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.
★6.0
MOVIE2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Zod
★6.7
MOVIE2013
Man of Steel
as General Zod
★7.6
MOVIE2025
Nuremberg
as Justice Robert H. Jackson
★7.4
MOVIE2022
Bullet Train
as White Death
★7.2
MOVIE2017
The Shape of Water
as Richard Strickland
★7.8
MOVIE2019
Knives Out
as Walt Thrombey
★6.6
MOVIE2023
The Flash
as General Zod
★6.9
MOVIE2001
Pearl Harbor
as Gooz
★7.6
MOVIE1993
Groundhog Day
as Fred
★7.1
MOVIE2002
8 Mile
as Greg Buehl
★6.7
MOVIE2003
Bad Boys II
as Floyd Poteet
★6.7
MOVIE2024
The Bikeriders
as Zipco
★6.4
MOVIE2018
12 Strong
as Hal Spencer
★6.8
MOVIE2001
Vanilla Sky
as Aaron
★7.0
MOVIE2008
Revolutionary Road
as John Givings
★7.4
MOVIE2016
Nocturnal Animals
as Bobby Andes
★7.1
MOVIE2013
Mud
as Galen
★6.1
MOVIE2022
Amsterdam
as Henry Norcross
★6.7
MOVIE2018
The Current War
as George Westinghouse
★5.8
MOVIE2010
13
as Henry
★5.8
MOVIE1996
Chain Reaction
as D.C. Flower Delivery Man
★6.7
MOVIE2011
Machine Gun Preacher
as Donnie
★6.9
MOVIE2024
A Different Man
as Michael Shannon
★6.4
MOVIE2012
Premium Rush
as Bobby Monday
★5.3
MOVIE2003
Kangaroo Jack
as Frankie Lombardo
★5.9
MOVIE2015
She's Funny That Way
as Policeman Macy's
★7.1
MOVIE2011
Take Shelter
as Curtis LaForche
★6.1
MOVIE2006
World Trade Center
as Dave Karnes
★6.6
MOVIE2012
The Iceman
as Richard Kuklinski
★5.0
MOVIE2010
Jonah Hex
as Doc Cross Williams
★6.1
MOVIE2007
Bug
as Peter Evans
★6.3
MOVIE2016
Midnight Special
as Roy Tomlin
★7.1
MOVIE2007
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Dex
★6.2
MOVIE2009
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
as Mundt
★6.3
MOVIE2002
High Crimes
as Troy Abbott
★6.8
MOVIE2015
99 Homes
as Rick Carver
★6.1
MOVIE2015
The Night Before
as Mr. Green
★5.1
MOVIE2016
Complete Unknown
as Tom Brayton
★6.7
MOVIE2021
Heart of Champions
as Jack Murphy
★5.9
MOVIE2006
Let's Go to Prison
as Lynard
★5.5
MOVIE2014
They Came Together
as Spike
★2.0
MOVIE2017
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
as Self
MOVIE2026
Mr. Irrelevant: The John Tuggle Story
as Bill Parcells
★5.7
MOVIE2007
Lucky You
as Ray Zumbro
MOVIE2026
Buddy
as Charlie the Train (voice) / Willie (voice)
★5.5
MOVIE2018
Fahrenheit 451
as Captain Beatty
★5.7
MOVIE2026
Bulls
as Alistair Whitman
★5.8
MOVIE2016
Wolves
as Lee Keller
★6.2
MOVIE2000
Jesus' Son
as Dundun
★6.2
MOVIE2009
The Greatest
as Jordan Walker
★6.5
MOVIE2010
The Runaways
as Kim Fowley
★6.7
MOVIE2016
Loving
as Grey Villet
★5.7
MOVIE2014
Young Ones
as Ernest Holm
★5.8
MOVIE2020
Echo Boomers
as Mel Donnelly
★6.0
MOVIE2026
Love Letter to Texas
★7.5
MOVIE2004
Zamboni Man
as Walt
★5.7
MOVIE2023
A Little White Lie
as Shriver
★6.6
MOVIE2000
Tigerland
as Sgt. Filmore
★4.6
MOVIE2012
The Broken Tower
as Emile
★5.2
MOVIE2024
The End
as Father
★7.2
MOVIE2015
Freeheld
as Dane Wells
★4.3
MOVIE2018
Poor Boy
as Blayde Griggs
★6.5
MOVIE2018
What They Had
as Nick
★9.0
MOVIE2009
13 Scarier Movie Moments
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE2004
Criminal
as Gene
★6.0
MOVIE2016
Elvis & Nixon
as Elvis Presley
★6.4
MOVIE2000
Cecil B. Demented
as Petie
★9.0
MOVIE2004
Water
as Bobby Matherson
★4.6
MOVIE2001
New Port South
as Stanton
★6.1
MOVIE2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Brad McCullum
★5.7
MOVIE2005
Dead Birds
as Clyde
★5.8
MOVIE2022
Abandoned
as Renner
★6.0
MOVIE2015
The Harvest
as Richard
★6.8
MOVIE2004
The Woodsman
as Rosen
MOVIE2013
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
★4.9
MOVIE2016
Salt and Fire
as Matt Riley
★6.0
MOVIE2004
Grand Theft Parsons
as Larry Oster-Berg
★6.4
MOVIE2017
Bob Dylan: Trouble No More
as Self
★5.6
MOVIE2016
Frank & Lola
as Frank Reilly
★4.9
MOVIE2017
Pottersville
as Maynard Greiger
★2.0
MOVIE2007
Blackbird
as Murl
★6.5
MOVIE2000
Mullitt
as Phil Kunz
★5.2
MOVIE2020
The Quarry
as Chief Moore
★6.9
MOVIE2007
Shotgun Stories
as Son Hayes
★5.8
MOVIE2009
The Missing Person
as John Rosow
★6.4
MOVIE2011
Return
as Mike
MOVIETBA
Dinner with Audrey
★5.8
MOVIE1998
Chicago Cab
as Crack Head
★3.0
MOVIE2000
The Photographer
as Maurice
★7.1
MOVIE2018
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
★4.7
MOVIE2019
State Like Sleep
as Edward
MOVIE2014
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
as Self
MOVIETBA
Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of Wonders
as Doctor Caligari
MOVIETBA
Vegas: A Love Story
★7.0
MOVIE2001
Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor
as Gooz
MOVIE2008
Marvelous
as John
★3.8
MOVIE2023
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
as Self - 'General Zod'
MOVIETBA
Dead Guy
★4.4
MOVIE2022
Night's End
as Isaac Dees
MOVIETBA
King Snake
★7.6
MOVIE2019
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
as Don McGahn
★5.4
MOVIE2013
Choose You
as Avicii
MOVIETBA
The Young King
as Mick
★3.3
MOVIE1992
Overexposed
as Young Man
MOVIE2012
Happy Hour
as Just Mike
★7.1
MOVIE2010
Herbert White
as Herbert White
MOVIETBA
McCarthy
as Joseph McCarthy
★8.7
MOVIE2013
Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter
★9.0
MOVIE1997
The Ride
as Jimmy
MOVIE2010
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
as Self
MOVIE2019
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
as Self