Michael Shannon
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1974-08-07 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Michael 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.
Acting
McCarthy
as Joseph McCarthy
Bulls
as Alistair Whitman
The Young King
as Mick
Mr. Irrelevant
as Bill Parcells
(2025)
Nuremberg
as Justice Robert H. Jackson
(2024)
The Bikeriders
as Zipco
(2024)
A Different Man
as Michael Shannon
(2024)
The End
as Father
(2023)
The Flash
as General Zod
(2023)
A Little White Lie
as Shriver
(2023)
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
as Self - 'General Zod'
(2022)
Bullet Train
as White Death
(2022)
Amsterdam
as Henry Norcross
(2022)
Abandoned
as Renner
(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)
Knives Out
as Walt Thrombey
(2019)
(2019)
State Like Sleep
as Edward
(2019)
(2018)
12 Strong
as Chief Warrant Officer Hal Spencer
(2018)
Fahrenheit 451
as Captain Beatty
(2018)
The Current War
as George Westinghouse
(2018)
Long Way Back Home
as Stanton
(2018)
What They Had
as Nick
(2018)
Poor Boy
as Blayde Griggs
(2018)
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
(2017)
The Shape of Water
as Richard Strickland
(2017)
Pottersville
as Maynard Greiger
(2017)
Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
as Self
(2017)
(2016)
(2016)
Loving
as Grey Villet
(2016)
Nocturnal Animals
as Bobby Andes
(2016)
Midnight Special
as Roy Tomlin
(2016)
Elvis & Nixon
as Elvis Presley
(2016)
Salt and Fire
as Matt Riley
(2016)
Complete Unknown
as Tom Brayton
(2016)
Wolves
as Lee Keller
(2016)
Frank & Lola
as Frank Reilly
(2015)
99 Homes
as Rick Carver
(2015)
The Night Before
as Mr. Green
(2015)
Freeheld
as Dane Wells
(2015)
She's Funny That Way
as Policeman Macy's
(2015)
The Harvest
as Richard
(2014)
Young Ones
as Ernest Holm
(2014)
(2014)
They Came Together
as Spike
(2013)
Man of Steel
as General Zod
(2013)
Mud
as Galen
(2013)
Choose You
as Avicii
(2013)
(2012)
Premium Rush
as Bobby Monday
(2012)
The Iceman
as Richard Kuklinski
(2012)
The Broken Tower
as Emile
(2012)
Happy Hour
as Just Mike
(2011)
Take Shelter
as Curtis LaForche
(2011)
Machine Gun Preacher
as Donnie
(2011)
Return
as Mike
(2010)
The Runaways
as Kim Fowley
(2010)
Jonah Hex
as Doc Cross Williams
(2010)
13
as Henry
(2010)
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Brad McCullum
(2010)
(2010)
Herbert White
as Herbert White
(2009)
(2009)
The Missing Person
as John Rosow
(2009)
The Greatest
as Jordan Walker
(2009)
13 Scarier Movie Moments
as Self
(2008)
Revolutionary Road
as John Givings
(2008)
Marvelous
as John
(2007)
(2007)
Shotgun Stories
as Son Hayes
(2007)
Lucky You
as Ray Zumbro
(2007)
Bug
as Peter Evans
(2007)
Blackbird
as Murl
(2006)
World Trade Center
as Dave Karnes
(2006)
Let's Go to Prison
as Lynard
(2004)
Dead Birds
as Clyde
(2004)
Criminal
as Gene
(2004)
Grand Theft Parsons
as Larry Oster-Berg
(2004)
The Woodsman
as Rosen
(2004)
Water
as Bobby Matherson
(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)
Pearl Harbor
as Gooz Wood
(2001)
Vanilla Sky
as Aaron
(2001)
New Port South
as Stanton
(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
(1998)
Chicago Cab
as Crack Head
(1997)
The Ride
as Jimmy
(1996)
Chain Reaction
as D.C. Flower Delivery Man
(1993)
Groundhog Day
as Fred
(1992)
Overexposed
as Young Man
Crew
(2025)
Eric LaRue
Director
(2024)
All Happy Families
Executive Producer
(2023)
(2018)
What They Had
Executive Producer
(2017)
Pottersville
Executive Producer
(2017)
Signature Move
Executive Producer
(2016)
Elvis & Nixon
Executive Producer
(2013)
Sparrows Dance
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