Michael Shannon
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.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Avery Shaw
Nuremberg
Justice Robert H. Jackson
Boardwalk Empire
Nelson Van Alden
Crossing Jordan
Philip Corday
Knives Out
Walt Thrombey
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Zod
Groundhog Day
Fred
Man of Steel
General Zod
Bullet Train
White Death
The Flash
General Zod
Early Edition
Early Edition
Mr. Andrews
Early Edition
Merle
Stars in the House
Self
Lip Sync Battle
Self
Nine Perfect Strangers
Napoleon
The Night Before
Mr. Green
Pearl Harbor
Gooz Wood
Bad Boys II
Floyd Poteet
Return
Mike
8 Mile
Greg Buehl
The Shape of Water
Richard Strickland
Room 104
Nathan
The Broken Tower
Emile
Vanilla Sky
Aaron
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
Self
Heart of Champions
Jack Murphy
Death by Lightning
James Garfield
Young Ones
Ernest Holm
12 Strong
Hal Spencer
The Bikeriders
Zipco
Nocturnal Animals
Bobby Andes
Waco
Gary Noesner
A Different Man
Michael Shannon
Amsterdam
Henry Norcross
Revolutionary Road
John Givings
She's Funny That Way
Policeman Macy's
The Ride
Jimmy
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Self
Mullitt
Phil Kunz
Little Demon
Unshaven Man (voice)
Take Shelter
Curtis LaForche
Salt and Fire
Matt Riley
McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy
Waco: The Aftermath
Gary Noesner
The Little Drummer Girl
Martin Kurtz
Bulls
Alistair Whitman
Chain Reaction
D.C. Flower Delivery Man
13
Henry
World Trade Center
Dave Karnes
Tigerland
Sgt. Filmore
The Quarry
Chief Moore
Jonah Hex
Doc Cross Williams
The Iceman
Richard Kuklinski
Bug
Peter Evans
Premium Rush
Bobby Monday
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Mundt
Mud
Galen
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Dex
Kangaroo Jack
Frankie Lombardo
Midnight Special
Roy Tomlin
They Came Together
Spike
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Brad McCullum
Machine Gun Preacher
Donnie
The Missing Person
John Rosow
99 Homes
Rick Carver
The Woodsman
Rosen
George & Tammy
George Jones
The Current War
George Westinghouse
High Crimes
Troy Abbott
13 Scarier Movie Moments
Self
Wolves
Lee Keller
Freeheld
Dane Wells
The End
Father
Jesus' Son
Dundun
Buddy
Let's Go to Prison
Lynard
Fahrenheit 451
Captain Beatty
Loving
Grey Villet
Lucky You
Ray Zumbro
Complete Unknown
Tom Brayton
The Greatest
Jordan Walker
Water
Bobby Matherson
Abandoned
Renner
State Like Sleep
Edward
The Runaways
Kim Fowley
Criminal
Gene
Echo Boomers
Mel Donnelly
Friedkin Uncut
Self
New Port South
Stanton
Night's End
Isaac Dees
Pottersville
Maynard Greiger
Shotgun Stories
Son Hayes
Cecil B. Demented
Petie
Poor Boy
Blayde Griggs
Chicago Cab
Crack Head
Long Way Back Home
Stanton
Dead Birds
Clyde
Grand Theft Parsons
Larry Oster-Berg
Overexposed
Young Man
Elvis & Nixon
Elvis Presley
Frank & Lola
Frank Reilly
What They Had
Nick
Blackbird
Murl
A Little White Lie
Shriver
The Photographer
Maurice
Marvelous
John
Mr. Irrelevant
Bill Parcells
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
Self - 'General Zod'
The Harvest
Richard
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Self
Dead Guy
Zamboni Man
Walt
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
Self
Choose You
Avicii
Happy Hour
Just Mike
King Snake
Dinner with Audrey
The Young King
Mick
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
Don McGahn
Herbert White
Herbert White
Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
Self
Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter
The Daily Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The View
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self