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Michael Shannon

Born 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.

Filmography 130

Mr. Irrelevant: The John Tuggle Story
as Bill Parcells
2026
Buddy
as Charlie the Train (voice) / Willie (voice)
2026
Love Letter to Texas
2026
Bulls
as Alistair Whitman
2026
Nuremberg
as Justice Robert H. Jackson
2025
Death by Lightning
as James Garfield
2025
The End
as Father
2024
A Different Man
as Michael Shannon
2024
The Bikeriders
as Zipco
2024
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
as Self - 'General Zod'
2023
The Flash
as General Zod
2023
Waco: The Aftermath
as Gary Noesner
2023
A Little White Lie
as Shriver
2023
George & Tammy
as George Jones
2022
Amsterdam
as Henry Norcross
2022
Little Demon
as Unshaven Man (voice)
2022
Bullet Train
as White Death
2022
Abandoned
as Renner
2022
Night's End
as Isaac Dees
2022
Heart of Champions
as Jack Murphy
2021
Nine Perfect Strangers
as Napoleon
2021
Echo Boomers
as Mel Donnelly
2020
The Quarry
as Chief Moore
2020
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
Knives Out
as Walt Thrombey
2019
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
as Self
2019
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
as Don McGahn
2019
State Like Sleep
as Edward
2019
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
2018
The Little Drummer Girl
as Martin Kurtz
2018
What They Had
as Nick
2018
Long Way Back Home
as Stanton
2018
Poor Boy
as Blayde Griggs
2018
Fahrenheit 451
as Captain Beatty
2018
The Current War
as George Westinghouse
2018
Waco
as Gary Noesner
2018
12 Strong
as Hal Spencer
2018
The Shape of Water
as Richard Strickland
2017
Pottersville
as Maynard Greiger
2017
Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
as Self
2017
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
as Self
2017
Room 104
as Nathan
2017
Frank & Lola
as Frank Reilly
2016
Salt and Fire
as Matt Riley
2016
Nocturnal Animals
as Bobby Andes
2016
Loving
as Grey Villet
2016
Wolves
as Lee Keller
2016
Complete Unknown
as Tom Brayton
2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Zod
2016
Elvis & Nixon
as Elvis Presley
2016
Midnight Special
as Roy Tomlin
2016
The Night Before
as Mr. Green
2015
Freeheld
as Dane Wells
2015
99 Homes
as Rick Carver
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
She's Funny That Way
as Policeman Macy's
2015
The Harvest
as Richard
2015
Lip Sync Battle
as Self
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
as Self
2014
Young Ones
as Ernest Holm
2014
They Came Together
as Spike
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2014
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
as Self
2013
Man of Steel
as General Zod
2013
Mud
as Galen
2013
Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter
2013
Happy Hour
as Just Mike
2012
The Iceman
as Richard Kuklinski
2012
Premium Rush
as Bobby Monday
2012
The Broken Tower
as Emile
2012
Take Shelter
as Curtis LaForche
2011
Machine Gun Preacher
as Donnie
2011
Return
as Mike
2011
Boardwalk Empire
as Nelson Van Alden
2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Brad McCullum
2010
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
as Self
2010
Jonah Hex
as Doc Cross Williams
2010
The Runaways
as Kim Fowley
2010
13
as Henry
2010
13 Scarier Movie Moments
as Self
2009
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
as Mundt
2009
The Greatest
as Jordan Walker
2009
The Missing Person
as John Rosow
2009
Revolutionary Road
as John Givings
2008
Marvelous
as John
2008
Shotgun Stories
as Son Hayes
2007
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Dex
2007
Lucky You
as Ray Zumbro
2007
Blackbird
as Murl
2007
Bug
as Peter Evans
2007
Let's Go to Prison
as Lynard
2006
World Trade Center
as Dave Karnes
2006
Dead Birds
as Clyde
2005
The Woodsman
as Rosen
2004
Water
as Bobby Matherson
2004
Criminal
as Gene
2004
Grand Theft Parsons
as Larry Oster-Berg
2004
Zamboni Man
as Walt
2004
Bad Boys II
as Floyd Poteet
2003
Kangaroo Jack
as Frankie Lombardo
2003
8 Mile
as Greg Buehl
2002
High Crimes
as Troy Abbott
2002
Vanilla Sky
as Aaron
2001
Crossing Jordan
as Philip Corday
2001
New Port South
as Stanton
2001
Pearl Harbor
as Gooz Wood
2001
Tigerland
as Sgt. Filmore
2000
Cecil B. Demented
as Petie
2000
Jesus' Son
as Dundun
2000
The Photographer
as Maurice
2000
Mullitt
as Phil Kunz
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Avery Shaw
1999
Chicago Cab
as Crack Head
1998
The View
as Self
1997
Early Edition
1996
Early Edition
as Mr. Andrews
1996
Early Edition
as Merle
1996
Chain Reaction
as D.C. Flower Delivery Man
1996
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1993
Groundhog Day
as Fred
1993
Overexposed
as Young Man
1992
McCarthy
as Joseph McCarthy
Dinner with Audrey