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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 7, 1974
Place of Birth
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Also Known As
- Mike Shannon
- Michael Corbett Shannon
Michael Shannon
3.4 Popularity
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
7.0
Justice Robert H. Jackson
Nuremberg
2025
7.4
James Garfield
Death by Lightning
2025
5.3
Father
The End
2024
6.9
Michael Shannon
A Different Man
2024
6.7
Zipco
The Bikeriders
2024
3.8
Self - 'General Zod'
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
2023
6.6
General Zod
The Flash
2023
6.9
Gary Noesner
Waco: The Aftermath
2023
5.6
Shriver
A Little White Lie
2023
7.0
George Jones
George & Tammy
2022
Credits
Nuremberg
as Justice Robert H. Jackson
2025
7.0
Death by Lightning
as James Garfield
2025
7.4
The End
as Father
2024
5.3
A Different Man
as Michael Shannon
2024
6.9
The Bikeriders
as Zipco
2024
6.7
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
as Self - 'General Zod'
2023
3.8
The Flash
as General Zod
2023
6.6
Waco: The Aftermath
as Gary Noesner
2023
6.9
A Little White Lie
as Shriver
2023
5.6
George & Tammy
as George Jones
2022
7.0
Amsterdam
as Henry Norcross
2022
6.1
Little Demon
as Unshaven Man (voice)
2022
7.5
Bullet Train
as White Death
2022
7.4
Abandoned
as Renner
2022
5.8
Night's End
as Isaac Dees
2022
4.3
Heart of Champions
as Jack Murphy
2021
6.6
Nine Perfect Strangers
as Napoleon
2021
6.9
Echo Boomers
as Mel Donnelly
2020
5.8
The Quarry
as Chief Moore
2020
5.2
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
0.0
Knives Out
as Walt Thrombey
2019
7.8
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
as Self
2019
0.0
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
as Don McGahn
2019
7.6
State Like Sleep
as Edward
2019
4.7
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
2018
7.0
The Little Drummer Girl
as Martin Kurtz
2018
7.1
What They Had
as Nick
2018
6.5
Long Way Back Home
as Stanton
2018
6.4
Poor Boy
as Blayde Griggs
2018
3.8
Fahrenheit 451
as Captain Beatty
2018
5.4
The Current War
as George Westinghouse
2018
6.7
Waco
as Gary Noesner
2018
7.4
12 Strong
as Hal Spencer
2018
6.3
The Shape of Water
as Richard Strickland
2017
7.2
Pottersville
as Maynard Greiger
2017
4.9
Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
as Self
2017
6.4
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
as Self
2017
2.0
Room 104
as Nathan
2017
5.7
Frank & Lola
as Frank Reilly
2016
5.6
Salt and Fire
as Matt Riley
2016
4.9
Nocturnal Animals
as Bobby Andes
2016
7.4
Loving
as Grey Villet
2016
6.7
Wolves
as Lee Keller
2016
5.8
Complete Unknown
as Tom Brayton
2016
5.1
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Zod
2016
6.0
Elvis & Nixon
as Elvis Presley
2016
6.0
Midnight Special
as Roy Tomlin
2016
6.3
The Night Before
as Mr. Green
2015
6.1
Freeheld
as Dane Wells
2015
7.2
99 Homes
as Rick Carver
2015
6.8
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
She's Funny That Way
as Policeman Macy's
2015
5.9
The Harvest
as Richard
2015
6.0
Lip Sync Battle
as Self
2015
6.4
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
as Self
2014
0.0
Young Ones
as Ernest Holm
2014
5.7
They Came Together
as Spike
2014
5.5
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2014
4.0
🎬
Choose You
as Avicii
2013
5.4
Man of Steel
as General Zod
2013
6.6
Mud
as Galen
2013
7.1
Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter
2013
8.0
Happy Hour
as Just Mike
2012
0.0
The Iceman
as Richard Kuklinski
2012
6.6
Premium Rush
as Bobby Monday
2012
6.3
The Broken Tower
as Emile
2012
4.7
Take Shelter
as Curtis LaForche
2011
7.0
Machine Gun Preacher
as Donnie
2011
6.7
Return
as Mike
2011
6.4
Boardwalk Empire
as Nelson Van Alden
2010
8.0
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Brad McCullum
2010
6.1
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
as Self
2010
0.0
Jonah Hex
as Doc Cross Williams
2010
5.0
The Runaways
as Kim Fowley
2010
6.5
13
as Henry
2010
5.9
🎬
Herbert White
as Herbert White
2010
7.1
13 Scarier Movie Moments
as Self
2009
9.0
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
as Mundt
2009
6.2
The Greatest
as Jordan Walker
2009
6.2
The Missing Person
as John Rosow
2009
5.8
Revolutionary Road
as John Givings
2008
7.0
Marvelous
as John
2008
0.0
Shotgun Stories
as Son Hayes
2007
6.9
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Dex
2007
7.1
Lucky You
as Ray Zumbro
2007
5.6
Blackbird
as Murl
2007
2.0
Bug
as Peter Evans
2007
6.1
Let's Go to Prison
as Lynard
2006
5.8
World Trade Center
as Dave Karnes
2006
6.1
The Woodsman
as Rosen
2004
6.9
Water
as Bobby Matherson
2004
9.0
Criminal
as Gene
2004
6.2
Grand Theft Parsons
as Larry Oster-Berg
2004
5.8
Dead Birds
as Clyde
2004
5.7
Zamboni Man
as Walt
2004
7.0
Bad Boys II
as Floyd Poteet
2003
6.7
Kangaroo Jack
as Frankie Lombardo
2003
5.3
8 Mile
as Greg Buehl
2002
7.1
High Crimes
as Troy Abbott
2002
6.4
Vanilla Sky
as Aaron
2001
6.8
Crossing Jordan
as Philip Corday
2001
7.2
New Port South
as Stanton
2001
3.9
Pearl Harbor
as Gooz Wood
2001
6.9
Tigerland
as Sgt. Filmore
2000
6.6
Cecil B. Demented
as Petie
2000
6.4
Jesus' Son
as Dundun
2000
6.3
The Photographer
as Maurice
2000
3.0
Mullitt
as Phil Kunz
2000
5.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Avery Shaw
1999
7.9
Chicago Cab
as Crack Head
1998
5.6
🎬
The Ride
as Jimmy
1997
0.0
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Early Edition
1996
7.3
Early Edition
as Mr. Andrews
1996
7.3
Early Edition
as Merle
1996
7.3
Chain Reaction
as D.C. Flower Delivery Man
1996
5.8
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Groundhog Day
as Fred
1993
7.6
🎬
Overexposed
as Young Man
1992
1.0
McCarthy
as Joseph McCarthy
N/A
0.0
Buddy
N/A
0.0
Bulls
as Alistair Whitman
N/A
0.0
🎬
Mr. Irrelevant
as Bill Parcells
N/A
0.0
🎬
Dinner with Audrey
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Young King
as Mick
N/A
0.0
🎬
Dead Guy
N/A
0.0
🎬
King Snake
N/A
0.0