Michael Shannon

ActorDirectorProducerCrew Aug 7 (age 51) Lexington, Kentucky, USA 1992–2026 (34 year career)

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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 Bro…

Known For

Film

Knives Out

Walt Thrombey

Film

Groundhog Day

Fred

Film

The Shape of Water

Richard Strickland

Film

Nocturnal Animals

Bobby Andes

Film

Bullet Train

White Death

Film

Man of Steel

General Zod

Film

8 Mile

Greg Buehl

Film

Pearl Harbor

Gooz Wood

Filmography

Acting (132)

Movies (110)

Bulls

2026

as Alistair Whitman

6.0

Buddy

2026

as Charlie the Train (voice)

Mr. Irrelevant: The John Tuggle Story

2026 Upcoming

as Bill Parcells

Dec 25

Love Letter to Texas

2026

Nuremberg

2025

as Justice Robert H. Jackson

The Bikeriders

as Zipco

A Different Man

as Michael Shannon

The End

as Father

The Flash

as General Zod

Making The Flash: Worlds Collide

2023

as Self - 'General Zod'

A Little White Lie

as Shriver

Bullet Train

as White Death

Amsterdam

as Henry Norcross

Abandoned

as Renner

Night's End

as Isaac Dees

Heart of Champions

as Jack Murphy

The Quarry

as Chief Moore

Echo Boomers

as Mel Donnelly

Knives Out

as Walt Thrombey

90 Years of the Music Box Theatre

2019

as Self

State Like Sleep

2019

as Edward

4.7

The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

as Don McGahn

12 Strong

as Hal Spencer

The Current War

as George Westinghouse

Fahrenheit 451

as Captain Beatty

Poor Boy

as Blayde Griggs

Friedkin Uncut

as Self

What They Had

as Nick

Long Way Back Home

as Stanton

The Shape of Water

as Richard Strickland

7.2

Pottersville

2017

as Maynard Greiger

4.9

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

2017

as Self

2.0

Bob Dylan - Trouble No More

2017

as Self

6.4

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

as Zod

Nocturnal Animals

as Bobby Andes

Loving

as Grey Villet

Wolves

as Lee Keller

Midnight Special

as Roy Tomlin

Elvis & Nixon

as Elvis Presley

Complete Unknown

as Tom Brayton

Salt and Fire

as Matt Riley

Frank & Lola

as Frank Reilly

She's Funny That Way

as Policeman Macy's

The Night Before

as Mr. Green

99 Homes

as Rick Carver

Freeheld

as Dane Wells

The Harvest

as Richard

Young Ones

as Ernest Holm

They Came Together

as Spike

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

2014

as Self

Man of Steel

as General Zod

Mud

as Galen

Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter

Choose You

as Avicii

The Iceman

as Richard Kuklinski

Premium Rush

as Bobby Monday

The Broken Tower

as Emile

Happy Hour

as Just Mike

Take Shelter

as Curtis LaForche

Machine Gun Preacher

as Donnie

Return

as Mike

as Henry

The Runaways

as Kim Fowley

Jonah Hex

as Doc Cross Williams

5.0

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

2010

as Brad McCullum

6.1

I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later

2010

as Self

Herbert White

2010

as Herbert White

7.1

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

as Mundt

The Greatest

as Jordan Walker

13 Scarier Movie Moments

as Self

The Missing Person

as John Rosow

Revolutionary Road

as John Givings

Marvelous

as John

Bug

2007

as Peter Evans

6.1

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

as Dex

Lucky You

as Ray Zumbro

Blackbird

as Murl

Shotgun Stories

as Son Hayes

World Trade Center

as Dave Karnes

Let's Go to Prison

as Lynard

Dead Birds

as Clyde

The Woodsman

as Rosen

Criminal

as Gene

Water

as Bobby Matherson

Grand Theft Parsons

as Larry Oster-Berg

Zamboni Man

as Walt

Bad Boys II

as Floyd Poteet

Kangaroo Jack

as Frankie Lombardo

8 Mile

as Greg Buehl

High Crimes

as Troy Abbott

Pearl Harbor

as Gooz Wood

Vanilla Sky

as Aaron

New Port South

as Stanton

Jesus' Son

as Dundun

Tigerland

as Sgt. Filmore

Mullitt

as Phil Kunz

The Photographer

as Maurice

Cecil B. Demented

as Petie

Chicago Cab

as Crack Head

The Ride

as Jimmy

Chain Reaction

1996

as D.C. Flower Delivery Man

Groundhog Day

as Fred

Overexposed

as Young Man

Dead Guy

McCarthy

as Joseph McCarthy

Vegas: A Love Story

Dinner with Audrey

Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of Wonders

as Doctor Caligari

The Young King

as Mick

King Snake

Television (22)

Death by Lightning

as James Garfield

Waco: The Aftermath

as Gary Noesner

George & Tammy

as George Jones

Little Demon

as Unshaven Man (voice)

7.5

Nine Perfect Strangers

2021

as Napoleon

6.9

Stars in the House

2020

as Self

The Little Drummer Girl

as Martin Kurtz

Waco

as Gary Noesner

Room 104

as Nathan

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Lip Sync Battle

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self - Guest

5.2

Off Camera with Sam Jones

2014

as Self

4.0

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Boardwalk Empire

as Nelson Van Alden

Crossing Jordan

as Philip Corday

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Avery Shaw

The View

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

Early Edition

as Merle

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

as Self - Guest

6.4

Crew (10)

Movies (9)

Eric LaRue

Director

All Happy Families

Executive Producer

Making The Flash: Worlds Collide

Thanks

What They Had

Executive Producer

Pottersville

Executive Producer

Signature Move

Executive Producer

Elvis & Nixon

Executive Producer

Sparrows Dance

Thanks

Keep the Lights On

Thanks

Television (1)

Waco: The Aftermath

2023

Executive Producer

6.9