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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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Michael Shannon Biography / Wiki

NameMichael Shannon
Also KnowMike Shannon, Μάικλ Σάνον, 마이클 섀넌, Майкл Шеннон
GenderMale
Known ForActing
Place of BirthLexington, Kentucky, USA
Date of BirthAugust 07, 1974
Age(as in 2023)48
Deathday

Michael Shannon Acting Movies

Movie NameCharacterRelease DateOverview
Shotgun StoriesSon Hayes2007-10-01Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and bac…
The Missing PersonJohn Rosow2009-01-16Private detective John Rosow is hired to tail a man on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Rosow gradually uncovers the man’s identity as a missing p…
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye DoneBrad McCullum2009-12-11Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange ta…
Take ShelterCurtis LaForche2011-09-30Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself….
The IcemanRichard Kuklinski2012-09-01The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man….
Young OnesErnest Holm2014-06-28In a future where water is scarce, a farmer defends his land and hopes to rejuvenate his parched soil. However, his daughter’s boyfriend schemes to st…
Herbert WhiteHerbert White2010-02-13Michael Shannon stars in the role of Herbert White, a character based on the poem of the same name by Frank Bidart. The story follows Herbert as he wo…
Frank & LolaFrank Reilly2016-12-09A talented Las Vegas chef falls in love with an aspiring fashion designer but turns violently jealous when he realizes that she’s hiding dark secrets….
Midnight SpecialRoy Tomlin2016-02-12A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers….
PottersvilleMaynard Greiger2017-11-10Maynard, a beloved local businessman is mistaken for the legendary Bigfoot during an inebriated romp through town in a makeshift gorilla costume. The …
The RideJimmy1997-10-01Three men steal a car….
Zamboni ManWalt2004-01-26Zamboni Man is a short story that peers into the lives of two unique and unlikely characters: Walt, a Zamboni driver and Tyler, a young graceful figur…
Long Way Back HomeStanton2018-08-20A man returns to his hometown of Memphis looking for his brothers, who are in trouble with the law. Inspired by the song “Long Way Back Home” by Lucer…
Echo BoomersMel Donnelly2020-11-13Five post grads figure the best way to get back at the unfair economy and live the life they’ve always wanted is to steal from the rich and give to th…
Heart of ChampionsCoach Jack Murphy2021-09-16During their last year at an Ivy League college in 1999, a group of friends and crew teammates’ lives are changed forever when an army vet takes over …
A Little White LieShriver2023-03-03A handyman living in New York City is mistaken for a famous and famously reclusive writer and brought to a university where he is to deliver a keynote…
Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter2013-04-22Michael Shannon channels Rebecca Martinson’s insane and equally amazing letter to her Delta Gamma sorority sisters….
McCarthyJoseph McCarthyA personal look at the influential former politician who rose to fame as a driving force behind anti-communist and anti-homosexual U.S. political sent…
BugPeter Evans2006-11-11In Oklahoma, Agnes, a lonely waitress living in an isolated and dilapidated roadside motel, meets Peter, a quiet and mysterious man with whom she esta…
12 StrongChief Warrant Officer Hal Spencer2018-01-16A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban….
Premium RushBobby Monday2012-08-24In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city….
Dead BirdsClyde2004-05-19A group of Confederate soldiers hole up on an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank, and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces….
ReturnMike2011-02-10Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes….
The HarvestRichard2015-04-10Maryann moves in with her grandparents after she’s orphaned. Desperately lonely, she sets out to befriend a neighboring deathly ill, bed-ridden boy, d…
Elvis & NixonElvis Presley2016-03-22In 1970, a few days before Christmas, Elvis Presley showed up on the White House lawn seeking to be deputized into the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangero…
State Like SleepEdward2019-01-04Following the death of her husband, Katherine travels to Brussels, where a few loose ends become a whole web of secrets as she untangles her late spou…
99 HomesRick Carver2015-09-25After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tries to win his home back by striking a deal with th…
Complete UnknownTom Brayton2016-08-26Tom’s birthday dinner party is turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Alice, an old flame who changed her identity and vanished without a t…
Salt and FireMatt Riley2016-12-07A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they …
The Current WarGeorge Westinghouse2018-02-01Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people….
What They HadNick2018-10-19A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer’s-stricken mother wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past….
Fahrenheit 451Captain Beatty2018-05-12In an oppressive future, a ‘fireman’ whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task….
The QuarryChief Moore2020-04-17A man on the run from his own sins, finds himself in a small border town in Texas, impersonating a reverend. The town are quickly drawn to the man’s u…
Ballad of a Righteous MerchantHimself2017-08-01Chronicles the making of director Werner Herzog’s 2009 feature, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, providing profound insight into the director and …
The Young KingMickIn the 1990s, an aspiring drag king comes to Vegas to reconnect with her estranged dad and to make her debut performance in America’s biggest drag k…
Man of SteelGeneral Zod2013-06-12A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he w…
Poor BoyBlayde Griggs2018-07-13Two misfit brothers hustle cash and chase dreams in the desert. When a mysterious woman threatens to repo their beloved houseboat the brothers cook up…
LovingGrey Villet2016-11-04The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led …
WolvesLee Keller2016-10-25Anthony Keller, star of his NYC high school basketball team, is riding his way to Cornell on a sports scholarship. But he can only maintain his popula…
WaterBobby Matherson2004-11-25On an East Coast Island off season, a woman’s naked and badly beaten body washes ashore. Jessy Turner , the sister of the murdered woman, comes to the…
Nocturnal AnimalsBobby Andes2016-11-04Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she read…
The Shape of WaterRichard Strickland2017-12-01An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphi…
AbandonedRenner2022-06-17After a young couple moves into a remote farmhouse with their infant son, the woman’s struggles with postpartum psychosis begin to intensify… as the…
The FlashGeneral Zod2023-06-14The Flash travels through time to prevent the murder of his mother, but unwittingly causes changes that result in the creation of a multiverse….
Revolutionary RoadJohn Givings2008-12-19A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their …
BlackbirdMurl2007-03-12In 1990s New York City, teen runaway Froggy is caught in the throes of heroin addiction as she falls in love with a fellow junky, war veteran Baylis. …
Mullitt2000-01-20Two roommates late on rent have to come up with a quick way to get money….
FreeheldDane Wells2015-10-02New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester’s pension benefits after she was …
Happy HourJust Mike2012-10-12When two friends fall behind on their rent, they must get creative in order to please their landlord….
Bob Dylan – Trouble No MoreSelf2017-10-02This very special film consists of truly electrifying video footage from Bob Dylan’s “born again” period, shot on the last leg of his ’79-’8…
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten ActsDon McGahn2019-06-24A live reading of passages from the Mueller report for “The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts,” Robert Schenkkan’s stage adaptat…
Night’s EndIsaac Dees2022-03-31An anxious shut-in unwittingly moves into a haunted apartment and hires a mysterious stranger to perform an exorcism which takes a horrific turn….
8 MileGreg Buehl2002-11-08For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit’s vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary…
Choose YouAvicii2013-11-03This is what it looks like when Lena Dunham, Spike Jonze, Avicii, Vanessa Hudgens and Michael Shannon get together. Dunham wrote a short film for Sund…
Kangaroo JackFrankie Lombardo2003-01-17Two childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the mob and are forced to deliver $50,000 to Australia,…
MarvelousJohn2008-02-08After her husband leaves her, Gwen goes to live with her sister Queenie. She discovers that she has suddenly acquired a special gift that enables her …
Angel StreetPatrick Mulligan1992-09-15Two women clash, then start to click as homicide detective partners in Chicago….
Knives OutWalt Thrombey2019-11-27When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit B…
I am My Films, Part 2 – 30 Years LaterSelf2010-06-28Christian Weisenborn and Werner Herzog know each other for more than 40 years. His first film on Werner Herzog “I am my films” (1976-78) covered Herzo…
The BikeridersOver the course of the 1960s, a Midwestern motorcycle club evolves from a gathering place for local outsiders into a more sinister gang, threatening t…
90 Years of the Music Box TheatreSelf2019-08-07Nominated for two Chicago/Midwest Emmy awards including Outstanding Historical Documentary and Outstanding Off-Camera Directing, “90 Years of the Musi…
Before the Devil Knows You’re DeadDex2007-09-26When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents’ jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and …
Let’s Go to PrisonLynard2006-11-17When a career criminal’s plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim’s son in his place by putting him in pris…
Grand Theft ParsonsLarry Oster-Berg2004-06-18There are times when it’s right and proper to simply bury the dead. This is not one of those times… Gram Parsons was one of the most influential mus…
Vanilla SkyAaron2001-01-22David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribl…
Jesus’ SonDundun1999-09-05A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion….
The WoodsmanRosen2004-12-24A paedophile returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life….
Machine Gun PreacherDonnie2011-09-23The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who’ve been kidnappe…
The Night BeforeMr. Green2015-11-20In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends set out to find the Holy Grail of Christmas parti…
TigerlandSgt. Filmore2000-10-06A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana’s infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands…
