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