"depicted in both film and television by Lewis Wilson, Robert Lowery, Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale, Ben Affleck, and Dante Pereira-Olson. In early 1939, the success of Superman in ""Action Comics"" prompted editors at National Comics Publications (the future DC Comics) to request more superheroes for its titles. In response, Bob Kane created ""the Bat-Man"". Collaborator Bill Finger recalled that ""Kane had an idea for a character called 'Batman,' and he'd like me to see the drawings. I went over to Kane's, and he had drawn a character who looked very much like Superman with"
"Michael Clayton (film) Michael Clayton is a 2007 American legal thriller film written and directed by Tony Gilroy and starring George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, and Sydney Pollack. The film chronicles the attempts by attorney Michael Clayton to cope with a colleague's apparent mental breakdown and the corruption and intrigue surrounding a major client of his law firm being sued in a class action case over the effects of toxic agrochemicals. The film received critical acclaim and was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Gilroy, Best Actor for Clooney, and"
"the comic strip ""Dick Tracy"". More contemporary are the roles played by Jean Reno as Victor in the film ""La Femme Nikita"" (1990), Harvey Keitel as Victor in ""Point of No Return"" (1993), and a year later as Mr. Wolf in Quentin Tarantino's ""Pulp Fiction"" (1994) (parodied on ""Seinfeld""`s episode 155, ""The Muffin Tops"" (1997), where Newman makes the problem of leftover muffin stumps go away by eating them), George Clooney as the title character in ""Michael Clayton"", and Josh Brolin in ""Hail, Caesar!"" as a character loosely based on Eddie Mannix, real-life fixer for MGM. On television, similar roles"
"""Capote"" as Truman Capote 2006: Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" as Idi Amin 2007: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""There Will Be Blood"" as Daniel Plainview 2008: Sean Penn – ""Milk"" as Harvey Milk 2009: George Clooney – ""Up in the Air"" as Ryan Bingham 2010: James Franco – ""127 Hours"" as Aron Ralston 2011: George Clooney – ""The Descendants"" as Matt King 2012: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""Lincoln"" as Abraham Lincoln 2013: Matthew McConaughey – ""Dallas Buyers Club"" as Ron Woodroof 2014: Michael Keaton – ""Birdman"" as Riggan Thomson 2015: Leonardo DiCaprio – ""The Revenant"" as Hugh Glass 2016:"
"as Michael Clayton Ellen Page – ""Juno"" as Juno MacGuff Javier Bardem – ""No Country for Old Men"" as Anton Chigurh Tilda Swinton – ""Michael Clayton"" as Karen Crowder Juno Diablo Cody – ""Juno"" Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle – ""Slumdog Millionaire"" Mickey Rourke – ""The Wrestler"" as Randy ""The Ram"" Robinson Kate Winslet – ""Revolutionary Road"" as April Wheeler Heath Ledger – ""The Dark Knight"" as The Joker Marisa Tomei – ""The Wrestler"" as Pam / Cassidy Frost/Nixon Martin McDonagh – ""In Bruges"" Up Pete Docter – ""Up"" Colin Firth – ""A Single Man"" George Falconer Gabourey Sidibe – ""Precious"""
"LeBoeuf LLP. The combined firm had over 1,400 attorneys in 27 offices around the world. The headquarters for the newly merged Dewey & LeBoeuf was placed in the legacy Dewey Ballantine offices in the Calyon Building in Midtown Manhattan. The successor firm, Dewey & LeBoeuf, collapsed in May 2012 due to debt resulting from a poor partner recruiting and compensation strategy, which led to and was exacerbated by a talent exodus. The Calyon Building offices were featured in the 2007 film ""Michael Clayton"" starring George Clooney. Dewey Ballantine Dewey Ballantine LLP was a corporate law firm headquartered in New York"
"2015. George Clooney filmography George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, voice actor, screen writer, film producer, and director. He is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time with over $1.9 billion total box office gross and an average of $61.7 million per film. He has been involved in thirteen films that grossed over $200 million at the worldwide box office. Clooney has appeared in the television series ""ER"" (1994–99), ""The Facts of Life"" (1985–87), ""Roseanne"" (1988–91), ""Bodies of Evidence"" (1992–93) and ""Sisters"" (1993–94). Early in his career, Clooney also appeared in a number of low-budget film roles like"
"George Clooney filmography George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, voice actor, screen writer, film producer, and director. He is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time with over $1.9 billion total box office gross and an average of $61.7 million per film. He has been involved in thirteen films that grossed over $200 million at the worldwide box office. Clooney has appeared in the television series ""ER"" (1994–99), ""The Facts of Life"" (1985–87), ""Roseanne"" (1988–91), ""Bodies of Evidence"" (1992–93) and ""Sisters"" (1993–94). Early in his career, Clooney also appeared in a number of low-budget film roles like ""Return"
