stop what you're doing do you know these five crazy facts about Michael Keaton's career all right movie Buffs let's dive in fact one did you know Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas he changed it to avoid confusion with the other famous Michael Douglas the fact twoo before becoming an A-list actor Katon was a standup comedian yep he knows how to make you laugh both on and off the screen fact three in the ' 80s Katon almost turned down the role of Batman imagine that we might have had a totally different Dark Night fact for Keaton is the only actor to play Batman in both the original and modern DC universes um that's some serious B cred and finally fact five he once worked as a cab driver to make ends meet from driving cabs to Flying high as Birdman what a journey so next time you watch a Katon movie remember these fun facts who knew he had such a wild ride to stardom cheers movie Buffs