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Michael Shannon
🎂 Aug 7, 1974 (51)
Lexington, Kentucky, USA Top 1000
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).
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Nuremberg
2025
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
Bullet Train
2022
The Flash
2023
Knives Out
2019
Man of Steel
2013
Bad Boys II
2003
Groundhog Day
1993
8 Mile
2002
Pearl Harbor
2001
The Shape of Water
2017
Vanilla Sky
2001
The Bikeriders
2024
A Different Man
2024
12 Strong
2018
High Crimes
2002
Amsterdam
2022
Nocturnal Animals
2016
13
2010
Revolutionary Road
2008
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
The Iceman
2012
Chain Reaction
1996
Mud
2013
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009
World Trade Center
2006
The Current War
2018
Take Shelter
2011
Abandoned
2022
Jonah Hex
2010
She's Funny That Way
2015
Kangaroo Jack
2003
The End
2024
Bug
2007
Machine Gun Preacher
2011
Shotgun Stories
2007
The Night Before
2015
99 Homes
2015
Let's Go to Prison
2006
Loving
2016
The Woodsman
2004
Return
2011
Tigerland
2000
Cecil B. Demented
2000
Criminal
2004
Frank & Lola
2016
Fahrenheit 451
2018
Premium Rush
2012
Lucky You
2007
The Runaways
2010
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Michael Shannon
1974-08-07 · 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 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.