credits of
Michael Shannon
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
November 6th, 2025 | Nuremberg | Justice Robert H. Jackson | 7.5 | |
December 6th, 2024 | The End | Father | 5.3 | |
June 19th, 2024 | The Bikeriders | Zipco | 6.7 | |
August 29th, 2023 | Making The Flash: Worlds Collide | Self - 'General Zod' | 3.8 | |
June 13th, 2023 | The Flash | General Zod | 6.6 | |
June 17th, 2022 | Abandoned | Renner | 5.8 | |
March 31st, 2022 | Night's End | Isaac Dees | 4.4 | |
August 7th, 2019 | 90 Years of the Music Box Theatre | Self | TBD | |
March 22nd, 2016 | Elvis & Nixon | Elvis Presley | 6 | |
February 18th, 2016 | Midnight Special | Roy Tomlin | 6.3 | |
October 2nd, 2015 | Freeheld | Dane Wells | 7.2 | |
September 25th, 2015 | 99 Homes | Rick Carver | 6.8 | |
April 10th, 2015 | The Harvest | Richard | 6 | |
October 20th, 2014 | The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire | Self | TBD | |
June 28th, 2014 | Young Ones | Ernest Holm | 5.7 | |
June 27th, 2014 | They Came Together | Spike | 5.5 | |
November 3rd, 2013 | Choose You | Avicii | 5.4 | |
June 12th, 2013 | Man of Steel | General Zod | 6.6 | |
April 26th, 2013 | Mud | Galen | 7.1 | |
September 1st, 2012 | The Iceman | Richard Kuklinski | 6.6 | |
August 24th, 2012 | Premium Rush | Bobby Monday | 6.3 | |
April 27th, 2012 | The Broken Tower | Emile | 4.6 | |
September 30th, 2011 | Take Shelter | Curtis LaForche | 7.1 | |
September 23rd, 2011 | Machine Gun Preacher | Donnie | 6.7 | |
February 10th, 2011 | Return | Mike | 6.4 | |
July 8th, 2010 | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Brad McCullum | 6.1 | |
June 18th, 2010 | Jonah Hex | Doc Cross Williams | 5 | |
March 19th, 2010 | The Runaways | Kim Fowley | 6.5 | |
March 12th, 2010 | 13 | Henry | 5.8 | |
February 13th, 2010 | Herbert White | Herbert White | 7.1 | |
September 11th, 2009 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | Mundt | 6.2 | |
January 16th, 2009 | The Missing Person | John Rosow | 5.8 | |
December 19th, 2008 | Revolutionary Road | John Givings | 7 | |
October 1st, 2007 | Shotgun Stories | Son Hayes | 6.9 | |
September 26th, 2007 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Dex | 7.1 | |
March 12th, 2007 | Blackbird | Murl | 2 | |
February 21st, 2007 | Bug | Peter Evans | 6.1 | |
November 17th, 2006 | Let's Go to Prison | Lynard | 5.8 | |
August 9th, 2006 | World Trade Center | Dave Karnes | 6.1 | |
April 22nd, 2005 | Dead Birds | Clyde | 5.7 | |
December 24th, 2004 | The Woodsman | Rosen | 6.8 | |
June 18th, 2004 | Grand Theft Parsons | Larry Oster-Berg | 6 | |
July 18th, 2003 | Bad Boys II | Floyd Poteet | 6.7 | |
November 8th, 2002 | 8 Mile | Greg Buehl | 7.1 | |
April 5th, 2002 | High Crimes | Troy Abbott | 6.3 | |
December 14th, 2001 | Vanilla Sky | Aaron | 6.8 | |
May 21st, 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Gooz Wood | 6.9 | |
April 15th, 2000 | The Photographer | Maurice | 3 | |
February 11th, 1993 | Groundhog Day | Fred | 7.6 | |
TBD | McCarthy | Joseph McCarthy | TBD | |
January 17th, 2003 | Kangaroo Jack | Frankie Lombardo | 5.3 | |
August 2nd, 2000 | Cecil B. Demented | Petie | 6.4 | |
June 16th, 2000 | Jesus' Son | Dundun | 6.2 | |
January 20th, 2000 | Mullitt | Phil Kunz | 6.5 | |
September 18th, 1998 | Chicago Cab | Crack Head | 5.8 | |
TBD | Dead Guy | TBD | TBD | |
