Michael Shannon

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Michael Shannon

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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.

Films Featuring Michael Shannon

8 Mile

20027.1

Groundhog Day

19937.6

Pearl Harbor

20016.9

World Trade Center

20066.1

Vanilla Sky

20016.8

Revolutionary Road

20087.0

Jonah Hex

20105.0

Abandoned

20225.8

High Crimes

20026.3

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

20096.2

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

20077.1

McCarthy

Bad Boys II

20036.7

Shotgun Stories

20076.9

Jesus' Son

20006.2

Let's Go to Prison

20065.9

The Runaways

20106.5

Bug

20076.1

The Woodsman

20046.8

The Missing Person

20095.8

The End

20245.2

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

2014

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

20106.1

13

20105.8

The Flash

20236.6

Machine Gun Preacher

20116.7

Take Shelter

20117.1

Man of Steel

20136.7

Premium Rush

20126.4

The Iceman

20126.6

Dead Birds

20055.7

Return

20116.4

The Broken Tower

20124.5

Night's End

20224.4

Mud

20137.1

Chicago Cab

19985.8

They Came Together

20145.5

The Photographer

20004.8

Blackbird

20072.0

Young Ones

20145.7

Making The Flash: Worlds Collide

20233.8

Mullitt

20006.5

The Harvest

20156.0

Midnight Special

20166.3

Choose You

20135.4

Dead Guy

Cecil B. Demented

20006.4

Herbert White

20107.1

99 Homes

20156.8

The Bikeriders

20246.7

Nuremberg

20257.6

Grand Theft Parsons

20046.0

Kangaroo Jack

20035.3

Freeheld

20157.2

Elvis & Nixon

20166.0

90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

2019

A Different Man

20246.9

The Young King

Frank & Lola

20165.6

She's Funny That Way

20155.9

State Like Sleep

20194.7

Nocturnal Animals

20167.4

Salt and Fire

20164.9

Chain Reaction

19965.8

The Night Before

20156.1

Loving

20166.7

Poor Boy

20184.3

Complete Unknown

20165.1

Wolves

20165.8

Criminal

20046.2

The Shape of Water

20177.2

Tigerland

20006.6

Zamboni Man

20047.5

The Greatest

20096.2

New Port South

20014.6

Overexposed

19923.3

Lucky You

20075.7

The Ride

19979.0

Marvelous

2008

Happy Hour

2012

Pottersville

20174.9

Water

20049.0

The Current War

20186.7

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

20166.0

12 Strong

20186.4

What They Had

20186.5

Fahrenheit 451

20185.5

Bob Dylan: Trouble No More

20176.4

Friedkin Uncut

20187.1

Knives Out

20197.8

Echo Boomers

20205.8

The Quarry

20205.3

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

20172.0

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

20197.6

Heart of Champions

20216.7

13 Scarier Movie Moments

20099.0

A Little White Lie

20235.7

Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter

20138.7

Bullet Train

20227.4

Amsterdam

20226.1

I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later

2010

Mr. Irrelevant: The John Tuggle Story

2026

Bulls

20265.7

King Snake

Dinner with Audrey

Buddy

2026

Vegas: A Love Story

Vegas: A Love Story

Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of Wonders

Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of Wonders

Love Letter to Texas

20266.0

Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel

2013

Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor

20017.0