Michael Keaton
Acting • Born 1951-09-05
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
139 credits
Jackie Brown
Movie • 1997
Ray Nicolette
Batman
Movie • 1989
Bruce Wayne / Batman
Batman Returns
Movie • 1992
Bruce Wayne / Batman
Cars
Movie • 2006
Chick Hicks (voice)
Toy Story 3
Movie • 2010
Ken (voice)
Beetlejuice
Movie • 1988
Betelgeuse
Pacific Heights
Movie • 1990
Carter Hayes / James Danforth
Groovin' with Ken
Movie • 2010
Ken (voice)
Goodrich
Movie • 2024
Andy
The Merry Gentleman
Movie • 2008
Frank Logan
Herbie Fully Loaded
Movie • 2005
Ray Peyton Sr.
White Noise
Movie • 2005
Jonathan Rivers
Much Ado About Nothing
Movie • 1993
Dogberry
Desperate Measures
Movie • 1998
Peter McCabe
Ken's Dating Tips: #48 Communication is Key
Movie • 2010
Ken (voice)
Ken's Dating Tips: #31 Play Hard to Get
Movie • 2010
Ken (voice)
Ken's Dating Tips: #24 Know Yourself, Be Yourself
Movie • 2010
Ken (voice)
Post Grad
Movie • 2009
Walter Malby
The Paper
Movie • 1994
Henry Hackett
Jack Frost
Movie • 1998
Jack Frost
Multiplicity
Movie • 1996
Doug Kinney
The Other Guys
Movie • 2010
Captain Gene Mauch
Mr. Mom
Movie • 1983
Jack
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Movie • 2024
Beetlejuice
The Last Time
Movie • 2006
Ted
Gung Ho
Movie • 1986
Hunt Stevenson
Live from Baghdad
Movie • 2002
Robert Wiener
First Daughter
Movie • 2004
President Mackenzie
Clean and Sober
Movie • 1988
Daryl Poynter
My Life
Movie • 1993
Bob Jones
The Dream Team
Movie • 1989
Billy Caufield
Night Shift
Movie • 1982
Bill Blazejowski
Speechless
Movie • 1994
Kevin
Johnny Dangerously
Movie • 1984
Johnny Dangerously
Out of Sight
Movie • 1998
Ray Nicolette (uncredited)
Quicksand
Movie • 2003
Martin Raikes
Game 6
Movie • 2006
Nicky Rogan
One Good Cop
Movie • 1991
Artie Lewis
Touch and Go
Movie • 1986
Bobby Barbato
Hawaiian Vacation
Movie • 2011
Ken (voice)
RoboCop
Movie • 2014
Raymond Sellars
The Squeeze
Movie • 1987
Harry Berg
Clear History
Movie • 2013
Joe Stumpo
Need for Speed
Movie • 2014
Monarch
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Movie • 2014
Riggan
Knox Goes Away
Movie • 2024
John Knox
Penthouse North
Movie • 2013
Robert Hollader
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Different Approach
Movie • 1978
Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute
Movie • 2022
Self
Spotlight
Movie • 2015
Walter 'Robby' Robinson
An Evening with Lucia Micarelli
Movie • 2018
Self - Host
Wings Over Water
Movie • 2022
Narrator
Minions & More 2
Movie • 2022
Walter Nelson (voice)
Minions
Movie • 2015
Walter Nelson (voice)
The Founder
Movie • 2016
Ray Kroc
Imagine Agents
Movie
Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
Movie • 1992
Self
Binky Nelson Unpacified
Movie • 2015
Walter Nelson (voice)
Clemente
Movie • 2025
Self
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Movie • 2017
Adrian Toomes / Vulture
The Earth Day Special
Movie • 1990
Charles McIntyre
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
Movie • 1999
Joey (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary
Movie • 1982
Self
American Assassin
Movie • 2017
Stan Hurley
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Movie • 2015
Self - Audition Tape (archive footage)
A Shot at Glory
Movie • 2000
Peter Cameron
Rabbit Test
Movie • 1978
Sailor
She's Having a Baby
Movie • 1988
Michael Keaton (uncredited)
Dumbo
Movie • 2019
V. A. Vandevere
Inventing the Abbotts
Movie • 1997
Narrator (uncredited)
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Movie • 2013
Self
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
Movie • 2018
Self - Host
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
Movie • 2002
Self
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)
Movie • 2015
Self
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Movie • 2001
Batman (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
Movie • 1997
Self
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
Movie • 1998
Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Blockbuster")
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Movie • 2020
Ramsey Clark
The Protégé
Movie • 2021
Michael Rembrandt
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
Movie • 1998
Self
Worth
Movie • 2021
Kenneth Feinberg
Morbius
Movie • 2022
Adrian Toomes
Earth and the American Dream
Movie • 1992
Reader (voice)
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Movie • 2001
Self
Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor
Movie • 2004
Himself
The Flash
Movie • 2023
Bruce Wayne / Batman
Tenacious D: Time Fixers
Movie • 2006
The Professor
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Movie • 2000
Self
A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming
Movie • 2017
Self
Rabbit Ears - Mose the Fireman
Movie • 1991
Narrator (voice)
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
Movie • 2008
Self
The Whisper Man
Movie
Francis 'Frank' Carter
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Movie • 2024
Self
Ken's Dating Tips
Movie
Ken
Sweetwater
Movie • 2025
Robert Rogers
Beetlejuice 3
Movie
Beetlejuice
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Jack Crowley (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
TV • 1979
Frasier
TV • 1993
Blaine Sternin
All's Fair
TV • 1976
Lanny Wolf
The Company
TV • 2007
James Jesus Angleton
The Comedy Store
TV • 2020
Self
The Tony Randall Show
TV • 1976
Zeke
Working Stiffs
TV • 1979
Report to Murphy
TV • 1982
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Basketball: A Love Story
TV • 2018
Self (archive footage)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
30 Rock
TV • 2006
Tom
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest
Na siehste!
TV • 1987
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Buccaneers & Bones
TV • 2010
Host
Documentary Now!
TV • 2015
Bill Doss
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV • 2014
Richard Sackler
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Trip Larsen (voice)
Inside Comedy
TV • 2012
Self
Dopesick
TV • 2021
Samuel Finnix
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Norm Macdonald Has a Show
TV • 2018
Self - Guest
60 Minutes
TV • 1968
Self
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
TV • 2025
Self - Actor and Filmmaker
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Superpowered: The DC Story
TV • 2023
Self (archive footage)
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Hal Julian (voice)
The American Revolution
TV • 2025
Benedict Arnold (voice)
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
TV • 2025
Self
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
TV • 1976
The Robber
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self