Keaton, Michael 1951–

PERSONAL

Original name, Michael John Douglas; born September 9, 1951, in Coraopolis, PA; father, 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 speech at Kent State University for three years. Avocational Interests: Fly Fishing, horseback riding.

Addresses:

Office—Colomby/Keaton, 2110 Main St., Suite 302, Santa Monica, CA 90405. Agent—United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; William Morris Agency, One William Morris Pl., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Publicist—Rogers and Cowan Public Relations, 8687 Melrose Ave., Pacific Design Center, 7th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Career:

Actor, standup and improvisational comedian, and producer. WQED-TV, Pittsburgh, PA, member of technical crew, 1972; Jerry Vale (improvisation troupe), member of company, 1975; former member of Second City, Los Angeles, CA; standup comedian at clubs, including the Comedy Store; appeared in regional stage productions in Pittsburgh; Colomby/Keaton (a production company), Santa Monica, CA, partner. Voice of George Washington in commercials for the one-dollar coin. Once worked as a taxicab driver and as the driver of an ice cream truck.

Awards, Honors:

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award, best supporting actor, 1983, for Night Shift; National Society of Film Critics Award, best actor, 1989, for Clean and Sober and Beetlejuice; Saturn Award nomination, best supporting actor, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, 1990, for Beetle Juice; MTV Movie Award nomination (with Michelle Pfeiffer), best kiss, 1993, for Batman Returns; Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a miniseries or a motion picture made for television, 2003, for Live from Baghdad; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding nonfiction special, 2004, for Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor; Teen Choice Award nomination, choice movie scary scene, 2005, for White Noise.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Filmmaker, A Different Approach, 1978.

Bill Blazejowski, Night Shift, Warner 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, Warner Bros., 1988.

Daryl Poynter, Clean and Sober, Warner Bros., 1988.

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

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

(English version) Voice of Porco Rosso, Kurenai no buta (animated; also known as Porco rosso and Crimson Pig), 1992.

Constable Dogberry, Much Ado About 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, Columbia, 1996.

Narrator, Inventing the Abbotts, Twentieth 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 known as Frost), Warner Bros., 1998.

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

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints, 2000.

Martin Raikes, Quicksand (also known as Un tueur aux trousses), Overseas FilmGroup, 2001.

Himself, "Jackie Brown": How It Went Down (documentary short), Miramax Home Entertainment, 2002.

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

Nicky Rogan, Game 6, Kindred Media 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 Last Time, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2006.

The Merry Gentleman, 2008.

Film Work:

Executive producer, Body Shots, New Line Cinema, 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 to Murphy, CBS, 1982.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Studs Lonigan, 1979.

James Angleton, The Company, TNT, 2007.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Robert Wiener, Live from Baghdad, HBO, 2002.

Television Appearances; Specials:

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

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

Presenter, The 56th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1984.

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

Comic Relief, HBO, 1986.

Premiere: Inside the Summer Blockbusters, Fox, 1989.

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

Host, Warner Bros. Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 1990, 1990.

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

Hollywood Hotshots, Fox, 1992.

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

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

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

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

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

The 2nd Annual Screen 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: No Guts, No Glory—75 Years of 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 Night Live: The Best of Adam 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, Lifetime, 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 known as AFI's "100 Years, 100 Heroes & Villains: America's Greatest Screen Characters"), CBS, 2003.

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

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

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

Presenter, Moving Image 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 Tony Randall Show, ABC, 1978.

Zeke Zacharias, "Adios Mr. Chips," The Tony Randall Show, ABC, 1978.

Tree salesman, "Gifts," Family, 1978.

An Evening at the Improv, 1982.

Host, Saturday Night 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 Late 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 of 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 Andrews, "Catch Me If You Can," Gary the Rat, TNN, 2003.

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

Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, syndicated, 2005.

Sunday Morning Shootout, AMC, 2005.

Corazon de …, 2005.

GMTV, ITV, 2005.

Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith, ESPN, 2006.

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

Television Work; Series:

Member of floor crew (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 Film and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, 4th ed., St. James Press, 2000.

Newsmakers 1989, Issue 4, Gale, 1989.

Periodicals:

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

Newsweek, August 29, 1988, p. 56.

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

Starlog, July, 1996.