Spotlight On: Michael Douglas

Over the course of four decades, Michael Douglas has portrayed an array of riveting characters, earning him four Golden Globes, two Academy Awards and an Emmy. Here are some highlights from his impressive body of work.

Douglas won his first Academy Award behind the camera when he was honored for producing 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'.

In 1978, Douglas played a doctor in this medical crime thriller.

Michael goes nuclear when a reporter uncovers a cover-up at a local nuclear power plant.

Douglas portrays Jack Coltan, an odd soldier-of-fortune who comes to the rescue of a romance novelist (Kathleen Turner) who is lost in the Colombian jungle while trying to exchange a treasure map for her kidnapped sister.

Bunny boiler alert!  You'll think twice about cheating after watching Douglas and Glenn Close play co-workers who have a one-night stand. But things don't go quite as planned.

The role of Wall Street stockbroker Gordon Gekko earned Michael an Academy Award for Best Actor - his second Oscar. When it comes to awards, greed really is good.

Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito teamed up for a third time in this dark romantic comedy about a couple in love... with their house.

This erotic thriller that also starred Sharon Stone as a seductive author and possible murderer is perhaps best know for the interrogation scene where Stone's character is, uh, cross examined.

The role of  William Foster, a man in the throes of a breakdown, is considered one of Michael's riskiest and riveting performances.

Douglas took on the role of U.S. President Andrew Shepherd in this film that showed that dating isn't easy... even if you live in the White House.

Set in San Francisco, this psychological thriller has an awesome twist that you don't see coming.

Gwyneth Paltrow plays Douglas's wife in this remake of Hitchcock's 'Dial M for Murder.'

Harrison Ford was originally going to play the role of Robert Wakefield, which ultimately went to Douglas. Also in this gritty crime drama is Douglas' future wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Douglas plays down-on-his-luck professor and novelist Grady Tripp in this film verision of the popular Michael Chabon novel.

We saw an entirely new side of Michael in Steven Soderbergh's drama about the life of famed pianist Liberace.  Douglas won an Emmy for his performance of the bedazzled entertainer.

Douglas took a gamble on this film about a Las Vegas bachelor party that starred some pretty big names: Kevin Kline, Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro and Morgan Freeman.