Michael Keaton is a country boy at heart. Despite major success in Hollywood, including an Academy Award nomination for playing a washed-up film star in 2014’s Birdmanthe actor prefers the open air of mountainous Montana. “Ever since I was a little, little, little kid I always felt like I belonged here,” Keaton said Architectural Digest for a June 1997 cover story highlighting his Western ranch.
The actor, who will haunt movie screens around the world when the most expected Beetlejuice Beetlejuice arrives in theaters September 6, came from humble beginnings. He grew up in small homes just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, before moving to Los Angeles in the late 1970s to pursue a career in TV and film. These days, he enjoys the winter and early spring at his home in Pacific Palisades and spends the summer and fall in Big Sky Country, which, he said. The Wall Street Journal in 2016, “is the most beautiful place in the world.” Here’s a look at the properties Keaton owns in California as well as the Montana ranch he likes to call home.
Pacific Palisades mansion
As Keaton’s film career took off in the early ’80s, the actor settled in Los Angeles. In 1987, he bought a 3,584-square-foot, sprawling single-family home in LA’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood for $1.3 million. Built in 1951, the four-bedroom, four-bathroom home includes a two-car garage and sits on approximately 0.57 acres. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Keaton spent time in quarantine in the Palisades, presumably to be near son Sean Douglas from his eight-year marriage to ex-wife Caroline McWilliams, who died from multiple myeloma in 2010.
Santa Barbara hut
Keaton once said that if he could “get second place,” Santa Barbara would be the place. He reportedly bought a 2,292-square-foot cottage in Montecito, a celebrity enclave in Santa Barbara County, California, in 1989 for $1.5 million. But when he first visited the Golden State in the late 1970s, “I had no money,” he said. Santa Barbara Magazine in 2021. “I might have had $280 when I came to California. So my brother loaned me money, and I bought a car for $700 and I came here. I thought, ‘What a beautiful place.’” At the time, Keaton said, he and some friends got into his 1963 Volkswagen Beetle and slept on the beach. What he remembers most about the road trip is walking the horses through the streets and the town. “Once I got my horses over here, it just got better,” he said of living on California’s central coast. His former property, which sits at about 1.7 ocean views, was quietly sold in 2011 for $3.1 million. Although Keaton rarely talks about his Santa Barbara real estate, he told the magazine, “I’m a real fan of California,” adding, “I’ve got a few places here and there and kind of kept it under the radar. ”
Summerland horse ranch
In 2016, Keaton purchased another property just a few miles south of Montecito for $5 million. Located in Summerland, the 19-acre ranch was used as a weekend getaway when he stayed at his Pacific Palisades home, according to listing agent Sandy Stahl, who listed the property for sale with Sotheby’s International Realty for $8.72 million on 2018. The idyllic 2,000-square-foot cottage features a two-car garage, patio and enviable ocean views—and Keaton has plenty of room for his horses to stretch their legs, too. Not only does the property boast a stable and varied fenced area, it is located near Montecito’s riding trails, allowing Keaton easy access to the beach for a walk along the shore. “One of the most amazing things I’ve seen here is the Montecito trail system,” Keaton said Santa Barbara Magazine. “I’m amazed that they continue to do this.” In the two years he’s owned the quiet retreat, Keaton has made a few changes to the property, including some landscaping and adding a new fence. He also designed and obtained permits for a second home on the property but ultimately decided to focus on expanding his Montana ranch, which became his primary residence.
Montana countryside
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