Michael Keaton

Name: Michael Keaton
Date of Birth: September 05, 1951
Place of Birth: Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA

Mini-bio: Michael Keaton (born Michael John Douglas) is an American actor best known for his roles in the films Batman, Batman Returns and Beetlejuice. Keaton left Pittsburgh and moved to Los Angeles to begin a...( read more)uditioning for various TV parts. He first appeared on TV in several episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1975), and cropped up in other popular TV shows including Maude (1977) and The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979). Around this time Keaton decided to use an alternative surname to remove confusion with well known actor Michael Douglas, and after reading an article on actress Diane Keaton, he decided on "Michael Keaton". His next key break was scoring a co-lead alongside James Belushi in the short lived comedy series Working Stiffs (1979), which showcased his comedic talent and got him into the casting for the co-lead in Night Shift (1982). His role as the hilariously fast-talking schemer Bill "Blaze" Blazejowski alongside nerdish morgue attendant Henry Winkler earned Keaton some critical acclaim, and he scored leads in the subsequent comedy hits Mr. Mom (1982) , Johnny Dangerously, and Gung Ho (1986). His role as the title character in the 1988 Tim Burton horror-comedy Beetlejuice, which starred Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, and Winona Ryder, earned Keaton widespread acclaim and boosted him to the A-list.

He remained in demand during the 1990s, appearing in a wide range of films including the star-studded Shakespearian Much Ado About Nothing (1993), another Ron Howard comedy The Paper (1994), with Andie MacDowell in Multiplicity (1996), as Elmore Leonard character Agent Ray Nicolette in Jackie Brown (1997) and Out of Sight (1998), and in the thriller Desperate Measures (1998). Since 2000, Keaton has appeared in several productions with mixed success including Live From Baghdad (2002), White Noise (2005), First Daughter (2004), and Herbie: Fully Loaded with Lindsay Lohan (2005). While he continues to receive good notices from the critics (particularly for Jackie Brown), with the exception of Cars, in which he played the part of Chick Hicks, he has not been able to approach the box-office success of the Batman series. As of 2006, he is starring in a new independent film called Game 6, a semi-thriller based around the infamous 1986 Red Sox World Series bid, and has just been announced to be the lead in Media 8 Entertainment's upcoming film Reaper, a supernatural thriller, expected for a 2007 release. He has also recently agreed to star as John Target in the Matt Evans scripted No Rule To Make Target.

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Actor, born in Caraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA. He started with Chicago's Second City improvisational group, then went to Los Angeles and appeared in a few film comedies. His breakthrough came with the film Mr Mom (1983), and five years later, after Beetlejuice (1988) and Clean and Sober (1988), he was named Best Actor by national film critics. Other films include Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Multiplicity (1996), Jack Frost (1998), and Cars (2006).

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Michael Keaton Information:

Eye Color : blue

Height : 5'10"

Nickname(s): N/A

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Education:
MONTOUR HIGH SCHOOL
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY (DROPPED OUT)

Family
FATHER: GEORGE
MOTHER: LEONA
SISTERS: DIANE, JOYCE, PAMELA
BROTHERS : GEORGE JR, PAUL,ROBERT
EX WIFE: CAROLINE MCWILLIAMS
SON: SEAN

Resides in: CALIFORNIA

Religious affiliations: ROMAN CATHOLIC

Political affiliation:DEMOCRAT

Hobbies: FLY FISHING, HORSEBACK RIDING

Charities/Causes:INTERNATIONAL MYELOMA FOUNDATION

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MovieLover57

He's A Better Beetlejuice Than A Batman.

posted 321 days ago
celfoycastillo

hi...batman.

posted 336 days ago
SkywalkerJones

I am Batman.Damn right you are.

posted 340 days ago
gih3

Beetlejuice to Batman, great work..."G"

posted 526 days ago
KaraHenderson89

He is a great actor in Batman movies!

posted 660 days ago
rachelawood

hes well sexy not as beatle juice though lol god what i wouldnt mind him doing to me.....

posted 665 days ago
Br0wn3yes

Beatlejuice, Beatlejuice, Beatlejuice is one of my favorite movies dude :-)

posted 685 days ago
EricEMAN

Hey!

posted 717 days ago
davidofrohan

Keaton was good at the time. But Bale brought a new intensity to the Batman role. I like both but on different levels.
But damn, I wish we got a second Beetlejuice movie.

posted 815 days ago
laftrick

Does anyone have the clip from the movie My life where Keaton stroms back into the doctors office and cusses him out for taking away his hope? I am working on a inspiration film for my employees and I can;t find it anywhere on the internet. I would really appreciate it and I need something that I can download onto my computer.

Thank you so much if you can help. I have to have it done by the 9th of this month and am running out of time

Many thanks from a Keaton fan

posted 819 days ago