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.
Filmography
all 128
Movies 108
TV Shows 20
self 17
Producer 2
Director 1
Voice 1
The Bikeriders (2024)
A Different Man (2024)
All Happy Families (2023)
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide (2023)
The Flash (2023)
Eric LaRue (2023)
Waco: The Aftermath (2023)
A Little White Lie (2023)
George & Tammy (2022)
Amsterdam (2022)
Little Demon (2022)
Bullet Train (2022)
Abandoned (2022)
Night's End (2022)
Heart of Champions (2021)
Nine Perfect Strangers (2021)
Echo Boomers (2020)
The Quarry (2020)
Knives Out (2019)
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre (2019)
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts (2019)
State Like Sleep (2019)
Friedkin Uncut (2018)
The Little Drummer Girl (2018)
What They Had (2018)
Long Way Back Home (2018)
Poor Boy (2018)
Fahrenheit 451 (2018)
The Current War (2018)
Waco (2018)
12 Strong (2018)
The Shape of Water (2017)
Pottersville (2017)
Bob Dylan - Trouble No More (2017)
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2017)
Room 104 (2017)
Signature Move (2017)
Frank & Lola (2016)
Salt and Fire (2016)
Loving (2016)
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Wolves (2016)
Complete Unknown (2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Elvis & Nixon (2016)
Midnight Special (2016)
The Night Before (2015)
Freeheld (2015)
99 Homes (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
The Harvest (2015)
Lip Sync Battle (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire (2014)
She's Funny That Way (2014)
Young Ones (2014)
They Came Together (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014)
Choose You (2013)
Sparrows Dance (2013)
Man of Steel (2013)
Mud (2013)
Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter (2013)
Happy Hour (2012)
The Iceman (2012)
Premium Rush (2012)
The Broken Tower (2012)
Touch of Evil (2011)
Take Shelter (2011)
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
Through The Grape Vine (2011)
Return (2011)
Boardwalk Empire (2010)
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later (2010)
Jonah Hex (2010)
The Runaways (2010)
13 (2010)
Herbert White (2010)
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
13 Scarier Movie Moments (2009)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)
The Greatest (2009)
The Missing Person (2009)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Marvelous (2008)
Shotgun Stories (2007)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Lucky You (2007)
Blackbird (2007)
Let's Go to Prison (2006)
Bug (2006)
World Trade Center (2006)
The Woodsman (2004)
Water (2004)
Criminal (2004)
Grand Theft Parsons (2004)
Dead Birds (2004)
Zamboni Man (2004)
Bad Boys II (2003)
Kangaroo Jack (2003)
8 Mile (2002)
High Crimes (2002)
Vanilla Sky (2001)
Crossing Jordan (2001)
New Port South (2001)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Tigerland (2000)
Jesus' Son (2000)
Cecil B. Demented (2000)
The Photographer (2000)
Mullitt (2000)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Chicago Cab (1998)
The Ride (1997)
The View (1997)
Chain Reaction (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Overexposed (1992)
Angel Street (1992)
Death by Lightning
Dead Guy
Nuremberg
McCarthy
The End
The Young King
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1974-08-07 (49 years old)
Birth PlaceLexington, Kentucky, United States of America
FatherDonald S. Shannon
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesBrooklyn, United States of America
Also Known AsMike Shannon, Μάικλ Σάνον, 마이클 섀넌, Майкл Шеннон, Michael Corbett Shannon
AwardsJeff Awards
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