Michael Keaton

Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the title character in Tim Burton's Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992).

Michael Keaton
Keaton in 2014
Born	Michael John Douglas September 5, 1951 Kennedy Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	Kent State University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–present
Spouse(s)	Caroline McWilliams ​ ​ (m. 1982; div. 1990)​
Partner(s)	Courteney Cox (1989–1995)
Children	Sean Douglas

Since then, he has appeared in a variety of films ranging from dramas, romances, thriller, action, and comedy films, such as Beetlejuice (1988), Clean and Sober (1988), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), My Life (1993), The Paper (1994), Multiplicity (1996), Jackie Brown (1997), Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), The Other Guys (2010), Spotlight (2015), The Founder (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), and The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020). He has also provided voices for characters in animated films such as Porco Rosso (1992), Cars (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Minions (2015).

In 2014, Keaton garnered critical acclaim for his performance in the black comedy film Birdman, winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He previously received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance in Live from Baghdad (2002) and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for The Company (2007). Keaton was awarded a Career Achievement Award from the Hollywood Film Festival.[1]

On January 18, 2016, he was named Officer of Order of Arts and Letters in France.[2] He is also a visiting scholar at Carnegie Mellon University.[3]

Early life

Michael John Douglas, the youngest of seven children, was born at Ohio Valley Hospital in Kennedy Township, Pennsylvania,[4] on September 5, 1951.[5] He was raised between McKees Rocks,[6] Coraopolis and Robinson Township, Pennsylvania.[7][8] His father, George A. Douglas, worked as a civil engineer and surveyor, and his mother, Leona Elizabeth (née Loftus), a homemaker, came from McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania.[5][9] Keaton was raised in a Catholic family,[10] and is of half Irish descent through his mother.[10][11][12] His father was of English, German, Scottish and Scotch-Irish ancestry, and was originally from a Protestant family.[13][14][15] Keaton attended Montour High School in Robinson Township, Pennsylvania,[16] and studied speech for two years at Kent State University, where he appeared in plays, and returned to Pennsylvania to pursue his career.[17]

Career

1975–1982: Early work

Michael Keaton in at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International

Keaton first appeared on TV in the Pittsburgh public television programs Where the Heart Is and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1975). For Mister Rogers he played one of the "Flying Zookeeni Brothers"[18] and served as a full-time production assistant.[19] (In 2004, after Fred Rogers' death, Keaton hosted a PBS memorial tribute, Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor.) Keaton also worked as an actor in Pittsburgh theatre; he played the role of Rick in the Pittsburgh premiere of David Rabe's Sticks and Bones with the Pittsburgh Poor Players.[20] He also performed stand-up comedy during his early years in order to supplement his income.[21]

Keaton left Pittsburgh and moved to Los Angeles to begin auditioning for various TV parts. He popped up in various popular TV shows including Maude and The Mary Tyler Moore Hour. He decided to use a stage name to satisfy SAG rules, as there was already an actor (Michael Douglas) and daytime host (Mike Douglas) with the same or similar names. In response to questions as to whether he selected his new surname due to an attraction to actress Diane Keaton, or in homage to silent film actor Buster Keaton, he has responded by saying "it had nothing to do with that."[22][23] Keaton has said in several interviews that he searched a phone book under "K," saw "Keaton" and decided to stop looking.[24] Keaton's film debut came in a small non-speaking role in the Joan Rivers film Rabbit Test.

His next big break was working alongside Jim Belushi in the short-lived comedy series Working Stiffs, which showcased his comedic talent and led to a co-starring role in the comedy Night Shift directed by Ron Howard. This was his breakout role as the fast-talking schemer Bill "Blaze" Blazejowski earned Keaton some critical acclaim.

1983–1988: Stardom as a comic lead

Night Shift led to Keaton becoming a leading man in the landmark comedy hit Mr. Mom, which was met with universal acclaim. Keaton was pigeonholed as a comic lead during this time with films like Johnny Dangerously, Gung Ho, The Squeeze, The Dream Team, though Keaton tried to transition to dramatic leads as early as 1984, playing a hockey player in Touch and Go, which was shelved until 1986. Woody Allen cast Keaton as the lead in The Purple Rose of Cairo the following year, but after filming began Allen felt Keaton was "too modern" and reshot his scenes with Jeff Daniels in the final film, further delaying his transition to drama in the public eye. When Touch and Go was finally released in 1986 the studio was still unsure of how to market the film, making the poster similar to Mr. Mom, which resulted in failure at the box office.

