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Kirk Douglas

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.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	1.96
Birthday	1916-12-09
Place of Birth	Amsterdam, New York, USA
Also Known As	Issur Danielovitch, Issur Danielovitch Demsky, Isador Demsky, Izzy Demsky, Кирк Дуглас, Кёрк Дуглас,

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Out of the Past

Spartacus

Paths of Glory

Is Paris Burning?

Tough Guys

Detective Story

Victory at Entebbe

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

The List of Adrian Messenger

Seven Days in May

Home Movies

It Runs in the Family

The Man from Snowy River

Oscar

The Final Countdown

Cast a Giant Shadow

Ace in the Hole

The Bad and the Beautiful

Champion

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

The Fury

Greedy

I Walk Alone

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

There Was a Crooked Man...

The War Wagon

Young Man with a Horn

Diamonds

Eddie Macon's Run

Lust for Life

Last Train from Gun Hill

The Way West

The Vikings

Lonely Are the Brave

Ulysses

Man Without a Star

The Big Sky

The Big Trees

Along the Great Divide

In Harm's Way

Two Weeks in Another Town

A Letter to Three Wives

Posse

Holocaust 2000

The Heroes of Telemark

The Last Sunset

The Arrangement

The Master Touch

The Glass Menagerie

My Dear Secretary

Empire State Building Murders

Saturn 3

A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Mourning Becomes Electra

A Gunfight

The Brotherhood

The Light at the Edge of the World

Town Without Pity

The Indian Fighter

Catch Me a Spy

Strangers When We Meet

A Lovely Way to Die

The Devil's Disciple

Illusion

Once Is Not Enough

Mousey

The Story of Three Loves

The Walls of Jericho

Draw!

Scalawag

The Lies Boys Tell

The Racers

Top Secret Affair

Act of Love

The Hook

Remembrance Of Love

Inherit the Wind

FBI contre Hollywood

Amos