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.
Movie | McCarthy | Joseph McCarthy | 2025 |
Movie | The Young King | Mick | 2025 |
Series | Death by Lightning | James Garfield | 2025 |
Movie | Nuremberg | Robert H. Jackson | 2025 |
Movie | Dead Guy | 2025 | |
Movie | The Bikeriders | Zipco | 2024-06-19 |
Movie | The End | 2024-12-06 | |
Movie | A Different Man | Michael Shannon | 2024-08-24 |
Movie | A Little White Lie | Shriver | 2023-03-03 |
Movie | The Flash | General Zod | 2023-06-13 |
Series | Waco: The Aftermath | Gary Noesner | 2023-04-16 |
Movie | Making The Flash: Worlds Collide | Self - 'General Zod' | 2023-08-29 |
Movie | Abandoned | Renner | 2022-06-17 |
Movie | Night's End | Isaac Dees | 2022-03-31 |
Series | Little Demon | Unshaven Man (voice) | 2022-08-25 |
Series | George & Tammy | George Jones | 2022-12-04 |
Movie | Amsterdam | Henry Norcross | 2022-09-27 |
Movie | Bullet Train | White Death | 2022-08-03 |
Series | Nine Perfect Strangers | Napoleon | 2021-08-18 |
Movie | Heart of Champions | Jack Murphy | 2021-09-16 |
Movie | Echo Boomers | Mel Donnelly | 2020-11-13 |
Series | Stars in the House | Self | 2020-03-16 |
Movie | The Quarry | Chief Moore | 2020-04-17 |
Movie | State Like Sleep | Edward | 2019-01-04 |
Movie | The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts | Don McGahn | 2019-06-24 |
Movie | Knives Out | Walt Thrombey | 2019-11-27 |
Movie | 90 Years of the Music Box Theatre | Self | 2019-08-07 |
Series | Waco | Gary Noesner | 2018-01-24 |
Movie | The Current War | George Westinghouse | 2018-02-01 |
Movie | 12 Strong | Chief Warrant Officer Hal Spencer | 2018-01-18 |
Movie | Fahrenheit 451 | Captain Beatty | 2018-05-12 |
Movie | What They Had | Nick | 2018-10-19 |
Movie | Friedkin Uncut | Self | 2018-11-05 |
Movie | Poor Boy | Blayde Griggs | 2018-07-13 |
Series | The Little Drummer Girl | Martin Kurtz | 2018-10-28 |
Movie | Long Way Back Home | Stanton | 2018-08-20 |
Series | Room 104 | Nathan | 2017-07-28 |
Movie | Ballad of a Righteous Merchant | Self | 2017-08-01 |
Movie | Bob Dylan - Trouble No More | Self | 2017-10-02 |
Movie | Pottersville | Maynard Greiger | 2017-11-10 |
Movie | The Shape of Water | Richard Strickland | 2017-12-01 |
Movie | Elvis & Nixon | Elvis Presley | 2016-03-22 |
Movie | Midnight Special | Roy Tomlin | 2016-02-18 |
Movie | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Zod | 2016-03-23 |
Movie | Complete Unknown | Tom Brayton | 2016-08-26 |
Movie | Frank & Lola | Frank Reilly | 2016-12-09 |
Movie | Salt and Fire | Matt Riley | 2016-12-07 |
Movie | Nocturnal Animals | Bobby Andes | 2016-11-04 |
Movie | Loving | Grey Villet | 2016-11-04 |
Movie | Wolves | Lee Keller | 2016-10-25 |
Movie | The Harvest | Richard | 2015-04-10 |
Series | Lip Sync Battle | Self | 2015-04-02 |
Movie | She's Funny That Way | Policeman Macy's | 2015-04-22 |
Movie | The Night Before | Mr. Green | 2015-11-20 |
Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Unknown | 2015-09-08 |
Movie | Freeheld | Dane Wells | 2015-10-02 |
Movie | 99 Homes | Rick Carver | 2015-09-25 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Series | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014-02-06 |
Series | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | 2014-12-21 |
Movie | They Came Together | Spike | 2014-06-27 |
Movie | The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire | Self | 2014-10-20 |
Movie | Young Ones | Ernest Holm | 2014-06-28 |
Movie | Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter | Unknown | 2013-04-22 |
Movie | Möbius | 2013-02-17 | |
Movie | Mud | Galen | 2013-04-26 |
Movie | Choose You | Avicii | 2013-11-03 |
Movie | Man of Steel | General Zod | 2013-06-12 |
Movie | The Broken Tower | Emile | 2012-04-27 |
Movie | Dark Shadows | Board Member #2 | 2012-05-09 |
Movie | Premium Rush | Bobby Monday | 2012-08-24 |
Movie | The Iceman | Richard Kuklinski | 2012-09-01 |
Movie | Happy Hour | Just Mike | 2012-10-12 |
Movie | Return | Mike | 2011-02-10 |
Movie | Machine Gun Preacher | Donnie | 2011-09-23 |
