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