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).
Jack Hawkins (actor, born 1985) Jack Hawkins (actor, born 1985) Jack Hawkins (born 6 October 1985) is a British actor. He was born in Ipswich and was educated at the Ipswich School between 1996 and 2004, where he was Head Boy. He read Jurisprudence at Balliol College, Oxford and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from 2007 to 2009. Hawkins has performed acting roles in film, on television and on the stage. In 2017 he joined the cast of the BBC television show "Call the Midwife" as Christopher Dockerill. He plays the recurring character Alex Lambert in the BBC medical drama