10 Actor Comebacks NOBODY Saw Coming

Ryder's Beetlejuice co-star Michael Keaton was also an actor whose best days on-screen unfortunately looked like they were behind them a few years back.

Now sure, this particular icon of the '80s and '90s still showed up in his fair share of films. But he largely stayed under the radar when appearing in a supporting capacity in Herbie: Fully Loaded, Cars, The Other Guys, and other 2000s and 2010s offerings.

After spending years turning down various studio projects and claiming that he wanted to "repaint" himself, though (via Deadline), Keaton finally got the chance to do precisely that in the most surprising and compelling ways.

Playing a faded Hollywood icon who was known mostly for his work as the superhero "Birdman", Keaton's impressive turn as Riggan Thomson in Alejandro G. Iñárritu's Birdman led to the most unexpected of career resurgences.

An Academy Award nomination later, this star soon began showing up in more Oscars' Best Picture winners like Spotlight, and also produced one of the finest villain performances of the MCU in Spider-Man: Homecoming.

With Keaton also recently making a thrilling comeback as 'The Dark Knight' in The Flash, and coming back for more Beetlejuice chaos with Tim Burton, this returning superstar is showing zero signs of slowing down.