Douglas Urbanski
| Douglas Urbanski | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 17, 1957 Somerville, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Diane Wilk (? - present) |
Douglas Urbanski (born February 17, 1957) is an American film producer, theater impresario, raconteur, and occasional film actor and talk show host.
Urbanski was born in Somerville, New Jersey. He is a business partner with actor Gary Oldman and he also runs a talent management firm, DMG.
Urbanski's film producing credits include The Contender, which received two Academy Award Nominations and starred Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Christian Slater, and Sam Elliott.
In 1997 Urbanski received his first British Academy Award for Outstanding British Film of The Year for Nil By Mouth, written and directed by Gary Oldman, and for which Oldman received the Best Original Screenplay British Academy Award. The film received a total of four nominations for the 1997 BAFTA's. For 1997's Cannes Film Festival, Nil By Mouth was selected to inaugurate the Main Competition and received the 1997 Cannes Film Festival Award for actress Kathy Burke. In 1998 the film received six nominations for the British Independent Film Awards, and won three awards.
During the 1980s, Urbanski and/or his companies were among the most active theatrical producers on Broadway and in London.
In 2010, as an actor he was featured in David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin's Academy Award winning motion picture The Social Network, playing the role of Larry Summers, for which he received personal acclaim and shared the Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award from the Hollywood Film Festival, and also the Ensemble Acting Award from the Palm Springs International Film Festival shared with Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, and Justin Timberlake.
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