Michael Keaton Biography

born Michael John Douglas

(1951–)

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  • 1983 Mr Mom
  • 1984 Johnny Dangerously
  • 1986 Gung Ho
  • 1986 Touch and Go
  • 1987 The Squeeze
  • 1988 Beetlejuice
  • 1988 Clean and Sober
  • 1989 The Dream Team
  • 1989 Batman
  • 1990 Pacific Heights
  • 1991 One Good Cop
  • 1992 Batman Returns
  • 1993 Much Ado About Nothing
  • 1993 My Life
  • 1994 The Paper
  • 1994 Speechless
  • 1996 Multiplicity
  • 1997 Desperate Measures
  • 1998 Jackie Brown
  • 1998 Out of Sight
  • 1998 Jack Frost
  • 2000 A Shot at Glory
  • 2001 Quicksand
  • 2004 First Daughter
  • 2006 Cars
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Actor, born on September 5, 1951 in Caraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA. The youngest of seven children born into a working class Catholic family. He studied speech for two years at Kent State before dropping out of school.

Keaton first appeared on TV in the children's series, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood as well as several popular prime time series such as Maude and The Mary Tyler Moore Hour. His breakthrough came with the comedy film Mr Mom (1983), and five years later, after Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (1988) and Clean and Sober (1988), he was named Best Actor by national film critics.

Burton cast Keaton as Bruce Wayne in the blockbuster film Batman in 1989 and Batman Returns in 1992. Other films include Pacific Heights (1990), Multiplicity (1996), Jack Frost (1998), and Cars (2006).

Keaton was married to Caroline McWilliams from 1982 until 1990. The couple has one son together, Sean Maxwell, who was born in 1983. He dated actress Courteney Cox from 1990-1995.

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