Michael Keaton
American actor (born 1951) · United States · Actors
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Something wrong?He wore the cape before superhero films were a religion, then walked away from it - and came back decades later to play a washed-up actor in a bird suit, which nearly won him an Oscar.
A life in dates
The Whisper ManFilm28 August 2026, Frank Carter2023
The FlashFilm, Bruce Wayne / Batman2021
DopesickSeries, Producer
The ProtégéFilm, 2021Michael Rembrandt2019
DumboFilm, V. A. Vandevere2016Officer of Arts and LettersAward
The FounderFilm, 2016Ray Kroc2015
Documentary Now!Series, Bill Doss2014Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best ActorAward
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Film, 2014Riggan2011“From an art perspective, I don't know how you get better than Beetlejuice. In terms of originality and a look, it's 100% unique.”In their wordsThe Times (2011).
Hawaiian VacationFilm, 2011Ken (voice)2008“I probably could've done this earlier, if I was more ambitious.”In their wordsThe New York Times (2008).“I'll always stand by the first Batman. Even for its imperfections, people will never know how hard that movie was to do. A lot of that still holds up.”In their wordsMTV (2008).2007
The Graham Norton ShowSeries2006
CarsFilm, Chick Hicks (voice)2004
First DaughterFilm, President Mackenzie2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series1998
Desperate MeasuresFilm, Peter McCabe1996
MultiplicityFilm, Doug Kinney1993
FrasierSeries, Blaine Sternin
Much Ado About NothingFilm, 1993Dogberry1990
Pacific HeightsFilm, Carter Hayes1989“I'm gonna do four or five of these movies, and it's going to become my career. I'll have to keep expanding the bat suit, because I get fatter every year. I'll be bankrupt.”In their words29 June 1989Reported in Bill Zehme, "Michael Keaton's Batman", Rolling Stone (June 29, 1989).
The SimpsonsSeries, 1989Jack Crowley (voice)1988
BeetlejuiceFilm, Betelgeuse1975
Saturday Night LiveSeries1968
60 MinutesSeries1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1951Born5 September 1951Also in Deutsch
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In their own words 5
, From an art perspective, I don't know how you get better than Beetlejuice. In terms of originality and a look, it's 100% unique.
I probably could've done this earlier, if I was more ambitious.
I'll always stand by the first Batman. Even for its imperfections, people will never know how hard that movie was to do. A lot of that still holds up.
Filmography 40
TMThe Whisper Man
BBBeetlejuice Beetlejuice
KAKnox Goes AwayTFThe Flash
MOMorbius
MMMinions & More 2TPThe Protégé
WOWorth
TCThe Trial of the Chicago 7DUDumbo
SHSpider-Man: Homecoming
AAAmerican AssassinTFThe Founder
MIMinions
SPSpotlightBIBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
NSNeed for Speed
RORoboCop
CHClear HistoryHVHawaiian Vacation
TSToy Story 3
TGThe Other Guys
PGPost GradCACars
HLHerbie Fully Loaded
WNWhite NoiseFDFirst Daughter
BSBody Shots
OSOut of Sight
JFJack FrostDMDesperate Measures
JBJackie Brown
IAInventing the AbbottsMUMultiplicity
TPThe PaperMNMuch Ado About Nothing
BRBatman ReturnsPHPacific Heights
BABatmanBEBeetlejuice158 credits on file
Television 24
DODopesick
BSBasketball: A Love Story
TCThe Late Show with Stephen ColbertDNDocumentary Now!
TFThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
LMLate Night with Seth Meyers
LOLast Week Tonight with John Oliver
VAVariety Studio: Actors on ActorsTSThe Graham Norton Show
RO30 RockJLJimmy Kimmel Live!
TSThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
KHKing of the HillFRFrasier
LBLate Night with Conan O'BrienTSThe Simpsons
MHMary Hartman, Mary HartmanSLSaturday Night LiveMI60 Minutes
TCThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTSThe Mike Douglas Show
TOThe Oscars
GAGolden Globe AwardsAwards
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Michael John Douglas adopted the stage name Keaton and spent the early eighties in broad comedies like Night Shift and Mr. Mom before Tim Burton cast him as Batman in 1989, a choice that drew ridicule until the film opened. He returned for Batman Returns in 1992, then left the franchise and drifted through the nineties in supporting turns and voice work. Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman in 2014 reframed his entire arc: playing a faded superhero actor clawing for legitimacy, Keaton earned his first Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe. Since then he's moved through prestige ensemble pieces like Spotlight and The Trial of the Chicago 7, played the Vulture in Spider-Man: Homecoming, and returned as both Batman and Beetlejuice in recent sequels. His turn as a drug-addicted doctor in Hulu's Dopesick won him an Emmy in 2021.
In common with Michael
Hamish LinklaterAround the same time: The Whisper Man released
Owen TeagueAround the same time: The Whisper Man released
Robert De NiroAround the same time: The Whisper Man released
John Carroll LynchAround the same time: The Whisper Man released
Michelle MonaghanAround the same time: The Whisper Man released
Dylan O'BrienAlso in American Assassin (2017)Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.