Michael Keaton
Born: 1951-09-05 in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- The Whisper Man as Francis 'Frank' Carter
2025
- The American Revolution as Benedict Arnold (voice)
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Self - Actor and Filmmaker
- Tim Burton: Life in the Line as Self
- Clemente as Self
- Sweetwater as Robert Rogers
2024
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Beetlejuice
- Knox Goes Away as John Knox
- Goodrich as Andy
- Tim Burton: Life in the Line as Self
2023
- The Flash as Bruce Wayne / Batman
- Superpowered: The DC Story as Self (archive footage)
- Making The Flash: Worlds Collide as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
- Morbius as Adrian Toomes
- Minions & More 2 as Walter Nelson (voice)
- Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute as Self
- A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting ... (Executive Producer)
- Wings Over Water as Narrator
2021
- Dopesick as Samuel Finnix
- The Protégé as Michael Rembrandt
- Worth as Kenneth Feinberg
2020
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Ramsey Clark
- The Comedy Store as Self
2019
- Dumbo as V. A. Vandevere
2018
- Basketball: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
- Norm Macdonald Has a Show as Self - Guest
- Mister Rogers: It's You I Like as Self - Host
- An Evening with Lucia Micarelli as Self - Host
2017
- Spider-Man: Homecoming as Adrian Toomes / Vulture
- American Assassin as Stan Hurley
- A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming as Self
2016
- The Founder as Ray Kroc
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Minions as Walter Nelson (voice)
- Documentary Now! as Bill Doss
- Spotlight as Walter 'Robby' Robinson
- Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration as Self - Audition Tape (archive footage)
- Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings) as Self
- Binky Nelson Unpacified as Walter Nelson (voice)
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Richard Sackler
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Riggan
- RoboCop as Raymond Sellars
- Need for Speed as Monarch
2013
- Penthouse North as Hollader
- Clear History as Joe Stumpo
- Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot as Self
2012
- Inside Comedy as Self
2011
- Hawaiian Vacation as Ken (voice)
2010
- Toy Story 3 as Ken (voice)
- The Other Guys as Captain Gene Mauch
- Buccaneers & Bones as Host
- Groovin' with Ken as Ken (voice)
- Ken's Dating Tips: #48 Communication is Key as Ken (voice)
- Ken's Dating Tips: #31 Play Hard to Get as Ken (voice)
- Ken's Dating Tips: #24 Know Yourself, Be Yourself as Ken (voice)
2009
- Post Grad as Walter Malby
2008
- The Merry Gentleman as Frank Logan
- Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight as Self
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- The Company as James Jesus Angleton
2006
- 30 Rock as Tom
- Cars as Chick Hicks (voice)
- The Last Time as Ted
- Tenacious D: Time Fixers as The Professor
- Game 6 as Nicky Rogan
2005
- Herbie Fully Loaded as Ray Peyton Sr.
- White Noise as Jonathan Rivers
2004
- First Daughter as President Mackenzie
- Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor as Himself
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Quicksand as Martin Raikes
2002
- Live from Baghdad as Robert Wiener
- Jackie Brown: How It Went Down as Self
2001
- America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
- Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Batman (archive footage)
2000
- A Shot at Glory as Peter Cameron
- Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints as Self
1999
- Body Shots ... (Executive Producer)
- SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler as Joey (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
- Out of Sight as Ray Nicolette (uncredited)
- Jack Frost as Jack Frost
- Desperate Measures as Peter McCabe
- Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley as Self
- Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory as Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Blockbuster")
1997
- King of the Hill as Trip Larsen (voice)
- Jackie Brown as Ray Nicolette
- Inventing the Abbotts as Narrator (uncredited)
- Frank Capra's American Dream as Self
1996
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- Multiplicity as Doug Kinney
1994
- The Paper as Henry Hackett
- Speechless as Kevin
1993
- Frasier as Blaine Sternin
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Much Ado About Nothing as Dogberry
- My Life as Bob Jones
1992
- Batman Returns as Bruce Wayne / Batman
- Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin as Self
- Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
1991
- One Good Cop as Artie Lewis
- Rabbit Ears - Mose the Fireman as Narrator (voice)
1990
- Pacific Heights as Carter Hayes / James Danforth
- The Earth Day Special as Charles McIntyre
1989
- The Simpsons as Jack Crowley (voice)
- Batman as Bruce Wayne / Batman
- The Dream Team as Billy Caufield
1988
- Beetlejuice as Betelgeuse
- She's Having a Baby as Michael Keaton (uncredited)
- Clean and Sober as Daryl Poynter
1987
- Na siehste! as Self
- The Squeeze as Harry Berg
1986
- Gung Ho as Hunt Stevenson
- Touch and Go as Bobby Barbato
1984
- Johnny Dangerously as Johnny Dangerously
1983
- Mr. Mom as Jack
1982
- Night Shift as Bill Blazejowski
- Report to Murphy
- Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary as Self
1978
- Rabbit Test as Sailor
- A Different Approach
1976
- Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman as The Robber
- The Tony Randall Show as Zeke
- All's Fair as Lanny Wolf
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1968
- 60 Minutes as Self
1962
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter