# Michael Douglas on stage and screen

American actor and producer Michael Douglas began his film career with a brief uncredited role in Cast a Giant Shadow (1966). In the same year he played a small role in the play Bedford Forrest. His performance in Hail, Hero! (1969) earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer. He won the 1971 Theatre World Award for Pinkville. During 1972–76, he played the lead role in the TV series The Streets of San Francisco. In 1975, Douglas produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe for Best Picture and BAFTA Award for Best Film.
Douglas' role of Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's Wall Street (1987) won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. For his portrayal of a fictional American president in the 1995 comedy The American President, he was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. His performance in Wonder Boys (2000) earned him nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama.
He shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture with his co-actors in Traffic (2000). He reprised the role of Gekko in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for the same. Douglas' portrayal of Liberace in Behind the Candelabra (2013) earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie.
For his contributions to the film industry, Douglas won the 2004 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and the 2009 AFI Life Achievement Award.

## Stage

| Production | Year(s) | Theater | Role | Notes |
| Bedford Forrest | 1966 | Eugene O'Neill Theater Center | Soldier | |
| The Whistling Wizard and the Sultan of Tuffet | 1969–1970 | Bil Baird Marionette Theater | — | Understudy |
| Pinkville | 1970–1971 | The American Place Theatre | Jerry the Naz | |

## Film
### Feature film

| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
| Cast a Giant Shadow | 1966 | Jeep Driver | Uncredited |
| Hail, Hero! | 1969 | Carl Dixon | |
| Adam at 6 A.M. | 1970 | Adam Gaines | |
| Summertree | 1971 | Jerry | |
| Napoleon and Samantha | 1972 | Danny | |
| When Michael Calls | 1972 | Craig | |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 1975 | — | Producer only |
| Coma | 1978 | Dr. Mark Bellows | |
| The China Syndrome | 1979 | Richard Adams | Also producer |
| Running | 1979 | Michael Andropolis | |
| It's My Turn | 1980 | Ben Lewin | |
| The Star Chamber | 1983 | Judge Steven R. Hardin | |
| Romancing the Stone | 1984 | Jack Colton | Also producer |
| Starman | 1984 | — | Executive producer only |
| The Jewel of the Nile | 1985 | Jack Colton | Also producer |
| A Chorus Line | 1985 | Zach | |
| Fatal Attraction | 1987 | Dan Gallagher | |
| Wall Street | 1987 | Gordon Gekko | |
| Black Rain | 1989 | Nick Conklin | |
| The War of the Roses | 1989 | Oliver Rose | |
| Flatliners | 1990 | — | Producer only |
| Stone Cold | 1991 | — | Producer only; uncredited |
| Double Impact | 1991 | — | Producer only |
| Eyes of an Angel | 1991 | — | Executive producer only |
| Shining Through | 1992 | Ed Leland | |
| Radio Flyer | 1992 | — | Executive producer only |
| Basic Instinct | 1992 | Detective Nick Curran | |
| Falling Down | 1993 | William "D-Fens" Foster | |
| Made in America | 1993 | — | Producer only |
| Disclosure | 1994 | Tom Sanders | |
| The American President | 1995 | President Andrew Shepherd | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness | 1996 | Charles Remington | Also executive producer |
| Face/Off | 1997 | — | Executive producer only |
| The Game | 1997 | Nicholas Van Orton | |
| The Rainmaker | 1997 | — | Producer only |
| A Perfect Murder | 1998 | Steven Taylor | |
| Wonder Boys | 2000 | Professor Grady Tripp | |
| Traffic | 2000 | Robert Wakefield | |
| One Night at McCool's | 2001 | Mr. Burmeister | Also producer |
| Don't Say a Word | 2001 | Nathan Conrad | |
| It Runs in the Family | 2003 | Alex Gromberg | Also producer |
| The In-Laws | 2003 | Steve Tobias | |
| The Sentinel | 2006 | Pete Garrison | Also producer |
| You, Me and Dupree | 2006 | Mr. Thompson | |
| King of California | 2007 | Charlie | |
| Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | 2009 | Wayne Mead | |
| Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | 2009 | Mark Hunter | |
| Solitary Man | 2009 | Ben Kalmen | |
| Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | 2010 | Gordon Gekko | |
| Haywire | 2011 | Alex Coblenz | |
| Last Vegas | 2013 | Billy Gherson | |
| And So It Goes | 2014 | Oren Little | |
| Beyond the Reach | 2014 | John Madec | Also producer |
| Ant-Man | 2015 | Hank Pym / Ant-Man | |
| Unlocked | 2017 | Eric Lasch | |
| Flatliners | 2017 | — | Producer only |
| Animal World | 2018 | Anderson | |
| We Have Always Lived in the Castle | 2018 | — | Producer only |
| Ant-Man and the Wasp | 2018 | Hank Pym / Ant-Man | |
| Avengers: Endgame | 2019 | Hank Pym / Ant-Man | |
| Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | 2023 | Hank Pym / Ant-Man | |
| Blood Knot † | TBA | TBA | Filming |
Key :
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |

