Michael Shannon

Known for ActingBorn 1974-08-07 (age 51)Lexington, Kentucky, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

13 Scarier Movie Moments

Water

The Ride

Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter

Boardwalk Empire

Knives Out

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Nuremberg

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

Little Demon

Bullet Train

Death by Lightning

Waco

Nocturnal Animals

Groundhog Day

Zamboni Man

The Shape of Water

Freeheld

Early Edition

The Little Drummer Girl

Friedkin Uncut

Herbert White

Crossing Jordan

A Different Man

Mud

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Take Shelter

8 Mile

Nine Perfect Strangers

Waco: The Aftermath

Revolutionary Road

Shotgun Stories

George & Tammy

99 Homes

Pearl Harbor

The Bikeriders

The Woodsman

The Current War

Loving

The Flash

Machine Gun Preacher

Vanilla Sky

Heart of Champions

Man of Steel

Eric LaRue

Bad Boys II

The Iceman

What They Had