Michael Keaton (born Michael John Douglas on September 5, 1951) is an American actor.
Biography
Keaton was born in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania (near Pittsburgh), and studied speech for two years at Kent State, before dropping out and moving to Pittsburgh. An unsuccessful attempt at stand-up comedy led Keaton to working as a TV cameraman in a cable station, and he came to realize he wanted to work in front of the cameras.
Early career
Keaton left Pittsburgh and moved to Los Angeles to begin auditioning 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.
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Filmography
Night Shift (1982)
Mr. Mom (1983)
Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Gung Ho (1986)
Touch and Go (1986)
The Squeeze (1987)
She's Having a Baby (1988) (Cameo)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Clean and Sober (1988)
The Dream Team (1989)
Batman (1989)
Pacific Heights (1990)
One Good Cop (1991)
Batman Returns (1992)
Porco Rosso (1992) (voice in 2003 English dubbed version)
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
My Life (1993)
The Paper (1994)
Speechless (1994)
Multiplicity (1996)
Inventing the Abbotts (1997) (narrator)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Desperate Measures (1998)
Out of Sight (1998) (Cameo)
Jack Frost (1998)
A Shot at Glory (2000)
Quicksand (2001)
Live from Baghdad (2002)
First Daughter (2004)
White Noise (2005)
Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
Cars (2006) (Voice)
Game 6 (2006)
The Last Time (2006) (post-production)
Reaper (2007) (pre-production)
