Michael Shannon

Acting · 4.7 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

Bullet Train

20227.4

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

20166.0

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

Abandoned

20225.8

The Bikeriders

20246.7

Nocturnal Animals

20167.4

Revolutionary Road

20087.0

Jonah Hex

20105.0

Premium Rush

20126.4

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

20096.2

Amsterdam

20226.1

Chain Reaction

19965.8

Mud

20137.1

The Iceman

20126.6

Buddy

2026

Take Shelter

20117.1

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

20077.1

A Different Man

20246.9

The Current War

20186.7

99 Homes

20156.8

20105.8

Kangaroo Jack

20035.3

Machine Gun Preacher

20116.7

Lucky You

20075.7

World Trade Center

20066.1

The Night Before

20156.1

Let's Go to Prison

20065.9

Bug

20076.1

Midnight Special

20166.3

The End

20245.2

The Greatest

20096.2

Fahrenheit 451

20185.5

Young Ones

20145.7

She's Funny That Way

20155.9

Loving

20166.7

They Came Together

20145.5

The Woodsman

20046.8

Complete Unknown

20165.1

The Runaways

20106.5

Jesus' Son

20006.2

Heart of Champions

20216.7

Elvis & Nixon

20166.0

Tigerland

20006.6

Mr. Irrelevant: The John Tuggle Story

2026

Freeheld

20157.2

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

20172.0

Criminal

20046.2

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

20106.1

Wolves

20165.8

What They Had

20186.5

Echo Boomers

20205.8

Cecil B. Demented

20006.4

Dead Birds

20055.7

A Little White Lie

20235.7

Frank & Lola

20165.6

Bulls

20265.7

Poor Boy

20184.3

The Quarry

20205.3

Friedkin Uncut

20187.1

Salt and Fire

20164.9

13 Scarier Movie Moments

20099.0

Blackbird

20072.0

Zamboni Man

20047.5

Pottersville

20174.9

Making The Flash: Worlds Collide

20233.8

Water

20049.0

The Harvest

20156.0

Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel

2013

Mullitt

20006.5

New Port South

20014.6

Grand Theft Parsons

20046.0

Chicago Cab

19985.8

Vegas: A Love Story

2026

Dead Guy

2026

State Like Sleep

20194.7

The Photographer

20004.8

Night's End

20224.4

King Snake

2026

Shotgun Stories

20076.9

Return

20116.4

Love Letter to Texas

20266.0

Dinner with Audrey

2026

The Missing Person

20095.8

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

2014

Marvelous

2008

90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

2019

Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor

20017.0

The Broken Tower

20124.6

Bob Dylan: Trouble No More

20176.4

Choose You

20135.4

Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of Wonders

2026

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

20197.6

Overexposed

19923.3

Herbert White

20107.1

McCarthy

2026

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

2010

Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter

20138.7

The Young King

2026

The Ride

19979.0

Happy Hour

2012