{{short description|American actor}} {{Infobox person | image = Cameron Douglas at the SBIFF 2019.jpg | caption = Douglas at the 2019 Santa Barbara International Film Festival | imagesize = | name = Cameron Douglas | birth_name = Cameron Morrell Douglas | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|12|13}} | birth_place = Santa Barbara, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = {{hlist|1997–2009|2016–present}} | partner = Viviane Thibes (2016–2024) | children = 2 | father = Michael Douglas | relatives = {{plainlist| * Kirk Douglas (grandfather) * Diana Douglas (grandmother) * Joel Douglas (uncle) * Peter Douglas (half-uncle) * Eric Douglas (half-uncle) * Catherine Zeta-Jones (stepmother) * Anne Buydens (step-grandmother) * William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth (stepfather)}} }}
'''Cameron Morrell Douglas''' (born December 13, 1978)<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vnwdAQAAIAAJ&q=cameron+douglas+born+1978+%22michael+douglas%22| page=123| title=Michael Douglas: Out of the Shadows: The Unauthorised Biography| publisher=Robson Books| year=2003| first=Andy| last=Dougan| isbn=978-1-8610-5347-3| access-date=2015-03-16| archive-date=2023-11-10| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110221012/https://books.google.com/books?id=vnwdAQAAIAAJ&q=cameron+douglas+born+1978+%22michael+douglas%22| url-status=live}}</ref> is an American actor.
== Early life and family == Douglas <!--was born in Santa Barbara, California. He--> was born on December 13, 1978, the first and only child of actor Michael Douglas and Diandra Morrell (née Luker). He is the grandson of actor Kirk Douglas and Bermudian actress Diana Dill. On December 14, 1978, the day after his birth, his grandfather registered The Bryna Company subsidiary Cameron Productions, Incorporated, named after his first grandson.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CAMERON PRODUCTIONS, INC. :: California (US) :: OpenCorporates |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/C0879557 |access-date=2021-06-20 |website=opencorporates.com}}</ref> His parents divorced in 2000.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/2007/04/12/most-expensive-divorces-biz-cz_lg_0412celebdivorce_slide_4.html?thisSpeed=undefined 10 Most Expensive Celebrity Divorces] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009030109/https://www.forbes.com/2007/04/12/most-expensive-divorces-biz-cz_lg_0412celebdivorce_slide_4.html%3FthisSpeed%3Dundefined |date=2019-10-09 }}. ''Forbes''. 12 April 2007. (May 22, 2002). Retrieved on May 4, 2012.</ref>
Through his father's second marriage to Catherine Zeta-Jones, Douglas has two paternal half-siblings.
==Career== He has appeared in several films, among them Jackie Chan's ''Mr. Nice Guy'' (1997), ''It Runs in the Family'' (2003), ''National Lampoon's Adam & Eve'' (2005) and ''Loaded'' (2008). ''It Runs in the Family'' featured three generations of the Douglas family, as it also starred his father, Michael, and paternal grandparents, Kirk and Diana.