"Motion Picture Soundtrack: Michael Clayton"" was composed by James Newton Howard and released on September 25, 2007 on the Varèse Sarabande label. The soundtrack was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Michael Clayton (film) Michael Clayton is a 2007 American legal thriller film written and directed by Tony Gilroy and starring George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, and Sydney Pollack. The film chronicles the attempts by attorney Michael Clayton to cope with a colleague's apparent mental breakdown and the corruption and intrigue surrounding a major client of his law firm being sued in a class action case"
"Seth Gecko Seth Gecko is the name of two fictional characters in the ""From Dusk till Dawn"" film series. The original Seth is the protagonist of the original film, described as a cool, suave, short-fused, anti-heroic criminal in the ""From Dusk till Dawn"" universe consisting of the 1996 film and its 2001 spin-off video game of the same name. An alternate universe version of the character appears in the . He is portrayed by George Clooney in both the films and the video game and is portrayed by D. J. Cotrona on television. Seth Gecko was originally in prison prior"
"and since 1998 has been the drummer for Pearl Jam. The film received negative reviews and has become a cult film. ""Variety"" wrote that the film ""isn't even worthy of sarcasm."" A number of sequels and other spin-off material have been done in various media as a result of this movie. They include three movie sequels: The sequel ""Return of the Killer Tomatoes"" picks up the story 10 years later. The film is notable for the casting of George Clooney in one of his first film roles. American composer and orchestrator Gordon Goodwin, one of the original composers for the"
"George Clooney George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, filmmaker and businessman. He is the recipient of three Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards, one for acting in ""Syriana"" (2006) and the other for co-producing ""Argo"" (2012). In 2018, he was the recipient of the AFI Live Achievement Award, at the age of 57. Clooney made his acting debut on television in 1978, and later gained wide recognition in his role as Dr. Doug Ross on the long-running medical drama ""ER,"" from 1994 to 1999, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. While"
"""convince audiences he [Superman] came from outer space."" Burton explained Cage's casting would be ""the first time you would believe that nobody could recognize Clark Kent as Superman, he [Cage] could physically change his persona."" Kevin Spacey was approached for the role of Lex Luthor, while Christopher Walken was Burton's choice for Brainiac, a role also considered for Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman. Sandra Bullock, Courteney Cox and Julianne Moore had been approached for Lois Lane, while Chris Rock was cast as Jimmy Olsen. Michael Keaton confirmed his involvement, but when asked if he would be reprising his role as"
"Walter Kirn Walter Kirn (born August 3, 1962) is an American novelist, literary critic, and essayist. He is the author of eight books, most notably ""Up in the Air"", which was made into a film of the same name starring George Clooney. As a writer, he has published a collection of short stories and several novels, including ""Thumbsucker"", which was made into a 2005 film featuring Keanu Reeves and Vince Vaughn; ""Up in the Air"", which was made into a 2009 film directed by Jason Reitman; and ""Mission to America"". The film adaptation of ""Up In The Air"", which starred"
"Eva Green. In 2018, it was reported that Keaton would reprise his role as Adrian Toomes/The Vulture in """". Keaton was married to Caroline McWilliams from 1982 to 1990, a marriage which produced one son, Sean in 1983. He had a relationship with actress Courteney Cox from 1989-95. Keaton, a longtime Pittsburgh resident and fan of its sports teams, negotiated a break in his ""Batman"" movie contract in case the Pirates made the playoffs that year, although they ultimately did not. He also wrote an ESPN blog on the Pirates during the final months of their 2013 season. In the"
"Kilmer said in April 2017 that he had a ""healing of cancer"". In a profile for ""The Hollywood Reporter"", it was revealed that Kilmer had a ""two-year battle with throat cancer...and a procedure on his trachea has reduced his voice to a rasp and rendered him short of breath."" Val Kilmer Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with ""Top Secret!"" (1984), then the cult classic ""Real Genius"" (1985), as well as the military action film ""Top"
"2004: Jamie Foxx – ""Ray"" as Ray Charles † 2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman – ""Capote"" as Truman Capote † 2006: Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" as Idi Amin † 2007: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""There Will Be Blood"" as Daniel Plainview † 2008: Sean Penn – ""Milk"" as Harvey Milk † 2009: Jeff Bridges – ""Crazy Heart"" as Otis ""Bad"" Blake † 2010: Colin Firth – ""The King's Speech"" as King George VI † 2011: George Clooney – ""The Descendants"" as Matt King ‡ 2012: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""Lincoln"" as Abraham Lincoln † 2013: Matthew McConaughey – ""Dallas"
