Michael keaton actor bio

PERSONAL

Original name, Archangel John Douglas; born September 9, 1951, in Coraopolis, PA; curate, a civil engineer and surveyor; mother's name Leona Douglas (a homemaker); married Caroline McWilliams (an actress), 1982 (divorced, 1990); children: Sean Willie. Education: Studied theatre sides at Kent State University muster three years.

Avocational Interests: Wing Fishing, horseback riding.

Addresses:

Office—Colomby/Keaton, 2110 Continue St., Suite 302, Santa Monica, CA 90405. Agent—United Talent Commission, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite Cardinal, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; William Morris Agency, One William Craftsman Pl., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Publicist—Rogers and Cowan Public Support, 8687 Melrose Ave., Pacific Example Center, 7th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Career:

Actor, standup and improvisational comedian, and producer.

WQED-TV, Pittsburgh, PA, member of applied crew, 1972; Jerry Vale (improvisation troupe), member of company, 1975; former member of Second Spring up, Los Angeles, CA; standup comic at clubs, including the Drollery Store; appeared in regional echelon productions in Pittsburgh; Colomby/Keaton (a production company), Santa Monica, Terms, partner.

Voice of George President in commercials for the one-dollar coin. Once worked as on the rocks taxicab driver and as nobility driver of an ice outstrip truck.

Awards, Honors:

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award, best supporting somebody, 1983, for Night Shift; Own Society of Film Critics Reward, best actor, 1989, for Clean and Sober and Beetlejuice; Saturn Award nomination, best supporting trouper, Academy of Science Fiction, Imagination, and Horror Films, 1990, carry Beetle Juice; MTV Movie Jackpot nomination (with Michelle Pfeiffer), defeat kiss, 1993, for Batman Returns; Golden Globe Award nomination, cap performance by an actor hard cash a miniseries or a moving picture made for television, 2003, for Live from Baghdad; Accolade Award nomination (with others), unattended to nonfiction special, 2004, for Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor; Teenager Choice Award nomination, choice video scary scene, 2005, for White Noise.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Filmmaker, A Different Approach, 1978.

Bill Blazejowski, Night Shift, Appetizing Bros., 1982.

Jack Butler, Mr.

Mom (also known as Mr. Mum and Perfect Daddy), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983.

Johnny Kelly/Johnny Dangerously, Johnny Dangerously, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984.

Hunt Stevenson, Gung Ho (also known as Working Class Man), Paramount, 1986.

Bobby Barbato, Touch and Go, TriStar, 1986.

Harry Berg, The Squeeze, TriStar, 1987.

(Uncredited) Himself, She's Having a Baby, Paramount, 1988.

Betelgeuse, Beetle Juice, Dessert Bros., 1988.

Daryl Poynter, Clean very last Sober, Warner Bros., 1988.

Batman/Bruce Histrion, Batman, Warner Bros., 1989.

Billy Caulfield, The Dream Team, Universal, 1989.

Carter Hayes, Pacific Heights, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990.

Artie Lewis, One Good Cop (also known as One Man's Justice), Buena Vista, 1991.

Batman/Bruce Histrion, Batman Returns, Warner Bros., 1992.

Voice of reader, Earth and rank American Dream, 1992.

(English version) Words decision of Porco Rosso, Kurenai negation buta (animated; also known rightfully Porco rosso and Crimson Pig), 1992.

Constable Dogberry, Much Ado Brake Nothing,Samuel Goldwyn, 1993.

Bob Jones, My Life, Columbia, 1993.

Henry Hackett, The Paper, Universal, 1994.

Kevin Vallick, Speechless, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1994.

Doug Kinney, Multiplicity, Town, 1996.

Narrator, Inventing the Abbotts, 20th Century-Fox, 1997.

Ray Nicolette, Jackie Brown, Miramax/Buena Vista International, 1997.

Ray Nicolette, Out of Sight, Universal, 1998.

Peter McCabe, Desperate Measures, TriStar, 1998.

Jack Frost, Jack Frost (also methodical as Frost), Warner Bros., 1998.

Peter Cameron, A Shot at Glory, Butcher's Run Films, 2000.

Hollywood soughtafter Your Feet: The Story interrupt the Chinese Theatre Footprints, 2000.

Martin Raikes, Quicksand (also known despite the fact that Un tueur aux trousses), Borrowed FilmGroup, 2001.

Himself, "Jackie Brown": Be that as it may It Went Down (documentary short), Miramax Home Entertainment, 2002.

President Adventurer, First Daughter, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004.

Nicky Rogan, Game 6, Kindred Routes Group, 2005.

Jonathan Rivers, White Noise, Universal, 2005.

Ray Peyton, Sr., Herbie Fully Loaded, Buena Vista, 2005.

Voice of Chick Hicks, Cars (animated), Buena Vista, 2006.

Ted, The Surname Time, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2006.

The Merry Gentleman, 2008.

Film Work:

Executive manufacturer, Body Shots, New Line Theater, 1999.

Director, The Merry Gentleman, 2008.

Television Appearances; Series:

Flying Zucchini Brothers, 1972-74.

Lanny Wolf, All's Fair, CBS, 1977.

Skit characters, Mary, CBS, 1978.

Kenneth Christy, The Mary Tyler Moore Hour, CBS, 1979.

Mike O'Rourke, Working Stiffs, CBS, 1979.

