deakins |
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1952-02-05 | The Big Trees | Jim Fallon |
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1951-10-24 | Detective Story | Det. James McLeod |
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1951-06-29 | Ace in the Hole | Charles Tatum |
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1951-06-02 | Along the Great Divide | Marshal Len Merrick |
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1950-09-28 | The Glass Menagerie | Jim O'Connor |
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1950-03-01 | Young Man with a Horn | Rick Martin |
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1949-04-09 | Champion | Midge Kelly |
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1949-01-20 | A Letter to Three Wives | George Phipps |
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1948-11-22 | The Walls of Jericho | Tucker Wedge |
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1948-11-05 | My Dear Secretary | Owen Waterbury |
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1947-12-31 | I Walk Alone | Noll "Dink" Turner |
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1947-11-25 | Out of the Past | Whit Sterling |
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1947-11-19 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Peter Niles |
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1946-08-19 | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Walter O'Neil |