Quirky, inventive and handsome US actor who first achieved major fame with his door busting performance as fast talking, ideas man "Bill Blazejowski" alongside nerdish morgue attendant Henry Winkler in Night Shift. Keaton was born Michael John Douglas on September 5th, 1951 in Corapolis, Pennsylvannia and studied speech for two years at Kent State, before dropping out and moving to Pittsburgh. An unsuccessful attempt at stand up comedy led Keaton to working as a TV cameraman in a cable station, and he came to realize he wanted to work in front of the cameras.

Keaton left Pittsburgh and moved to Los Angeles to begin auditioning for various TV parts. He first appeared on TV in several episodes of _Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" (1975)_ , and cropped up in other popular TV shows including _"Maude" (1977)_ and _"Mary Tyler Moore Hour, The"_ (1979)_ . Around this time Keaton decided to use an alternative surname to remove confusion with well known actor Michael Douglas, and after reading an article on actress Diane Keaton, he decided that "Michael Keaton" sounded pretty good. His next key break was scoring a co-lead alongside James Belushi in the short lived comedy series Working Stiffs, which showcased his comedic talent and got him into the casting for the co-lead in Night Shift. After his terrific performance in NS, Keaton scored the lead in the subsequent comedy hits _Mr. Mom (1982)_ , Johnny Dangerously , Gung Ho and the Tim Burton horror-comedy _Beetlejuice (1988)_ .

Keaton's career was given another major boost when in 1989 he was cast by Tim Burton as millionaire playboy / crime-fighter Bruce Wayne in the big budget remake of Batman. To say their were howls of protest by fans of the caped crusader comic strip is an understatement.....Warner Bros. were literally deluged with thousands of letters of complaint by fans commenting that the comedic Keaton was the wrong choice for the Gotham City crime fighter. However, their fears were proved wrong when Keaton turned in a sensational performance, and he was an equal on screen opponent to the skillful Jack Nicholson playing the lunatic villain, "The Joker". Keen to diversify his work, Keaton next appeared as a psychotic tenant in Pacific Heights, as a hard working cop in One Good Cop and then he returned to wear the black cape and cowl once more for Batman Returns.

He remained in demand during the 1990s, appearing in a wide range of films including the star studded Shakespearian Much Ado About Nothing, another Ron Howard comedy The Paper, with sexy Andie MacDowell in Multiplicity, as a dogged cop in Jackie Brown and the mediocre thriller Desperate Measures. Since the turn of the century, Keaton has appeared in several productions with mixed success including _Live From Baghdad (2002)_ , First Daughter and _Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)_ .
Game 6 (2005): $100 per day

When he realized he needed to change his name, he remembered an article he had read with a nice picture of Diane Keaton. He chose her last name with the intention of changing it later. However, the name stuck. Years later, he phoned her and thanked her. The two have never actually met. Dated Courteney Cox. Studied speech at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. His hobbies are fly-fishing and riding horses at his California ranch. Tim Burton cast him in the title role of Batman because he thought that Keaton was the only actor who could believably portray someone who has the kind of darkly obsessive personality that the character has. There was a great deal of fan anger over his selection, forcing the studio to release an advance trailer both to show that Keaton could do the role well and that the movie would not be a campy parody like the TV show Batman. Attended Montour High School. Is the fourth actor to play Batman. Has one son with Caroline McWilliams. He couldn't keep his name when he began acting because there was already a Michael Douglas in movies and a Mike Douglas in Broadcasting. He has never legally changed his name to Michael Keaton. Began his work on television on the popular children's TV show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. One of only two actors to reprise the role of Batman in major, live-action films (Batman/Batman Returns. Adam West did only one movie (Batman) as Batman (along with the live-action TV series Batman and voice-work) and Kevin Conroy has only done voice-work as Batman. Christian Bale is the second and most recent actor to play play the role more than once with (Batman Begins followed by (The Dark Knight. Plays "Agent Ray Nicolette" in Jackie Brown, the same character he plays in Out of Sight. Started his career as a stagehand in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (he operated "Picture, Picture"), and in 2004 he produced a documentary on Rogers, Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor. Turned down the role of the ill-fated mad scientist Dr. Seth Brundle in David Cronenberg's remake The Fly. The part eventually went to Jeff Goldblum. Is a Pittsburgh Steelers fan. Is a Second City alumni - a member of the Los Angeles branch. According to Mike Myers on Revealed with Jules Asner, Keaton saw the comic actor perform at Second City Toronto. After the show ended, Keaton went to personally congratulate Myers and said, "Keep up the great work." Myers would soon work with Keaton on an episode of SNL 25 when Keaton was guest host. His son Sean plays keyboard for a band called The Hatch. Was originally slated to play Jeff Daniels character in Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo and actually did film some scenes, but Allen decided it wasn't working and replaced him with Daniels. Appeared with the late Christopher Reeve in Speechless. Keaton and Reeve played DC Comics two most iconic characters, Batman and Superman, respectively. He was originally going to play the role of Dr. Jack Shephard in the TV show Lost, with the understanding that the character would be killed off early on in the show. Keaton had to turn down the part the creators decided not to kill off the doctor, and Matthew Fox ended up playing the character. Was parodied by Matthew Perry on SNL 25. Was considered for the role of Dr. Curtis McCabe in Vanilla Sky. Was considered for the role of Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs. Was considered for the role of Capt. Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Was considered for the role of Lt. Col. Kazinski in Jarhead. An avid Pittsburgh Steelers football fan, he grew up about five miles from present Steelers coach Bill Cowher's hometown of Crafton, Pennsylvania. Lived in his '63 VW Bug for 2 nights in California while trying to become an actor.