10.0
10.0
Movie Tough Guys
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Kirk Douglas
Also known as: Issur Danielovitch, Izzy Demsky, Isador Demsky...
Nationality:United States
Education:American Academy of Dramatic Arts, St. Lawrence University
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Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Douglas soon developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1950s, known for serious dramas, including westerns and war films. During his career, he appeared in more than 90 films and was known for his explosive acting style. He was named by the American Film Institute the 17th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood cinema. Douglas played an unscrupulous boxing hero in Champion (1949), which brought him his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. His other early films include Out of the Past (1947); Young Man with a Horn (1950), playing opposite Lauren Bacall and Doris Day; Ace in the Hole (1951); and Detective Story (1951), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. He received his second Oscar nomination for his dramatic role in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), opposite Lana Turner, and earned his third for portraying Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956), a role for which he won the Golden Globe for the Best Actor in a Drama. He also starred with James Mason in the adventure 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), a large box-office hit. In September 1949 at the age of 32, he established Bryna Productions, which began producing films as varied as Paths of Glory (1957) and Spartacus (1960). In those two films, he collaborated with the then relatively unknown director Stanley Kubrick, taking lead roles in both films. Douglas arguably helped to break the Hollywood blacklist by having Dalton Trumbo write Spartacus with an official on-screen credit. He produced and starred in Lonely Are the Brave (1962) and Seven Days in May (1964), the latter opposite Burt Lancaster, with whom he made seven films.
Notable Works
20,000 Leagues Under the SeaThe VikingsLust for LifePaths of GlorySpartacus
Filmography (128 movies)
8.7
8.7
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999
as General Kalthrob
8.3
8.3
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
1990
as Ned Land (archive footage)
8.3
8.3
Paths of Glory
1957
Producer
8.0
8.0
A Century of Cinema
1994
as Self
8.0
8.0
J'ai tout donné
1972
as Self
8.0
8.0
The Disneyland Story
1954
7.9
7.9
Ace in the Hole
1951
as Charles Tatum
7.8
7.8
Inherit the Wind
1988
as Matthew Harrison Brady
7.7
7.7
The Universal Story
1996
as Self (archive footage)
7.6
7.6
Illusion
2004
as Donald Baines
7.6
7.6
Out of the Past
1947
as Whit Sterling
7.5
7.5
Spartacus
1960
Executive Producer
7.5
7.5
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
7.4
7.4
Lonely are the Brave
1962
Executive Producer
7.3
7.3
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
as Jonathan Shields
7.3
7.3
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
2009
as Self
7.3
7.3
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001
as Self
7.3
7.3
Along the Great Divide
1951
as Marshal Len Merrick
7.3
7.3
Seven Days in May
1964
as Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
7.2
7.2
Is Paris Burning?
1966
as General Patton
7.2
7.2
A Letter to Three Wives
1949
as George Phipps
7.2
7.2
Grand Prix
1966
Executive Producer
7.2
7.2
Lust for Life
1956
as Vincent van Gogh
7.1
7.1
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959
as Marshal Matt Morgan
7.1
7.1
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
2017
as Self
7.1
7.1
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946
as Walter O'Neil
7.0
7.0
The Vikings
1958
Executive Producer
7.0
7.0
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954
as Ned Land
7.0
7.0
Detective Story
1951
as Det. James McLeod
7.0
7.0
Amos
1985
Executive Producer
7.0
7.0
The Man from Snowy River
1982
as Harrison / Spur
7.0
7.0
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
as Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
6.9
6.9
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
1986
as Self
6.9
6.9
The Heroes of Telemark
1965
as Dr. Rolf Pedersen
6.9
6.9
Town Without Pity
1961
as Major Garrett
6.9
6.9
Lizzie
1957
Executive Producer
6.8
6.8
The War Wagon
1967
as Lomax
6.8
6.8
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Paris Pitman, Jr.