==Legal issues== ===Drug dealing and conviction=== In 2007, he was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance after police officers found a syringe with liquid cocaine in a car he was in. On July 28, 2009, Douglas was arrested by the Drug Enforcement Administration for possession of 8 ounces of methamphetamine. Due to the large amount of the drug seized, Douglas was charged with intent to distribute. The charge carries a minimum prison sentence of 10 years and a maximum of life.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8191279.stm |title=Douglas son to face drugs trial |work=BBC News |date=2009-08-08 |access-date=2009-08-08 |archive-date=2023-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830211610/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8191279.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
On January 27, 2010, Douglas pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute drugs and heroin possession after his girlfriend had smuggled heroin hidden inside an electric toothbrush and passed it on to him while he was under house arrest.<ref>{{cite news |author=Tom Hays |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/27/michael-douglas-son-camer_0_n_438940.html |title=Michael Douglas' son pleads guilty to drug trafficking |agency=Associated Press |work=The Huffington Post |date=January 27, 2010 |access-date=2013-06-02 |archive-date=2013-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329150449/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/27/michael-douglas-son-camer_0_n_438940.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> On April 20, 2010, Douglas was sentenced to five years in prison for possessing heroin and dealing large amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine out of a New York hotel room.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/michael-douglas-campaigns-cameron-douglas-sentenced/story?id=10425151 |title=Michael Douglas' son Cameron sentenced to five years in jail |work=ABC News |date=April 20, 2010 |first=Sheila |last=Marikar |access-date=2022-02-23 |archive-date=2022-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224043204/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/michael-douglas-campaigns-cameron-douglas-sentenced/story?id=10425151 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/100420/entertainment/centertainment_us_douglas_cameron |title=Michael Douglas's son sentenced to 5 years |date=April 20, 2013 |agency=Reuters |work=Yahoo! News |archive-date=April 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425013424/http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/100420/entertainment/centertainment_us_douglas_cameron}}</ref> Michael Douglas publicly assumed blame for "being a bad father" but said that without prison intervention, Cameron "was going to be dead or somebody was gonna kill him. I think he has a chance to start a new life, and he knows that."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalledger.com/ledgerpop/article_272631605.shtml |title=Michael Douglas and Blame Game for Son Cameron's Jail Sentence |website=National Ledger |date=May 4, 2010 |access-date=May 5, 2010 |archive-date=May 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513030540/http://www.nationalledger.com/ledgerpop/article_272631605.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
In October 2011, Douglas pleaded guilty to possessing drugs in prison.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/21/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/cameron-douglas-pleads-guilty-ppl/index.html| work=CNN| title=Cameron Douglas pleads guilty to possessing drugs in prison| date=October 21, 2011| access-date=November 24, 2011| archive-date=November 26, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126143211/http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/21/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/cameron-douglas-pleads-guilty-ppl/index.html| url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2012, his leg was broken by another inmate.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-douglas-son-cameron-badly-injured-in-prison-report-say/ |title=Michael Douglas' son Cameron badly injured in prison, report say |work=CBS News |access-date=2013-06-02 |archive-date=2013-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515095913/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57559848-504083/michael-douglas-son-cameron-badly-injured-in-prison-report-say |url-status=live }}</ref> On April 15, 2013, his extended prison sentence was affirmed by the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57579795-504083/cameron-douglas-son-of-actor-michael-douglas-loses-appeal-to-reduce-prison-sentence-report-says/| title=Cameron Douglas, son of actor Michael Douglas, loses appeal to reduce prison sentence, report says| work=CBS News| access-date=2013-04-18| archive-date=2013-04-18| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418124146/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57579795-504083/cameron-douglas-son-of-actor-michael-douglas-loses-appeal-to-reduce-prison-sentence-report-says/| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.eonline.com/news/408177/michael-douglas-son-cameron-douglas-loses-appeal-to-lighten-prison-sentence| title=Michael Douglas' Son, Cameron Douglas, Loses Appeal to Lighten Prison Sentence| first=Natalie| last=Finn| magazine=E! News| date=April 15, 2013| access-date=June 2, 2013| archive-date=May 21, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521082256/http://www.eonline.com/news/408177/michael-douglas-son-cameron-douglas-loses-appeal-to-lighten-prison-sentence| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite court |litigants=United States v. Douglas |vol=713 |reporter=F.3d |opinion=694 |court=2d Cir. |date=2013-04-15 |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=4307363463267322278}}</ref> The Supreme Court denied his final appeal on January 13, 2014.<ref>{{cite court |vol=571 |opinion=1132| court=U.S. |litigants=Cameron Douglas, Petitioner v. United States |url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docketfiles/13-649.htm |reporter=United States Reports |date=January 13, 2014 |access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref>
