Kirk Douglas

Also Credited As:

Izzy Demsky, Issur Danielovitch
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Biography

His restless, raging creations earned him three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor and one Golden Globe win for his portrayal of Vincent van Gogh in "Lust for Life" (1956). But besides his lasting mark as a seething strong man with a superhero-like head of hair and the most famous dimpled chin this side of Shirley Temple, Douglas was a Tinseltown innovator and rebel. As one of the first A-listers to wrest further control of their career …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Other

Born

Issur Danielovitch on December 9, 1916 in Amsterdam, New York, USA

LATEST CREDITS

The Fury

Peter

Veraz

Quentin

Un Uomo da Rispettare

Wallace

Catch Me a Spy

Andrej

The Racers

Gino

Spartacus

Spartacus

The Man From Snowy River

Harrison Spur

Arthur Hailey's "The Moneychangers"

Alex Vandervoort

The Secret

Mike Dunmore

Empire State Building Murders

Actor

Lonely Are the Brave

Jack Burns

Comeback

Actor

Act of Love

Robert Teller

The Arrangement

Eddie Anderson/Evangelos

The Vikings

Einar

A Father... A Son... Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

Interviewee

Yellow

General

The Brotherhood

Frank

Draw!

Harry H Holland

Scalawag

Peg

Cast a Giant Shadow

Mickey Marcus

The Big Carnival

Charles Tatum

Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde

Mousey

George Anderson

For Love or Money

Deke Gentry