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Michael Keaton
said
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.
— The Times (2011).
Michael Keaton
American actor
- Fame63.2
- Momentum1.1
- United States rank#220
Source-basedStable
- Fame63.2
- Momentum1.1
- United States rank#220
- Actors rank#192
- Wikipedia192.5K
Born 1951 · age 75United States
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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.
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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…
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Michael Keaton
said
I probably could've done this earlier, if I was more ambitious.
— The New York Times (2008).
Michael Keaton
said
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.
— MTV (2008).
Michael Keaton
said
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.
— Reported in Bill Zehme, "Michael Keaton's Batman", Rolling Stone (June 29, 1989).
Michael Keaton
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Frankly, it's all set up now so that you're weirdly kind of safe. Once you get in those suits, they really know what to do with you. It was hard then; it ain't that hard now.
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- Officer of Arts and Letters
- Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
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Stable63.2
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Momentum1.1
Historical30.9
Source confidence75.0
Completeness85.0
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