ACTOR

Michael Douglas

1944 - Today

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Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and film producer. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the AFI Life Achievement Award. The elder son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill, Douglas earned his Bachelor of Arts in drama from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Douglas has received more than 33,365,385 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 87 in 2019). Michael Douglas is the 56th most popular actor (down from 44th in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from United States (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Actor.

Michael Douglas is most famous for his role as Gordon Gekko in the 1987 film Wall Street.

Memorability Metrics

  • 33M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 78.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 88

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael Douglas ranks 56 out of 13,578. Before him are Asta Nielsen, Chuck Norris, Katharine Hepburn, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, and Meryl Streep. After him are Bruce Willis, Ingrid Bergman, Michael Gambon, Will Smith, Christopher Lee, and Liam Neeson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Michael Douglas ranks 5. Before him are Danny DeVito, Larry Ellison, Gerhard Schröder, and Jeff Beck. After him are George Lucas, Alexander Van der Bellen, Jairzinho, Rutger Hauer, Barry White, Reinhold Messner, and Ban Ki-moon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Douglas ranks 129 out of 20,380. Before him are Katharine Hepburn (1907), Dustin Hoffman (1937), Dr. Seuss (1904), Meryl Streep (1949), Douglas MacArthur (1880), and Richard Feynman (1918). After him are William Faulkner (1897), Milton Friedman (1912), Patti Smith (1946), Will Smith (1968), Rosa Parks (1913), and William James (1842).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Michael Douglas ranks 24. Before him are Jack Nicholson (1937), James Dean (1931), Chuck Norris (1940), Katharine Hepburn (1907), Dustin Hoffman (1937), and Meryl Streep (1949). After him are Will Smith (1968), Charles Bronson (1921), Tom Hanks (1956), Brad Pitt (1963), Kirk Douglas (1916), and Alan Alda (1936).

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