### Documentary and short film

| Title | Role | Notes |
| American Revolution: The Impossible War | John Laurens | Short |
| American Heritage: The Cause of Liberty | John Laurens | Short |
| Completely Cuckoo | Himself | Video documentary |
| Get Bruce | Himself | Documentary |
| One Day in September | Narrator | Documentary |
| Dinosaurs Alive! | Narrator | Documentary |
| Nuclear Tipping Point | Narrator | Documentary |
| Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon | Narrator | Documentary |
| The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers | Yitzhak Rabin | Voice; Documentary |
| Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Himself | Documentary |
| America's Burning | Narrator | Documentary |

## Television

| Title | Year(s) | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
| CBS Playhouse | 1969 | Young Scientist | "The Experiment" (as M. K. Douglas) | |
| The F.B.I. | 1971 | Jerry | Episode: "The Hitchhiker" | |
| Medical Center | 1971 | Jonathan Crowley | Episode: "The Albatross" | |
| When Michael Calls | 1972 | Craig | Television film | |
| The Streets of San Francisco | 1972–1976 | Inspector Steve Keller | Directed episode: "Spooks for Sale" (1975) | [89] [90] |
| Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes | 1980 | Himself | Season 4 | |
| Saturday Night Live | 1984 | Himself (host) | Episode: "Michael Douglas/Deniece Williams" | |
| Starman | 1986–1987 | — | Executive producer only | |
| World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood's Stuntmen | 1988 | Himself | Television film; Documentary | |
| If Dolphins Could Talk | 1990 | Narrator | Television film; Documentary | |
| That's What Friends Are For: Arista Records 15th Anniversary Concert | 1990 | Himself | Television film; Documentary | |
| Tribute to John Lennon | 1990 | Host | Television film; Documentary | |
| The Earth Day Special | 1990 | Himself | | |
| Oliver Stone: Inside Out | 1992 | Himself | Television film; Documentary | |
| Rock the Vote | 1993 | Himself | Television film | |
| Burt Lancaster | 1997 | Himself | Television film | |
| To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th | 1998 | Cohost | Television special | |
| Where It's At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union | 1998 | Himself | Television film; Documentary | |
| We All Dream of Oz | 2000 | Himself | | |
| Independence Day 2001 | 2001 | Himself | Television film | |
| Will & Grace | 2002 | Detective Gavin Hatch | Episode: "Fagel Attraction" | |
| Liberty's Kids | 2002 | Patrick Henry (voice) | Episodes: "Liberty or Death" & "United We Stand" | |
| What's Going On? | 2003 | Host | Episode: "Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone"; Television series; Documentary | |
| Freedom: A History of US | 2003 | Benjamin Franklin/Benjamin French | Episodes: "Revolution" as Benjamin Franklin & "A War to End Slavery" as Benjamin French | |
| ... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 2005 | Himself | Television film; Documentary | |
| Phineas and Ferb | 2011 | Waylon (voice) | Episode: "That's the Spirit/The Curse of Candace" | |
| Behind the Candelabra | 2013 | Liberace | Television film | |
| Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | 2014 | Himself | Documentary | |
| The Kominsky Method | 2018–2021 | Sandy Kominsky | Main role | |
| Green Eggs and Ham | 2019–2022 | Guy-Am-I (voice) | Main role | |
| Ratched | 2020 | - | Executive producer only | |
| What If...? | 2021-2023 | Hank Pym / Yellowjacket / Ant-Man (voice) | Episodes: "What If... the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?" & "What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?" | |
| Marvel Studios: Assembled | 2023 | Himself | Episode: "The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania " |
| Franklin | 2024 | Benjamin Franklin | Miniseries | |

## Music video

| Title | Artist | Year | Note(s) | Ref. |
| "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" | Billy Ocean | 1985 | | |
| "Things Have Changed" | Bob Dylan | 2000 | | |