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Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor. He has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. In 2016, he was named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France. Keaton gained early recognition for his comedic roles in Night Shift (1982), Mr. Mom (1983), and Beetlejuice (1988). He gained wider stardom portraying the title superhero in Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992). He took roles in Clean and Sober (1988), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), The Paper (1994), Multiplicity (1996), Jackie Brown (1997), Jack Frost (1998), Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), and The Other Guys (2010). He also performed voice roles in the animated films Cars (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Minions (2015). Keaton experienced a career resurgence after taking a starring role as a faded actor attempting a comeback in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman (2014), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He has since acted in biographical dramas such as Spotlight (2015), The Founder (2016), The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), and Worth (2021). He portrayed the Vulture in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), while also reprising his roles as Batman in The Flash (2023) and the title role in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024). Keaton starred as a journalist in the HBO film Live from Baghdad (2002). He portrayed a drug-addicted doctor in the Hulu limited series Dopesick (2021), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Keaton directed the films The Merry Gentleman (2008) and Knox Goes Away (2023), in which he also played the starring role.
Michael Keaton
Lex Luthor
for Lex Luthor in Batman & Superman: World's Finest Trilogy
Suggested by noahpopejoy
In a trilogy of movies, we see the big lead up to Batman and Superman's first time meeting. In Batman's film, he's well into his years of fighting crime and more specifically, the Joker. During Joker's latest plan, Batman feels he needs help, so he calls in his old sidekick, Dick Grayson, and Commissioner Gordon's daughter, Barbara Gordon, to help him fight the evil clown. In Superman's film, he finds himself battling Lex Luthor and trying to prove that he is selling weapons to terrorists. All the while learning about Batman and what he's like. These movies culminate in World's Finest when Bruce Wayne goes to Gotham City for a press tour for his latest book, "Orphaned Billionaire: How I Coped With Loss." The Joker follows closely behind him, intent on teaming up with Lex Luthor to defeat both Batman and Superman. With their alliance made, Batman and Superman, despite their strong disliking of each other, must team up to stop the mad clown and corrupt businessman. The end of the final movie in the trilogy foreshadows a future Justice League movie with Brainiac as the main villain.
