Michael Shannon
Actor
Born August 7, 1974 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Michael Corbett Shannon (born August 7, 1974) is an American actor, producer, musician, and theatre director. He has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in the Sam Mendes period drama Revolutionary Road (2008) and the Tom Ford psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals (2016). He earned Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for his role in 99 Homes (2014), and a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for the Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night (2016). Shannon made his film debut in 1993 with Groundhog Day and received widespread attention for his performance in 8 Mile (2002). He is known for his on-screen versatility, performing in both comedies and dramas such as Pearl Harbor (2001), Bad Boys II (2003), Bug (2006), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), The Iceman (2012), Premium Rush (2012), The Night Before (2015), The Shape of Water (2017) and Knives Out (2019). He played Superman's Kryptonian adversary General Zod in Man of Steel (2013) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and is set to reprise the role in The Flash (2022). Shannon is a frequent collaborator of Jeff Nichols, appearing in all of his films: Shotgun Stories (2007), Take Shelter (2011), Mud (2012), Midnight Special, and Loving (both 2016). He is also known for his role as Nelson Van Alden in the HBO period drama series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014), for which he was nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2021, he had a main role in the Hulu drama miniseries Nine Perfect Strangers.
Filmography
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Mr. Irrelevant: The John Tuggle Story
Bill Parcells
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Buddy
Charlie the Train (voice) / Willie (voice)
McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy
King Snake
Dinner with Audrey
Love Letter to Texas
Bulls
Alistair Whitman
Nuremberg
Justice Robert H. Jackson
Death by Lightning
James Garfield
Eric LaRue
The End
Father
All Happy Families
A Different Man
Michael Shannon
The Bikeriders
Zipco
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
Self - 'General Zod'
The Flash
General Zod
Waco: The Aftermath
Gary Noesner
A Little White Lie
Shriver
George & Tammy
George Jones
Amsterdam
Henry Norcross
Little Demon
Unshaven Man (voice)
Bullet Train
White Death
Abandoned
Renner
Night's End
Isaac Dees
Heart of Champions
Jack Murphy
Nine Perfect Strangers
Napoleon
Echo Boomers
Mel Donnelly
The Quarry
Chief Moore
Stars in the House
Self
Knives Out
Walt Thrombey
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
Self
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
Don McGahn
State Like Sleep
Edward
Friedkin Uncut
Self
The Little Drummer Girl
Martin Kurtz
What They Had
Nick
Poor Boy
Blayde Griggs
Fahrenheit 451
Captain Beatty
The Current War
George Westinghouse
Waco
Gary Noesner
12 Strong
Hal Spencer
The Shape of Water
Richard Strickland
Pottersville
Maynard Greiger
Bob Dylan: Trouble No More
Self
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Self
Room 104
Nathan
Signature Move
Frank & Lola
Frank Reilly
Salt and Fire
Matt Riley
Nocturnal Animals
Bobby Andes
Loving
Grey Villet
Wolves
Lee Keller
Complete Unknown
Tom Brayton
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Zod
Elvis & Nixon
Elvis Presley
Midnight Special
Roy Tomlin
The Night Before
Mr. Green
Freeheld
Dane Wells
99 Homes
Rick Carver
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
She's Funny That Way
Policeman Macy's
The Harvest
Richard
Lip Sync Battle
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Self
Young Ones
Ernest Holm
They Came Together
Spike
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
Sparrows Dance
Man of Steel
General Zod
Mud
Galen
Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter
Happy Hour
Just Mike
The Iceman
Richard Kuklinski
Premium Rush
Bobby Monday
Keep the Lights On
The Broken Tower
Emile
Take Shelter
Curtis LaForche
Machine Gun Preacher
Donnie
Return
Mike
Boardwalk Empire
Nelson Van Alden
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Brad McCullum
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
Self
Jonah Hex
Doc Cross Williams
The Runaways
Kim Fowley
13
Henry
13 Scarier Movie Moments
Self
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Mundt
The Greatest
Jordan Walker
The Missing Person
John Rosow
Revolutionary Road
John Givings
Marvelous
John
Shotgun Stories
Son Hayes
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Dex
Lucky You
Ray Zumbro
Blackbird
Murl
Bug
Peter Evans
Let's Go to Prison
Lynard
World Trade Center
Dave Karnes
Dead Birds
Clyde
The Woodsman
Rosen
Water
Bobby Matherson
Criminal
Gene
Grand Theft Parsons
Larry Oster-Berg
Zamboni Man
Walt
Bad Boys II
Floyd Poteet
Kangaroo Jack
Frankie Lombardo
8 Mile
Greg Buehl
High Crimes
Troy Abbott
Vanilla Sky
Aaron
Crossing Jordan
Philip Corday
New Port South
Stanton
Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor
Gooz
Pearl Harbor
Gooz
Tigerland
Sgt. Filmore
Cecil B. Demented
Petie
Jesus' Son
Dundun
The Photographer
Maurice
Mullitt
Phil Kunz
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Avery Shaw
Chicago Cab
Crack Head
The View
Self
Early Edition
Chain Reaction
D.C. Flower Delivery Man
The Daily Show
Self
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
Groundhog Day
Fred
Overexposed
Young Man