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