Michael Keaton
- Acting
- September 5, 1951 · Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA
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 Man 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
Filmography
- Rode to Ruin · Marshal Henry Tillman, Director
- The Whisper Man · Frank Carter
- The American Revolution · Benedict Arnold (Voice)
- Tim Burton: Life in the Line · Self
- Clemente · Self
- Sweetwater · Robert Rogers, Director
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney · Self
- Goodrich · Andy, Executive producer
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice · Beetlejuice
- Knox Goes Away · John Knox, Director
- Making The Flash: Worlds Collide · Self, Thanks
- Superpowered: The DC Story · Self
- The Flash · Bruce Wayne / Batman
- Minions & More Volume 2 · Walter Nelson (Voice)
- A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting · Executive producer
- Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute · Self
- Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home · Self
- Morbius · Adrian Toomes
- Wings Over Water · Narrator
- Dopesick · Samuel Finnix, Executive producer
- The Protégé · Michael Rembrandt
- Worth · Kenneth Feinberg, Producer
- The Comedy Store · Self
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 · Ramsey Clark
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire · Self
- Dumbo · V. A. Vandevere
- Basketball: A Love Story · Self
- Norm Macdonald Has a Show · Self
- Mister Rogers: It's You I Like · Self
- An Evening with Lucia Micarelli · Self
- American Assassin · Stan Hurley
- Spider-Man: Homecoming · Adrian Toomes / Vulture
- A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming · Self
- The Founder · Ray Kroc
- Spotlight · Walter 'Robby' Robinson
- Binky Nelson Unpacified · Walter Nelson (Voice)
- Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Documentary Now! · Bill Doss
- Minions · Walter Nelson (Voice)
- Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings) · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) · Riggan
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver · Richard Sackler
- Need for Speed · Monarch
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- RoboCop · Raymond Sellars
- Clear History · Joe Stumpo
- Penthouse North · Hollader, Executive producer
- Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot · Self
- Inside Comedy · Self
- Hawaiian Vacation · Ken (Voice)
- Buccaneers & Bones · Host
- The Other Guys · Captain Gene Mauch
- Toy Story 3 · Ken (Voice)
- Ken's Dating Tips: #24 Know Yourself, Be Yourself · Ken (Voice)
- Ken's Dating Tips: #48 Communication is Key · Ken (Voice)
- Ken's Dating Tips: #31 Play Hard to Get · Ken (Voice)
- Groovin' with Ken · Ken (Voice)
- Post Grad · Walter Malby
- Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight · Self
- The Merry Gentleman · Frank Logan, Director
- The Company · James Jesus Angleton
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Tenacious D: Time Fixers · The Professor
- 30 Rock · Tom
- The Last Time · Ted, Executive producer
- Cars · Chick Hicks (Voice)
- Game 6 · Nicky Rogan
- Herbie Fully Loaded · Ray Peyton Sr.
- White Noise · Jonathan Rivers
- First Daughter · President Mackenzie
- Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor · Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- Quicksand · Martin Raikes
- Live from Baghdad · Robert Wiener
- Jackie Brown: How It Went Down · Self
- Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes · Batman (archive footage)