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Working Stiffs (1979), which showcased his comedic talent and led to his co-starring role in Night Shift (1982).

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His next break was scoring a co-starring role alongside Jim Belushi in the short-lived comedy series He looked into the 'K''s for surnames and thought it was inoffensive to chose 'Keaton'. Around this time, Keaton decided to use an alternative surname to remove confusion with better-known actor Michael Douglas. He began cropping up in popular TV shows including Maude (1972) and The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979). He left Pittsburgh and moved to Los Angeles to begin auditioning for TV. Keaton first appeared on TV in several episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968). 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. Michael studied speech for two years at Kent State, before dropping out and moving to Pittsburgh. He is of Irish, as well as English, Scottish, and German, descent. Keaton was born Michael John Douglas on Septemin Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, to Leona Elizabeth (Loftus), a homemaker, and George A.

Mom (1983), Johnny Dangerously (1984), and Beetlejuice (1988), earned further acclaim for his dramatic portrayal of Bruce Wayne / Batman in Tim Burton's Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), and since then, has moved easily between film genres, ranging from drama and romantic comedy to thriller and action. Quirky, inventive and handsome American actor Michael Keaton first achieved major fame with his door-busting performance as fast-talking ideas man Bill Blazejowski, alongside a nerdish morgue attendant ( Henry Winkler), in Night Shift (1982).