Michael Douglas appears in FBI financial fraud video - watch

Michael Douglas has teamed up with the FBI on a public service announcement about financial fraud.

The one-minute PSA begins with a short clip from Douglas's 1987 movie Wall Street, where he plays ruthless corporate executive Gordon Gekko.



In the movie, Gekko takes a young stockbroker named Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) under his wings only to have him get insider information to use for his financial gain.

"The movie was fiction, but the problem is real," Douglas says in the PSA.

Douglas, who won an Oscar for 'Best Actor' in Wall Street, was one of the many presenters at the 84th Academy Awards over the weekend.

In April, the actor will receive the Eugene O'Neill Theater Centre's 12th annual Monte Cristo Award for his contributions in the theatre community.