Is of Russian-Jewish, Scottish, and Irish heritage.
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).
Initially turned down the role of Judge Wakefield in Traffic (2000). He later accepted only after the script underwent extensive re-writes.
Daughter Carys Zeta Douglas with Catherine Zeta-Jones; Carys was born the 20th April of 2003, at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.
In 1975, quit the show, "The Streets of San Francisco" (1972), to produce the film, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).
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.
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.
Has worked with two 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). Kirk played Ulysses (Odysseus) in Ulisse (1955), based on The Odyssey. Michael appeared in _Don't Say a Word (2003)_ with Sean Bean, who played Odysseus in Troy (2004).
Five days after completing Black Rain (1989), he started filming The War of the Roses (1989).
In 1980, he was involved in a serious skiing accident which sidelined his acting career for three years.
In September of 1992 he underwent treatment for alcohol abuse at Sierra Tucson Center.
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