Michael Keaton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

138

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-09-05 (74 years old)

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.

Known For

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • The Flash

    The Flash

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Protégé

    The Protégé

  • Morbius

    Morbius

  • Batgirl

    Batgirl

  • Worth

    Worth

  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

    The Trial of the Chicago 7

  • The Company

    The Company

  • Inventing the Abbotts

    Inventing the Abbotts

  • All's Fair

    All's Fair

  • A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming

    A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming

  • Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

    Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

  • America | A Tribute to Heroes

    America | A Tribute to Heroes

  • Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley

    Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley

  • Frank Capra's American Dream

    Frank Capra's American Dream

  • Earth and the American Dream

    Earth and the American Dream

  • Tim Burton: Life in the Line

    Tim Burton: Life in the Line

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

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

  • The Whisper Man

    The Whisper Man

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

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

  • The Comedy Store

    The Comedy Store

  • Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

    Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

  • Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

    Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

  • Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

    Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

  • Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor

    Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor

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

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

  • Sweetwater

    Sweetwater

  • The Mary Tyler Moore Hour

    The Mary Tyler Moore Hour

  • Untitled Beetlejuice 3

    Untitled Beetlejuice 3

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

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

  • Tenacious D: Time Fixers

    Tenacious D: Time Fixers

  • Rabbit Ears - Mose the Fireman

    Rabbit Ears - Mose the Fireman

  • Ken's Dating Tips

    Ken's Dating Tips

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • 30 Rock

    30 Rock

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Spider-Man: Homecoming

    Spider-Man: Homecoming

  • 60 Minutes

    60 Minutes

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Toy Story 3

    Toy Story 3

  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

    Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

  • Cars

    Cars

  • Batman Returns

    Batman Returns

  • Making The Flash: Worlds Collide

    Making The Flash: Worlds Collide

  • Jack Frost

    Jack Frost

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Beetlejuice

    Beetlejuice

  • Batman

    Batman

  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

    Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution

  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution

  • Dumbo

    Dumbo

  • Out of Sight

    Out of Sight

  • The Other Guys

    The Other Guys

  • First Daughter

    First Daughter

  • Basketball: A Love Story

    Basketball: A Love Story

  • Need for Speed

    Need for Speed

  • Herbie Fully Loaded

    Herbie Fully Loaded

  • Hawaiian Vacation

    Hawaiian Vacation

  • Dopesick

    Dopesick

  • Documentary Now!

    Documentary Now!

  • Spotlight

    Spotlight

  • Superpowered: The DC Story

    Superpowered: The DC Story

  • American Assassin

    American Assassin

  • RoboCop

    RoboCop

  • Multiplicity

    Multiplicity

  • Night Shift

    Night Shift

  • Jackie Brown

    Jackie Brown

  • Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary

    Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary

  • Minions & More Volume 2

    Minions & More Volume 2

  • The Founder

    The Founder

  • Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

    Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

  • Minions

    Minions

  • Knox Goes Away

    Knox Goes Away

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

  • Inside Comedy

    Inside Comedy

  • Rabbit Test

    Rabbit Test

  • Post Grad

    Post Grad

  • Desperate Measures

    Desperate Measures

  • Clear History

    Clear History

  • White Noise

    White Noise

  • Quicksand

    Quicksand

  • Mr. Mom

    Mr. Mom

  • The Paper

    The Paper

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  • My Life

    My Life

  • Speechless

    Speechless

  • Johnny Dangerously

    Johnny Dangerously

  • The Squeeze

    The Squeeze

  • Gung Ho

    Gung Ho

  • Pacific Heights

    Pacific Heights

  • The Tony Randall Show

    The Tony Randall Show

  • Goodrich

    Goodrich

  • Norm Macdonald Has a Show

    Norm Macdonald Has a Show

  • The Dream Team

    The Dream Team

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

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

  • A Shot at Glory

    A Shot at Glory

  • She's Having a Baby

    She's Having a Baby

  • Binky Nelson Unpacified

    Binky Nelson Unpacified

  • Clean and Sober

    Clean and Sober

  • Buccaneers & Bones

    Buccaneers & Bones

  • Touch and Go

    Touch and Go

  • The Last Time

    The Last Time

  • One Good Cop

    One Good Cop

  • The Merry Gentleman

    The Merry Gentleman

  • A Different Approach

    A Different Approach

  • Penthouse North

    Penthouse North

  • Na siehste!

    Na siehste!

  • Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute

    Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute

  • Working Stiffs

    Working Stiffs

  • The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin

    The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin

  • The Earth Day Special

    The Earth Day Special

  • Live from Baghdad

    Live from Baghdad

  • Report to Murphy

    Report to Murphy

  • Game 6

    Game 6

  • SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler

    SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler

  • Clemente

    Clemente

  • An Evening with Lucia Micarelli

    An Evening with Lucia Micarelli

  • Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

    Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

  • Groovin' with Ken

    Groovin' with Ken

  • Wings Over Water

    Wings Over Water

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

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

  • Imagine Agents

    Imagine Agents

  • Ken's Dating Tips: #48 Communication is Key

    Ken's Dating Tips: #48 Communication is Key