Kerk Douglas Biography

He was a year. Kirk Douglas real name-Iser Danielovich was born on December 9 in a Jewish family in the city of Amsterdam, New York. Back in school, he actively participated in theatrical performances. In the year he moved to New York, where he entered the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, having received a scholarship for training. During his studies, he changed his name to Kirk Douglas.

In the year he received a slight injury and got into the hospital, and the next year he fell ill with dysentery and was commissed. The beginning of an acting career returning to New York, played in theatrical productions, starred in advertising and was busy in radio programs. In the year he moved to Hollywood and already in the year received a major role in the drama "Strange Love of Marta Ivers." In the next three years, Kirk Douglas was in several films: “From the past”, “I am always lonely”, in which I met actor Bert Lancaster, and “Letter to Three Wives” later played Lancaster and Douglas together in seven films, among them Western “A shootout in O.

Coral”, the political thriller “Seven days in May” and the Gangster Comedy “Cool Comedy” Guys "Main films, theatrical productions of recognition and the first nomination for Oscar Kirku Douglas brought the film" Champion "directed by Stanley Kramer, in which he played a boxer. In the x Douglas became one of the leading Hollywood actors, playing both positive and negative characters.

So, in the film "Ace in the House" he appeared as an unprincipled journalist, and in the "Detective History" - a corrupt police officer. For the painting "Evil and Beautiful", where Douglas played an ambitious Hollywood producer, he was nominated for the Oscar for the second time for the best male role. The next nomination for this award was brought to him by the role of the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh in the film "Thirst for Life" in the year Douglas organized his own production company Bryna Productions, named after his mother.

Douglas reached the highest success, acting as director Stanley Kubrick. His films "Trails of Glory" and "Spartak"; Four Oscar awards, in which Douglas took part and as a producer, received recognition of the public. In the 10ths, Douglas appeared on the screen in the form of a modern cowboy-bunter in the film “Lonely Brave”, then played with actor John Wayne in Western “according to the Harma method”, and in the year with Frank Sinatra in the film “Discard the Giant Shadow” about the first Arab-Israeli war of years.

In the year, Douglas received the right to adapt the novel by Ken Kizi "Flying over the cuckoo nest." His production on Broadway, where he also played the main role, was not successful. Subsequently, he transferred the rights to film adaptation of his son Michael, who became the producer of the film G. In the X years, Douglas played mainly cowboys, sheriffs and soldiers in western, adventure and military films.

Having decided to change the role, he played the role of the mafiosi in the criminal drama "Brotherhood", however, the picture, which is called the forerunner of the "godfather", failed at the box office.

In the 10ths, Douglas acted as a director in the paintings "Loader" and "Squad", in which he also played the main roles. These tapes were successful at the box office. In the X years, he almost stopped acting in films, but for some time he was busy in theatrical productions. So, in the year he, along with Bert Lancaster, played in the play "Autumn of the Boys" of the aged Heclberry Finn and Tom Sawyer Heroes of the works of the American writer Mark Twain.

His last acting work was the role in the film "Illusion" in all, he starred in 92 films. In this capacity, he took part in the missions of the American Foreign Ministry to provide humanitarian assistance to developing countries. In the year, he and his wife founded the The Douglas Foundation Foundation, which provides assistance to children's hospitals and charitable organizations.

The awards in the year Kirk Douglas received the Golden Globe Award for the best male role in the film "Thirst for Life". In the year, he became the owner of the Oscar Honorary Award for 50 years of creative and moral efforts in the cinematic community. " In the year, Douglas was awarded the "presidential freedom medal", one of the two higher awards of the United States for civilians.

In the year, he received a special prize of the US film actors for contribution to cinema, and in the year - the Prize of the Berlin Film Festival "Golden Bear" for contribution to cinema art. In the years, the actress Diane Dill was personal information in years, since he has been married to actress Anne Bidens in the year from a year. He has three sons: Michael - actor, Joel and Peter are producers.

The fourth son - Eric - died in the year from an overdose of drugs. Douglas professes Judaism. In his honor, a street is named in the city of the State Committee of the Russian Federation on Press. Separate publications may contain information not intended for users under 16 years old. The information resource is used.