Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch Demsky, December 9, 1916) is an American actor, filmmaker, author and centenarian. He is one of the last surviving stars of the film industry's Golden Age. After an impoverished childhood with immigrant parents and six sisters, he had his film debut in "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Douglas soon developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1950s, known for serious dramas, including westerns and war movies. During his career, he appeared in more than 90 movies. Douglas is known for his explosive acting style. Douglas became an
Radio Star (film) the 1990s) was cast first, and for the role opposite him, Park suggested his real-life longtime friend Ahn Sung-ki, with whom he had starred in three previous films, namely, "Chilsu and Mansu" (1988), "Two Cops" (1993) and "Nowhere to Hide" (1999). Ahn said, "If we did not sustain our 20-year friendship, we could not have done justice to the touching scenes in "Radio Star". The film has a cunning resemblance to our ordinary life, and (while we were acting), we felt it firsthand." Park said the project appealed to him because the film industry rarely focused on characters in their