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.

Known For

The Simpsons

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Graham Norton Show

All Movies (96)

The Whisper Man2026 · as Francis 'Frank' Carter
Sweetwater2025 · as Robert Rogers
Clemente2025 · as Self
Goodrich2024 · as Andy
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice2024 · as Beetlejuice
Tim Burton: Life in the Line2024 · as Self
Knox Goes Away2024 · as John Knox
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide2023 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Flash2023 · as Bruce Wayne / Batman
Minions & More 22022 · as Walter Nelson (voice)
Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute2022 · as Self
Morbius2022 · as Adrian Toomes
Wings Over Water2022 · as Narrator
The Protégé2021 · as Michael Rembrandt
Worth2021 · as Kenneth Feinberg
The Trial of the Chicago 72020 · as Ramsey Clark
Dumbo2019 · as V. A. Vandevere
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like2018 · as Self - Host
An Evening with Lucia Micarelli2018 · as Self - Host
American Assassin2017 · as Stan Hurley
Spider-Man: Homecoming2017 · as Adrian Toomes / Vulture
A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming2017 · as Self
The Founder2016 · as Ray Kroc
Spotlight2015 · as Walter 'Robby' Robinson
Binky Nelson Unpacified2015 · as Walter Nelson (voice)
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration2015 · as Self - Audition Tape (archive footage)
Minions2015 · as Walter Nelson (voice)
Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)2015 · as Self
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)2014 · as Riggan
Need for Speed2014 · as Monarch
RoboCop2014 · as Raymond Sellars
Clear History2013 · as Joe Stumpo
Penthouse North2013 · as Hollader
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot2013 · as Self
Hawaiian Vacation2011 · as Ken (voice)
The Other Guys2010 · as Captain Gene Mauch
Toy Story 32010 · as Ken (voice)
Ken's Dating Tips: #24 Know Yourself, Be Yourself2010 · as Ken (voice)
Ken's Dating Tips: #48 Communication is Key2010 · as Ken (voice)
Ken's Dating Tips: #31 Play Hard to Get2010 · as Ken (voice)
Groovin' with Ken2010 · as Ken (voice)
Post Grad2009 · as Walter Malby
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight2008 · as Self
The Merry Gentleman2008 · as Frank Logan
Tenacious D: Time Fixers2006 · as The Professor
The Last Time2006 · as Ted
Cars2006 · as Chick Hicks (voice)
Game 62006 · as Nicky Rogan
Herbie Fully Loaded2005 · as Ray Peyton Sr.
White Noise2005 · as Jonathan Rivers
First Daughter2004 · as President Mackenzie
Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor2004 · as Himself
Quicksand2003 · as Martin Raikes
Live from Baghdad2002 · as Robert Wiener
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down2002 · as Self
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes2001 · as Batman (archive footage)
America | A Tribute to Heroes2001 · as Self
A Shot at Glory2000 · as Peter Cameron
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints2000 · as Self
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler1999 · as Joey (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Frost1998 · as Jack Frost
Out of Sight1998 · as Ray Nicolette (uncredited)
Desperate Measures1998 · as Peter McCabe
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory1998 · as Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Blockbuster")
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley1998 · as Self
Jackie Brown1997 · as Ray Nicolette
Frank Capra's American Dream1997 · as Self
Inventing the Abbotts1997 · as Narrator (uncredited)
Multiplicity1996 · as Doug Kinney
Speechless1994 · as Kevin
The Paper1994 · as Henry Hackett
My Life1993 · as Bob Jones
Much Ado About Nothing1993 · as Dogberry
Earth and the American Dream1992 · as Reader (voice)
Batman Returns1992 · as Bruce Wayne / Batman
Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin1992 · as Self
Rabbit Ears - Mose the Fireman1991 · as Narrator (voice)
One Good Cop1991 · as Artie Lewis
Pacific Heights1990 · as Carter Hayes / James Danforth
The Earth Day Special1990 · as Charles McIntyre
Batman1989 · as Bruce Wayne / Batman
The Dream Team1989 · as Billy Caufield
Clean and Sober1988 · as Daryl Poynter
Beetlejuice1988 · as Betelgeuse
She's Having a Baby1988 · as Michael Keaton (uncredited)
The Squeeze1987 · as Harry Berg
Touch and Go1986 · as Bobby Barbato
Gung Ho1986 · as Hunt Stevenson
Johnny Dangerously1984 · as Johnny Dangerously
Mr. Mom1983 · as Jack
Night Shift1982 · as Bill Blazejowski
Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary1982 · as Self
Rabbit Test1978 · as Sailor
A Different Approach1978
Imagine Agents—
Ken's Dating Tips— · as Ken

All TV Shows (43)

The American Revolution2025 · as Benedict Arnold (voice)
Tim Burton: Life in the Line2025 · as Self
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney2025 · as Self - Actor and Filmmaker
Superpowered: The DC Story2023 · as Self (archive footage)
Dopesick2021 · as Samuel Finnix
The Comedy Store2020 · as Self
Basketball: A Love Story2018 · as Self (archive footage)
Norm Macdonald Has a Show2018 · as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
Documentary Now!2015 · as Bill Doss
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver2014 · as Richard Sackler
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
Inside Comedy2012 · as Self
Buccaneers & Bones2010 · as Host
The Company2007 · as James Jesus Angleton
The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
30 Rock2006 · as Tom
The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
King of the Hill1997 · as Trip Larsen (voice)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
Frasier1993 · as Blaine Sternin
Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
The Simpsons1989 · as Jack Crowley (voice)
The Simpsons1989 · as Hal Julian (voice)
Na siehste!1987 · as Self
Report to Murphy1982
Working Stiffs1979
The Mary Tyler Moore Hour1979
The Tony Randall Show1976 · as Zeke
All's Fair1976 · as Lanny Wolf
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman1976 · as The Robber
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
60 Minutes1968 · as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
The Oscars1953 · as Self
Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter