Michael Shannon

Acting · 4.5 popularity

Age

Movies

111

Born: August 7, 1974
From: 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.

Works

111 films

The Flash

20236.6

Man of Steel

20136.7

Knives Out

20197.8

Groundhog Day

19937.6

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

20166.0

Bullet Train

20227.4

Pearl Harbor

20016.9

Bad Boys II

20036.7

Nuremberg

20257.6

Vanilla Sky

20016.8

8 Mile

20027.1

The Shape of Water

20177.2

12 Strong

20186.4

High Crimes

20026.3

The Bikeriders

20246.7

Abandoned

20225.8

Nocturnal Animals

20167.4

Revolutionary Road

20087.0

Premium Rush

20126.4

Jonah Hex

20105.0

Take Shelter

20117.1

Chain Reaction

19965.8

Amsterdam

20226.1

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

20077.1

Buddy

2026

Mud

20137.1

The Iceman

20126.6

A Different Man

20246.9

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

20096.2

The Current War

20186.7

99 Homes

20156.8

20105.8

Machine Gun Preacher

20116.7

World Trade Center

20066.1

Kangaroo Jack

20035.3

Lucky You

20075.7

Let's Go to Prison

20065.9

Midnight Special

20166.3

The Night Before

20156.1

Bug

20076.1

Fahrenheit 451

20185.5

The Greatest

20096.2

Young Ones

20145.7

The End

20245.2

They Came Together

20145.5

She's Funny That Way

20155.9

The Woodsman

20046.8

Heart of Champions

20216.7

Jesus' Son

20006.2

Loving

20166.7

The Runaways

20106.5

Complete Unknown

20165.1

Elvis & Nixon

20166.0

Criminal

20046.2

Mr. Irrelevant: The John Tuggle Story

2026

Tigerland

20006.6

Echo Boomers

20205.8

Freeheld

20157.2

Wolves

20165.8

Cecil B. Demented

20006.4

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

20106.1

What They Had

20186.5

Zamboni Man

20047.5

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

20172.0

Dead Birds

20055.7

A Little White Lie

20235.7

Bulls

20265.7

Frank & Lola

20165.6

The Quarry

20205.3

Poor Boy

20184.3

Blackbird

20072.0

Mullitt

20006.5

Friedkin Uncut

20187.1

Salt and Fire

20164.9

Making The Flash: Worlds Collide

20233.8

13 Scarier Movie Moments

20099.0

Chicago Cab

19985.8

Water

20049.0

The Harvest

20156.0

Pottersville

20174.9

Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel

2013

New Port South

20014.6

Dead Guy

2026

Grand Theft Parsons

20046.0

State Like Sleep

20194.7

Dinner with Audrey

2026

Vegas: A Love Story

2026

The Photographer

20004.8

Return

20116.4

Night's End

20224.4

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

2014

Love Letter to Texas

20266.0

Marvelous

2008

90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

2019

Overexposed

19923.3

Shotgun Stories

20076.9

Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of Wonders

2026

The Missing Person

20095.8

Bob Dylan: Trouble No More

20176.4

Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor

20017.0

King Snake

2026

The Broken Tower

20124.6

Choose You

20135.4

McCarthy

2026

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

2010

The Young King

2026

Herbert White

20107.1

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

20197.6

Happy Hour

2012

Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter

20138.7

The Ride

19979.0