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American actor

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Michael Keaton is an American actor known for his work in film and television. He is best recognized for iconic roles including Batman in Tim Burton's Batman films and his performances in movies like "Beetlejuice" and "Birdman."

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Person · Open Library

Born
1951-09-05
Works
1

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  • Mose the Fireman

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Film & TV

Acting · Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA

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…

Known for

  • The Whisper Man — Francis 'Frank' Carter2026
  • Clemente — Self2025
  • Sweetwater — Robert Rogers2025
  • Everybody's Live with John Mulaney — Self - Actor and Filmmaker2025
  • The American Revolution — Benedict Arnold (voice)2025
  • Tim Burton: Life in the Line — Self2025
  • Goodrich — Andy2024
  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice — Beetlejuice2024
  • Knox Goes Away — John Knox2024
  • Tim Burton: Life in the Line — Self2024

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1951
drum and bass

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Listeners
10,589
Total plays
109,989

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While it’s entirely accurate to describe the music of Detroit legend Michael Katon as ‘blues’, it also fails to do justice to the power, intensity and raw Motor City attitude that Katon commands with every note and chord. Ever since he first started playing around the bars and clubs of Detroit at the tender age of fifteen, Katon has infused the traditional blues sound with his own Michigan ‘tude, and is today considered one of the world’s finest exponents of blues rock. <a href="https://www.last

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Quotes

  • I'm gonna do four or five of these movies, and it's going to become my career. I'll have to keep expanding the bat suit, because I get fatter every year. I'll be bankrupt. I'll be out opening shopping malls, going from appearance to appearance in a cheesy van.
  • I probably could've done this earlier, if I was more ambitious.
  • I'll always stand by the first Batman. Even for its imperfections, people will never know how hard that movie was to do. A lot of that still holds up.
  • From an art perspective, I don't know how you get better than Beetlejuice. In terms of originality and a look, it's 100% unique.
  • Frankly, it's all set up now so that you're weirdly kind of safe. Once you get in those suits, they really know what to do with you. It was hard then; it ain't that hard now. Entertainment Weekly (2014)

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1951-09-05
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1975-00-00
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Michael Keaton Douglas
name in native language
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Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. In 2016, Keaton received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was named Officer of 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 titular superhero in Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992). Other notable roles include Clean and Sober (1988), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), The Paper (1994), Multiplicity (1996), Jackie Brown (1997), Jack Frost (1998), First Daughter (2004), Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), The Other Guys (2010), and Dumbo (2019). He also voiced roles in Cars (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Minions (2015).

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