1988 was the seminal year in Keaton's career where landed two major unconventional roles, forever changing his image to audiences. He played the title character in Tim Burton's horror-comedy Beetlejuice, earning Keaton widespread acclaim and boosting him to Hollywood's A list. That same year, he also gave an acclaimed dramatic performance as a drug-addicted realtor in Glenn Gordon Caron's Clean and Sober.

1989–1999: International fame

Keaton's career was given another major boost when he was again cast by Tim Burton, this time as the title comic book superhero of 1989's Batman.[25][26] Warner Bros. received thousands of letters of complaint by fans who believed Keaton was the wrong choice to portray Batman.[27] However, Keaton's performance in the role ultimately earned widespread acclaim from both critics and audiences,[28] and Batman became one of the most successful films of 1989.[29]

According to Les Daniels's reference book Batman: The Complete History, Keaton was not surprised when he was first considered as Batman as he initially believed the film would be similar to the 1960s television series starring Adam West. It was only after he was introduced to Frank Miller's comic book miniseries, The Dark Knight Returns, that Keaton really understood the dark and brooding side of Batman that he portrayed to much fan approval.[30] Keaton later reprised the role for the sequel Batman Returns (1992), which was another critically acclaimed success.[31] He was initially set to reprise the role again for a third Batman film, even going as far as to show up for costume fitting. However, when Burton was dropped as director of the film, Keaton left the franchise as well. He was reportedly dissatisfied with the screenplay approved by the new director, Joel Schumacher. According to the A&E Biography episode on Keaton, after he had refused the first time (after meetings with Schumacher), Warner Bros. offered him $15 million, but Keaton steadfastly refused and was replaced by Val Kilmer in Batman Forever (1995).[32]

Keaton remained active during the 1990s, appearing in a wide range of films, including Pacific Heights, One Good Cop, My Life and the star-studded Shakespearean story Much Ado About Nothing. He starred in The Paper and Multiplicity, and twice in the same role, that of Elmore Leonard character Agent Ray Nicolette, in the films Jackie Brown and Out of Sight. He made the family holiday movie Jack Frost and the thriller Desperate Measures. Keaton starred as a political candidate's speechwriter in 1994's Speechless.

2000–2014: Later work

Keaton attending the 2002 Cannes Film Festival

In the early 2000s, Keaton appeared in several films with mixed success, including Live From Baghdad (for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe award), First Daughter (playing the President of the United States), White Noise and Herbie: Fully Loaded. While he continued to receive good notices from the critics (particularly for Jackie Brown), he was not able to re-approach the box-office success of Batman until the release of Disney/Pixar's Cars (2006), in which he voiced Chick Hicks. On New Year's Day of 2004, he hosted the PBS TV special Mr. Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor. It was released by Triumph Marketing LLC on DVD September 28, 2004. In 2006, he starred in Game 6, about the 1986 World Series bid by the Boston Red Sox. He had a cameo in the Tenacious D short film Time Fixers, an iTunes exclusive. The 9-minute film was released to coincide with Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. Keaton reportedly was cast as Jack Shephard in the series Lost, with the understanding that the role of Jack would be a brief one. Once the role was retooled to be a long-running series regular, Keaton withdrew. The part was then given to actor Matthew Fox. The show ran for six seasons, with the Shephard role continuing throughout.[33]

Keaton at the 2004 Dallas Comic Con promoting White Noise.

