Michael Shannon
Acting
- Born:
- 1974-08-07
- Place of birth:
- Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Mr. Irrelevant
Buddy
Love Letter to Texas
Bulls
Nuremberg
Death by Lightning
The End
A Different Man
The Bikeriders
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
The Flash
Waco: The Aftermath
A Little White Lie
George & Tammy
Amsterdam
Little Demon
Bullet Train
Abandoned
Night's End
Heart of Champions
Nine Perfect Strangers
Echo Boomers
The Quarry
Stars in the House
Knives Out
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
State Like Sleep
Friedkin Uncut
The Little Drummer Girl
What They Had
Poor Boy
Fahrenheit 451
The Current War
Waco
12 Strong
The Shape of Water
Pottersville
Bob Dylan: Trouble No More
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Room 104
Frank & Lola
Salt and Fire
Nocturnal Animals
Loving
Wolves
Complete Unknown
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Elvis & Nixon
Midnight Special
The Night Before
Freeheld
99 Homes
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
She's Funny That Way
The Harvest
Lip Sync Battle
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Young Ones
They Came Together
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
Choose You
Man of Steel
Mud
Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter
Happy Hour
The Iceman
Premium Rush
The Broken Tower
Take Shelter
Machine Gun Preacher
Return
Boardwalk Empire
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
Jonah Hex
The Runaways
13
Herbert White
13 Scarier Movie Moments
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
The Greatest
The Missing Person
Revolutionary Road
Marvelous
Shotgun Stories
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Lucky You
Blackbird
Bug
Let's Go to Prison
World Trade Center
Dead Birds
The Woodsman
Water
Criminal
Grand Theft Parsons
Zamboni Man
Bad Boys II
Kangaroo Jack
8 Mile
High Crimes
Vanilla Sky
Crossing Jordan
New Port South
Pearl Harbor
Tigerland
Cecil B. Demented
Jesus' Son
The Photographer
Mullitt
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Chicago Cab
The Ride
The View
Early Edition
Chain Reaction
The Daily Show
Late Show with David Letterman
Groundhog Day
Overexposed
Dead Guy
The Young King
King Snake
Dinner with Audrey
Vegas: A Love Story
Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of Wonders
Last Meals