OverexposedYoung Man1992-10-11Convinced that her husband Norm is being unfaithful, Ann Demski has an affair with family friend Nick. When she realizes that Nick contrived the evide…
Friedkin UncutSelf2018-11-05An introspective insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, an extraordinary and offbeat director of cult films such as The Frenc…
Bullet TrainWhite Death2022-07-03Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as La…
World Trade CenterDave Karnes2006-08-09Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001….
Bad Boys IIFloyd Poteet2003-07-18Out-of-control, trash-talking buddy cops Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force reunite, and bullets fly, cars crash and lau…
The RunawaysKim Fowley2010-03-19Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for the Runaways — the now-legendary group that…
MudGalen2013-04-26Two boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and form a pact to help him reunite with his lover and escape….
Cecil B. DementedPetie2000-05-17An insane independent film director and his renegade group of demented filmmakers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their un…
Lucky YouRay Zumbro2007-05-01A professional poker player whose astounding luck at the table fails to translate into his lonesome love life attempts to win the World Series of Poke…
13Henry2010-03-12A naive young man assumes a dead man’s identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble be…
The PhotographerMaurice2000-04-15A year after becoming the toast of New York City’s art scene, photographer Max Martin has lost his ability to take a decent picture. On the night befo…
Touch of EvilThe Tycoon2011-12-06Some of 2011’s stand-out film actors appear in “a video gallery of cinematic villainy” for New York Times Magazine….
AmsterdamHenry Norcross2022-09-27In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous…
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New OrleansMundt2009-09-11Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who recieves a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to hi…
The Broken TowerEmile2012-04-27Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba….
Chicago CabCrack Head1998-09-18A day in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad parts of the city and emotionally connects to many of…
New Port SouthStanton2001-09-07A group of teenagers wish to rebel against the administrators and teachers (the system) in their suburban Chicago high school called New Port South…
Groundhog DayFred1993-02-11A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the sma…
High CrimesTroy Abbott2002-04-05A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador….
Jonah HexDoc Cross Williams2010-06-18Gunslinger Jonah Hex is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbull, a former Confederate officer determined on unle…
Pearl HarborGooz Wood2001-05-21The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love …
The GreatestJordan Walker2009-01-17Teenagers Rose and Bennett were in love, and then a car crash claimed Bennett’s life. He left behind a grieving mother, father and younger brother, an…
CriminalGene2004-10-07Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: se…
She’s Funny That WayPoliceman Macy’s2014-08-29On the set of a playwright’s new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the productio…
13 Scarier Movie MomentsSelf2009-10-10Final entry in the Bravo scary movie moments countdowns that aired in 2009….
They Came TogetherSpike2014-06-27A small business owner is about to lose her shop to a major corporate development….
Chain ReactionD.C. Flower Delivery Man1996-08-02Two researchers in a green alternative energy project forced on the run when they are framed for murder and treason….
Batman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeZod2016-03-23Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, …

Michael Shannon Directing Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Eric LaRueDirectorThe film follows Janice, the mother of 17-year-old Eric, who shot and killed three of his classmates. As Janice faces a meeting of the mothers of the …

Michael Shannon Production Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Signature MoveExecutive Producer2017-03-11A secret new romance with Alma forces Zaynab to confront her complicated relationship with her recently widowed mother. In this coming-of-age Muslim m…
Elvis & NixonExecutive Producer2016-03-22In 1970, a few days before Christmas, Elvis Presley showed up on the White House lawn seeking to be deputized into the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangero…
What They HadExecutive Producer2018-10-19A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer’s-stricken mother wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past….
All Happy FamiliesExecutive Producer
PottersvilleExecutive Producer2017-11-10Maynard, a beloved local businessman is mistaken for the legendary Bigfoot during an inebriated romp through town in a makeshift gorilla costume. The …
Executive ProducerExplore the wide-ranging fallout succeeding the tragic events that took place in Waco, TX, and the uneven scales of justice the surviving Branch David…

Other Info

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Sparrows DanceThanks2013-08-23A young woman, struggling with agoraphobia, hasn’t left her New York apartment or seen anyone in over a year. However, when her toilet overflows she i…

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