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Actor: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Quirky, inventive and handsome American actor Michael Keaton first achieved major fame with his door-busting performance as fast-talking ideas man Bill Blazejowski, alongside a nerdish morgue attendant (Henry Winkler), in Night Shift (1982).
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- Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA
A list of 46 titles featuring Michael Keaton as an actor, from Rabbit Test (1978) to Spotlight (2015). See ratings, genres, directors, co-stars, and box office results for each film.
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Keaton was born Michael John Douglas on September 5, 1951 in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, to Leona Elizabeth (Loftus), a homemaker, and George A. Douglas, a civil engineer and surveyor. He is of Irish, as well as English, Scottish, and German, descent. Michael studied speech for two years at Kent State, before dropping out and moving to Pittsburgh. An...
He left Pittsburgh and moved to Los Angeles to begin auditioning for TV. He began cropping up in popular TV shows including Maude (1972) and The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979). Around this time, Keaton decided to use an alternative surname to remove confusion with better-known actor Michael Douglas. After reading an article on actress Diane Keaton, h...
Keaton's career was given another major boost when he was again cast by Tim Burton, this time as the title comic book superhero, millionaire playboy / crime-fighter Bruce Wayne, in Batman (1989). Burton cast him because he thought that Keaton was the only actor who could portray someone who has the kind of darkly obsessive personality that the char...
In the 2000s, Keaton appeared in several productions with mixed success, including Live from Baghdad (2002), First Daughter (2004), and Herbie Fully Loaded (2005). He also provided voices for characters in the animated films Cars (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Minions (2015). He returned to major film roles in the 2010s, co-starring in The Other G...
- September 5, 1951
Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor. He is known for his leading roles in a wide variety of genre films. He has won numerous accolades , including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards , in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award .
- A Tribute to Michael Keaton: Recounting the SAG Award Winning Actor's Iconic Roles (2022) ... Self Self - A Tribute to Tim Burton: Champion of the Outsiders (2021) ...
Satellite Awards. 2022 Nominee Satellite Award. Best Actor in a Miniseries, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. Dopesick. 2016 Nominee Satellite Award. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Spotlight. 2015 Winner Satellite Award. Best Actor in a Motion Picture.
Director Tim Burton Stars Alec Baldwin Geena Davis Michael Keaton. 3. The Dream Team. 1989 1h 53m PG-13. 6.5 (16K) Rate. 54 Metascore. Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperon, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and ...
