Michael Shannon

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

127

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.

Known For

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The View

    The View

  • Crossing Jordan

    Crossing Jordan

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Boardwalk Empire

    Boardwalk Empire

  • Early Edition

    Early Edition

  • Early Edition

    Early Edition

  • Early Edition

    Early Edition

  • Stars in the House

    Stars in the House

  • Lip Sync Battle

    Lip Sync Battle

  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

  • The Flash

    The Flash

  • Bullet Train

    Bullet Train

  • Man of Steel

    Man of Steel

  • Knives Out

    Knives Out

  • Groundhog Day

    Groundhog Day

  • Room 104

    Room 104

  • Nine Perfect Strangers

    Nine Perfect Strangers

  • Bad Boys II

    Bad Boys II

  • Revolutionary Road

    Revolutionary Road

  • Nuremberg

    Nuremberg

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

  • The Shape of Water

    The Shape of Water

  • The Bikeriders

    The Bikeriders

  • 8 Mile

    8 Mile

  • 12 Strong

    12 Strong

  • A Different Man

    A Different Man

  • Chain Reaction

    Chain Reaction

  • Vanilla Sky

    Vanilla Sky

  • Shotgun Stories

    Shotgun Stories

  • High Crimes

    High Crimes

  • Nocturnal Animals

    Nocturnal Animals

  • Loving

    Loving

  • The Little Drummer Girl

    The Little Drummer Girl

  • Mud

    Mud

  • Chicago Cab

    Chicago Cab

  • Waco

    Waco

  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

    Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

  • George & Tammy

    George & Tammy

  • Waco: The Aftermath

    Waco: The Aftermath

  • Cecil B. Demented

    Cecil B. Demented

  • Abandoned

    Abandoned

  • Kangaroo Jack

    Kangaroo Jack

  • Little Demon

    Little Demon

  • Amsterdam

    Amsterdam

  • Dead Birds

    Dead Birds

  • The Night Before

    The Night Before

  • Death by Lightning

    Death by Lightning

  • Midnight Special

    Midnight Special

  • Bob Dylan - Trouble No More

    Bob Dylan - Trouble No More

  • Take Shelter

    Take Shelter

  • Bug

    Bug

  • Echo Boomers

    Echo Boomers

  • 13

    13

  • Jonah Hex

    Jonah Hex

  • Premium Rush

    Premium Rush

  • Let's Go to Prison

    Let's Go to Prison

  • The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

    The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

  • Tigerland

    Tigerland

  • Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

    Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

  • 90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

    90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

  • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

    Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

  • World Trade Center

    World Trade Center

  • The Current War

    The Current War

  • Young Ones

    Young Ones

  • Long Way Back Home

    Long Way Back Home

  • Machine Gun Preacher

    Machine Gun Preacher

  • The Iceman

    The Iceman

  • The End

    The End

  • State Like Sleep

    State Like Sleep

  • Elvis & Nixon

    Elvis & Nixon

  • Criminal

    Criminal

  • Heart of Champions

    Heart of Champions

  • The Broken Tower

    The Broken Tower

  • Pottersville

    Pottersville

  • The Missing Person

    The Missing Person

  • Overexposed

    Overexposed

  • What They Had

    What They Had

  • The Quarry

    The Quarry

  • The Woodsman

    The Woodsman

  • The Harvest

    The Harvest

  • She's Funny That Way

    She's Funny That Way

  • Lucky You

    Lucky You

  • Jesus' Son

    Jesus' Son

  • My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

    My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

  • The Greatest

    The Greatest

  • Salt and Fire

    Salt and Fire

  • Making The Flash: Worlds Collide

    Making The Flash: Worlds Collide

  • Fahrenheit 451

    Fahrenheit 451

  • Return

    Return

  • A Little White Lie

    A Little White Lie

  • 99 Homes

    99 Homes

  • Wolves

    Wolves

  • Grand Theft Parsons

    Grand Theft Parsons

  • Mullitt

    Mullitt

  • The Ride

    The Ride

  • They Came Together

    They Came Together

  • Complete Unknown

    Complete Unknown

  • Dead Guy

    Dead Guy

  • Friedkin Uncut

    Friedkin Uncut

  • The Photographer

    The Photographer

  • Night's End

    Night's End

  • Marvelous

    Marvelous

  • Bulls

    Bulls

  • McCarthy

    McCarthy

  • Freeheld

    Freeheld

  • Frank & Lola

    Frank & Lola

  • The Runaways

    The Runaways

  • Blackbird

    Blackbird

  • Poor Boy

    Poor Boy

  • 13 Scarier Movie Moments

    13 Scarier Movie Moments

  • Water

    Water

  • New Port South

    New Port South

  • Mr. Irrelevant

    Mr. Irrelevant

  • The Young King

    The Young King

  • Choose You

    Choose You

  • The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

    The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

  • Zamboni Man

    Zamboni Man

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

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

  • Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter

    Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter

  • Herbert White

    Herbert White

  • Happy Hour

    Happy Hour