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 Screen Actors Guild 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 â Miniseries or Television Film and the Screen Actors Guild 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).