August 24th, 2024 | A Different Man | Michael Shannon | 6.9 | |
TBD | The Young King | Mick | TBD | |
December 25th, 2026 | Mr. Irrelevant: The John Tuggle Story | Bill Parcells | TBD | |
September 4th, 2026 | Buddy | Charlie the Train (voice) / Willie (voice) | TBD | |
March 14th, 2026 | Love Letter to Texas | TBD | TBD | |
January 9th, 2026 | Bulls | Alistair Whitman | 6.8 | |
March 3rd, 2023 | A Little White Lie | Shriver | 5.7 | |
September 27th, 2022 | Amsterdam | Henry Norcross | 6.1 | |
August 3rd, 2022 | Bullet Train | White Death | 7.4 | |
September 16th, 2021 | Heart of Champions | Jack Murphy | 6.6 | |
November 13th, 2020 | Echo Boomers | Mel Donnelly | 5.8 | |
April 17th, 2020 | The Quarry | Chief Moore | 5.2 | |
November 27th, 2019 | Knives Out | Walt Thrombey | 7.8 | |
June 24th, 2019 | The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts | Don McGahn | 7.6 | |
January 4th, 2019 | State Like Sleep | Edward | 4.7 | |
November 5th, 2018 | Friedkin Uncut | Self | 7.1 | |
October 19th, 2018 | What They Had | Nick | 6.5 | |
August 20th, 2018 | Long Way Back Home | Stanton | 6.5 | |
July 13th, 2018 | Poor Boy | Blayde Griggs | 4.3 | |
May 12th, 2018 | Fahrenheit 451 | Captain Beatty | 5.5 | |
February 1st, 2018 | The Current War | George Westinghouse | 6.7 | |
January 18th, 2018 | 12 Strong | Hal Spencer | 6.4 | |
December 1st, 2017 | The Shape of Water | Richard Strickland | 7.2 | |
November 10th, 2017 | Pottersville | Maynard Greiger | 4.9 | |
October 2nd, 2017 | Bob Dylan - Trouble No More | Self | 6.4 | |
August 1st, 2017 | Ballad of a Righteous Merchant | Self | 2 | |
December 9th, 2016 | Frank & Lola | Frank Reilly | 5.6 | |
December 7th, 2016 | Salt and Fire | Matt Riley | 4.9 | |
November 4th, 2016 | Nocturnal Animals | Bobby Andes | 7.4 | |
November 4th, 2016 | Loving | Grey Villet | 6.7 | |
October 25th, 2016 | Wolves | Lee Keller | 5.7 | |
August 26th, 2016 | Complete Unknown | Tom Brayton | 5.1 | |
March 23rd, 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Zod | 6 | |
November 20th, 2015 | The Night Before | Mr. Green | 6.1 | |
April 22nd, 2015 | She's Funny That Way | Policeman Macy's | 5.9 | |
November 12th, 2013 | Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel | TBD | TBD | |
April 22nd, 2013 | Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter | TBD | 8 | |
October 12th, 2012 | Happy Hour | Just Mike | TBD | |
June 28th, 2010 | I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later | Self | TBD | |
October 10th, 2009 | 13 Scarier Movie Moments | Self | 9 | |
February 7th, 2009 | The Greatest | Jordan Walker | 6.2 | |
February 8th, 2008 | Marvelous | John | TBD | |
May 1st, 2007 | Lucky You | Ray Zumbro | 5.7 | |
November 25th, 2004 | Water | Bobby Matherson | 9 | |
September 10th, 2004 | Criminal | Gene | 6.2 | |
January 26th, 2004 | Zamboni Man | Walt | 7.5 | |
September 7th, 2001 | New Port South | Stanton | 4.6 | |
October 6th, 2000 | Tigerland | Sgt. Filmore | 6.6 | |
October 1st, 1997 | The Ride | Jimmy | 9 | |
August 2nd, 1996 | Chain Reaction | D.C. Flower Delivery Man | 5.8 | |
October 11th, 1992 | Overexposed | Young Man | 3.3 | |
TBD | King Snake | TBD | TBD | |
TBD | Dinner with Audrey | TBD | TBD | |
TBD | Vegas: A Love Story | TBD | TBD | |
TBD | Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of Wonders | Doctor Caligari | TBD |