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.
Movies (93)
The Whisper Man
2026
Clemente
2025
Goodrich
2024
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2024
Knox Goes Away
2024
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
2023
The Flash
2023
Minions & More 2
2022
Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute
2022
Morbius
2022
Wings Over Water
2022
The Protégé
2021
Worth
2021
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020
Dumbo
2019
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
2018
An Evening with Lucia Micarelli
2018
American Assassin
2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017
A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming
2017
The Founder
2016
Spotlight
2015
Binky Nelson Unpacified
2015
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
Minions
2015
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)
2015
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
Need for Speed
2014
RoboCop
2014
Clear History
2013
Penthouse North
2013
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013
Hawaiian Vacation
2011
The Other Guys
2010
Toy Story 3
2010
Ken's Dating Tips: #24 Know Yourself, Be Yourself
2010
Ken's Dating Tips: #48 Communication is Key
2010
Ken's Dating Tips: #31 Play Hard to Get
2010
Groovin' with Ken
2010
Post Grad
2009
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
2008
The Merry Gentleman
2008
Tenacious D: Time Fixers
2006
The Last Time
2006
Cars
2006
Game 6
2006
Herbie Fully Loaded
2005
White Noise
2005
First Daughter
2004
Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor
2004
Quicksand
2003
Live from Baghdad
2002
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
2002
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
A Shot at Glory
2000
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
1999
Jack Frost
1998
Out of Sight
1998
Desperate Measures
1998
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
1998
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
1998
Jackie Brown
1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
Inventing the Abbotts
1997
Multiplicity
1996
Speechless
1994
The Paper
1994
My Life
1993
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
Earth and the American Dream
1992
Batman Returns
1992
Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
1992
One Good Cop
1991
Pacific Heights
1990
The Earth Day Special
1990
Batman
1989
The Dream Team
1989
Clean and Sober
1988
Beetlejuice
1988
She's Having a Baby
1988
The Squeeze
1987
Touch and Go
1986
Gung Ho
1986
Johnny Dangerously
1984
Mr. Mom
1983
Night Shift
1982
Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary
1982
Rabbit Test
1978
A Different Approach
1978
Ken's Dating Tips
TV Shows (40)
The American Revolution
2025
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
2025
Superpowered: The DC Story
2023
Dopesick
2021
The Comedy Store
2020
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
Norm Macdonald Has a Show
2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Documentary Now!
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Inside Comedy
2012
Buccaneers & Bones
2010
The Company
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
30 Rock
2006
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
King of the Hill
1997
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Frasier
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Simpsons
1989
The Simpsons
1989
Working Stiffs
1979
The Tony Randall Show
1976
All's Fair
1976
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
60 Minutes
1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Oscars
1953
Golden Globe Awards
1944