"producers apparently wanted Clooney, not Cheadle, to be the first name a casual viewer of the advertising would see. In ""Batman"" (1989), Jack Nicholson received top billing (along with the highest salary and a percentage of profits) as an established actor, even though Michael Keaton played the titular character while Nicholson's Joker was the main antagonist. In the film ""Miami Vice"" (2006), Colin Farrell originally received top billing. However, after Jamie Foxx won an Academy Award he requested top billing and received it despite his role actually being much smaller than Farrell's. Foxx's name appears first in the opening credits,"
"remained companions until his death in 1977 from complications resulting from treatment for lung cancer. Raymond Cannon (actor) Raymond Cannon (September 1, 1892 – June 7, 1977) was an American actor, film director, screenwriter, journalist, and author known for his work with D. W. Griffith and Buster Keaton. Ulises Tillman Cannon was born September 1, 1892 in Long Hollow, Tennessee to Newton Canon and Sarah Lincoln Bolinger. In 1910 he was working at a soda fountain in Knoxville, but after leaving divinity school, he moved west, performing in vaudeville and working as a journalist in Dallas and Fort Worth. In"
"Keatons. She raises three fingers to signal to him that they must be The Three Keatons, as she is expecting. The Buster Keaton Story The Buster Keaton Story is a 1957 American drama film directed by Sidney Sheldon and written by Sidney Sheldon and Robert Smith. The film stars Donald O'Connor, Ann Blyth, Rhonda Fleming, Peter Lorre, Larry Keating and Jackie Coogan. It was released on April 21, 1957, by Paramount Pictures. The film was described by AllMovie as ""sublimely inaccurate"" regarding details of Keaton's life. It was produced by Paramount Pictures, which paid Keaton $50,000 for the rights to"
"Michael J. Fox as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Set in suburban Columbus, Ohio, during the Reagan administration, Steven and Elyse Keaton (Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter) are baby boomers, liberals and former hippies, raising their three children: ambitious, would-be millionaire entrepreneur Alex (Michael J. Fox); fashion-conscious, gossipy Mallory (Justine Bateman); and tomboy Jennifer (Tina Yothers). Married in 1964, Elyse is an independent architect and Steven, a native of Buffalo, New York, is the station manager of WKS, a local public television station. Much of the humor of the series focuses on the cultural divide during the 1980s"
"Caesar!"", about a ""fixer"" in 1950s Hollywood trying to discover what happened to a cast member who vanishes during filming. It stars Coen regulars George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson and Tilda Swinton, as well as Channing Tatum, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, and Alden Ehrenreich. The film was released on February 5, 2016. In 2016, the Coens gave to their longtime friend and collaborator John Turturro the right to use his character of Jesus Quintana from ""The Big Lebowski"" in his own spin-off, ""Going Places"", which he would also write and direct. The Coens have no involvement in"
"the help of Nike via two auctions, one in Hong Kong and the other in London. Michael J. Fox Michael Andrew Fox (born June 9, 1961), known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian-American actor, author, and film producer with a film and television career spanning from the 1970s. He starred in the ""Back to the Future"" trilogy where he portrayed Marty McFly. Other notable roles have included Mike Flaherty on the ABC sitcom ""Spin City"" (1996–2000) and his portrayal of Alex P. Keaton on the American sitcom ""Family Ties"". He has won five Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden"
"Michael J. Fox Michael Andrew Fox (born June 9, 1961), known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian-American actor, author, and film producer with a film and television career spanning from the 1970s. He starred in the ""Back to the Future"" trilogy where he portrayed Marty McFly. Other notable roles have included Mike Flaherty on the ABC sitcom ""Spin City"" (1996–2000) and his portrayal of Alex P. Keaton on the American sitcom ""Family Ties"". He has won five Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's"
"Based on the Roald Dahl children's novel of the same name, the film tells the story about a fox named Mr. Fox, voiced by George Clooney, who is able to outwit a group of farmers and lives underground after stealing food from them each night. ""Fantastic Mr. Fox"" received positive reviews from a vast majority of critics, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Also in 2009, an article in ""The Independent"" called Streep's money-making ability the ""Streep effect"", noting that, """"Julie & Julia"", in which she plays the kitchen guru Julia Child, has already taken"