Movie | Take Shelter | Curtis LaForche | 2011-09-30 |
Movie | Touch of Evil | The Tycoon | 2011-12-06 |
Movie | 13 | Henry | 2010-03-12 |
Movie | Herbert White | Herbert White | 2010-02-13 |
Movie | The Runaways | Kim Fowley | 2010-03-19 |
Movie | Jonah Hex | Doc Cross Williams | 2010-06-18 |
Series | Boardwalk Empire | Nelson Van Alden | 2010-09-19 |
Movie | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Brad McCullum | 2010-07-08 |
Movie | I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later | Self | 2010-06-28 |
Movie | The Missing Person | John Rosow | 2009-01-16 |
Movie | 13 Scarier Movie Moments | Self | 2009-10-10 |
Movie | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans | Mundt | 2009-09-11 |
Movie | The Greatest | Jordan Walker | 2009-02-07 |
Movie | Marvelous | John | 2008-02-08 |
Movie | Revolutionary Road | John Givings | 2008-12-19 |
Movie | Bug | Peter Evans | 2007-02-21 |
Movie | Blackbird | Murl | 2007-03-12 |
Movie | Lucky You | Ray Zumbro | 2007-05-01 |
Movie | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Dex | 2007-09-26 |
Movie | You've Got a Friend | Brayton Jennings | 2007-06-09 |
Movie | Shotgun Stories | Son Hayes | 2007-10-01 |
Movie | World Trade Center | Dave Karnes | 2006-08-09 |
Movie | Let's Go to Prison | Lynard | 2006-11-17 |
Movie | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | President's Aide | 2006-11-02 |
Movie | American Gun | Jerry | 2005-09-15 |
Movie | Zamboni Man | Walt | 2004-01-26 |
Movie | Dead Birds | Clyde | 2004-05-19 |
Movie | Criminal | Gene | 2004-09-10 |
Movie | Water | Bobby Matherson | 2004-11-25 |
Movie | The Woodsman | Rosen | 2004-12-24 |
Movie | Grand Theft Parsons | Larry Oster-Berg | 2004-06-18 |
Movie | Kangaroo Jack | Frankie Lombardo | 2003-01-17 |
Movie | Bad Boys II | Floyd Poteet | 2003-07-18 |
Movie | High Crimes | Troy Abbott | 2002-04-05 |
Movie | 8 Mile | Greg Buehl | 2002-11-08 |
Movie | New Port South | Stanton | 2001-09-07 |
Movie | Pearl Harbor | Gooz Wood | 2001-05-21 |
Series | Crossing Jordan | Philip Corday | 2001-09-24 |
Movie | Vanilla Sky | Aaron | 2001-12-14 |
Movie | Mullitt | Phil Kunz | 2000-01-20 |
Movie | The Photographer | Maurice | 2000-04-15 |
Movie | Jesus' Son | Dundun | 2000-06-16 |
Movie | Cecil B. Demented | Petie | 2000-08-02 |
Movie | Tigerland | Sgt. Filmore | 2000-10-06 |
Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Avery Shaw | 1999-09-20 |
Movie | 30 Years to Life | Graham | 1998-10-15 |
Movie | Chicago Cab | Crack Head | 1998-09-18 |
Movie | The Ride | Jimmy | 1997-10-01 |
Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
Series | Early Edition | Unknown | 1996-09-28 |
Movie | Chain Reaction | D.C. Flower Delivery Man | 1996-08-02 |
Series | The Daily Show | Self | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | The Affair | Capt. Ford | 1995-10-14 |
Movie | Royce | Senator Scanlon | 1994-08-31 |
Movie | Fatherland | US Ambassador | 1994-11-26 |
Movie | Groundhog Day | Fred | 1993-02-11 |
Series | The Big Battalions | David | 1992-11-19 |
Movie | Overexposed | Young Man | 1992-10-11 |
Movie | Murder on the Moon | Ivanov | 1989-05-09 |
Series | Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story | Morley Kennerly | 1989-04-30 |
Movie | Out of the Shadows | Frank Osbourne | 1988-09-02 |
Series | The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | Jack Fisher | 1987-02-08 |
Series | A Very Peculiar Practice | Jack Daniels | 1986-05-21 |
Movie | Little Shop of Horrors | Television Reporter | 1986-12-19 |
Movie | The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story | Senator John Tunney | 1986-11-24 |
Movie | Sheena | Phillip Ames | 1984-08-17 |
Movie | Making Love | Marty | 1982-02-12 |
Series | Riker | Brice Landis | 1981-03-14 |
Movie | Superman II | President's Aide | 1980-12-12 |
Movie | The Best Place to Be | Patrick Callahan | 1979-05-27 |
Movie | Cops and Robin | John Haven | 1978-03-28 |
Series | Lillie | Freddie Gebhard | 1978-09-24 |
Series | Future Cop | Haven | 1977-03-05 |
Movie | Future Cop | Haven | 1976-05-01 |
Series | Rock Follies | 1976-02-24 |