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Michael Shannon
Born · August 7, 1974 (50 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Bio
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.
The End
Father
8.0
2024
A Different Man
Michael Shannon
7.1
2024
The Bikeriders
Zipco
6.8
2024
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
Self - 'General Zod'
3.8
2023
The Flash
General Zod
6.7
2023
Abandoned
Renner
6.0
2022
Night's End
Isaac Dees
4.4
2022
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
Self
0.0
2019
State Like Sleep
Edward
4.9
2019
Frank & Lola
Frank Reilly
5.6
2016
Salt and Fire
Matt Riley
4.8
2016
Nocturnal Animals
Bobby Andes
7.4
2016
Elvis & Nixon
Elvis Presley
6.0
2016
Midnight Special
Roy Tomlin
6.2
2016
Freeheld
Dane Wells
7.2
2015
99 Homes
Rick Carver
6.8
2015
She's Funny That Way
Policeman Macy's
5.9
2015
The Harvest
Richard
6.0
2015
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Self
0.0
2014
Young Ones
Ernest Holm
5.7
2014
They Came Together
Spike
5.6
2014
Choose You
Avicii
5.4
2013
Man of Steel
General Zod
6.6
2013
Mud
Galen
7.1
2013
The Iceman
Richard Kuklinski
6.5
2012
Premium Rush
Bobby Monday
6.3
2012
The Broken Tower
Emile
5.1
2012
Take Shelter
Curtis LaForche
7.0
2011
Machine Gun Preacher
Donnie
6.7
2011
Return
Mike
6.4
2011
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Brad McCullum
6.0
2010
Jonah Hex
Doc Cross Williams
4.9
2010
The Runaways
Kim Fowley
6.5
2010
13
Henry
5.8
2010
Herbert White
Herbert White
7.1
2010
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Mundt
6.2
2009
The Missing Person
John Rosow
5.6
2009
Revolutionary Road
John Givings
7.0
2008
Shotgun Stories
Son Hayes
6.9
2007
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Dex
7.1
2007
Blackbird
Murl
2.5
2007
Bug
Peter Evans
6.1
2007
Let's Go to Prison
Lynard
5.7
2006
World Trade Center
Dave Karnes
6.1
2006
The Woodsman
Rosen
6.9
2004
Grand Theft Parsons
Larry Oster-Berg
5.8
2004
Dead Birds
Clyde
5.7
2004
Bad Boys II
Floyd Poteet
6.6
2003
Kangaroo Jack
Frankie Lombardo
5.3
2003
8 Mile
Greg Buehl
7.1
2002
High Crimes
Troy Abbott
6.4
2002
Vanilla Sky
Aaron
6.8
2001
Pearl Harbor
Gooz Wood
6.9
2001
The Photographer
Maurice
3.5
2000
Groundhog Day
Fred
7.6
1993
McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy
0.0
Cecil B. Demented
Petie
6.3
2000
Jesus' Son
Dundun
6.3
2000
Mullitt
Phil Kunz
5.0
2000
Chicago Cab
Crack Head
5.3
1998
Dead Guy
0.0
Nuremberg
Robert H. Jackson
0.0
The Young King
Mick
0.0
Waco: The Aftermath
Gary Noesner · (5 episodes)
7.1
2023
A Little White Lie
Shriver
5.6
2023
George & Tammy
George Jones · (6 episodes)
7.0
2022
Amsterdam
Henry Norcross
6.1
2022
Little Demon
Unshaven Man (voice) · (1 episode)
7.5
2022
Bullet Train
White Death
7.4
2022
Heart of Champions
Jack Murphy
6.5
2021
Nine Perfect Strangers
Napoleon · (8 episodes)
7.0
2021
Echo Boomers
Mel Donnelly
5.8
2020
The Quarry
Chief Moore
5.3
2020
Stars in the House
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2020
Knives Out
Walt Thrombey
7.8
2019
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
Don McGahn
7.6
2019
Friedkin Uncut
Self
7.2
2018
The Little Drummer Girl
Martin Kurtz · (6 episodes)
7.1
2018
What They Had
Nick
6.6
2018
Long Way Back Home
Stanton
6.4
2018
Poor Boy
Blayde Griggs
4.0
2018
Fahrenheit 451
Captain Beatty
5.4
2018
The Current War
George Westinghouse
6.7
2018
Waco
Gary Noesner · (6 episodes)
7.4
2018
12 Strong
Chief Warrant Officer Hal Spencer
6.3
2018
The Shape of Water
Richard Strickland
7.2
2017
Pottersville
Maynard Greiger
5.0
2017
Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
Self
6.4
2017
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Self
2.0
2017
Room 104
Nathan · (1 episode)
5.8
2017
Loving
Grey Villet
6.7
2016
Wolves
Lee Keller
5.9
2016
Complete Unknown
Tom Brayton
5.1
2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Zod
6.0
2016
The Night Before
Mr. Green
6.1
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(1 episode)
6.6
2015
Lip Sync Battle
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (2 episodes)
5.5
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(1 episode)
5.8
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · (1 episode)
4.0
2014
Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter
8.0
2013
Happy Hour
Just Mike
0.0
2012
Touch of Evil
The Tycoon
6.9
2011
Boardwalk Empire
Nelson Van Alden · (56 episodes)
8.0
2010
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
Self
0.0
2010
13 Scarier Movie Moments
Self
9.0
2009
The Greatest
Jordan Walker
6.2
2009
Marvelous
John
0.0
2008
Lucky You
Ray Zumbro
5.6
2007
Water
Bobby Matherson
0.0
2004
Criminal
Gene
6.2
2004
Zamboni Man
Walt
7.0
2004
Crossing Jordan
Philip Corday · (1 episode)
7.2
2001
New Port South
Stanton
4.4
2001
Tigerland
Sgt. Filmore
6.6
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Avery Shaw · (1 episode)
7.9
1999
The Ride
Jimmy
0.0
1997
Early Edition
(1 episode)
7.3
1996
Chain Reaction
D.C. Flower Delivery Man
5.7
1996
Overexposed
Young Man
1.0
1992
The Fall of 2008
Curtis (Take Shelter)
0.0
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1996
Death by Lightning
James Garfield · (1 episode)
0.0
The View
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
1997