Michael Keaton
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Simpsons
Jack Crowley (voice)
1989
Series
The Simpsons
Hal Julian (voice)
1989
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Series
Frasier
Blaine Sternin
1993
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
King of the Hill
Trip Larsen (voice)
1997
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
30 Rock
Tom
2006
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Richard Sackler
2014
Series
60 Minutes
Self
1968
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
The Robber
1976
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Film
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Adrian Toomes / Vulture
2017
Film
Toy Story 3
Ken (voice)
2010
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Film
Cars
Chick Hicks (voice)
2006
Series
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
The Flash
Bruce Wayne / Batman
2023
Film
Batman
Bruce Wayne / Batman
1989
Series
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Self - Actor and Filmmaker
2025
Film
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
2024
Series
Documentary Now!
Bill Doss
2015
Film
Beetlejuice
Betelgeuse
1988
Series
Inside Comedy
Self
2012
Series
Superpowered: The DC Story
Self (archive footage)
2023
Series
Dopesick
Samuel Finnix
2021
Film
Batman Returns
Bruce Wayne / Batman
1992
Film
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Riggan
2014
Series
The American Revolution
Benedict Arnold (voice)
2025
Series
The Tony Randall Show
Zeke
1976
Film
Minions
Walter Nelson (voice)
2015
Film
Morbius
Adrian Toomes
2022
Film
Need for Speed
Monarch
2014
Film
RoboCop
Raymond Sellars
2014
Film
The Founder
Ray Kroc
2016
Film
American Assassin
Stan Hurley
2017
Film
Herbie Fully Loaded
Ray Peyton Sr.
2005
Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Film
Dumbo
V. A. Vandevere
2019
Film
The Protégé
Michael Rembrandt
2021
Film
The Other Guys
Captain Gene Mauch
2010
Film
Spotlight
Walter 'Robby' Robinson
2015
Film
Jackie Brown
Ray Nicolette
1997
Series
The Company
James Jesus Angleton
2007
Series
Buccaneers & Bones
Host
2010
Film
Out of Sight
Ray Nicolette (uncredited)
1998
Film
Minions & More 2
Walter Nelson (voice)
2022
Film
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Ramsey Clark
2020
Film
First Daughter
President Mackenzie
2004
Film
Hawaiian Vacation
Ken (voice)
2011
Film
Night Shift
Bill Blazejowski
1982
Film
Multiplicity
Doug Kinney
1996
Film
Desperate Measures
Peter McCabe
1998
Series
All's Fair
Lanny Wolf
1976
Film
Much Ado About Nothing
Dogberry
1993
Film
Speechless
Kevin
1994
Film
Inventing the Abbotts
Narrator (uncredited)
1997
Film
Jack Frost
Jack Frost
1998
Series
The Comedy Store
Self
2020
Series
Norm Macdonald Has a Show
Self - Guest
2018
Film
Clear History
Joe Stumpo
2013
Film
Pacific Heights
Carter Hayes / James Danforth
1990
Film
The Paper
Henry Hackett
1994
Na siehste!
Self
1987
Film
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Self
2001
Film
Gung Ho
Hunt Stevenson
1986
Series
Working Stiffs
1979
The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
1979
Film
Goodrich
Andy
2024
Film
The Earth Day Special
Charles McIntyre
1990
Film
White Noise
Jonathan Rivers
2005
Film
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Batman (archive footage)
2001
Series
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Self
2025
Film
Penthouse North
Hollader
2013
Film
Knox Goes Away
John Knox
2024
Film
She's Having a Baby
Michael Keaton (uncredited)
1988
Film
Mr. Mom
Jack
1983
Film
One Good Cop
Artie Lewis
1991
Film
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
Self
1998
Film
Worth
Kenneth Feinberg
2021
Film
Post Grad
Walter Malby
2009
Film
Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute
Self
2022
Film
Rabbit Test
Sailor
1978
Film
The Dream Team
Billy Caufield
1989
Film
Johnny Dangerously
Johnny Dangerously
1984
Film
Live from Baghdad
Robert Wiener
2002
Film
My Life
Bob Jones
1993
Film
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
Self
2002
Film
Quicksand
Martin Raikes
2003
Film
The Last Time
Ted
2006
Film
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
Self
2008
Film
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
Joey (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Film
Clean and Sober
Daryl Poynter
1988
Film
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self
1997
Film
Game 6
Nicky Rogan
2006
Film
The Squeeze
Harry Berg
1987
Film
The Whisper Man
Francis 'Frank' Carter
2026
Report to Murphy
1982
Film
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
1992
Film
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Blockbuster")
1998
Film
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Self - Audition Tape (archive footage)
2015
Film
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Self
2013
Film
A Shot at Glory
Peter Cameron
2000
Film
Binky Nelson Unpacified
Walter Nelson (voice)
2015
Film
Tenacious D: Time Fixers
The Professor
2006
Film
A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming
Self
2017
Film
The Merry Gentleman
Frank Logan
2008
Film
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Self
2024
Film
A Different Approach
1978
Film
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)
Self
2015
Film
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Film
Clemente
Self
2025
Film
Groovin' with Ken
Ken (voice)
2010
Film
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Self
2000
Film
Touch and Go
Bobby Barbato
1986
Film
Ken's Dating Tips: #31 Play Hard to Get
Ken (voice)
2010
Film
Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
Self
1992
Film
Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary
Self
1982
Film
Wings Over Water
Narrator
2022
Film
Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor
Himself
2004
Film
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
Self - Host
2018
Imagine Agents
Film
Ken's Dating Tips: #24 Know Yourself, Be Yourself
Ken (voice)
2010
Film
An Evening with Lucia Micarelli
Self - Host
2018
Film
Ken's Dating Tips: #48 Communication is Key
Ken (voice)
2010
Sweetwater
Robert Rogers
2025
Rabbit Ears - Mose the Fireman
Narrator (voice)
1991
Film
Ken's Dating Tips
Ken