Michael Keaton is an American actor known for his leading roles on film and television. He has received a Primetime Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and four Actor Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.
Keaton was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as a fading film star attempting his comeback in the Alejandro González Iñárritu dark comedy film Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014). The role also earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy as well as nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role and the British Academy Film Award for Best Actor. He was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture along with the ensembles of Birdman, Spotlight (2015), and The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2021).
For his roles on television, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for playing Dr. Samuel Finnix in the Hulu limited series Dopesick (2022). The role also earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film and the Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie. He previously received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance as Robert Wiener, a CNN producer in the HBO film Live from Baghdad (2002) and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for playing James Jesus Angleton in the TNT miniseries The Company (2007).
Major associations Actor Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2008 Outstanding Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie The Company 2015 Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role Birdman Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture 2016 Spotlight 2021 The Trial of the Chicago 7 2022 Outstanding Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Dopesick
Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Best Actor Birdman
BAFTA Awards British Academy Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Best Actor in a Leading Role Birdman
Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2004 Outstanding Nonfiction Special Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor 2022 Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series Dopesick Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2003 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Live from Baghdad 2015 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Birdman 2022 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Dopesick
Film Critics awards Organizations Year Category Project Result Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2014 Best ActorBirdman 2015 Best Ensemble CastSpotlight Boston Society of Film Critics2014 Best ActorBirdman Best Cast 2015 Best Cast Spotlight Chicago Film Critics Association 2014 Best Actor Birdman Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2014 Best Actor Birdman Detroit Film Critics Society 2014 Best ActorBirdman Best Ensemble 2015 Best Ensemble Spotlight Florida Film Critics Circle 2014 Best ActorBirdman Best Cast 2015 Best Cast Spotlight Houston Film Critics Society 2014 Best Actor Birdman London Film Critics' Circle 2014 Actor of the Year Birdman 2015 Supporting Actor of the Year Spotlight Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2014 Best Actor Birdman National Board of Review 2014 Best Actor Birdman National Society of Film Critics 1988Best Actor Beetlejuice Clean and Sober New York Film Critics Circle 2015 Best Actor Spotlight "2015 NYFCC Award winners" New York Film Critics Circle. Accessed December 2, 2015. New York Film Critics Online 2014 Best Ensemble Cast Birdman 2015 Best Ensemble Cast Spotlight Online Film Critics Society 2014 Best Actor Spotlight San Diego Film Critics Society2014 Best ActorBirdman Best Ensemble 2015 Best Ensemble Spotlight 2024 Best Comedic Performance Beetlejuice Beetlejuice San Francisco Film Critics Circle 2014 Best Actor Birdman St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association 2014 Best Actor Birdman Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2014 Best Actor Birdman Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association2014 Best ActorBirdman Best Ensemble 2015 Best Ensemble Spotlight
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Project Result AACTA Awards 2014 Best International Lead Actor Birdman AARP Movies for Grownups Award 2015 Best Supporting Role Spotlight 2017 Best ActorThe Founder Capri Hollywood International Film Festival 2017 Best Actor Critics' Choice Movie Awards2014 Best Comedy Movie ActorBirdman Best Movie Actor Best Movie Cast 2015 Spotlight 2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 2021 Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television Dopesick Gotham Awards 2014 Best Film Actor Birdman 2015Best Film Ensemble Spotlight 2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 Independent Spirit Awards 2014 Best Male Lead Birdman 2015 Robert Altman Award Spotlight MTV Movie Awards 1993 Best Kiss Batman Returns 2015 Best Fight (with Edward Norton) Birdman Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2025 Favorite Villain Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Satellite Awards 2015 Best Actor – Motion Picture Birdman 2016 Supporting Actor – Motion PictureSpotlight Best Cast in a Motion Picture 2022 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Dopesick Saturn Awards 1989 Best Supporting Actor Beetlejuice 2015 Best Actor Birdman 2018 Best Supporting Actor Spider-Man: Homecoming 2024 Best Supporting Actor The Flash 2025 Best Actor in a Film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Teen Choice Awards 2005 Choice Movie: Scary Scene White Noise
Honorary awards Organizations Year Notes Result Cinequest San Jose Film Festival 2008 Maverick Spirit Award Zurich Film Festival 2009 Career Achievement Award Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2015 Modern Master Award Hollywood Film Awards Career Achievement Award Hollywood Walk of Fame 2016 Star on the Walk of Fame Pittsburgh Walk of Fame 2025 Star on the Walk of Fame Harvard University2026 Hasty Pudding Man of the Year Art Rooney Award Daniel M. Rooney Ambassador's Award
Honorary degrees Organizations Year Notes Carnegie Mellon University 2017 Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree Kent State University 2018 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
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