• Name: Kirk Douglas
  
• Birth Name: Issur Danielovitch Demsky
  
• Height: 5' 10
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: December 9, 1916
  
• Birth Place: Amsterdam, New York
  
• Profession: actor, director, writer
  
• Education: St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York
  
•   : American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York
  
• Husband/Wife: Anne Buydens (producer; married on May 29, 1954), Diana Dill (aka Diana Darrid; actress; born on January 22, 1923; married on November 2, 1943; divorced in February 1950)
  
• Father: Harry Danielovitch (ragman)
  
• Mother: Channa Danielovitch (née Sanglel)
  
• Son: Eric Douglas (actor; born June 21, 1958; died July 6, 2004; mother: Anne Buydens), Peter Douglas (producer; born November 23, 1955), Joel Douglas (producer; born January 23, 1947; mother: Diana Dill), Michael Douglas (actor; born September 25, 1944)
  
• Grand son: Dylan Michael Douglas (born on August 8, 2000 at 5:52 pm; parents: Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta Jones), Cameron Douglas (actor; born on December 13, 1978; parents: Michael Douglas & Diandra)
  
• Grand daughter: Carys Zeta Douglas (born on April 21, 2003; parents: Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta Jones)
  
• Claim to fame: as Vincent Van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956)
  

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• On competing for Oscar: “Whatever happens, you are all winners. Keep that in mind as you sit in the audience with a weak smile, applauding someone else who has won your Oscar."
• "I've finally gotten away from Burt Lancaster. My luck has changed for the better. I've got nice-looking girls in my films now."
• "I've made a career of playing sons of bitches."
• "In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail."
• "Can you imagine what it was like for someone who had played a tough guy to be totally helpless? I couldn't even talk at first - was I supposed to wait for the return of silent movies? You can't stop drooling, and if you can talk at all, no one can understand you. It's easy to wallow in self pity. I was so depressed that I almost committed suicide."
• "Remember that things could be worse, never give up, laugh at yourself and others."
• "Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody."
• "Making movies is a form of narcissism."
• "People are always talking about the old days. They say that the old movies were better, that the old actors were so great. But I don't think so. All I can say about the old days is that they have passed."

• Berlin International Film Festival: Honorary Golden Berlin Bear (2001)
• PGA Golden Laurel Awards: Milestone Award (2001)
• Wine Country Film Festival: Lifetime Achievement Award (2000)
• Golden Boot Awards: Golden Boot (1999)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards: Life Achievement Award (1999)
• Hollywood Film Festival: Lifetime Achievement Award (1997)
• Academy Awards: Honorary Award for 50 years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community (1996)
• American Cinema Foundation: Carl Foreman Prize (1996)
• ShoWest Convention: Lifetime Achievement Award (1994)
• Writers Guild of America: Meltzer Award (1991)
• American Film Institute: Life Achievement Award (1991)
• National Board of Review: Career Achievement Award (1988)
• César Awards: Honorary Award (1980)
• Golden Globe Awards: Cecil B. DeMille Award (1968)
• San Sebastián International Film Festival: Best Actor, THE VIKINGS (1958)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama, LUST FOR LIFE (1957)
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actor, LUST FOR LIFE (1956)
• Golden Apple Awards: Most Cooperative Actor (1949)

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