"damn charming and I don't think there's a more charming actor alive than George Clooney. I was very lucky he said yes."" Reitman said, on the ""B.S. Report with Bill Simmons"", that he considered Steve Martin for the part if Clooney declined the role. Reitman said that he would have changed the movie with Martin and given Martin ""his ""Lost in Translation""."" Approximately 4,600 people applied to be extras in the film during the open call on January 24, 2009 and January 25, 2009, at Crestwood Court in St. Louis, Missouri. ""Up in the Air"" cast 2,000 extras with 15"
"Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc, the man who turned McDonald's into one of the world's largest restaurant chains. In 2016, History announced their new historical drama, ""Knightfall"", executive produced by Renner, who is expected to guest star. In 2017, while working on the film ""Tag"" (2018), Renner fractured his right elbow and his left wrist. He also appeared in the film ""Wind River"" with his MCU co-star Elizabeth Olsen. Renner filmed scenes as Hawkeye for """" and """". Because of resulting scheduling conflicts, he was unable to reprise the role of William Brandt in """" (2018). Despite this, he did"
"Tony Gilroy Anthony Joseph Gilroy (born September 11, 1956) is an American screenwriter and filmmaker. He wrote the screenplays for the first four films of the ""Bourne"" series starring Matt Damon, among other successful films, and directed the fourth film of the franchise. He was nominated for Academy Awards for his direction and script for ""Michael Clayton"", starring George Clooney. Gilroy wrote and directed ""Duplicity"", starring Julia Roberts and Clive Owen, and co-wrote ""Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"". Gilroy was born in Manhattan, New York, the son of Ruth Dorothy (née Gaydos), a sculptor and writer, and Frank D."
"The Buster Keaton Story The Buster Keaton Story is a 1957 American drama film directed by Sidney Sheldon and written by Sidney Sheldon and Robert Smith. The film stars Donald O'Connor, Ann Blyth, Rhonda Fleming, Peter Lorre, Larry Keating and Jackie Coogan. It was released on April 21, 1957, by Paramount Pictures. The film was described by AllMovie as ""sublimely inaccurate"" regarding details of Keaton's life. It was produced by Paramount Pictures, which paid Keaton $50,000 for the rights to his life story, allowing Keaton to remain financially solvent for the remainder of his life. In the late 19th and"
"Buster Keaton Joseph Frank Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966), known professionally as Buster Keaton, was an American actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression which earned him the nickname ""The Great Stone Face"". Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's ""extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929"" when he ""worked without interruption"" on a series of films that make him ""the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies"". His career declined afterward with a loss"
"Vulture (Marvel Comics) The Vulture is an alias used by several fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first character to use the alias is Adrian Toomes (), a recurring enemy of Spider-Man, and the second villain he encountered, after the Chameleon. Over the years, other characters have taken the mantle as enemies of Spider-Man, but Toomes is still the most recurring and well-known Vulture. The character has been depicted in numerous ""Spider-Man"" cartoons and video games. Michael Keaton portrayed the Vulture in the 2017 film """" and its 2019 sequel """"; both are set"
"The Last Time (film) The Last Time is a 2006 American independent dramedy film starring Michael Keaton, Brendan Fraser and Amber Valletta. It tells the story of a salesman and a beautiful woman who fall in love with each other and develop a relationship. Ted Riker (Michael Keaton) is the top salesman in the New York office of business machine company Bineview. The corporate stock lives by quarterly sales numbers, the competition is very intense, and the economy may be headed into a downturn. Ted's company is marking time until a revolutionary new product is ready, probably within a few"
"Michael Gross (actor) Michael Edward Gross (born June 21, 1947) is an American television, movie and stage actor. He has played both comedic and dramatic roles, such as Steven Keaton from the sitcom ""Family Ties"" (1982–89) and the graboid hunter Burt Gummer from the ""Tremors"" film franchise. Gross was born in Chicago, the son of Virginia Ruth (née Cahill), a telephone operator, and William Oscar Gross, a tool designer. Gross and his younger sister, Mary, were raised Catholic. He attended St. Francis Xavier school in Chicago in his early years. He attended Kelvyn Park High School on the north side"