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Michael Shannon

Acting · Born August 7, 1974 · Lexington, Kentucky, USA

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).

Movies with Michael Shannon

• Buddy (2026) — Willie (voice)
• Man of Steel (2013) — General Zod
• Bullet Train (2022) — White Death
• Knives Out (2019) — Walt Thrombey
• Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) — Zod
• The Flash (2023) — General Zod
• Groundhog Day (1993) — Fred
• The Shape of Water (2017) — Richard Strickland
• Bad Boys II (2003) — Floyd Poteet
• Pearl Harbor (2001) — Gooz
• 12 Strong (2018) — Hal Spencer
• Nuremberg (2025) — Justice Robert H. Jackson

TV shows with Michael Shannon

• Boardwalk Empire (2010) — Nelson Van Alden
• Nine Perfect Strangers (2021) — Napoleon
• Waco (2018) — Gary Noesner
• The Little Drummer Girl (2018) — Martin Kurtz
• Waco: The Aftermath (2023) — Gary Noesner
• George & Tammy (2022) — George Jones