
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.
- Known ForActing
- Born7 August 1974 (age 51)
- Place of BirthLexington, Kentucky, USA
Michael Shannon

- Known ForActing
- Born7 August 1974 (age 51)
- Place of BirthLexington, Kentucky, USA

Eric LaRue
2025

The End
2024

The Bikeriders
2024

A Different Man
2024

The Flash
2023

Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
2023

A Little White Lie
2023

Abandoned
2022

Night's End
2022

Bullet Train
2022

Amsterdam
2022

Heart of Champions
2021

Echo Boomers
2020

The Quarry
2020

90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
2019

State Like Sleep
2019

Knives Out
2019

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
2019

Poor Boy
2018

The Current War
2018

12 Strong
2018

What They Had
2018

Fahrenheit 451
2018

Friedkin Uncut
2018

Long Way Back Home
2018

The Shape of Water
2017

Pottersville
2017

Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
2017

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017

Midnight Special
2016

Elvis & Nixon
2016

Frank & Lola
2016

Nocturnal Animals
2016

Salt and Fire
2016

Loving
2016

Complete Unknown
2016

Wolves
2016

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016

The Harvest
2015

99 Homes
2015

Freeheld
2015

She's Funny That Way
2015

The Night Before
2015

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
2014

They Came Together
2014

Young Ones
2014

Man of Steel
2013

Mud
2013
Choose You
2013

Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter
2013

Premium Rush
2012

The Iceman
2012

The Broken Tower
2012

Happy Hour
2012

Machine Gun Preacher
2011

Take Shelter
2011

Return
2011

Touch of Evil
2011

Jonah Hex
2010

The Runaways
2010

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010

13
2010
Herbert White
2010

I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
2010

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
2009

The Missing Person
2009

The Greatest
2009
13 Scarier Movie Moments
2009

Revolutionary Road
2008

Marvelous
2008

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007

Shotgun Stories
2007

Bug
2007

Blackbird
2007

Lucky You
2007

World Trade Center
2006

Let's Go to Prison
2006

The Woodsman
2004

Dead Birds
2004

Grand Theft Parsons
2004

Criminal
2004

Zamboni Man
2004

Water
2004

Bad Boys II
2003

Kangaroo Jack
2003

8 Mile
2002

High Crimes
2002

Pearl Harbor
2001

Vanilla Sky
2001

New Port South
2001

Jesus' Son
2000

The Photographer
2000

Mullitt
2000

Cecil B. Demented
2000

Tigerland
2000

Chicago Cab
1998
The Ride
1997

Chain Reaction
1996
