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Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1974-08-07

Birth Place

Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Movies and TV shows :

12 Strong

12 Strong

2018

6.3

Movie
13

13

2010

5.8

Movie
13 Scarier Movie Moments

13 Scarier Movie Moments

2009

9.0

Movie
8 Mile

8 Mile

2002

7.1

Movie
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

2019

0.0

Movie
99 Homes

99 Homes

2015

6.8

Movie
A Different Man

A Different Man

2024

7.1

Movie
A Little White Lie

A Little White Lie

2023

5.6

Movie
Abandoned

Abandoned

2022

6.0

Movie
Amsterdam

Amsterdam

2022

6.1

Movie
Bad Boys II

Bad Boys II

2003

6.6

Movie
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

2009

6.2

Movie
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

2017

2.0

Movie
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

2016

6.0

Movie
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

2007

7.1

Movie
Blackbird

Blackbird

2007

2.5

Movie
poster

Boardwalk Empire

2010

8.0

TV
Bob Dylan - Trouble No More

Bob Dylan - Trouble No More

2017

6.4

Movie
Bug

Bug

2007

6.1

Movie
Bullet Train

Bullet Train

2022

7.4

Movie
Cecil B. Demented

Cecil B. Demented

2000

6.3

Movie
Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction

1996

5.7

Movie
Chicago Cab

Chicago Cab

1998

5.3

Movie
Choose You

Choose You

2013

5.4

Movie
Complete Unknown

Complete Unknown

2016

5.1

Movie
Criminal

Criminal

2004

6.2

Movie
poster

Crossing Jordan

2001

7.2

TV
Dead Birds

Dead Birds

2004

5.7

Movie
Dead Guy

Dead Guy

0.0

Movie
poster

Death by Lightning

0.0

TV
poster

Early Edition

1996

7.3

TV
Echo Boomers

Echo Boomers

2020

5.8

Movie
Elvis & Nixon

Elvis & Nixon

2016

6.0

Movie
Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

2018

5.4

Movie
Frank & Lola

Frank & Lola

2016

5.6

Movie
Freeheld

Freeheld

2015

7.2

Movie
Friedkin Uncut

Friedkin Uncut

2018

7.2

Movie
poster

George & Tammy

2022

7.0

TV
Grand Theft Parsons

Grand Theft Parsons

2004

5.8

Movie
Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day

1993

7.6

Movie
Happy Hour

Happy Hour

2012

0.0

Movie
Heart of Champions

Heart of Champions

2021

6.5

Movie
Herbert White

Herbert White

2010

7.1

Movie
High Crimes

High Crimes

2002

6.4

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

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

2010

0.0

Movie
Jesus' Son

Jesus' Son

2000

6.3

Movie
Jonah Hex

Jonah Hex

2010

4.9

Movie
Kangaroo Jack

Kangaroo Jack

2003

5.3

Movie
Knives Out

Knives Out

2019

7.8

Movie
poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

5.5

TV
poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

7.9

TV
Let's Go to Prison

Let's Go to Prison

2006

5.7

Movie
poster

Lip Sync Battle

2015

6.4

TV
poster

Little Demon

2022

7.5

TV
Long Way Back Home

Long Way Back Home

2018

6.4

Movie
Loving

Loving

2016

6.7

Movie
Lucky You

Lucky You

2007

5.6

Movie
Machine Gun Preacher

Machine Gun Preacher

2011

6.7

Movie
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide

Making The Flash: Worlds Collide

2023

3.8

Movie
Man of Steel

Man of Steel

2013

6.6

Movie
Marvelous

Marvelous

2008

0.0

Movie
McCarthy

McCarthy

0.0

Movie
Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter

Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter

2013

8.0

Movie
Midnight Special

Midnight Special

2016

6.2

Movie
Mud

Mud

2013

7.1

Movie
Mullitt

Mullitt

2000

5.0

Movie
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

2010

6.0

Movie
New Port South

New Port South

2001

4.4

Movie
Night's End

Night's End

2022

4.4

Movie
poster

Nine Perfect Strangers

2021

7.0

TV
Nocturnal Animals

Nocturnal Animals

2016

7.4

Movie
Nuremberg

Nuremberg

0.0

Movie
poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones

2014

4.0

TV
Overexposed

Overexposed

1992

1.0

Movie
Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

2001

6.9

Movie
Poor Boy

Poor Boy

2018

4.0

Movie
Pottersville

Pottersville

2017

5.0

Movie
Premium Rush

Premium Rush

2012

6.3

Movie
Return

Return

2011

6.4

Movie
Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary Road

2008

7.0

Movie
poster

Room 104

2017

5.8

TV
Salt and Fire

Salt and Fire

2016

4.8

Movie
She's Funny That Way

She's Funny That Way

2015

5.9

Movie
Shotgun Stories

Shotgun Stories

2007

6.9

Movie
poster

Stars in the House

2020

0.0

TV
State Like Sleep

State Like Sleep

2019

4.9

Movie
Take Shelter

Take Shelter

2011

7.0

Movie
The Bikeriders

The Bikeriders

2024

6.8

Movie
The Broken Tower

The Broken Tower

2012

5.1

Movie
The Current War

The Current War

2018

6.7

Movie
poster

The Daily Show

1996

6.4

TV
The End

The End

2024

8.0

Movie
The Fall of 2008

The Fall of 2008

0.0

Movie
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

2014

0.0

Movie
The Flash

The Flash

2023

6.7

Movie
The Greatest

The Greatest

2009

6.2

Movie
The Harvest

The Harvest

2015

6.0

Movie
The Iceman

The Iceman

2012

6.5

Movie
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

2019

7.6

Movie
poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

6.6

TV
poster

The Little Drummer Girl

2018

7.1

TV
The Missing Person

The Missing Person

2009

5.6

Movie
The Night Before

The Night Before

2015

6.1

Movie
The Photographer

The Photographer

2000

3.5

Movie
The Quarry

The Quarry

2020

5.3

Movie
The Ride

The Ride

1997

0.0

Movie
The Runaways

The Runaways

2010

6.5

Movie
The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water

2017

7.2

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

5.8

TV
poster

The View

1997

4.4

TV
The Woodsman

The Woodsman

2004

6.9

Movie
The Young King

The Young King

0.0

Movie
They Came Together

They Came Together

2014

5.6

Movie
Tigerland

Tigerland

2000

6.6

Movie
Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil

2011

6.9

Movie
Vanilla Sky

Vanilla Sky

2001

6.8

Movie
poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014

4.4

TV
poster

Waco

2018

7.4

TV
poster

Waco: The Aftermath

2023

7.1

TV
Water

Water

2004

0.0

Movie
What They Had

What They Had

2018

6.6

Movie
Wolves

Wolves

2016

5.9

Movie
World Trade Center

World Trade Center

2006

6.1

Movie
Young Ones

Young Ones

2014

5.7

Movie
Zamboni Man

Zamboni Man

2004

7.0

Movie