Michael Shannon
Michael Corbett Shannon (born August 7, 1974 in Lexington, Kentucky) is an American actor. He is a two-time Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominee for his roles in Revolutionary Road and Nocturnal Animals. He was a regular on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, playing Agent Nelson Van Alden. Shannon played General Zod in Zack Snyder's 2013 movie Man of Steel and will play the role again in The Flash.[1] He plays Colonel Richard Strickland in The Shape of Water. He also played Walt Thrombey in the crime comedy movie Knives Out.
Personal life
[change | change source]Shannon was born in Lexington, Kentucky on August 7, 1974 to Donald S. Shannon and to Geraldine Hine. He was raised in Chicago, Illinois. His career began in 1993 in the movie Groundhog Day.
Shannon married Kate Arrington in 2018. They have two daughters.
Some movies he was in
[change | change source]- Groundhog Day (1993)
- Jesus' Son (1999)
- Tigerland (2000)
- Vanilla Sky (2001)
- Bad Boys II (2003)
- Kangaroo Jack (2003)
- Dead Birds (2004)
- The Woodsman (2004)
- World Trade Center (2006)
- Bug (2006)
- Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
- My Son, My Son, What Have You Done (2009)
- The Runaways (2010)
- 13 (2010)
- Jonah Hex (2010)
- Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
- Premium Rush (2012)
- The Iceman (2012)
- Mud (2012)
- Man of Steel (2013)
- The Young Ones (2014)
- Freeheld (2015)
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
- Nocturnal Animals (2016)
- Elvis & Nixon (2016)
- The Shape of Water (2017)
- Knives Out (2019)
- Bullet Train (2022)
- The Flash (2023)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Kilday, Gregg (April 10, 2011). "Michael Shannon Set to Play Villain General Zod in 'Man of Steel'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
Other websites
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Media related to Michael Shannon at Wikimedia Commons
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