PERSONAL
Kirk Douglas memiliki nama lahir Issur Danielovitch Demsky, terlahir di Amsterdam, New York, pada 9 Desember 1916. Kirk dikenal sebagai aktor dan produser film, serta ayah dari aktor Michael Douglas.

KARIR
Debut akting Douglas dalam film THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946), bersama Barbara Stanwyck. Lewat aktingnya dalam film CHAMPION (1949), THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1952) dan LUST FOR LIFE (1956), berhasil meraih tiga nominasi Oscar. Namun tidak berhasil menjadi pemenangnya.

Kirk muda sangat mengeluti akting dan kemudian masuk ke U.S. Navy dan bertugas dalam Perang Dunia II (1941-1945). Dalam suana perang, pada 1943 dirinya menikahi Diana Dill atau juga terkenal dengn nama Diana Darrid. Setelah perang dirinya kembali ke New York City, memulai karir dalam theater dan iklan radio.

Pemeran Vincent Van Gogh dalam LUST FOR LIFE (1956) itu pun bercerai dengan Diana Dill pada February 1950 dan kembali menikah pada 1954 dengan produser Anne Buydens.

FILMOGRAFI
THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946)
OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA (1947)
I WALK ALONE (1948)
THE WALLS OF JERICHO (1948)
MY DEAR SECRETARY (1949)
A LETTER TO THREE WIVES (1949)
CHAMPION (1949)
MAN WITH A HORN (1950)
THE GLASS MENAGERIE (1950)
ALONG THE GREAT DIVIDE (1951)
ACE IN THE HOLE (1951)
DETECTIVE STORY (1951)
THE BIG TREES (1952)
THE BIG SKY (1952)
THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1952)
THE STORY OF THREE LOVES (1953)
THE JUGGLER (1953)
ACT OF LOVE (1953)
THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM (TELEVISION, 1954)
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954)
THE RACERS (1955)
ULISSE (U.S. TITLE: ULYSSES, 1955)
MAN WITHOUT A STAR (1955)
THE INDIAN FIGHTER (1955)
LUST FOR LIFE (1956)
TOP SECRET AFFAIR (1957)
GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL (1957)
PATHS OF GLORY (1957)
THE VIKINGS (1958)
LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL (1959)
THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE (1959)
STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET (1960)
SPARTACUS (1960)
TOWN WITHOUT PITY (1961)
THE LAST SUNSET (1961)
LONELY ARE THE BRAVE (1962)
TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN (1962)
THE HOOK (1963)
THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER (1963)
FOR LOVE OR MONEY (1963)
SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (1964)
IN HARM'S WAY (1965)
THE HEROES OF TELEMARK (1965)
CAST A GIANT SHADOW (1966)
IS PARIS BURNING? (1966)
THE WAY WEST (1967)
THE WAR WAGON (1967)
ONCE UPON A WHEEL (DOCUMENTARY, 1968)
A LOVELY WAY TO DIE (1968)
THE BROTHERHOOD (1968)
THE ARRANGEMENT (1969)
THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN... (1970)
TO CATCH A SPY (1971)
THE LIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (1971)
A GUNFIGHT (1971)
A MAN TO RESPECT (1972)
THE MASTER TOUCH (1972)
SCALAWAG (1973)
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1973)
POSSE (1975) ALSO DIRECTOR
ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH (1975)
HOLOCAUST 2000 (1977)
THE FURY (1978)
THE VILLAIN (1979)
SATURN 3 (1980)
HOME MOVIES (1980)
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN (1980)
THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER (1982)
REMEMBRANCE OF LOVE (1982)
EDDIE MACON'S RUN (1983)
DRAW! (1984)
AMOS (1985)
TOUGH GUYS (1986)
QUEENIE (TELEVISION, 1987)
INHERIT THE WIND (1988)
OSCAR (1991)
VERAZ (1991)
THE SECRET (TELEVISION, 1992)
A CENTURY OF CINEMA (DOCUMENTARY, 1994)
GREEDY (1994)
DIAMONDS (1999)
IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY (2003)
ILLUSION (2004)
MEURTRES à L'EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (U.S. TITLE: EMPIRE STATE BUILDING MURDERS, 2008)
BEFORE I FORGET (DOCUMENTARY, 2010)