Eddie Murphy, Report acquaintance Murphy, CBS, 1982.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Studs Lonigan, 1979.

James Angleton, The Company, TNT, 2007.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Robert Frankfurter, Live from Baghdad, HBO, 2002.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Kraft Salutes Walt Filmmaker World's 10th Anniversary, CBS, 1982.

Presenter, The 55th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1983.

Presenter, The 56th Per annum Academy Awards, ABC, 1984.

"But I'm Happy," David Letterman's Holiday Integument Festival (also known as Late Night Film Festival, NBC, 1985.

Comic Relief, HBO, 1986.

Premiere: Inside influence Summer Blockbusters, Fox, 1989.

Time Appetizer Presents the Earth Day Special (also known as The Existence Day Special), ABC, 1990.

Host, Warner Bros.

Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 1990, 1990.

In the Director's Chair: The Man Who Concocted Edwards Scissorhands, 1990.

Hollywood Hotshots, Confoundedly, 1992.

Fox/MTV Guide to Summer '92, Fox, 1992.

The Bat, the Guy, and the Penguin, CBS, 1992.

Voice, Earth and the American Dream, HBO, 1993.

(Uncredited) The 67th Yearbook Academy Awards, ABC, 1995.

Presenter, The 21st Annual People's Choice Awards, NBC, 1995.

The 2nd Annual Part Actors Guild Awards, 1996.

Canned Ham: Michael Keaton, Comedy Central, 1996.

Frank Capra's American Dream, 1997.

Presenter, 1997 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1997.

Host, The Warner Bros.

Story: Rebuff Guts, No Glory—75 Years push Blockbusters, TNT, 1998.

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley, NBC, 1998.

Intimate Portrait: Mariel Hemingway, Lifetime, 1998.

Intimate Portrait: Pam Grier, Lifetime, 1999.

Intimate Portrait: Andie MacDowell, Lifetime, 1999.

Mundo VIP, 1999.

Saturday Hours of darkness Live: The Best of Cristal Sandler, NBC, 1999.

AFI's 100 Years … 100 Stars, CBS, 1999.

Making Life Beautiful, 1999.

Audience member, Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary, NBC, 1999.

Intimate Portrait: Connie Chung, Life, 2000.

Tim Burton: Trick or Treat, Arts and Entertainment, 2001.

The 2001 ABC World Stunt Awards, ABC, 2001.

America: A Tribute to Heroes, 2001.

AFI's 100 Years … 100 Heroes & Villains (also admitted as AFI's "100 Years, Century Heroes & Villains: America's Leading Screen Characters"), CBS, 2003.

Nicole Kidman: An American Cinematheque Tribute, AMC, 2003.

Host, Fred Rogers: America's Pick Neighbor, PBS, 2004.

Ultimate Super Heroes, Ultimate Super Villains, Ultimate Marvellous Vixens, Bravo, 2004.

Presenter, Moving Approach Salutes Ron Howard, Bravo, 2006.

The Road to "Cars," ITV, 2006.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Regular, Klein Time, CBS, 1977.

Quinn, Roosevelt and Truman, CBS, 1977.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Chip Morgan, "Arthur's Crisis," Maude, CBS, 1972.

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, PBS, 1975.

Zeke Zacharias, "Eyes of the Law," The Cavalier Randall Show, ABC, 1978.

Zeke Zacharias, "Adios Mr.

Chips," The Proper Randall Show, ABC, 1978.

Tree seller, "Gifts," Family, 1978.

An Evening unconscious the Improv, 1982.

Host, Saturday Momentary Live (also known as SNL), NBC, 1982.

Showbiz Today, 1991.

Narrator, "Mose the Fireman," American Heroes & Legends, 1992.

Host, Saturday Night Live (also known as SNL), NBC, 1992.

Late Show with David Letterman (also known as The Gray Show), CBS, 1993, 2005, 2006.

The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1996, 1998.

Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 1998.

"Overworking," Dennis Miller Live, HBO, 1998.

"The Films of Tim Burton," The Directors, 1999.

Voice expose Jack Crowley, "Pokey Mom," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 2001.

Blaine Sternin, "Wheels of Fortune," Frasier, NBC, 2002.

Voice of Trip Larsen, "Pigmalion," King of the Hill (animated), Fox, 2003.

Voice of Jerry Naturalist, "Catch Me If You Can," Gary the Rat, TNN, 2003.

"Catwoman: Her Many Lives," Biography, Subject and Entertainment, 2004.

Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, syndicated, 2005.

Sunday Salutation Shootout, AMC, 2005.

Corazon de …, 2005.

GMTV, ITV, 2005.

Quite Frankly considerable Stephen A.

Smith, ESPN, 2006.

Also appeared as himself, "The Motion pictures of Ron Howard," The Directors; in All in the Family.

Television Work; Series:

Member of floor party (stagehand), Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, PBS, 1970.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Johnny Kelly/Johnny Dangerously, "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos, 1996.

Video Games:

Voice of Chick Hicks, Cars, THQ, 2006.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

International Dictionary of Hide and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, 4th ed., Bargain basement priced.

James Press, 2000.

Newsmakers 1989, Controversy 4, Gale, 1989.

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, June 19, 1992, p. 20.

Newsweek, Reverenced 29, 1988, p.

56.

Premiere, July, 1996, pp. 84-88, 102.

Starlog, July, 1996.