Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon

Birthday: 1974-08-07

Place of birth: Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Also known as: Mike Shannon, Michael Corbett Shannon

imdb_id: nm0788335

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

13 Scarier Movie Moments

Score: 9.0

Water

Score: 9.0

Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter

Score: 8.0

Knives Out

Score: 7.8

Groundhog Day

Score: 7.6

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

Score: 7.6

Bullet Train

Score: 7.4

Nocturnal Animals

Score: 7.4

Nuremberg

Score: 7.4

The Shape of Water

Score: 7.2

Freeheld

Score: 7.2

8 Mile

Score: 7.1

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Score: 7.1

Herbert White

Score: 7.1

Mud

Score: 7.1

Take Shelter

Score: 7.0

Friedkin Uncut

Score: 7.0

Zamboni Man

Score: 7.0

Revolutionary Road

Score: 7.0

Pearl Harbor

Score: 6.9

A Different Man

Score: 6.9

Shotgun Stories

Score: 6.9

The Woodsman

Score: 6.9

Vanilla Sky

Score: 6.8

99 Homes

Score: 6.8

Loving

Score: 6.7

The Current War

Score: 6.7

Machine Gun Preacher

Score: 6.7

The Bikeriders

Score: 6.7

Bad Boys II

Score: 6.7

Man of Steel

Score: 6.6

Tigerland

Score: 6.6

Heart of Champions

Score: 6.6

The Flash

Score: 6.6

The Iceman

Score: 6.6

What They Had

Score: 6.5

The Runaways

Score: 6.5

Return

Score: 6.4

Long Way Back Home

Score: 6.4

Bob Dylan - Trouble No More

Score: 6.4

Cecil B. Demented

Score: 6.4

High Crimes

Score: 6.4

12 Strong

Score: 6.3

Premium Rush

Score: 6.3

Jesus' Son

Score: 6.3

Midnight Special

Score: 6.3

The Greatest

Score: 6.2

Criminal

Score: 6.2

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

Score: 6.2

The Night Before

Score: 6.1

Bug

Score: 6.1

World Trade Center

Score: 6.1

Amsterdam

Score: 6.1

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

Score: 6.1

The Harvest

Score: 6.0

Elvis & Nixon

Score: 6.0

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Score: 6.0

She's Funny That Way

Score: 5.9

13

Score: 5.9

Abandoned

Score: 5.8

Wolves

Score: 5.8

The Missing Person

Score: 5.8

Grand Theft Parsons

Score: 5.8

Chain Reaction

Score: 5.8

Echo Boomers

Score: 5.8

Let's Go to Prison

Score: 5.8

Dead Birds

Score: 5.7

Young Ones

Score: 5.7

Lucky You

Score: 5.6

A Little White Lie

Score: 5.6

Frank & Lola

Score: 5.6

They Came Together

Score: 5.6

Chicago Cab

Score: 5.5

Fahrenheit 451

Score: 5.4

Choose You

Score: 5.4

Kangaroo Jack

Score: 5.3

The End

Score: 5.3

The Quarry

Score: 5.2

Complete Unknown

Score: 5.1

Mullitt

Score: 5.0

Jonah Hex

Score: 5.0

Pottersville

Score: 4.9

Salt and Fire

Score: 4.9

State Like Sleep

Score: 4.7

The Broken Tower

Score: 4.7

Night's End

Score: 4.3

New Port South

Score: 3.9

Making The Flash: Worlds Collide

Score: 3.8

Poor Boy

Score: 3.8

The Photographer

Score: 3.0

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

Score: 2.0

Blackbird

Score: 2.0

Overexposed

Score: 1.0

Dinner with Audrey

Score: 0.0

King Snake

Score: 0.0

Bulls

Score: 0.0

Mr. Irrelevant

Score: 0.0

I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later

Score: 0.0

Happy Hour

Score: 0.0

Marvelous

Score: 0.0

The Ride

Score: 0.0

The Young King

Score: 0.0

90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

Score: 0.0

Dead Guy

Score: 0.0

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

Score: 0.0

McCarthy

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Boardwalk Empire

Score: 8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Score: 7.9

Death by Lightning

Score: 7.6

Little Demon

Score: 7.5

Waco

Score: 7.4

Early Edition

Score: 7.3

Early Edition

Score: 7.3

Early Edition

Score: 7.3

Crossing Jordan

Score: 7.2

The Little Drummer Girl

Score: 7.1

Nine Perfect Strangers

Score: 7.0

George & Tammy

Score: 7.0

Waco: The Aftermath

Score: 7.0

Lip Sync Battle

Score: 6.4

The Daily Show

Score: 6.4

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Score: 6.2

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Score: 6.2

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Score: 5.9

Room 104

Score: 5.7

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Score: 5.3

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Score: 5.3

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Score: 4.6

The View

Score: 4.3

Off Camera with Sam Jones

Score: 4.0

Stars in the House

Score: 0.0