Michael Douglas is one of the few actors who actually appears to be a
walking paradox. A household name, an estimated worth of over $200
million, a father (Kirk Douglas)
who was one of the world's biggest film stars when he was growing up,
and a wife whose father is younger than he is, Douglas has indeed gained
fame and acclaim.
Michael Kirk Douglas was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, to actors Diana Douglas (Diana Love Dill) and Kirk Douglas
(born Issur Danielovitch). His paternal grandparents were Belarusian
Jewish immigrants, while his mother was born in Bermuda, the daughter of
a local Attorney General, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Melville Dill;
Diana's family had long been established in both Bermuda and the United
States. Douglas's parents divorced when he was six, and he went to live
with his mother and her new husband.
Only seeing Kirk on
holidays, Michael attended Eaglebrook school in Deerfield,
Massachusetts, where he was about a year younger than all of his
classmates. Deciding he wanted to be an actor in his teenage years,
Michael often asked his father about getting a "foot in the door". Kirk
was strongly opposed to Michael pursuing an acting career, saying that
it was an industry with many downs and few ups, and that he wanted all
four of his sons to stay out of it. Michael, however, was persistent.
When he started his career in the mid 1960s people were all too ready to
tag him as "the next Kirk Douglas". He defied all those critics by
accepting sensitive, quiet roles, a far cry from the macho, leading-man,
hero parts that his father was most famous for. It didn't earn Michael
much credibility, but it earned him his own identity.
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