Michael Shannon
- Acting
- August 7, 1974 · 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 · Bill Parcells
- Buddy · Willie (Voice)
- Love Letter to Texas · Gus
- Bulls · Alistair Whitman
- Nuremberg · Justice Robert H. Jackson
- Death by Lightning · James Garfield
- Eric LaRue · Director
- The End · Father
- All Happy Families · Executive producer
- A Different Man · Michael Shannon
- The Bikeriders · Zipco
- Making The Flash: Worlds Collide · Self, Thanks
- The Flash · General Zod
- Waco: The Aftermath · Gary Noesner, Executive producer
- A Little White Lie · Shriver
- George & Tammy · George Jones
- Amsterdam · Henry Norcross
- Little Demon · Unshaven Man (Voice)
- Bullet Train · White Death
- Abandoned · Renner
- Night's End · Isaac Dees
- Heart of Champions · Jack Murphy
- Nine Perfect Strangers · Napoleon
- Echo Boomers · Mel Donnelly
- The Quarry · Chief Moore
- Stars in the House · Self
- Knives Out · Walt Thrombey
- 90 Years of the Music Box Theatre · Self
- The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts · Don McGahn
- State Like Sleep · Edward
- Friedkin Uncut · Self
- The Little Drummer Girl · Martin Kurtz
- What They Had · Nick, Executive producer
- Poor Boy · Blayde Griggs
- Fahrenheit 451 · Captain Beatty
- The Current War · George Westinghouse
- Waco · Gary Noesner
- 12 Strong · Hal Spencer
- The Shape of Water · Richard Strickland
- Pottersville · Maynard Greiger, Executive producer
- Bob Dylan: Trouble No More · Self
- Ballad of a Righteous Merchant · Self
- Room 104 · Nathan
- Signature Move · Executive producer
- Frank & Lola · Frank Reilly
- Salt and Fire · Matt Riley
- Nocturnal Animals · Bobby Andes
- Loving · Grey Villet
- Wolves · Lee Keller
- Complete Unknown · Tom Brayton
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice · Zod
- Elvis & Nixon · Elvis Presley, Executive producer
- Midnight Special · Roy Tomlin
- The Night Before · Mr. Green
- Freeheld · Dane Wells
- 99 Homes · Rick Carver
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self, Ringo Starr
- She's Funny That Way · Policeman Macy's
- The Harvest · Richard
- Lip Sync Battle · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire · Self
- Young Ones · Ernest Holm
- They Came Together · Spike
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones · Self
- Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
- Choose You · Avicii
- Sparrows Dance · Thanks
- Man of Steel · General Zod
- Mud · Galen
- Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter
- Happy Hour · Just Mike
- The Iceman · Richard Kuklinski
- Premium Rush · Bobby Monday
- Keep the Lights On · Thanks
- The Broken Tower · Emile
- Take Shelter · Curtis LaForche
- Machine Gun Preacher · Donnie