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.
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Full Filmography
All Credits (131)
McCarthy
as Joseph McCarthy
King Snake
as Unknown
Dinner with Audrey
as Unknown
Last Meals
as Governor George Callahan
Mr. Irrelevant
as Bill Parcells
Buddy
as Willie (voice)
Love Letter to Texas
as Unknown
Bulls
as Alistair Whitman
Nuremberg
as Justice Robert H. Jackson
Death by Lightning
as James Garfield
The End
as Father
A Different Man
as Michael Shannon
The Bikeriders
as Zipco
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
as Self - 'General Zod'
The Flash
as General Zod
Waco: The Aftermath
as Gary Noesner
A Little White Lie
as Shriver
George & Tammy
as George Jones
Amsterdam
as Henry Norcross
Little Demon
as Unshaven Man (voice)
Abandoned
as Renner
Night's End
as Isaac Dees
Heart of Champions
as Jack Murphy
Nine Perfect Strangers
as Napoleon
Echo Boomers
as Mel Donnelly
The Quarry
as Chief Moore
Stars in the House
as Self
Knives Out
as Walt Thrombey
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
as Self
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
as Don McGahn
State Like Sleep
as Edward
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
The Little Drummer Girl
as Martin Kurtz
What They Had
as Nick
Poor Boy
as Blayde Griggs
Fahrenheit 451
as Captain Beatty
The Current War
as George Westinghouse
Waco
as Gary Noesner
12 Strong
as Hal Spencer
The Shape of Water
as Richard Strickland
Pottersville
as Maynard Greiger
Bob Dylan: Trouble No More
as Self
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
as Self
Room 104
as Nathan
Frank & Lola
as Frank Reilly
Salt and Fire
as Matt Riley
Nocturnal Animals
as Bobby Andes
Loving
as Grey Villet
Wolves
as Lee Keller
Complete Unknown
as Tom Brayton
Elvis & Nixon
as Elvis Presley
Midnight Special
as Roy Tomlin
The Night Before
as Mr. Green
Freeheld
as Dane Wells
99 Homes
as Rick Carver
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Unknown
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Ringo Starr
She's Funny That Way
as Policeman Macy's
The Harvest
as Richard
Lip Sync Battle
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
as Self
Young Ones
as Ernest Holm
They Came Together
as Spike
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
as Unknown
Choose You
as Avicii
Mud
as Galen
Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter
as Unknown
Happy Hour
as Just Mike
The Iceman
as Richard Kuklinski
Premium Rush
as Bobby Monday
The Broken Tower
as Emile
Take Shelter
as Curtis LaForche
Machine Gun Preacher
as Donnie
Return
as Mike
Boardwalk Empire
as Nelson Van Alden
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Brad McCullum
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
as Self
Jonah Hex
as Doc Cross Williams
The Runaways
as Kim Fowley
13
as Henry
Herbert White
as Herbert White
13 Scarier Movie Moments
as Self
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
as Mundt
The Greatest
as Jordan Walker
The Missing Person
as John Rosow
Revolutionary Road
as John Givings
Marvelous
as John
Shotgun Stories
as Son Hayes
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Dex
Lucky You
as Ray Zumbro
Blackbird
as Murl
Bug
as Peter Evans
Let's Go to Prison
as Lynard
World Trade Center
as Dave Karnes
Dead Birds
as Clyde
The Woodsman
as Rosen
Water
as Bobby Matherson
Criminal
as Gene
Grand Theft Parsons
as Larry Oster-Berg
Zamboni Man
as Walt
Bad Boys II
as Floyd Poteet
Kangaroo Jack
as Frankie Lombardo
8 Mile
as Greg Buehl
High Crimes
as Troy Abbott
Vanilla Sky
as Aaron
Crossing Jordan
as Philip Corday
New Port South
as Stanton
Pearl Harbor
as Gooz
Tigerland
as Sgt. Filmore
Cecil B. Demented
as Petie
Jesus' Son
as Dundun
The Photographer
as Maurice
Mullitt
as Phil Kunz
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Avery Shaw
Chicago Cab
as Crack Head
The View
as Self - Guest
Early Edition
as Unknown
Early Edition
as Mr. Andrews
Early Edition
as Merle
Chain Reaction
as D.C. Flower Delivery Man
The Daily Show
as Self
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
Groundhog Day
as Fred
Overexposed
as Young Man