Michael Shannon
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.
133 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 133
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Crossing Jordan
2001
The View
1997
Boardwalk Empire
2010
Early Edition
1996
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
Stars in the House
2020
The Flash
2023
Nuremberg
2025
Man of Steel
2013
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Lip Sync Battle
2015
Knives Out
2019
Bullet Train
2022
Room 104
2017
Pearl Harbor
2001
Nine Perfect Strangers
2021
Groundhog Day
1993
The Bikeriders
2024
Bad Boys II
2003
The Shape of Water
2017
8 Mile
2002
12 Strong
2018
Waco
2018
The Little Drummer Girl
2018
Death by Lightning
2025
Mud
2013
Revolutionary Road
2008
Nocturnal Animals
2016
Vanilla Sky
2001
Little Demon
2022
Waco: The Aftermath
2023
Premium Rush
2012
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
13
2010
Amsterdam
2022
George & Tammy
2022
A Different Man
2024
The Iceman
2012
High Crimes
2002
World Trade Center
2006
Jonah Hex
2010
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009
Take Shelter
2011
Kangaroo Jack
2003
Midnight Special
2016
Chain Reaction
1996
Let's Go to Prison
2006
Machine Gun Preacher
2011
Young Ones
2014
The End
2024
99 Homes
2015
The Current War
2018
Abandoned
2022
Lucky You
2007
Loving
2016
The Night Before
2015
Fahrenheit 451
2018
Criminal
2004
Freeheld
2015
They Came Together
2014
The Runaways
2010
Tigerland
2000
A Little White Lie
2023
She's Funny That Way
2015
Bug
2007
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
The Woodsman
2004
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
2014
Dead Birds
2005
Heart of Champions
2021
Echo Boomers
2020
Wolves
2016
Elvis & Nixon
2016
Frank & Lola
2016
The Greatest
2009
Chicago Cab
1998
Cecil B. Demented
2000
Complete Unknown
2016
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
2023
What They Had
2018
Buddy
2026
Mr. Irrelevant: The John Tuggle Story
2026
Friedkin Uncut
2018
The Quarry
2020
The Photographer
2000
Shotgun Stories
2007
Pottersville
2017
The Harvest
2015
The Broken Tower
2012
Grand Theft Parsons
2004
Salt and Fire
2016
The Missing Person
2009
Return
2011
State Like Sleep
2019
Dead Guy
—
Jesus' Son
2000
New Port South
2001
McCarthy
—
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
2019
Water
2004
13 Scarier Movie Moments
2009
Overexposed
1992
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
2013
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
2010
Bulls
2026
Poor Boy
2018
Blackbird
2007
Vegas: A Love Story
—
Night's End
2022
Marvelous
2008
Happy Hour
2012
Mullitt
2000
Dinner with Audrey
—
Zamboni Man
2004
The Young King
—
Choose You
2013
Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
2017
Herbert White
2010
Long Way Back Home
2018
King Snake
—
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
2019
Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of Wonders
—
Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter
2013
The Ride
1997
Love Letter to Texas
2026
