MICHAEL

Brother: Joel Douglas. born on January 23, 1947; head of Victorine Studios in Nice, France Father: Kirk Douglas. star of such films as "Champion" (1949), "The Bold and the Beautiful" (1952), "Lust for Life" (1956), "Two Weeks in Another Town" (1962) and "Seven Days in May" (1964); married to Douglas' mother from 1943 to 1950; later married Anne Buydens Half-brother: Eric Douglas. has had highly publicized battles with addictions Half-brother: Peter Douglas. Mother: Diana Douglas. married to Douglas' father from 1943 to 1950; later married William Darrid in December 1956 Son: Cameron Douglas. born on December 12, 1978; mother, Diandra Douglas; reportedly spent some time in rehab for alcohol problems c. 1997; arrested in 1999 for possession of cocaine; engaged to Jennifer Gatien Son: Dylan Michael Douglas. born August 8, 2000; mother, Catherine Zeta-Jones Step-father: William Darrid. married to Douglas' mother until his death in July 1992 Step-mother: Anne Douglas. Significant Others Wife: Catherine Zeta-Jones. began dating as of spring 1999; announced engagement in January 2000; mother of Douglas' son; married in NYC on November 18, 2000 at the Plaza Hotel Wife: Diandra Douglas. born c. 1957; met Douglas in Washington, DC the night before Jimmy Carter's inauguration; married on March 20, 1977; has produced art history documentaries for PBS, "Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days" (1991) and "Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada" (1993); has a NYC-based production company named Wild Wolf Productions; separated in 1995; filed for divorce in 1997; divorced; later romantically involved with painter Sacha Newley Companion: Brenda Vaccaro. met on set of "Summertree"; together c. 1970-76 Companion: Elizabeth Vargas. worked at NBC and ABC Companion: Maureen Dowd. writes op-ed pieces for The New York Times Education University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, drama, BA, 1968 American Place Theatre, New York, New York The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, New York, New York Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center's National Playwright's Conference, Waterford, Connecticut Black Fox Military Academy Milestones --- Will co-produce and star in "Racing the Monsoon" (lensed 2005) 1960 Was a gofer on the set of "Spartacus", starring Kirk Douglas 1962 Worked as assistant film editor on "Lonely Are the Brave", starring his father 1969 First significant film role as the well-scrubbed hippie lead in "Hail, Hero!" 1969 TV acting debut, "The Experiment" ("CBS Playhouse") 1971 Played young music student clashing with his parents over the Vietnam War in "Summertree"; acted with then-significant other Brenda Vaccaro 1972 Co-starred with Karl Malden in the successful ABC cop show, "The Streets of San Francisco"; also directed some episodes; nominated three times for the Emmy Award 1975 First film as producer, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"; earned Oscar as Best Picture; De Vito had small role in film 1978 Starred in "Coma" 1979 Scored another big success as producer of "The China Syndrome"; also attracted a little bit of attention as one of its stars, though overshadowed by Jack Lemmon and Jane Fonda, who both received Oscar nominations 1980 Injured in a skiing accident and spends three years off screen 1980 Played opposite Jill Clayburgh in "It's My Turn" 1984 Executive produced John Carpenter's "Starman", starring Jeff Bridges 1984 Produced and starred in "Romancing the Stone", with Kathleen Turner and De Vito 1985 First made the annual exhibitors' poll of top 10 boxoffice stars, placing 9th 1985 Reunited with Turner and De Vito in "Romancing" sequel "The Jewel of the Nile"; again produced 1987 Earned Best Actor for his ruthless Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street" 1987 Starred opposite Glenn Close in Adrian Lyne's "Fatal Attraction" 1988 Formed Stonebridge Entertainment 1989 Starred as street-worn NYC cop in Ridley Scott's slick, entertaining "Black Rain", a personal favorite of the actor's 1989 Third film with Turner and De Vito, "The War of the Roses", directed by De Vito 1990 Produced Joel Schumacher's "Flatliners" 1992 Executive produced Richard Donner's "Radio Flyers" 1992 Was again fatally attracted, this time to Sharon Stone, in Paul Verhoeven's "Basic Instinct" 1993 Produced (with others) the Off-Broadway production "The Best of Friends" 1993 Reteamed with Schumacher as star of "Falling Down" 1994 Dissolved Stonebridge Entertainment and formed Douglas/Reuther Productions (formerly Constellation Films), a production company with producing partner Steve Reuther 1994 Signed a deal with Paramount to produce 12-14 features over four years 1994 Starred opposite Demi Moore in "Disclosure" 1995 Delivered appealing performance as funny, forthright Chief Executive of the USA opposite Annette Bening in "The American President" 1997 Executive produced John Woo's "Face/Off"; also produced "John Grisham's The Rainmaker", directed by Francis Ford Coppola and featuring De Vito 1997 Put his handprints and footprints at Mann's Chinese Theater, making Kirk and Michael Douglas the first father and son to have their imprints there 1997 Starred as the bored billionaire of "The Game" 1998 Named a United Nations Messenger of Peace; his mission: to focus worldwide attention on nuclear disarmament and human rights 1998 Perhaps unjustly criticized for starring opposite Gwyneth Paltrow as a May-December couple in "A Perfect Murder", loosely based on "Dial M for Murder"; proved he was still capable of plumbing the deliciously sleazy subtext of thrillers 2000 Co-starred in "Traffic", directed by Steven Soderbergh 2000 Played a writer-professor in Curtis Hanson's "Wonder Boys", adapted by Steven Kloves from the Michael Chabon novel 2001 Featured in the ensemble black comedy "One Night at McCool's"; also produced 2001 Portrayed a psychiatrist blackmailed into helping thieves locate a missing gem in the psychodrama "Don't Say a Word" 2002 Made rare TV guest appearance on an episode of NBC's "Will & Grace" 2003 Starred alongside father Kirk and son Cameron in "It Runs in the Family" 2003 Starred in the romantic comedy "The In-Laws" Acted in NYC stage productions of "City Scene", "Love Is a Time of Day" and "Pinkville", among others Created and executive produced "Starman" for ABC-TV, based on the 1984 feature Roomed with Danny De Vito when first starting out as an actor in NYC Will star as a manic depressive dad who tries to convince his teenage daughter that there's buried treasure in the San Fernando Valley in "The King of California" (lensed 2006) Worked for a gas station when he flunked out of college; named Mobil Man of the Month ("Isn't that on my resume?", he quipped to BuzzWeekly in September 1997) .. 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