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Michael Keaton, (born September 9 or September 5,
1951 in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania|Coraopolis,
Pennsylvania) is an United States|American actor.

Keaton was born in an Ireland|Irish
Catholicism|Catholic family of 7 children.  

Keaton's real name is Michael John Douglas, but he
could not use his real last name professionally
because the Screen Actors Guild prohibits two
actors from using the same name, and his name
would have conflicted with those of Mike Douglas
or Michael Douglas.  He picked Keaton after
actress Diane Keaton.

Keaton is known for his work in films such as
Beetlejuice, and Multiplicity
(movie)|Multiplicity.  He was also a controversial
casting choice for the title role in Batman (1989
movie)|Batman.  Comic book fan anger was such that
a impromptu teaser trailer had to be released to
address the complaints.  The marketing move was
successful and Keaton is now seen as one of the
best actors to have played the role.

His career suffered a lull until 2005's White
Noise (movie)|White Noise.

==Trivia==
*He had a long relationship with Courteney Cox.

*First job was the operator of Picture-Picture on
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

*Keaton, who played Batman, appeared alongside
Christopher Reeve, who is best known for playing
Superman, in the movie Speechless. Keaton was also
in movies with future Batman film actresses Nicole
Kidman (My Life) and Katie Holmes (First
Daughter). He also made a cameo appearance with
another Batman George Clooney in (Out of Sight).

==Filmography==
*A Different Approach (1978) (short subject)
*Night Shift (movie)|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 (movie)|The Dream Team (1989)
*Batman (1989)
*Pacific Heights (movie)|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 (movie)|Jack Frost (1998)
*A Shot at Glory (2000)
*Quicksand (2001)
*First Daughter (2004)
*Game 6 (2005)
*White Noise (movie)|White Noise (2005)
*Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)

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Michael Keaton was born September 9 or September
5, 1951 in the Pittsburgh suburb of Coraopolis,
Pennsylvania|Coraopolis, Pennsylvania) is an
United States|American actor.

Keaton was born in an Ireland|Irish
Catholicism|Catholic family of 7 children.  

Keaton's real name is Michael John Douglas, but he
could not use his real last name professionally
because the Screen Actors Guild prohibits two
actors from using the same name, and his name
would have conflicted with those of Mike Douglas
or Michael Douglas.  He picked "Keaton" after
actress Diane Keaton.

Keaton is known for his work in films such as
Beetlejuice, and Multiplicity
(movie)|Multiplicity.  He was also a controversial
casting choice for the title role in Batman (1989
movie)|Batman.  Comic book fan anger was such that
a impromptu teaser trailer had to be released to
address the complaints.  The marketing move was
successful and Keaton is now seen as one of the
best actors to have played the role.

His career suffered a lull until 2005's White
Noise (movie)|White Noise.

==Trivia==
*He had a long relationship with Courteney Cox.

*First job was the operator of "Picture-Picture"
on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

*Keaton, who played Batman, appeared alongside
Christopher Reeve, who is best known for playing
Superman, in the movie Speechless. Keaton was also
in movies with future Batman film actresses Nicole
Kidman (My Life) and Katie Holmes (First
Daughter). He also made a cameo appearance with
another Batman George Clooney in (Out of Sight).

==Filmography==
*A Different Approach (1978) (short subject)
*Night Shift (movie)|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 (movie)|The Dream Team (1989)
*Batman (movie) (1989)
*Pacific Heights (movie)|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 (movie)|Jack Frost (1998)
*A Shot at Glory (2000)
*Quicksand (2001)
*First Daughter (2004)
*Game 6 (2005)
*White Noise (movie)|White Noise (2005)
*Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)

== External link ==
*imdb name|id=0000474|name=Michael Keaton