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Michael John Douglas, known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American film actor, actor, singer, and film director. Born on September 5, 1951, in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, he is a citizen of the United States with ancestral roots in Germany. He attended Kent State University and began his professional work period in 1975. Keaton has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
His personal life includes a marriage to Caroline McWilliams and an unmarried partnership with Courteney Cox. He resides in Big Timber and speaks English. While primarily recognized for his acting career, he also performs as a singer using his voice as an instrument. The subject has been referenced by 1,205 other encyclopedia articles.
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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…
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- The Whisper Man — Francis 'Frank' Carter2026
- Clemente — Self2025
- Sweetwater — Robert Rogers2025
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- 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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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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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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