Michael Shannon
Acting
Awards
Nominated for 2 Academy Awards
Academy Awards 2 nominated
- 2017 Best Supporting Actor Nominated Nocturnal Animals
- 2009 Best Supporting Actor Nominated Revolutionary Road
Tony Awards 1 nominated
- 2016 Best Featured Actor in a Play Nominated
Jeff Awards 1 won
- 2013 Jeff Awards Won
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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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Acting
60 credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Daily Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Show with David Letterman
The View
Crossing Jordan
Boardwalk Empire
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Man of Steel
Bullet Train
The Flash
Early Edition
Knives Out
Groundhog Day
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Nine Perfect Strangers
Lip Sync Battle
Nuremberg
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Pearl Harbor
Stars in the House
Room 104
Bad Boys II
The Shape of Water
Vanilla Sky
8 Mile
12 Strong
Waco
Nocturnal Animals
Death by Lightning
The Bikeriders
The Little Drummer Girl
Abandoned
Premium Rush
High Crimes
Revolutionary Road
Chain Reaction
Take Shelter
Little Demon
A Different Man
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Amsterdam
Mud
Waco: The Aftermath
Kangaroo Jack
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
George & Tammy
The Current War
Jonah Hex
Machine Gun Preacher
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Let's Go to Prison
Buddy
99 Homes
The Iceman
Bug
World Trade Center
The Night Before
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