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Acting

Birthdate

1951-09-05 (Age: 75)

Place of Birth

Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

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Michael Keaton

Biography

Filmography (94)

The Whisper Man

Sweetwater

Clemente

Goodrich

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Tim Burton: Life in the Line

Knox Goes Away

Making The Flash: Worlds Collide

The Flash

Minions & More 2

Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute

Morbius

Wings Over Water

The Protégé

Worth

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Dumbo

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

An Evening with Lucia Micarelli

American Assassin

Spider-Man: Homecoming

A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming

The Founder

Spotlight

Binky Nelson Unpacified

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

Minions

Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Need for Speed

RoboCop

Clear History

Penthouse North

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

Hawaiian Vacation

The Other Guys

Toy Story 3

Ken's Dating Tips: #24 Know Yourself, Be Yourself

Ken's Dating Tips: #48 Communication is Key

Ken's Dating Tips: #31 Play Hard to Get

Groovin' with Ken

Post Grad

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight

The Merry Gentleman

Tenacious D: Time Fixers

The Last Time

Cars

Game 6

Herbie Fully Loaded

White Noise

First Daughter

Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor

Quicksand

Live from Baghdad

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

America | A Tribute to Heroes

A Shot at Glory

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints

SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler

Jack Frost

Out of Sight

Desperate Measures

Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley

Jackie Brown

Frank Capra's American Dream

Inventing the Abbotts

Multiplicity

Speechless

The Paper

My Life

Much Ado About Nothing

Earth and the American Dream

Batman Returns

Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin