Michael Keaton
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Michael Keaton

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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.

Films Featuring Michael Keaton

Jackie Brown

19977.4

Batman

19897.2

Batman Returns

19927.0

Cars

20067.0

Toy Story 3

20107.8

Beetlejuice

19887.4

Pacific Heights

19906.3

Groovin' with Ken

20106.3

Goodrich

20246.5

The Merry Gentleman

20086.4

Herbie Fully Loaded

20055.8

White Noise

20055.6

Much Ado About Nothing

19936.9

Desperate Measures

19986.0

Ken's Dating Tips: #48 Communication is Key

20105.0

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

20106.2

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

20104.0

Post Grad

20095.0

The Paper

19946.6

Jack Frost

19986.0

Multiplicity

19965.8

The Other Guys

20106.3

Mr. Mom

19836.5

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

20246.9

The Last Time

20065.7

Gung Ho

19866.1

Live from Baghdad

20026.7

First Daughter

20046.2

Clean and Sober

19886.4

My Life

19936.7

The Dream Team

19896.1

Night Shift

19826.1

Speechless

19945.9

Johnny Dangerously

19846.3

Out of Sight

19986.7

Quicksand

20034.9

Game 6

20064.5

One Good Cop

19915.7

Touch and Go

19866.4

Hawaiian Vacation

20117.0

RoboCop

20145.9

The Squeeze

19875.0

Clear History

20136.1

Need for Speed

20146.4

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

20147.4

Knox Goes Away

20247.0

Penthouse North

20135.8

Making The Flash: Worlds Collide

20233.8

A Different Approach

19786.5

Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute

20224.9

Spotlight

20157.8

An Evening with Lucia Micarelli

2018

Wings Over Water

2022

Minions & More 2

20227.4

Minions

20156.4

The Founder

20167.2

Imagine Agents

Imagine Agents

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

19926.5

Binky Nelson Unpacified

20156.2

Clemente

20259.0

Spider-Man: Homecoming

20177.3

The Earth Day Special

19906.1

SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler

19996.9

Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary

19828.0

American Assassin

20176.4

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

20158.5

A Shot at Glory

20005.7

Rabbit Test

19784.5

She's Having a Baby

19885.9

Dumbo

20196.6

Inventing the Abbotts

19976.3

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

20136.8

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

20187.9

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

20027.7

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

20157.2

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

20016.9

Frank Capra's American Dream

19976.3

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

19986.8

The Trial of the Chicago 7

20207.7

The Protégé

20216.5

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley

19984.5

Worth

20216.7

Morbius

20225.9

Earth and the American Dream

19926.7

America | A Tribute to Heroes

20016.5

Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor

20048.5

The Flash

20236.6

Tenacious D: Time Fixers

20067.3

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

20009.0

A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming

20177.6

Rabbit Ears - Mose the Fireman

Rabbit Ears - Mose the Fireman

1991

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

2008

The Whisper Man

2026

Ken's Dating Tips

Sweetwater

Sweetwater

2025

Mary

1977

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

20226.8