Michael Douglas

Career timeline

1. 1944 · Born

   Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

2. 1965 · Screen debut

   The F.B.I. (TV)

3. 1972 · Directing debut

   The Streets of San Francisco (TV)

4. 1975 · First production

   One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Movie)

5. 2015 · Breakthrough

   Ant-Man (Movie)

6. 2024 · Latest release

   Franklin (TV)

Career in numbers

3 1960s

8 1970s

10 1980s

16 1990s

11 2000s

17 2010s

6 2020s

• Drama36
• Thriller23
• Comedy17
• Crime13
• Action12
• Romance12

Highest-rated title One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 8.4 Most popular title Avengers: Endgame 2019 8.2

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Michael Douglas in our catalogue.

Danny DeVito

6 titles together

Jan de Bont

4 titles together

Martin Sheen

3 titles together

Kathleen Turner

3 titles together

Peter Donat

3 titles together

Luis Guzmán

2 titles together

Robert Downey Jr.

2 titles together

Benjamin Mouton

2 titles together

Kirk Douglas

2 titles together

Kiefer Sutherland

2 titles together

1. 2024 Franklin as Benjamin Franklin 7.5 TV
2. 2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as Dr. Hank Pym 6.2 Movie
3. 2023 Downwind Movie
4. 2021 Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy as Gordon Gekko (archive footage) 6.8 Movie
5. 2021 Marvel Studios Legends as Dr. Hank Pym (archive footage) (uncredited) 7.4 TV
6. 2019 Green Eggs and Ham as Guy-Am-I (voice) 8.0 TV
7. 2019 Avengers: Endgame as Hank Pym 8.2 Movie
8. 2018 The Kominsky Method as Sandy Kominsky 7.5 TV
9. 2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp as Dr. Hank Pym 6.9 Movie
10. 2018 Animal World as Anderson 7.0 Movie
11. 2017 Unlocked as Eric Lasch 6.3 Movie
12. 2015 Ant-Man as Dr. Hank Pym 7.1 Movie
13. 2014 Beyond the Reach as Madec 5.9 Movie
14. 2014 And So It Goes as Oren Little 6.0 Movie
15. 2013 Last Vegas as Billy 6.4 Movie
16. 2013 Behind the Candelabra as Liberace 6.6 Movie
17. 2012 Finding Your Roots 6.2 TV
18. 2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage) 7.5 Movie
19. 2011 Haywire as Alex Coblenz 5.7 Movie
20. 2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps as Gordon Gekko 6.1 Movie
21. 2009 Solitary Man as Ben Kalmen 5.9 Movie
22. 2009 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past as Uncle Wayne 6.0 Movie
23. 2009 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt as Mark Hunter 5.7 Movie
24. 2007 King of California as Charlie 6.5 Movie
25. 2006 You, Me and Dupree as Mr. Thompson 5.6 Movie
26. 2006 The Sentinel as Pete Garrison 6.1 Movie
27. 2003 The In-Laws as Steve Tobias 5.6 Movie
28. 2001 Don't Say a Word as Dr. Nathan Conrad 6.3 Movie
29. 2001 One Night at McCool's as Mr. Burmeister 5.9 Movie
30. 2000 Traffic as Robert Wakefield 7.1 Movie
31. 2000 Wonder Boys as Grady Tripp 6.8 Movie
32. 1998 Will & Grace as Detective Gavin Hatch 6.9 TV
33. 1998 The Magic Hour as Self TV
34. 1998 A Perfect Murder as Steven Taylor 6.6 Movie
35. 1997 Completely Cuckoo as Self Movie
36. 1997 The Game as Nicholas Van Orton 7.6 Movie
37. 1996 The Ghost and the Darkness as Charles Remington 6.9 Movie
38. 1995 The American President as Andrew Shepherd 6.5 Movie
39. 1994 Disclosure as Tom Sanders 6.2 Movie
40. 1993 Falling Down as D-Fens 7.4 Movie
41. 1992 Basic Instinct as Detective Nick Curran 7.0 Movie
42. 1992 Shining Through as Ed Leland 6.5 Movie
43. 1989 The War of the Roses as Oliver Rose 6.9 Movie
44. 1989 Black Rain as Nick Conklin 6.6 Movie
45. 1987 Wall Street as Gordon Gekko 7.2 Movie
46. 1987 Fatal Attraction as Dan Gallagher 6.8 Movie
47. 1985 A Chorus Line as Zach 6.2 Movie
48. 1985 The Jewel of the Nile as Jack T. Colton 6.2 Movie
49. 1984 Romancing the Stone as Jack T. Colton 6.8 Movie
50. 1983 The Star Chamber as Steven Hardin 6.0 Movie
51. 1979 Running as Michael Andropolis 6.7 Movie
52. 1979 The China Syndrome as Richard Adams 7.1 Movie
53. 1978 The South Bank Show TV
54. 1978 Coma as Dr. Mark Bellows 6.8 Movie
55. 1977 The Hollywood Greats TV
56. 1972 The Streets of San Francisco as Steve Keller 7.1 TV
57. 1972 When Michael Calls as Craig 5.7 Movie
58. 1966 CBS Playhouse as Wilson Evans TV
59. 1966 Cast a Giant Shadow as Jeep Driver (uncredited) 6.3 Movie
60. 1965 The F.B.I. as Jerry Williams 5.6 TV

1. 2017 Flatliners 5.6 Movie
2. 2014 Beyond the Reach 5.9 Movie
3. 2006 The Sentinel 6.1 Movie
4. 2001 One Night at McCool's 5.9 Movie
5. 1997 The Rainmaker 7.0 Movie
6. 1993 Made in America 5.5 Movie
7. 1990 Flatliners 6.5 Movie
8. 1985 The Jewel of the Nile 6.2 Movie
9. 1984 Romancing the Stone 6.8 Movie
10. 1979 The China Syndrome 7.1 Movie
11. 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 8.4 Movie

1. 2024 Franklin 7.5 TV
2. 2020 Ratched 7.6 TV
3. 2019 We Have Always Lived in the Castle 5.5 Movie
4. 2018 The Kominsky Method 7.5 TV
5. 1997 Face/Off 7.1 Movie
6. 1996 The Ghost and the Darkness 6.9 Movie
7. 1992 Radio Flyer 7.1 Movie
8. 1986 Starman 7.0 TV
9. 1984 Starman 6.9 Movie
10. 1979 Running 6.7 Movie

1. 1972 The Streets of San Francisco 7.1 TV

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