Michael Shannon

Acting · Born 1974-08-07 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA

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 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…

Filmography

• 8 Mile as Greg Buehl
• Groundhog Day as Fred
• Pearl Harbor as Gooz Wood
• Revolutionary Road as John Givings
• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead as Dex
• Shotgun Stories as Son Hayes
• Take Shelter as Curtis LaForche
• Mud as Galen
• Nuremberg as Justice Robert H. Jackson
• Freeheld as Dane Wells

TV

• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Avery Shaw
• Boardwalk Empire as Nelson Van Alden
• Early Edition
• Room 104 as Nathan
• Little Demon as Unshaven Man (voice)
• George & Tammy as George Jones
• Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
• The Daily Show as Self
• Waco as Gary Noesner
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self