Michael Keaton
Biography
Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor. He has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. In 2016, he was named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France. Keaton gained early recognition for his comedic roles in Night Shift (1982), Mr. Mom (1983), and Beetlejuice (1988). He gained wider stardom portraying the title superhero in Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992). He took roles in Clean and Sober (1988), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), The Paper (1994), Multiplicity (1996), Jackie Brown (1997), Jack Frost (1998), Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), and The Other Guys (2010). He also performed voice roles in the animated films Cars (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Minions (2015). Keaton experienced a career resurgence after taking a starring role as a faded actor attempting a comeback in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman (2014), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He has since acted in biographical dramas such as Spotlight (2015), The Founder (2016), The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), and Worth (2021). He portrayed the Vulture in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), while also reprising his roles as Batman in The Flash (2023) and the title role in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024). Keaton starred as a journalist in the HBO film Live from Baghdad (2002). He portrayed a drug-addicted doctor in the Hulu limited series Dopesick (2021), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Keaton directed the films The Merry Gentleman (2008) and Knox Goes Away (2023), in which he also played the starring role.
Known For
Ray Nicolette
Jackie Brown
Bruce Wayne / Batman
Batman
Bruce Wayne / Batman
Batman Returns
Chick Hicks (voice)
Cars
Ken (voice)
Toy Story 3
Betelgeuse
Beetlejuice
Carter Hayes / James Danforth
Pacific Heights
Ken (voice)
Groovin' with Ken
Andy
Goodrich
Frank Logan
The Merry Gentleman
Ray Peyton Sr.
Herbie Fully Loaded
Jonathan Rivers
White Noise
Dogberry
Much Ado About Nothing
Peter McCabe
Desperate Measures
Ken (voice)
Ken's Dating Tips: #48 Communication is Key
Ken (voice)
Ken's Dating Tips: #31 Play Hard to Get
Ken (voice)
Ken's Dating Tips: #24 Know Yourself, Be Yourself
Walter Malby
Post Grad
Henry Hackett
The Paper
Jack Frost
Jack Frost
Doug Kinney
Multiplicity
Captain Gene Mauch
The Other Guys
Jack
Mr. Mom
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Ted
The Last Time
Hunt Stevenson
Gung Ho
Robert Wiener
Live from Baghdad
President Mackenzie
First Daughter
Daryl Poynter
Clean and Sober
Bob Jones
My Life
Billy Caufield
The Dream Team
Bill Blazejowski
Night Shift
Kevin
Speechless
Johnny Dangerously
Johnny Dangerously
Ray Nicolette (uncredited)
Out of Sight
Martin Raikes
Quicksand
Nicky Rogan
Game 6
Artie Lewis
One Good Cop
Bobby Barbato
Touch and Go
Ken (voice)
Hawaiian Vacation
Raymond Sellars
RoboCop
Harry Berg
The Squeeze
Joe Stumpo
Clear History
Monarch
Need for Speed
Riggan
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
John Knox
Knox Goes Away
Hollander
Penthouse North
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
A Different Approach
Self
Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute
Walter 'Robby' Robinson
Spotlight
Self - Host
An Evening with Lucia Micarelli
Narrator
Wings Over Water
Walter Nelson (voice)
Minions & More Volume 2
Walter Nelson (voice)
Minions
Ray Kroc
The Founder
Imagine Agents
Self
The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
Walter Nelson (voice)
Binky Nelson Unpacified
Self
Clemente
Adrian Toomes / Vulture
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Charles McIntyre
The Earth Day Special
Joey (archive footage) (uncredited)
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
Self
Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary
Stan Hurley
American Assassin
Self - Audition Tape (archive footage)
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Peter Cameron
A Shot at Glory
Sailor
Rabbit Test
Michael Keaton (uncredited)
She's Having a Baby
V. A. Vandevere
Dumbo
Narrator (uncredited)
Inventing the Abbotts
Self
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Self - Host
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
Self
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
Self
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)
Batman (archive footage)
De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros
Self
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Blockbuster")
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
Ramsey Clark
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Michael Rembrandt
The Protégé
Self
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
Kenneth Feinberg
Worth
Adrian Toomes
Morbius
Reader (voice)
Earth and the American Dream
Self
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Himself
Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor
Bruce Wayne / Batman
The Flash
The Professor
Tenacious D: Time Fixers
Self
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Self
A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Mose the Fireman
Self
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
The Whisper Man
Beetlejuice
Untitled Beetlejuice 3
Self
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Ken
Ken's Dating Tips
Robert Rogers
Sweetwater
Bruce Wayne / Batman
Batgirl
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
98
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-09-05
Place of Birth
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
Michael John Douglas