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Michael Shannon
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…
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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.
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2026
Mr. Irrelevant
Movie Bill Parcells
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2026
Buddy
Movie Willie (voice)
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2026
Love Letter to Texas
Movie
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2026
Bulls
Movie Alistair Whitman
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2025
Nuremberg
Movie Justice Robert H. Jackson
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2025
Death by Lightning
TV show James Garfield
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2025
Eric LaRue
Movie Director
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2024
The End
Movie Father
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2024
All Happy Families
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
A Different Man
Movie Michael Shannon
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2024
The Bikeriders
Movie Zipco
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2023
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
Movie Self - 'General Zod'
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2023
The Flash
Movie General Zod
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2023
Waco: The Aftermath
TV show Gary Noesner
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2023
A Little White Lie
Movie Shriver
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2022
George & Tammy
TV show George Jones
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2022
Amsterdam
Movie Henry Norcross
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2022
Little Demon
TV show Unshaven Man (voice)
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2022
Bullet Train
Movie White Death
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2022
Abandoned
Movie Renner
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2022
Night's End
Movie Isaac Dees
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2021
Heart of Champions
Movie Jack Murphy
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2021
Nine Perfect Strangers
TV show Napoleon
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2020
Echo Boomers
Movie Mel Donnelly
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2020
The Quarry
Movie Chief Moore
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2020
Stars in the House
TV show Self
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2019
Knives Out
Movie Walt Thrombey
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2019
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
Movie Self
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2019
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
Movie Don McGahn
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2019
State Like Sleep
Movie Edward
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2018
Friedkin Uncut
Movie Self
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2018
The Little Drummer Girl
TV show Martin Kurtz
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2018
What They Had
Movie Nick
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2018
Poor Boy
Movie Blayde Griggs
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2018
Fahrenheit 451
Movie Captain Beatty
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2018
The Current War
Movie George Westinghouse
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2018
Waco
TV show Gary Noesner
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2018
12 Strong
Movie Hal Spencer
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2017
The Shape of Water
Movie Richard Strickland
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2017
Pottersville
Movie Maynard Greiger
