
Cast
Michael Shannon
Acting
Cast
Michael Shannon
Known for
Acting
Born
1974-08-07
From
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Also known as Mike Shannon, Michael Corbett Shannon
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.

Nuremberg
as Justice Robert H. Jackson

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Zod

Man of Steel
as General Zod

The Flash
as General Zod

Knives Out
as Walt Thrombey

Bullet Train
as White Death

Pearl Harbor
as Gooz

Bad Boys II
as Floyd Poteet

Groundhog Day
as Fred

Mud
as Galen

The Shape of Water
as Richard Strickland

12 Strong
as Hal Spencer

The Bikeriders
as Zipco

8 Mile
as Greg Buehl

Vanilla Sky
as Aaron

Nocturnal Animals
as Bobby Andes

Amsterdam
as Henry Norcross

Revolutionary Road
as John Givings

Kangaroo Jack
as Frankie Lombardo

The Iceman
as Richard Kuklinski

Jonah Hex
as Doc Cross Williams

Abandoned
as Renner

13
as Henry

Premium Rush
as Bobby Monday

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Dex

Fahrenheit 451
as Captain Beatty

Chain Reaction
as D.C. Flower Delivery Man

Bug
as Peter Evans

Midnight Special
as Roy Tomlin

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
as Mundt

A Different Man
as Michael Shannon

The Woodsman
as Rosen

Take Shelter
as Curtis LaForche

Freeheld
as Dane Wells

Lucky You
as Ray Zumbro

The Current War
as George Westinghouse

The Night Before
as Mr. Green

World Trade Center
as Dave Karnes

Let's Go to Prison
as Lynard

Tigerland
as Sgt. Filmore

99 Homes
as Rick Carver

High Crimes
as Troy Abbott

They Came Together
as Spike

Loving
as Grey Villet

Machine Gun Preacher
as Donnie

Criminal
as Gene

Shotgun Stories
as Son Hayes

The Greatest
as Jordan Walker

Elvis & Nixon
as Elvis Presley

The End
as Father

She's Funny That Way
as Policeman Macy's

Complete Unknown
as Tom Brayton

Dead Birds
as Clyde

Chicago Cab
as Crack Head

Young Ones
as Ernest Holm

The Quarry
as Chief Moore

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Brad McCullum

The Runaways
as Kim Fowley

Heart of Champions
as Jack Murphy

Wolves
as Lee Keller

13 Scarier Movie Moments
as Self

Echo Boomers
as Mel Donnelly

Pottersville
as Maynard Greiger

Return
as Mike

Frank & Lola
as Frank Reilly

Mr. Irrelevant: The John Tuggle Story
as Bill Parcells

The Harvest
as Richard

A Little White Lie
as Shriver

Grand Theft Parsons
as Larry Oster-Berg

Salt and Fire
as Matt Riley

What They Had
as Nick

Cecil B. Demented
as Petie

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
as Self

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
as Self

Jesus' Son
as Dundun

New Port South
as Stanton

State Like Sleep
as Edward

The Missing Person
as John Rosow

Water
as Bobby Matherson

The Broken Tower
as Emile

Dead Guy

Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
as Self - 'General Zod'

Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
as Self

Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel

The Photographer
as Maurice

Buddy
as Charlie the Train (voice) / Willie (voice)

Friedkin Uncut
as Self

Long Way Back Home
as Stanton

Overexposed
as Young Man

Love Letter to Texas

Poor Boy
as Blayde Griggs

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

Marvelous
as John

McCarthy
as Joseph McCarthy

Mullitt
as Phil Kunz

Bulls
as Alistair Whitman

Zamboni Man
as Walt

Night's End
as Isaac Dees

90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
as Self

Choose You
as Avicii

Blackbird
as Murl

The Young King
as Mick

Happy Hour
as Just Mike

Vegas: A Love Story

Herbert White
as Herbert White

Dinner with Audrey

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
as Don McGahn

Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of Wonders
as Doctor Caligari

Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter

The Ride
as Jimmy
