Michael Douglas Net Worth

Net Worth:	$350 Million
Date of Birth:	September 25, 1944 (80 years old)
Gender:	Male
Profession:	Actor, Voice Actor, Film Producer
Nationality:	United States of America

What is Michael Douglas’s Net Worth?

Michael Douglas is an American performer, director, and producer who has a net worth of $350 million. In the course of his career, he becomes well-known for her appearances in a number of high-profile movies, such as “The China Syndrome” (1979), “Romancing the Stone” (1984), “A Chorus Line” (1985), “The Jewel of the Nile” (1985), “Fatal Attraction” (1987), “The War of the Roses” (1989), “Basic Instinct” (1992), “Wonder Boys” (2000), and “Traffic” (2000).

Childhood

Michael Kirk Douglas was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on September 25, 1944. He is the first child of actors Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill, who met while studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

He has a younger brother and two half-brothers on his father’s side of the family. Douglas was born in the United States, but he also has British citizenship and Bermudian status thanks to his mother, who is from Devonshire Parish in Bermuda.

Education

In addition to Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut, Douglas also attended The Allen-Stevenson School in New York City, Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and The Choate Preparatory School in New York City.

In the following years, he studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara, earning a B.A. in theater in 1968. At the American Place Theatre in New York City, he also took acting classes taught by Wynn Handman.

Career

In 1969, Douglas made his acting debut on television in “The Experiment,” a CBS television special. His acting career began in the late 1960s, with roles in movies including “Hail, Hero!” (1969).

He actually garnered a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Male Newcomer for his work in “Hail, Hero!” When he was chosen to appear on the television show “The Streets of San Francisco,” which he did from 1972 to 1976, it was a turning point in his early career.

Karl Malden, a co-star on the show with him who later served as a significant mentor, was a part of it. Up to Malden’s passing in 2009, they would keep up their tight bond. The rights to Ken Kesey’s book “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” were given to him by his father in 1975.

Together with co-producer Saul Zaentz, Douglas seized this chance and made the movie of the same name. Douglas was awarded the Best Picture Oscar for his contribution to the movie. Douglas went on to make appearances in the movies “Running” and “Coma” after leaving “The Streets of San Francisco” (1979).

He also worked as a producer and actor in the 1979 drama “The China Syndrome,” which starred Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon. With the romantic comedy-adventure film “Romancing the Stone” (1984), in which he also produced and appeared, and its 1985 sequel “The Jewel of the Nile,” his career took off once more.

The suspense thriller “Fatal Attraction” (1987), in which he co-starred with Glenn Close, “The War of the Roses” (1989), starring Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito, and “Black Rain” (1989), starring Andy Garcia and Kate Capshaw, are some of the other well-known and lucrative movies he appeared in during this time.

Additionally, he played Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street.” He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Gekko. In the eagerly anticipated sequel movie “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” which was again directed by Stone, he reprised his Gekko role in 2010.

In the 1990s, Douglas appeared in “Basic Instinct” (1992), “Disclosure” (1994), “Falling Down,” “The Ghost and the Darkness,” “The Game,” and “A Perfect Murder,” a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Dial M for Murder.” He also starred in “Basic Instinct” (1992) with Sharon Stone, “Falling Down,” “The Ghost and the Darkness,” and “The Game,” which was produced by David Fin

Douglas continued to perform in movies in the new millennium, appearing in “Traffic” (2000), “Wonder Boys” (2000), and “Don’t Say a Word” (2000). (2001). “It Runs in the Family” is a well-known movie from this era (2003).

The Douglas family, which includes Michael’s father Kirk, Michael, and his son Cameron, is represented by three generations in the movie, making it unique. The Marvel movies “Ant-Man” (2015), “Ant-Man and the Wasp” (2018), and “Avengers: Endgame” all feature him as the character Hank Pym (2019).

Awards And Nominations

Douglas has racked up a plethora of honors and trophies throughout his career. The Cecil B. DeMille Award, the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, one Primetime Emmy Award, and others are among them.

Additionally, the Genesis Prize Foundation awarded him the prize in 2015. He declared his intention to contribute the $1 million prize to causes that support greater diversity and inclusiveness in Jewish life.

Salary

Michael has made hundreds of millions of dollars in base movie fees over his career as an actor. He has also received enormous income as a producer.

Among the high-profile acting salaries are $15 million for “Basic Instinct,” $15 million for “The American President,” $20 million for “The Game,” $20 million for “A Perfect Murder,” $5 million for “Wonder Boys,” and $10 million for “Traffic.”

Relationship

Douglas dated Brenda Vaccaro, an actress, for over six years in the 1970s. Then, in March 1977, Douglas wed Diandra Luker, a diplomatic representative of Austria. She was 19 years old at the time, and he was 32.

Cameron is the only child they have together. In 1995, Luker and Douglas decided to end their marriage, and as part of their divorce settlement, she was awarded $45 million. Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones and he started dating in March 1999; they later got married in November 2000.

They are 25 years apart in age. They have two kids together: Dylan Michael and Carys Zeta. They briefly split up in 2013, but they have since gotten back together.

Real Estate

Douglas has a sizable real estate portfolio with a variety of properties around the globe. S’Estaca, a 250-acre estate on the Spanish coast that he bought in 1990 for $3.5 million (about $6 million today), is one of his most stunning residences.

At one time in 2014, he attempted to sell the house for $60 million but was unsuccessful. He relisted it in June 2019 for $32 million. Michael’s ex-wife Diandra is formally listed as a co-owner. The property was ultimately taken off the market.

Previously, he was the owner of a 13-acre estate in Westchester County, New York. In 2015, he paid $11.3 million for the property, and in 2019, he sold it for $20.5 million. He invested $4.5 million in an 11,000-square-foot home on 12 acres in Irvington, New York, around the time of the sale.

He also owns a spacious condo in New York City with a breathtaking view of Central Park. A long-time residence in Bermuda that Michael offered in June 2019 for $10.6 million was eventually removed from the market.

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