===Release from prison=== On August 1, 2016, Douglas was released early from prison and transferred to a halfway house in New York City<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/michael-douglas-son-cameron-released-142645949.html| title=Michael Douglas' Son Cameron Released From Jail After Nearly Seven Years| magazine=Us Weekly| date=August 1, 2016| access-date=April 1, 2016| archive-date=October 12, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012045615/https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/michael-douglas-son-cameron-released-142645949.html| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/08/01/michael-douglas-son-cameron-douglas-released-from-prison/87929338| title=Reports: Michael Douglas' son Cameron released from prison| newspaper=USA Today| access-date=February 28, 2017| archive-date=November 1, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101081403/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/08/01/michael-douglas-son-cameron-douglas-released-from-prison/87929338/| url-status=live}}</ref> after seven years behind bars,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/michael-douglas-son-cameron-released-8543156| title=Michael Douglas' son Cameron released from prison after seven years behind bars| first=Claire| last=Rutter| date=August 2, 2016| newspaper=Daily Mirror| location=London| access-date=February 28, 2017| archive-date=April 21, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421220421/http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/michael-douglas-son-cameron-released-8543156| url-status=live}}</ref> with two of the seven years in segregated housing.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-michael-douglas-cameron-douglas-released-prison-20160801-snap-story.html| title=Cameron Douglas, Michael Douglas' son, released from prison after nearly seven years| first=Christie| last=D'Zurilla| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=August 1, 2016| access-date=February 28, 2017| url-access=subscription| archive-date=May 2, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502111723/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-michael-douglas-cameron-douglas-released-prison-20160801-snap-story.html| url-status=live}}</ref>
==Personal life== His book, ''Long Way Home'',<!--NOTE: the WP article A Long Way Home (book) is about a DIFFERENT book--> is about his experiences after being convicted on drug charges.<ref>{{cite book| last=Douglas| first=Cameron| title=Long Way Home| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jUmHDwAAQBAJ| year=2019| publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group| isbn=978-0-525-52084-9| access-date=2020-01-02| archive-date=2023-11-10| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110221045/https://books.google.com/books?id=jUmHDwAAQBAJ| url-status=live}}</ref>
From 2016 to 2024, Douglas was in a relationship with Viviane Thibes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cameron Douglas and Viviane Thibes Settle Custody Case, He Will Pay $11,500 a Month in Expenses |url=https://people.com/cameron-douglas-and-viviane-thibes-settle-custody-case-8707722 |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref> They have two children, a daughter born in 2017 and a son born in 2020.<ref>{{cite magazine| title=Cameron Douglas Welcomes a Baby Boy with Girlfriend Viviane Thibes| url=https://people.com/parents/cameron-douglas-welcomes-baby-boy-with-viviane-thibes/| magazine=People| first=Alexia| last=Fernández| date=December 22, 2020| access-date=February 23, 2022| language=EN| archive-date=November 27, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127094213/https://people.com/parents/cameron-douglas-welcomes-baby-boy-with-viviane-thibes/| url-status=live}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1997 | ''Mr. Nice Guy'' | Giancarlo's Man |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/mr-nice-guy/cast/132984/|title=Mr. Nice Guy|work=TV Guide|accessdate=February 28, 2017|archivedate=July 7, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707074414/http://www.tvguide.com/movies/mr-nice-guy/cast/132984|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 2003 | ''It Runs in the Family'' | Asher Gromberg | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/it-runs-in-the-family-2003|title=It Runs in the Family|first=Roger|last=Ebert|authorlink=Roger Ebert|date=25 April 2003|work=Chicago Sun-Times|accessdate=August 29, 2014|archivedate=September 2, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902122306/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/it-runs-in-the-family-2003|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 2005 | ''National Lampoon's Adam & Eve'' | Adam | |- | 2008 | ''Loaded'' | Rick | |- | 2009 | ''The Perfect Beat'' | DJ Mojo | rowspan=2|Short |- | 2019 | ''Dead Layer'' | Danny Engel |- | 2021 | ''The Runner'' | Detective Wall | |- | 2022 | ''Wire Room'' | Mike Axum |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstshowing.net/2022/bruce-willis-in-high-tech-action-thriller-wire-room-official-trailer/|title=Bruce Willis in High Tech Action Thriller 'Wire Room' Official Trailer|website=FirstShowing|first=Alex|last=Billington|date=August 17, 2022|accessdate=August 23, 2022|archivedate=August 23, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823205043/https://www.firstshowing.net/2022/bruce-willis-in-high-tech-action-thriller-wire-room-official-trailer/|url-status=live }}</ref> |- | 2025 | ''Looking Through Water'' | Cole McKay | |}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{Sister project links |collapsible=true |wikt=no |commons=Category:Cameron Douglas}} *{{IMDb name|234979}} {{Kirk Douglas family tree}} {{Michael Douglas}} {{Authority control}}
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