Michael Shannon
Acteur·rice
7 août 1974 · 51 years old
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). 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
As an actor
McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy
Dead Guy
The Young King
Mick
King Snake
Dinner with Audrey
Vegas: A Love Story
Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of Wonders
Doctor Caligari
Long Way Back Home
Mr. Irrelevant: The John Tuggle Story
2026 · Bill Parcells
Bulls
2026 · Alistair Whitman
Buddy
2026 · Charlie the Train (voice) / Willie (voice)
Love Letter to Texas
2026
Nuremberg
2025 · Justice Robert H. Jackson
Death by Lightning
2025 · James Garfield
The End
2024 · Father
The Bikeriders
2024 · Zipco
A Different Man
2024 · Michael Shannon
The Flash
2023 · General Zod
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
2023 · Self - 'General Zod'
A Little White Lie
2023 · Shriver
Waco: The Aftermath
2023 · Gary Noesner
Abandoned
2022 · Renner
Night's End
2022 · Isaac Dees
Bullet Train
2022 · White Death
Amsterdam
2022 · Henry Norcross
Little Demon
2022 · Unshaven Man (voice)
George & Tammy
2022 · George Jones
Heart of Champions
2021 · Jack Murphy
Nine Perfect Strangers
2021 · Napoleon
Echo Boomers
2020 · Mel Donnelly
The Quarry
2020 · Chief Moore
Stars in the House
2020 · Self
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
2019 · Self
State Like Sleep
2019 · Edward
Knives Out
2019 · Walt Thrombey
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
2019 · Don McGahn
Poor Boy
2018 · Blayde Griggs
The Current War
2018 · George Westinghouse
12 Strong
2018 · Hal Spencer
What They Had
2018 · Nick
Fahrenheit 451
2018 · Captain Beatty
Friedkin Uncut
2018 · Self
Waco
2018 · Gary Noesner
The Little Drummer Girl
2018 · Martin Kurtz
The Shape of Water
2017 · Richard Strickland
Pottersville
2017 · Maynard Greiger
Bob Dylan: Trouble No More
2017 · Self
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017 · Self
Room 104
2017 · Nathan
Midnight Special
2016 · Roy Tomlin
Elvis & Nixon
2016 · Elvis Presley
Frank & Lola
2016 · Frank Reilly
Nocturnal Animals
2016 · Bobby Andes
Salt and Fire
2016 · Matt Riley
Loving
2016 · Grey Villet
Complete Unknown
2016 · Tom Brayton
Wolves
2016 · Lee Keller
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016 · Zod
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice - Ultimate Edition
2016 · Zod
The Harvest
2015 · Richard
99 Homes
2015 · Rick Carver
Freeheld
2015 · Dane Wells
She's Funny That Way
2015 · Policeman Macy's
The Night Before
2015 · Mr. Green
Lip Sync Battle
2015 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest, Self, Ringo Starr
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
2014 · Self
They Came Together
2014 · Spike
Young Ones
2014 · Ernest Holm
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self, Self - Guest
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Man of Steel
2013 · General Zod
Mud
2013 · Galen
Choose You
2013 · Avicii
Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter
2013
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
2013
Premium Rush
2012 · Bobby Monday
The Iceman
2012 · Richard Kuklinski
The Broken Tower
2012 · Emile
Happy Hour
2012 · Just Mike
Machine Gun Preacher
2011 · Donnie
Take Shelter
2011 · Curtis LaForche
Return
2011 · Mike
Jonah Hex
2010 · Doc Cross Williams
The Runaways
2010 · Kim Fowley
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010 · Brad McCullum
13
2010 · Henry
Herbert White
2010 · Herbert White
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
2010 · Self
Boardwalk Empire
2010 · Nelson Van Alden
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009 · Mundt
The Missing Person
2009 · John Rosow
The Greatest
2009 · Jordan Walker
13 Scarier Movie Moments
2009 · Self
Revolutionary Road
2008 · John Givings
Marvelous
2008 · John
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007 · Dex
Shotgun Stories
2007 · Son Hayes
Bug
2007 · Peter Evans
Blackbird
2007 · Murl
Lucky You
2007 · Ray Zumbro
World Trade Center
2006 · Dave Karnes
Let's Go to Prison
2006 · Lynard
Dead Birds
2005 · Clyde
The Woodsman
2004 · Rosen
Grand Theft Parsons
2004 · Larry Oster-Berg
Criminal
2004 · Gene
Zamboni Man
2004 · Walt
Water
2004 · Bobby Matherson
Bad Boys II
2003 · Floyd Poteet
Kangaroo Jack
2003 · Frankie Lombardo
8 Mile
2002 · Greg Buehl
High Crimes
2002 · Troy Abbott
Pearl Harbor
2001 · Gooz
Vanilla Sky
2001 · Aaron
New Port South
2001 · Stanton
Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor
2001 · Gooz
Crossing Jordan
2001 · Philip Corday
Jesus' Son
2000 · Dundun
The Photographer
2000 · Maurice
Mullitt
2000 · Phil Kunz
Cecil B. Demented
2000 · Petie
Tigerland
2000 · Sgt. Filmore
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Avery Shaw
Chicago Cab
1998 · Crack Head
The Ride
1997 · Jimmy
The View
1997 · Self
Chain Reaction
1996 · D.C. Flower Delivery Man
Early Edition
1996 · Mr. Andrews, Merle
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Groundhog Day
1993 · Fred
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest
Overexposed
1992 · Young Man
