Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival

Michael Shannon at the 2009 Venice Film Festival

Michael Shannon (born August 7, 1974 in Lexington , Kentucky ) is an American actor .

Live and act

Shannon began his acting career at the Illinois Theater Center in Chicago. After roles in Groundhog Day ( 1993 ) and Out of Control ( 1996 ), he got a bigger role in Chicago Cab in 1998 . In 2000 Shannon appeared in Joel Schumacher's war drama Tigerland . In 2003 he played alongside Martin Lawrence , Will Smith and Jordi Mollà in Bad Boys II . A year earlier he played alongside rap star Eminem in 8 Mile . In 2007 Michael Shannon starred in Glück im Spiel alongside Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore . After working with directors William Friedkin , Oliver Stone and Sidney Lumet , he took on the lead role in the independent film Shotgun Stories in 2007 . His breakthrough came with the supporting role of John Givings in Sam Mendes ' drama Times of Turmoil (2008) alongside Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio . The role of the truth-loving patient in a mental hospital earned him his first Oscar nomination.

In 2009 he was in two feature films, Bad Lieutenant - Cop without a Conscience and A Caring Son , by the German director Werner Herzog . He played the role of villain General Zod in the Superman comic book adaptation Man of Steel , which appeared in June 2013 .

Shannon has worked repeatedly with director Jeff Nichols , in whose films Shotgun Stories (2007), Take Shelter (2011), Mud (2012), Midnight Special and Loving (both 2016) he played a role. In the latter, he portrayed LIFE photographer Gray Villet .

Filmography (selection)

• 1993: Groundhog Day (Groundhog Day)
• 1996: Out of Control (Chain Reaction)
• 1998: Chicago Cab
• 1999: Jesus' Son
• 2000: Tigerland
• 2001: Pearl Harbor
• 2001: Vanilla Sky
• 2002: 8 mile
• 2002: High Crimes - On the web of lies (High Crimes)
• 2003: Kangaroo Jack
• 2003: Bad Boys II
• 2003: Grand Theft Parsons
• 2004: The Woodsman
• 2005: American Gun
• 2005: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, episode 6x13 suspicion )
• 2006: Let's Go to Prison (Let's Go to Prison)
• 2006: bug
• 2006: World Trade Center
• 2007: Glück im Spiel (Lucky You)
• 2007: Deadly Decision - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead)
• 2007: Shotgun Stories
• 2008: Times of Turmoil (Revolutionary Road)
• 2009: The Missing Person
• 2009: Bad Lieutenant : The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
• 2009: A Caring Son (My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done)
• 2010: The Runaways
• 2010: 13
• 2010: Jonah Hex
• 2010-2014: Boardwalk Empire (TV series, 35 episodes)
• 2011: Take Shelter (Take Shelter)
• 2011: Machine Gun Preacher
• 2012: Mud
• 2012: The Iceman
• 2012: Premium Rush
• 2013: Man of Steel
• 2013: The Harvest
• 2014: Young Ones
• 2014: 99 Homes - City without a conscience (99 Homes)
• 2015: Freeheld - Every love is the same (Freeheld)
• 2015: The Highligen Three Kings  (The Night Before)
• 2016: Frank & Lola
• 2016: Midnight Special
• 2016: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
• 2016: Elvis & Nixon
• 2016: Loving
• 2016: Nocturnal Animals
• 2016: Salt and Fire
• 2017: Shape of Water - The Whisper of Water (The Shape of Water)
• 2017: Edison - A Life Full of Light (The Current War)
• 2017: Pottersville
• 2017: Trouble No More
• 2018: Operation: 12 Strong (12 Strong)
• 2018: Fahrenheit 451
• 2018: What They Had
• 2018: Waco (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2018: Die Libelle ( The Little Drummer Girl , miniseries, 6 episodes)
• 2019: Knives Out - Murder is a family matter (Knives Out)
• 2020: The Quarry

Awards

• 2007: Winner of the Gotham Awards for Best Cast for Deadly Decision
• 2009: Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Times of Turmoil
• 2016: Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 99 Homes - City Without a Conscience
• 2017: Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Nocturnal Animals

Web links

• Michael Shannon in the Internet Movie Database (English)