6.8
6.8
The Last Sunset
1961
Executive Producer
6.7
6.7
Act of Love
1953
as Robert Teller
6.6
6.6
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self – Interviewee
6.6
6.6
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
6.6
6.6
Champion
1949
as Midge Kelly
6.6
6.6
Trumbo
2007
as Self - Interviewee
6.6
6.6
The Final Countdown
1980
as Capt. Matthew Yelland
6.6
6.6
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963
Executive Producer
6.6
6.6
In Harm's Way
1965
as Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
6.5
6.5
The Arrangement
1969
as Eddie Anderson
6.5
6.5
Ulysses
1954
as Ulysses
6.5
6.5
The Big Sky
1952
as Jim Deakins
6.5
6.5
I Walk Alone
1947
as Noll "Dink" Turner
6.5
6.5
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
2019
as Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
6.5
6.5
The Juggler
1953
as Hans Muller
6.5
6.5
The Devil's Disciple
1959
as Richard Dudgeon
6.4
6.4
Man Without a Star
1955
as Dempsey Rae
6.4
6.4
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2005
as Self
6.4
6.4
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
Executive Producer
6.4
6.4
Young Man with a Horn
1950
as Rick Martin
6.3
6.3
Oscar
1991
as Eduardo Provolone
6.3
6.3
Draw!
1984
as Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
6.3
6.3
The Fury
1978
as Peter Sandza
6.3
6.3
The Indian Fighter
1955
Executive Producer
6.2
6.2
Strangers When We Meet
1960
Executive Producer
6.2
6.2
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
2017
as Self - Actor
6.2
6.2
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
as Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
6.1
6.1
Greedy
1994
as Uncle Joe
6.1
6.1
The Hook
1963
as Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
6.0
6.0
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Peter Niles
6.0
6.0
The Way West
1967
as Sen. William J. Tadlock
6.0
6.0
Posse
1975
Director
6.0
6.0
Tough Guys
1986
as Archie Long
6.0
6.0
The Racing Experience
1988
as Self
6.0
6.0
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
2008
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Racers
1955
as Gino Borgesa
6.0
6.0
Remembrance Of Love
1982
as Joe Rabin
6.0
6.0
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
2012
as Self
6.0
6.0
It Runs in the Family
2003
as Mitchell Gromberg
6.0
6.0
The Light at the Edge of the World
1971
Producer
5.9
5.9
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
as Jack Andrus
5.9
5.9
The Brotherhood
1968
Producer
5.9
5.9
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973
as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
5.9
5.9
My Dear Secretary
1948
as Owen Waterbury
5.8
5.8
The Story of Three Loves
1953
as Pierre Narval
5.8
5.8
Holocaust 2000
1977
as Robert Caine
5.7
5.7
The Villain
1979
as Cactus Jack
5.7
5.7
A Gunfight
1971
Executive Producer
5.7
5.7
Eddie Macon's Run
1983
as Carl 'Buster' Marzack
5.7
5.7
The Master Touch
1972
as Steve Wallace
5.7
5.7
For Love or Money
1963
as Deke Gentry
5.7
5.7
Completely Cuckoo
1997
as Self
5.7
5.7
Summertree
1971
Producer
5.6
5.6
Home Movies
1980
as Dr. Tuttle
5.6
5.6
The Glass Menagerie
1950
as Jim O'Connor
5.6
5.6
Kirk Douglas
1966
as Self
5.5
5.5
Scalawag
1973
Director
5.5
5.5
Ride Out for Revenge
1957
Executive Producer
5.5
5.5
The Big Trees
1952
as Jim Fallon
5.2
5.2
Saturn 3
1980
as Major Adam
5.1
5.1
Diamonds
1999
as Harry Agensky
5.0
5.0
Two-Fisted Tales
1992
as General Calthrop
5.0
5.0
The Lies Boys Tell
1994
as Ed Reese
5.0
5.0
Once Is Not Enough
1975
as Mike Wayne
5.0
5.0
FBI contre Hollywood
2001
as Self
5.0
5.0
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Self
5.0
5.0
Victory at Entebbe
1976
as Herschel Vilnofsky
4.9
4.9
The Walls of Jericho
1948
as Tucker Wedge
4.7
4.7
A Lovely Way to Die
1968
as Jameson Schuyler
4.6
4.6
Catch Me a Spy
1971
as Andrej
4.4
4.4
Mousey
1974
as George Anderson
4.3
4.3
Top Secret Affair
1957
as Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
3.7
3.7
Welcome to Veraz
1991
as Quentin
2.0
2.0
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009
as Self
2.0
2.0
Operation Undersea
1954
as Self
2.0
2.0
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968
as Self
Empire State Building Murders
2008
as Jim Kovalski
The Making of A Movie
1965
as Self
The Secret
1992
as Grandpa Mike Dunmore
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
1956
as Self
The Special London Bridge Special
1972
as The Indian Fighter
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003
Hollywood au pied du terril
2014
as Self
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
1986
as Self
Kirk Douglas
1972
as Himself
Let Poland Be Poland
1982
as Self
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
1957
as Self
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
2015
as Self - Interviewee
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