Michael Douglas’s reputation precedes him as the talented and hugely acclaimed actor needs no introduction from us. He is a multiple-time Oscar-winning actor with a career spanning over 50 years and 55 films.
But you are not here for Michael Douglas, are you? You can get anything we are about to tell from Wikipedia. You are here to know more about Michael Douglas’s children. Who are his children, and what are they doing now? We have informed descriptions on each of their wiki-bio below.
Michael Douglas’s Married Life and Children
Since many of you may not know the basics, Michael Douglas has three children altogether. Even a lot of Michael’s fans don’t know his six years long dating history with actress Brenda Vaccaro in 1971 after the two met filming for the film ‘Summertree.’ However, he did not have any children with her.
Michael Douglas with his wife, children, parents, and other family members
He would instead go on to get married to the daughter of an Australian diplomat, Diandra Luker, in March 1977. Their marriage turned a lot of eyes as Douglas, who was 32 at that time, married Luker, 19.
Their married life surprisingly lasted for quite some time, around 18 years until their divorce in 1995. Luker received $45 million in divorce proceedings, and they still share a child, Cameron Douglas.
Later he would get remarried to an Oscar-winning actor like him, Catherine Zeta-Jones, on November 18, 2000. Michael Douglas shares his birthdate of September 25 with his wife as well as a love for golf. They together have two children Dylan Michael Douglas (son) and Carys Zeta Douglas (daughter).
Michael Douglas with wife Catherine Zeta-Jones and Children
Michael and Catherine were having some marital problems in May 2013, which caused them to separate briefly. However, they did not take any legal precautions suggesting a possible divorce. By the end of the year, they had sorted things and moved to be together again.
Cameron Douglas
Cameron Douglas, perhaps being the firstborn and the oldest is the most famous of Michael Douglas’s children. He was born on December 13, 1978, in Bronx, New York. He is currently 40 years old but will soon be turning 41 years.
Cameron Douglas is an actor who has appeared in several films like ‘Mr. Nice Guy’ starring Jackie Chan. He also appeared in the movie ‘Runs in the Family’ about a family with most of his actual family members in their respective roles from real life, including father Michael Douglas and grandfather Kirk Douglas.
Cameron Douglas with father Michael and grandfather Kirk
He also appeared in ‘National Lampoon’s Adam and Eve’ in 2005 and ‘Loaded’ in 2008. Cameron has a short career in acting as his personal life problem of substance abuse destroyed the majority of his life.
Cameron Douglas Drugs Abuse
He recently released his autobiographical book ‘Long Way Home,’ encompassing his many life details, especially his struggle with drugs and the pressure of his famous parents. In the book, he has even been recorded, saying how he started abusing at the age of 13 through marijuana. Likewise, he tells he started snorting cocaine at 15, meth at 17 and liquid coke at 19 and finally heroin at 26.
Throughout his addiction, Cameron has been arrested three times, the last time not for just possession but trafficking or intent to traffic. Cameron, in his book, has confessed he had been dealing and made quite a bit of money from the criminal activity.
In 2010, he was given a five-year sentence following his arrest. Even in prison, Cameron was found in possession of drugs once, which added 4.5 years to his conviction, and drugs were found in his system a second-time cause of which he was put in segregated housing.
He spent seven years in total with two years in solitary confinement but was let go early in August 1, 2016. He still had to be in a halfway home for his rehabilitation, though.
What is Cameron Douglas Doing Now?
All of it seems forever ago even if it was just three years ago, as now Cameron has completely changed his life around. Not only is he now sober, but we already mentioned the release of his autobiography.
Cameron Douglas released a book long way home an autobiography
Also, his personal life is blossoming as he is dating a beautiful lady called Vivian Thibes. His girlfriend is a Brazilian actress and a yoga instructor who explains her good looks. They have a lovely daughter named Lua Izzy Douglas as well who is almost two years old.
Cameron Douglas with wife and daughter
She was born on December 18, 2017, and middle named after her great-grandfather Kirk Douglas whose original name was Issur Danielovitch. He used to be called Izzy because of it, and now that is what they might be calling Lua as well.
Carys Zeta Douglas
Carys Zeta Douglas is Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones’s second child, born on April 20, 2003. She is just 16 years old and thus does not have much information about her. However, the youngster is beginning to grasp her hands on a career. Like most successful actresses, she has already started modeling.
Michael Douglas with wife Catherine Zeta-Jones and daughter Carys
Yes, her first notable work came alongside her mother. She and Catherine Zeta-Jones modeled for Fendi as the faces of its #MeAndMyPeekaboo campaign. The mother-daughter duo also appeared in matching Fendi clothing in the cover of Vanity Fair Spain. The Kardashians (Kris Jenner, Kim K West, and North West) previously were the face for the fashionable Peekaboo bags.
Catherine Zeta-Jones and Carys Zeta Douglas also appeared together last year in the town and country magazine
Similarly, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Carys Zeta Douglas also appeared together last year in the town and country magazine. The article reflected Carys to be the perfect definition of beauty and grace in today’s vulgar world.
Carys also has an Instagram handle with currently over 105k followers. With growing fame and popularity, we are sure that we will soon get to see Carys even in the movies, but whether she chooses that or not is entirely up to her.
Dylan Michael Douglas
Dylan Michael Douglas is the firstborn child of the Oscar-winning actor couple Douglas and Zeta-Jones. He was born on August 8, 2000, and not much is known about him.
We do know Michael Douglas since a few years back considers himself a reformed Jew and thus means Dylan is also Jewish. In fact, for Dylan’s Bar Mitzvah, Michael Douglas took his whole family to Jerusalem.
Dylan Michael with his father, Michael Douglas
Other than that, not much is known about Dylan Michael. You can follow him on his Instagram to understand what he is up to. He has almost 30k followers, so it can’t be useless. It was through here we were able to find that Dylan is an adventurous one. The 19-year-old is fond of adventure and has gone sky-diving and buggy-riding.
Overall, Michael Douglas seems to have wonderful and talented children. All of them are currently doing very great in life. We hope to see them leading a successful career like their parents and grandparents.
