Michael Douglas accolades for his role, including Golden Globe, Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Apart from his career in the film industry, Douglas has received notice for his humanitarian and political activism, as well as media attention for his marriage to Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones. Douglas was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the first child of actors Kirk Douglas (born 1916) and Diana Dill (1923–2015). His parents met at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. His father is Jewish, and was born Issur Danielovitch. Michael's paternal grandparents were emigrants from Chavusy (now in Belarus, then part of the Russian Empire).
In Real Life (film) relationship with his girlfriend Simone (Sallie Harmsen), who is also his co-star in a film he's making, "Real Life". Inside this film Simone is playing a character whose boyfriend Milan (played by Martin) has decided to test her love for him. For the test Simone must try to fall in love with another man. If, after this point, she decides that she's truly in love with Milan, he will consider her love genuine. Outside of the film Martin casts Fjodor (Oren Schrijver) as the love interest for the fictional Simone, only for the two to continually butt heads over Martin's