Neyla arnas biography of michael douglas

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He earned prominent parts later in his career, starring in films such as the Emmy Award-winning Behind the Candelabra , Last Vegas and Ant-Man Douglas grew up with three brothers: Joel, Peter and Eric. As the son of a famed actor, Douglas grew up with a strained relationship with his father, which developed more as he progressed through life. Douglas began his Hollywood career as an assistant director on some of father's s films.

After roles in several television dramas, he gained notoriety by co-starring with Karl Malden in the s TV series The Streets of San Francisco He also directed two episodes of the show. He got involved in the film after his father, who owned the rights to Ken Kesey 's novel of the same name, couldn't successfully develop it into a film. Despite the success of the film, it was difficult for Douglas to find work as an actor, having received so much recognition as a producer.

Douglas landed his first leading man role in Romancing the Stone , portraying Jack Colton, an Indiana Jones-type adventurer. The three worked again in The War of the Roses , a dark comedy about an ugly divorce. In , Douglas made two films that reflected a much darker side: Fatal Attraction , in which he played an adulterer stalked by an ex-lover — played by Glenn Close — and Oliver Stone 's Wall Street , in which he played the corporate raider Gordon Gekko, whose trademark slogan is "Greed is good.

He continued exploring his dark side years later, co-starring with Sharon Stone in the thriller Basic Instinct in In , Douglas formed a production company, Stonebridge Entertainment, Inc. In , he produced Made in America , then starred as a sexually harassed man in Michael Crichton's Disclosure , and as the titular commander-in-chief in Rob Reiner's The American President , co-starring Annette Bening.

Douglas earned critical acclaim for his starring role as a rumpled novelist and English professor in Wonder Boys