Kirk Douglas was an American actor known for intense, physically dynamic performances in films like 'Spartacus', 'Paths of Glory', 'Ace in the Hole', and 'Out of the Past'.
Douglas's Whit Sterling in 'Out of the Past' — the gangster who patiently allows fate to deliver his enemies to destruction — established the villain-as-architect-of-inevitability that recurs in Nolan's films as the antagonist who doesn't chase but waits.
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