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.
102 movies · 22 shows
Love Letter to Texas
2026·6.0
Bulls
2026·5.7
Nuremberg
2025·7.6
The End
2024·5.2
A Different Man
2024·6.9
The Bikeriders
2024·6.7
Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
2023·3.8
The Flash
2023·6.6
A Little White Lie
2023·5.7
Amsterdam
2022·6.1
Bullet Train
2022·7.4
Abandoned
2022·5.8
Night's End
2022·4.4
Heart of Champions
2021·6.7
Echo Boomers
2020·5.8
The Quarry
2020·5.2
Knives Out
2019·7.8
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
2019·0.0
The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
2019·7.6
State Like Sleep
2019·4.7
Friedkin Uncut
2018·7.1
What They Had
2018·6.5
Poor Boy
2018·4.3
Fahrenheit 451
2018·5.5
The Current War
2018·6.7
12 Strong
2018·6.4
The Shape of Water
2017·7.2
Pottersville
2017·4.9
Bob Dylan: Trouble No More
2017·6.4
Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017·2.0
Frank & Lola
2016·5.6
Salt and Fire
2016·4.9
Nocturnal Animals
2016·7.4
Loving
2016·6.7
Wolves
2016·5.8
Complete Unknown
2016·5.1
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016·6.0
Elvis & Nixon
2016·6.0
Midnight Special
2016·6.3
The Night Before
2015·6.1
Freeheld
2015·7.2
99 Homes
2015·6.8
She's Funny That Way
2015·5.9
The Harvest
2015·6.0
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
2014·0.0
Young Ones
2014·5.7
They Came Together
2014·5.5
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
2013·0.0
Choose You
2013·5.4
Man of Steel
2013·6.7
Mud
2013·7.1
Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter
2013·8.7
Happy Hour
2012·0.0
The Iceman
2012·6.6
Premium Rush
2012·6.4
The Broken Tower
2012·4.6
Take Shelter
2011·7.1
Machine Gun Preacher
2011·6.7
Return
2011·6.4
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010·6.1
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
2010·0.0
Jonah Hex
2010·5.0
The Runaways
2010·6.5
13
2010·5.8
Herbert White
2010·7.1
13 Scarier Movie Moments
2009·9.0
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009·6.2
The Greatest
2009·6.2
The Missing Person
2009·5.8
Revolutionary Road
2008·7.0
Marvelous
2008·0.0
Shotgun Stories
2007·6.9
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007·7.1
Lucky You
2007·5.7
Blackbird
2007·2.0
Bug
2007·6.1
Let's Go to Prison
2006·5.9
World Trade Center
2006·6.1
Dead Birds
2005·5.7
The Woodsman
2004·6.8
Water
2004·9.0
Criminal
2004·6.2
Grand Theft Parsons
2004·6.0
Zamboni Man
2004·7.5
Bad Boys II
2003·6.7
Kangaroo Jack
2003·5.3
8 Mile
2002·7.1
High Crimes
2002·6.3
Vanilla Sky
2001·6.8
New Port South
2001·4.6
Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor
2001·7.0
Pearl Harbor
2001·6.9
Tigerland
2000·6.6
Cecil B. Demented
2000·6.4
Jesus' Son
2000·6.2
The Photographer
2000·4.8
Mullitt
2000·6.5
Chicago Cab
1998·5.8
The Ride
1997·9.0
Chain Reaction
1996·5.8
Groundhog Day
1993·7.6
Overexposed
1992·3.3