Michael Shannon
108 movies · 12 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 7, 1974 (age 52)
- Place of birth
- Lexington, Kentucky, USA
- Also known as
- Mike Shannon · Michael Corbett Shannon
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Michael Shannon: movies and TV shows
Acting (115)
- Upcoming Mr. Irrelevant
as Bill Parcells
- Upcoming McCarthy
as Joseph McCarthy
- Upcoming
- Upcoming The Young King
as Mick
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of Wonders
as Doctor Caligari
- Upcoming Last Meals
as Governor George Callahan
- 2026 Buddy
as Willie (voice)
- 2026 Love Letter to Texas
as Gus
- 2026 Bulls
as Alistair Whitman
- 2025 Nuremberg
as Justice Robert H. Jackson
- 2025
- 2024 The End
as Father
- 2024 A Different Man
as Michael Shannon
- 2024 The Bikeriders
as Zipco
- 2023 The Flash
as General Zod
- 2023
- 2023 A Little White Lie
as Shriver
- 2022
- 2022 Amsterdam
as Henry Norcross
- 2022
- 2022 Bullet Train
as White Death
- 2022 Abandoned
as Renner
- 2022 Night's End
as Isaac Dees
- 2021 Heart of Champions
as Jack Murphy
- 2021
- 2020 Echo Boomers
as Mel Donnelly
- 2020 The Quarry
as Chief Moore
- 2019 Knives Out
as Walt Thrombey
- 2019 The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
as Don McGahn
- 2019 State Like Sleep
as Edward
- 2018
- 2018 What They Had
as Nick
- 2018 Poor Boy
as Blayde Griggs
- 2018 Fahrenheit 451
as Captain Beatty
- 2018 The Current War
as George Westinghouse
- 2018
- 2018 12 Strong
as Hal Spencer
- 2017 The Shape of Water
as Richard Strickland
- 2017 Pottersville
as Maynard Greiger
- 2017
- 2016 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
- 2016 Elvis & Nixon
as Elvis Presley
- 2016 Midnight Special
as Roy Tomlin
- 2015 The Night Before
as Mr. Green
- 2015 Freeheld
as Dane Wells
- 2015 99 Homes
as Rick Carver
- 2015 She's Funny That Way
as Policeman Macy's
- 2015 The Harvest
as Richard
- 2014 Young Ones
as Ernest Holm
- 2014 They Came Together
as Spike
- 2013
- 2013 Choose You
as Avicii
- 2013 Man of Steel
as General Zod
- 2013 Mud
as Galen
- 2013
- 2012 Happy Hour
as Just Mike
- 2012 The Iceman
as Richard Kuklinski
- 2012 Premium Rush
as Bobby Monday
- 2012 The Broken Tower
as Emile
- 2011 Take Shelter
as Curtis LaForche
- 2011 Machine Gun Preacher
as Donnie
- 2011 Return
as Mike
- 2010
- 2010 My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Brad McCullum
- 2010 Jonah Hex
as Doc Cross Williams
- 2010 The Runaways
as Kim Fowley
- 2010 13
as Henry
- 2010 Herbert White
as Herbert White
- 2009
- 2009 The Greatest
as Jordan Walker
- 2009 The Missing Person
as John Rosow
- 2008 Revolutionary Road
as John Givings
- 2008 Marvelous
as John
- 2007 Shotgun Stories
as Son Hayes
- 2007
- 2007 Lucky You
as Ray Zumbro
- 2007 Blackbird
as Murl
- 2007 Bug
as Peter Evans
- 2006 Let's Go to Prison
as Lynard
- 2006 World Trade Center
as Dave Karnes
- 2005 Dead Birds
as Clyde
- 2004 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
- 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
- 2001 New Port South
as Stanton
- 2001 Pearl Harbor
as Gooz
- 2000 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
- 1999
- 1998 Chicago Cab
as Crack Head
- 1997 The Ride
as Jimmy
- 1996
- 1996 Chain Reaction
as D.C. Flower Delivery Man
- 1993 Groundhog Day
as Fred
- 1992 Overexposed
as Young Man
Behind the camera (10)
- 2025 Eric LaRue
Director
- 2024 All Happy Families
Executive Producer
- 2023
- 2023
- 2018 What They Had
Executive Producer
- 2017 Pottersville
Executive Producer
- 2017 Signature Move
Executive Producer
- 2016 Elvis & Nixon
Executive Producer
- 2013 Sparrows Dance
Thanks
- 2012 Keep the Lights On
Thanks
Talk shows and appearances (17)
- 2020 Stars in the House
1 episode
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
4 episodes
- 2015 Lip Sync Battle
1 episode
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2014
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
3 episodes
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
5 episodes
- 2014 Off Camera with Sam Jones
1 episode
- 2010
- 2009
- 1997 The View
1 episode
- 1996 The Daily Show
1 episode
- 1993 Late Show with David Letterman
1 episode