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Michael Corbett Shannon is an American actor, producer, director, and musician. He has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in Revolutionary Road (2008) and 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 Long Day's Journey into Night (2016).
Birth Name
Michael Corbett Shannon
Born
Wednesday, 07 August 1974
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Bikeriders | Zipco | 2024 |
| A Different Man | Self / Michael Shannon | 2024 |
| The Flash | General Zod | 2023 |
| Waco: The Aftermath | Gary Noesner | 2023 |
| A Little White Lie | Shriver | 2023 |
| George & Tammy | George Jones | 2022 |
| Bonnie | Self / Gooz | 2022 |
| Amsterdam | Henry Norcross | 2022 |
| Little Demon | Unshaven Man | 2022 |
| Bullet Train | White Death | 2022 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Bikeriders | Zipco | 2024 |
| A Different Man | Self / Michael Shannon | 2024 |
| The Flash | General Zod | 2023 |
| Waco: The Aftermath | Gary Noesner | 2023 |
| A Little White Lie | Shriver | 2023 |
| George & Tammy | George Jones | 2022 |
| Bonnie | Self / Gooz | 2022 |
| Amsterdam | Henry Norcross | 2022 |
| Little Demon | Unshaven Man | 2022 |
| Bullet Train | White Death | 2022 |
| Abandoned | Renner | 2022 |
| Night's End | Isaac Dees | 2022 |
| Heart of Champions | Coach Jack Murphy / Coach Murphy | 2021 |
| Nine Perfect Strangers | Napoleon Marconi / Napoleon | 2021 |
| Echo Boomers | Mel Donnelly | 2020 |
| The Quarry | Chief Moore / Chief John Moore | 2020 |
| Knives Out | Walt Thrombey | 2019 |
| State Like Sleep | Edward | 2019 |
| The Little Drummer Girl | Kurtz / Martin Kurtz | 2018 |
| What They Had | Nick / Nicky | 2018 |
| Friedkin Uncut | Self | 2018 |
| Poor Boy | Blayde Griggs | 2018 |
| Fahrenheit 451 | Captain Beatty | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Our Cartoon President | Narrator | 2018 |
| The Current War | George Westinghouse | 2018 |
| Waco | Gary Noesner | 2018 |
| 12 Strong | Hal Spencer / Chief Warrant Officer Hal Spencer | 2018 |
| The Shape of Water | Richard Strickland | 2017 |
| Pottersville | Maynard Greiger | 2017 |
| Trouble No More | The Preacher / Self | 2017 |
| At Home with Amy Sedaris | Tom Jefferson / Julien Penderel / Johnny Shannon | 2017 |
| Ballad of a Righteous Merchant | Self | 2017 |
| Room 104 | Nathan | 2017 |
| Wolves | Lee Keller | 2017 |
| The Oscars | Self - Nominee | 2017 |
| The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2017 | Self - Audience Member | 2017 |
| Frank & Lola | Frank / Frank Reilly | 2016 |
| Loving | Grey Villet | 2016 |
| Nocturnal Animals | Bobby Andes | 2016 |
| Salt and Fire | Matt Riley | 2016 |
| Complete Unknown | Tom Brayton / Tom | 2016 |
| Elvis & Nixon | Elvis / Elvis Presley | 2016 |
| Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Zod | 2016 |
| Midnight Special | Roy Tomlin / Roy | 2016 |
| 73rd Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 2016 |
| The Night Before | Mr. Green | 2015 |
| Freeheld | Dane Wells | 2015 |
| 99 Homes | Rick Carver | 2015 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self / Ringo Starr | 2015 |
| Let's Go, DFW! | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| She's Funny That Way | Policeman Macy's | 2015 |
| Lip Sync Battle | Self - Competitor | 2015 |
| The Special Without Brett Davis | Himself | 2015 |
| Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self / Captain Beatty from film Fahrenheit 451 | 2014 |
| They Came Together | Spike | 2014 |
| Park Bench with Steve Buscemi | Self | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self / Self - Guest | 2014 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014 |
| Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014 |
| Young Ones | Ernest Holm | 2014 |
| Choose You | Avicii | 2013 |
| Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics | Self | 2013 |
| The Harvest | Richard | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel | Self - 'General Zod' | 2013 |
| Man of Steel | General Zod | 2013 |
| Mud | Galen | 2013 |
| Happy Hour | Just Mike | 2012 |
| Premium Rush | Bobby Monday | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Too Young to Die | Self | 2012 |
| The Broken Tower | Emile | 2012 |
| Welcome to the Basement | Bobby Monday | 2012 |
| Touch of Evil | The Tycoon | 2011 |
| The Iceman | Richard Kuklinski | 2011 |
| Take Shelter | Curtis / Curtis LaForche | 2011 |
| Machine Gun Preacher | Donnie | 2011 |
| Big Morning Buzz Live | Self | 2011 |
| Through The Grape Vine | Self | 2011 |
| Return | Mike | 2011 |
| Boardwalk Empire | Nelson Van Alden / Agent Nelson Van Alden / George Mueller | 2010 |
| Jonah Hex | Doc Cross Williams | 2010 |
| The Runaways | Kim Fowley | 2010 |
| 13 | Henry | 2010 |
| Herbert White | Herbert White / Herbert | 2010 |
| Was ich bin, sind meine Filme - Teil 2 - Nach 30 Jahren | Self | 2010 |
| My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Brad Macallam / Brad McCullum | 2009 |
| Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | Mundt | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Himself - Guest | 2009 |
| The 81st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2009 |
| Delocated | Mark | 2009 |
| The Greatest | Jordan Walker | 2009 |
| The Missing Person | John Rosow | 2009 |
| Revolutionary Road | John Givings | 2008 |
| Marvelous | John | 2008 |
| Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Dex | 2007 |
| Shotgun Stories | Son Hayes | 2007 |
| Lucky You | Ray Zumbro | 2007 |
| Blackbird | Murl | 2007 |
| Bug | Peter Evans | 2007 |
| Let's Go to Prison | Lynard | 2006 |
| World Trade Center | Dave Karnes | 2006 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| The Woodsman | Rosen | 2004 |
| Water | Bobby Matherson | 2004 |
| Criminal | Gene | 2004 |
| Dead Birds | Clyde | 2004 |
| Grand Theft Parsons | Larry Oster-Berg | 2004 |
| Bad Boys II | Floyd Poteet | 2003 |
| Kangaroo Jack | Frankie Lombardo | 2003 |
| 8 Mile | Greg Buehl | 2002 |
| High Crimes | Troy Abbott | 2002 |
| Last Call with Carson Daly | Himself | 2002 |
| Vanilla Sky | Aaron | 2001 |
| New Port South | Stanton | 2001 |
| Pearl Harbor | Gooz Wood / Gooz | 2001 |
| Tigerland | Sgt. Filmore | 2000 |
| Cecil B. Demented | Petie | 2000 |
| Jesus' Son | Dundun | 2000 |
| The Photographer | Maurice | 2000 |
| Mullitt | Phil Kunz | 2000 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Avery Shaw | 1999 |
| Turks | Man #1 | 1999 |
| The Ride | Jimmy | 1997 |
| The View | Self | 1997 |
| Chicago Cab | Crack Head | 1997 |
| Early Edition | Mr. Andrews / Merle | 1996 |
| Chain Reaction | D.C. Flower Delivery Man | 1996 |
| JAG | Maj. Gen. Richard Plesac | 1995 |
| Groundhog Day | Fred | 1993 |
| Overexposed | Young Man | 1992 |
| Arena | Preacher | 1975 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Eric Larue | 2023 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Waco: The Aftermath | 2023 |
| Heart of Champions | 2021 |
| The Quarry | 2020 |
| What They Had | 2018 |
| Waco | 2018 |
| Signature Move | 2017 |
| Elvis & Nixon | 2016 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2023 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | Nominated |
| 2017 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 2016 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2009 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