Keaton starred in the 2007 TV miniseries The Company, set during the Cold War, in which he portrayed the real-life CIA counterintelligence chief James Jesus Angleton. The role garnered Keaton a 2008 Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries.[34] Keaton provided the voice of Ken in Toy Story 3 (2010). The film received overwhelmingly positive acclaim and grossed over $1 billion worldwide, making it one of the most financially successful films ever.[35] He announced in June 2010 his interest in returning for a Beetlejuice sequel.[36] He played Captain Gene Mauch in the comedy The Other Guys. In 2014 he played the OmniCorp CEO Raymond Sellars in the RoboCop remake as a more active antagonist, taking Robocop's wife and child hostage making Joel Kinnaman's character struggle to overcome the 4th directive.

2014–present: Career resurgence

Keaton starred alongside Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, and Naomi Watts in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), playing Riggan Thomson, a screen actor, famous for playing the iconic titular superhero, who puts on a Broadway play based on a Raymond Carver short story to regain his former glory.[37] He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his portrayal of Thomson and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.[38] In 2015, Keaton appeared as Walter V. Robinson in Tom McCarthy's Academy-Award-winning film Spotlight, and in 2016, he starred as businessman Ray Kroc in the biopic The Founder. On July 28, 2016, Keaton was honored with the 2,585th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to film. The star is located at 6931 Hollywood, Blvd.[39]

In 2017, Keaton played the supervillain The Vulture in Spider-Man: Homecoming; while making this film, Keaton was unable to reprise his role as Chick Hicks for Disney/Pixar's Cars 3 and was replaced by Bob Peterson. Keaton later portrayed Stan Hurley in American Assassin.[40][41] In 2019, he played the villain in Disney's live-action adaptation of Dumbo directed by Tim Burton, co-starring with Colin Farrell and Eva Green.[42]

Upcoming

It has been reported that Keaton will star in Goodrich, a film about a man whose second wife suddenly leaves him, forcing him to take sole care of their nine-year-old twins. Directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer, filming was set to commence on October 1, 2019.[43][44] He will also appear in the film Morbius, scheduled to be released on January 21, 2022.[45][46] On June 2020, Keaton entered talks to reprise his role as Batman/Bruce Wayne in the DC Extended Universe's upcoming superhero film, The Flash, which is scheduled to be released in June 2022, after last playing the role in 1992.[47] In August 2020 it was reported that Keaton will be reprising his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman.[48][49]

Personal life

Keaton was married to Caroline McWilliams from 1982 to 1990. They had one son, Sean, in 1983. He had a relationship with actress Courteney Cox from 1989 to 1995. Keaton, a longtime Pittsburgh resident and fan of its sports teams, negotiated a break in his Batman movie contract in case the Pittsburgh Pirates made the playoffs that year, although they ultimately did not. He also wrote an ESPN blog on the Pirates during the final months of their 2013 season.[50]

In the 1980s, Keaton bought a ranch near Big Timber, Montana, where he spends much of his time.[51] An avid fisherman, he is often seen on the saltwater fishing series Buccaneers & Bones on Outdoor Channel, along with Tom Brokaw, Zach Gilford, Thomas McGuane and Yvon Chouinard, among others.[52]

Keaton endorsed Hillary Clinton for President in the 2016 U.S. presidential election,[53] and Joe Biden in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.[54]

