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Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and
producer, primarily in
movies and
television. Douglas's first television exposure was that of
Karl Malden's young college-educated partner, Insp. Steve Keller, in the 1970s
crime drama,
The Streets of San Francisco, a role he played from 1972 to 1976. Douglas is an
Emmy Award-,
Golden Globe Award- and two-time
Academy Award-winner, first as producer of 1975's
Best Picture,
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and
Best Actor in 1987 for his role in
Wall Street. Douglas received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2009.
Early life