Michael Keaton
Michael John Douglas, known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor, best known for playing the DC Comics superhero Bruce Wayne AKA Batman. He’s a known advocate for the fair treatment of bears. Keaton has a soft spot for dogs.
Michael Keaton Batman
Michael Keaton played Batman in the films Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992) and the upcoming The Flash (2022). When Keaton was initially cast as Batman by Tim Burton, fans were rattled. Warner Bros received thousands of letters complaining about the casting, but ultimately, they were wrong. Keaton played Bruce Wayne so well that even today, people everywhere do the Keaton-voice when pretending to be Batman. In the 1989 film, Keaton acted alongside Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, and Billy Dee Williams. In 1992, is was Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Christopher Walken.
For The Flash, it’s Keaton’s voice that takes center-stage. Even at 70 years old, Michael Keaton’s Batman holds strong — he’s lending his voice to the film starring Ezra Miller as a Bruce Wayne voiceover. The cast also includes Ben Affleck, Sasha Calle, Kiersey Clemons, Rudy Mancuso and Michael Shannon.
Other Roles
Keaton’s other roles include Jack Butler in Mr. Mom (1983), and Adrian Toomes / Vulture in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and the upcoming Morbius (2022). For his role in Betelguese in Beetlejuice (1988) he starred alongside Alec Baldwin, Catherine O’Hara and Winona Ryder. Beetlejuice quickly became a cult-classic, further solidifying Michael Keaton in the hall of fame.