In 2019, he appeared in a PETA ad campaign, asking tourists not to visit operations that exploit animals, such as roadside zoos which sometimes offer the opportunity to get selfies with wild animals.[55]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Rabbit Test	Sailor
	A Different Approach	Filmmaker	Short film
1982	Night Shift	Bill Blazejowski
1983	Mr. Mom	Jack Butler
1984	Johnny Dangerously	Johnny Kelly / Johnny Dangerously
1986	Gung Ho	Hunt Stevenson
	Touch and Go	Robert "Bobby" Barbato
1987	The Squeeze	Harold "Harry" Berg
1988	She's Having a Baby	Himself	Uncredited cameo
	Beetlejuice	Betelgeuse
	Clean and Sober	Daryl Poynter
1989	The Dream Team	William "Billy" Caufield
	Batman	Bruce Wayne / Batman
1990	Pacific Heights	Carter Hayes / James Danforth
1991	One Good Cop	Arthur "Artie" Lewis
1992	Batman Returns	Bruce Wayne / Batman
1993	Much Ado About Nothing	Dogberry
	My Life	Robert "Bob" Ivanovich
1994	The Paper	Henry Hackett
	Speechless	Kevin Vallick
1996	Multiplicity	Doug Kinney
1997	Inventing the Abbotts	Narrator / Older Doug Holt	Uncredited
	Jackie Brown	Raymond "Ray" Nicolette
1998	Desperate Measures	Peter J. McCabe
	Out of Sight	Raymond "Ray" Nicolette	Uncredited
	Jack Frost	Jack Frost
1999	Body Shots	N/A	Executive Producer Only
2002	A Shot at Glory	Peter Cameron
2004	Quicksand	Martin Raikes
	First Daughter	President Mackenzie
2005	White Noise	Jonathan Rivers
	Porco Rosso	Porco Rosso	Voice Only: English Language Dub
	Herbie: Fully Loaded	Raymond "Ray" Peyton
2006	Game 6	Nicholas "Nicky" Rogan
	Cars	Chick Hicks	Voice Only
2007	The Last Time	Ted Riker	Also Executive Producer
2009	The Merry Gentleman	Franklin "Frank" Logan	Also Director
	Post Grad	Walter Malby
2010	Toy Story 3	Ken	Voice Only
	The Other Guys	Captain Gene Mauch
2011	Hawaiian Vacation	Ken	Voice Only Short Film
2012	Noah's Ark: The New Beginning	Noah	Voice Only
2013	Blindsided	Hollander	Also Executive Producer
2014	RoboCop	Raymond Sellars
	Need for Speed	Monarch
	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	Riggan Thomson
2015	Minions	Walter Nelson	Voice Only
	Spotlight	Walter "Robby" Robinson
2016	The Founder	Ray Kroc
2017	Spider-Man: Homecoming	Adrian Toomes / Vulture
	American Assassin	Stan Hurley
2019	Dumbo	V.A. Vandemere
2020	Worth	Kenneth Feinberg
	The Trial of the Chicago 7	Ramsey Clark
2021	The Asset	Rembrandt	Post-production
2022	Morbius	TBA	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	Mister Rogers' Neighborhood	Volunteer	Episode #1435
1976–1977	All's Fair	Lannie Wolf	5 episodes
1977	Klein Time	Various characters	Television film
	Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman	The Robber	Episode: "2.90"
	Maude	Chip Winston	Episode: "Arthur's Crisis"
1978	The Tony Randall Show	Zeke	2 episodes
	Mary	Various characters	3 episodes
	Family	Tree salesman	Episode: "Gifts"
1979	Working Stiffs	Mike O'Rourke	9 episodes
	The Mary Tyler Moore Hour	Kenneth Christy	11 episodes
1982	Report to Murphy	Murphy	6 episodes
	Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary[56]	Kevin	Television special
1982–2019	Saturday Night Live	Himself Julian Assange	Host; 3 episodes Episode: "Emma Stone/BTS"
1990	The Earth Day Special	Charles McIntyre	Television special
2001	The Simpsons	Jack Crowley	Voice; Episode: "Pokey Mom"
2002	Frasier	Blaine Sternin	Episode: "Wheels of Fortune"
	Live from Baghdad	Robert Wiener	Television film
2003	King of the Hill	Trip Larsen	Voice; Episode: "Pigmalion"
	Gary the Rat	Jerry Andrews	Voice; Episode: "Catch Me If You Can"
2004	Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor	Himself	Host; Television special
2007	The Company	James Angleton	3 episodes
2011	30 Rock	Tom	Episode: "100"
2013	Clear History	Joe Stumpo	Television film
2019	Documentary Now!	Bill Doss	Episode: "Batsh*t Valley"
	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Richard Sackler	Episode: "Opioids II"
2021[57]	Dopesick	Samuel Finnix[57]	Main role[57]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Cars	Chick Hicks
2009	Cars Race-O-Rama
2012	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	Jason Hudson	Replaced Ed Harris
2013	Disney Infinity	Chick Hicks
2014	Cars: Fast as Lighting

Honorary degrees

• Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Kent State University in 2018 [58]
• Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 2017[59]

Awards and nominations

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External links

• Michael Keaton at IMDb
• Michael Keaton at the TCM Movie Database